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IRGC chief: Iran has tied security to progress No need See page 2 TEHRAN — The commander of the Is- projects were launched. lamic Revolution Guards Corps said on With a reference to the harshest ever Wednesday that for Iran security and sanctions implemented against Iran by the progress are interdependent. Trump administration, Salami said, “The Major General Hossein Salami made enemies had envisioned that the sanctions the remarks while addressing a ceremo- would be a crippling threat to us. But we for foreign ny in Urmia, West Azarbaijan province, learned to produce on our own and stand on where a number of development projects our feed without relying on foreigners and were inaugurated and some anti-poverty celebrate our happiness together.” 3

forceas in Non-oil exports up 45% in weight TEHRAN — Head of the Trade Pro- volume of exports at 40 million tons, Persian Gulf motion Organization (TPO) of Iran an increase of 12 million tons year on has said the country’s non-oil exports year, ISNA reported on Wednesday. rose by 45 percent in terms of weight According to the official, non-oil during the first three months of the exports from the country has experi- Rouhani says Iran will current Iranian calendar year (March enced an upward trend in the current 21-June 21) compared to the same year so that nearly $11.5 billion worth take next step to limit period last year. of commodities have been exported Mohammad Reza Modoudi put the since the beginning of the year. 4 nuclear commitments ‘Hamas will shower Israel with barrages of missiles if Gaza attacked’ TEHRAN —The leader of Hamas re- Yahya Sinwar said in a speech delivered sistance movement in the Gaza Strip has to Palestinian families in his hometown warned the Israeli military against waging of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. a new military campaign on the besieged “If Israel launches a campaign in Gaza, coastal sliver, stating that his fellow fighters we will shower their cities with hundreds

will prevail over Israeli troops if the latter of missiles in one go,” he added. enter the enclave in any future conflict. Sinwar then praised the August 1 op- “We will break the defeated occupation eration in the southern Gaza Strip, where army if it crosses into the Gaza Strip. We Palestinian man Hani Abu Sallah was president.ir know what we say and mean what we utter,” killed and three Israeli soldiers 13

PERSPECTIVE Nigeria government, U.S. hampering Sheikh Zakzaky’s treatment in India: IMN Critical points in the Hanif Ghaffari TEHRAN— The Islamic Movement in Ni- the hospital’s management not to admit the NGO demands respect for Zakzaky’s meeting between Head of the Tehran Times geria (IMN), whose leader Sheikh Ibrahim clergyman. rights Politics Desk Zakzaky has been transferred to India to re- “Even as the doctors were enthusiastically In a related development on Wednesday, the Yemeni delegation ceive medical care, says the Nigerian and U.S. waiting to receive the Sheikh to save his life, Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), governments have been trying to hamper the the American secret agents have threatened a London-based NGO, urged human rights and Iran’s Leader The end of John cleric’s treatment. the hospital officials not to go ahead to treat campaigners to write to their respective coun- In a statement published on Wednesday, the the Sheikh at the hospital,” the IMN said. tries’ envoys in India about Zakzaky’s situation. By Hamed Sheikhpour Bolton’s political life IMN complained that the Nigerian government The group urged the international com- In a sample letter released on its website, the TEHRAN — Over the last few days, the was trying “to frustrate doctors from offer- munity to call on the Nigerian government IHRC urged activists to demand that the Indi- media all over the world have put their n recent days, some media have ing emergency treatment” to Sheikh Zakzaky “to stop playing with the life of” the senior an authorities cease their harassment of Sheikh focus on a meeting between Ayatollah been reporting the possibility of through the security agents that it has sent Muslim cleric. Zakzaky and his wife.“I am writing to ask you to Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Ithe removal of US National Secu- along with the sheikh to India. Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife had been kept make immediate representations to the Indian Revolution and a delegation of Yemeni rity Adviser John Bolton. Accordingly, It said the Nigerian security agents were in custody since December 2015, when security government to respect the rights and freedoms resistant group, Ansarullah. Different Donald Trump is likely to oust Bolton by colluding with foreign security agents, who are forces killed more than 300 of IMN members of the Sheikh and his wife and allow their medical think tanks are now trying to analyze year 2020. The popularity of Trump’s believed to be working for the U.S. government. during a raid on the city of Zaria. treatment unmolested and without restrictions. It this important meeting from a variety foreign policy with American citizens The IMN further quoted a source as saying The cleric lost his left eyesight and his wife appears from reports that the Indian police and of aspects. has also fallen sharply. Some Trump that before Sheikh Zakzaky’s arrival at New also sustained serious wounds in that raid. security services are collaborating with the Nige- The meeting was particularly impor- supporters are deeply concerned about Delhi’s Madenta Hospital, officials from the Earlier this month, the couple was granted rian security services in perpetuating the illegal tant in the following respects: the US government’s foreign policy be- American Embassy in India had “threatened” bail by a court in order to seek treatment abroad. detention of the pair,” the letter reads. The attendants coming a weakness for the president in According to official protocols and next year’s presidential election. formalities, this delegation was not as John Bolton is no doubt a symbol of high as others who meet the Leader. In the utter failure of US foreign policy. Facebook admits it listened to users’ audio messages fact, it was the first time that Ayatollah He also became a symbol of the defeat TEHRAN— Facebook has admitted it uses an the company said. was to improve voice recognition. Khamenei had a face to face meeting of the White House under the Bush ad- external company to listen to audio messages However, Bloomberg noted that in its data-use The companies have since said they have with a spokesperson of a people-based ministration under President George W. sent between users in an attempt to improve its policy, there is no mention of humans interacting stopped doing this as privacy organizations resistant movement. Bush. However Trump preferred to use voice recognition systems. with the audio. raised concerns over the practice. Anyhow, the Leader greeted them this burnt, failed nut again at the White According to a report by Bloomberg, Facebook The policy only mentions “vendors and service Over the last couple of years, many large tech like a high-level official delegation and House! Bolton’s presence at the White paid contractors to transcribe audio messages sent providers who support our business” by “ana- companies have come under heavy scrutiny from all the standard formalities that are ap- House has been Trump’s worst betrayal between users. Those contractors did not know who lyzing how our products are used”. legislators and privacy advocates over their prac- plied in meetings between the highest of the American nation. the audio was from and how Facebook obtained it. Facebook is the fourth company in a couple of tices related to the collection of large amounts international officials were also observed These days, even the few John Bol- In response to the report, Facebook said users months to receive criticism for having humans of data on their users. in this meeting, and there were even ton fans have no hope of continuing who had their audio transcribed confirmed this listening in on voice messages of their users. Last week, a federal appeals court rejected more intimacy and warmth between the in power. Obviously, Trump is mad at option in its Messenger app, and that the practice Amazon, Apple and Google all admitted that Facebook’s effort to undo a class-action lawsuit two parts. This shows the importance of Bolton and Pompeo because their plans had since stopped. real humans were listening to and transcribing claiming that it illegally collected and stored Yemen and the resistance of its people and suggestions have not solved any of “Much like Apple and Google, we paused audio from voice services from Alexa, Siri and biometric data for millions of users without for the Leader and the Islamic Republic U.S. foreign policy problems and have human review of audio more than a week ago,” Google Home respectively, all claiming the aim their consent. of Iran. only reduced Trump’s popularity in key The time of the meeting states. However, Trump might still have The meeting was held in one of the doubts about removing them, because most critical points in Yemen’s modern by doing so he will almost certainly lose history. Four years and four months of the support of Tea Party Movement and Navaye Rahmat brutal attacks, the invaders of Yemen Neo-Conservatives. are now starting to turn on each other as Ultimately, John Bolton has no destiny Intl. Daf Festival their alliance is falling apart. Last week, other than failure. The time of the polit- the last strongholds of Saudi Arabia in ical death of the U.S. National Security opens in Sanandaj Yemen collapsed by their closes ally, the Adviser has come. United Arab Emirates (UAE). Saudis John Bolton, continues to promote TEHRAN — The 9th Navaye Rahmat also lost the control of Aden which was war and terror and violence in his foreign International Daf Festival opened on previously the capital of Mansour Hadi’s policy. Bolton’s title is basically tied to Tuesday during an open-air ceremony in puppet government. crime, war, and terror. Many American the Shano Park of the city of Sanandaj, analysts say the National Security Adviser which is considered as the birthplace of Delivery of a message to the Trump government has become the daf instrument Over the meeting, a letter from Ab- the symbol of the White House’s failure A large number of daf players from across dul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of An- in the international system. Iran and several neighboring countries such sarullah was handed to Ayatollah Khame- As mentioned,In George W. Bush’s as Pakistan and Afghanistan packed into nei who immediately opened the letter presidency, people like Dick Cheney and the park to take part in the opening per- and read it. Obviously, the Leader could John Bolton have become the messengers formance of the four-day festival. have read the message later but he did of the White House’s defeat in the world. Music ensembles from Iran as well this as a gesture to show his affection for This time Bolton has also become a messen- as groups from India, Afghanistan and the revolutionary movement of Yemen. Contrary to this, two months ago when

ger for defeating Trump and the US in the Farshid Ardalan Pakistan have been invited to perform in world. The US National Security Adviser various categories of the festival, which the Japanese Prime Minister tried to is having difficult days. John Bolton has has selected the motto “Art, Unity and deliver a message from the United States ISNA/ president to the Leader, he refused to not been able to achieve his goals toward Kindness”. 16 the Islamic Republic of Iran. receive the message altogether. 13 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS AUGUST 15, 2019

Zarif’s diplomatic skills No need for foreign forces in prompted U.S. to sanction him: Russian expert POLITICAL TEHRAN — Vladimir Batyuk, a senior fellow Persian Gulf, Rouhani says deskwith the Moscow-based Institute of the USA and Canada, has said that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Rouhani says Iran will take next step to limit nuclear commitments if demands not met Javad Zarif’s skills and abilities at diplomacy have made the POLITICAL TEHRAN – President the policy of interaction on the condition United States sanction him. deskHassan Rouhani on that other side shows commitment,” he said. In an interview with IRNA published on Wednesday, he Wednesday insisted on Iran’s position that ‘Iran to start next step to reduce described Zarif as one the most remarkable foreign minister. there is no need to foreign forces to maintain nuclear obligations after second 60- He added that Zarif has been able to defend Iran’s rights at security in the Persian Gulf region. day deadline’ the international arena. “Major powers, especially America, seek Rouhani also described Iran’s move in In separate statements on July 31, the U.S. Treasury and State nothing except causing division and emptying reducing nuclear commitments step by step Department announced imposition of sanctions against Zarif, treasury of the Islamic countries. The Persian as a “wise” decision and said that Tehran a move which was interpreted as a total rejection of diplomacy Gulf littoral states can maintain security and will start the next step of reducing nuclear repeatedly claimed by the Trump administration. The decision stability in the region,” Rouhani said during obligations after the second 60-day deadline. followed after Zarif, while in New York for a UN meeting, rejected a cabinet meeting. The third step can include installation of an invitation to meet Donald Trump at the Oval Office. The United States has called on its more centrifuges. The move has been criticized by the world. European and Asian allies to form a maritime “We are holding talks with the neighboring President Rouhani described the U.S. move against his force to supposedly monitor safe shipping countries and other countries in the world foreign minister as a “childish behavior”. in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf. in line with boosting relations and we will Rouhani said such a move will not help continue talks in the course of reducing regional security. nuclear commitments. However, if we will “The regional countries can maintain not reach any result at the end of the second security through unity, solidarity and 60-day deadline, we will definitely start the dialogue. Undoubtedly, the United States’ third step. We will give another 60 days in claims and actions will bring them [regional security” in this strategic waterway, which he “The presence of Western forces in the region order to reach a right and logical solution,” countries] no benefits. The regional countries described as a “vital lifeline” for the Islamic will increase tension,” he warned. he stated. have always been and will be ‘brothers’ and Republic. He added the regional states “can together On May 8, exactly one year after the division only serves the enemies’ interests,” The chief diplomat warned that military secure the transit of ships”. U.S. abandoned the multi-nation nuclear Rouhani remarked. presence of extra-regional forces is absolutely The chief Iraqi diplomat said his country agreement and reimposed sanctions on Iran, In an interview Al-Jazeera on Monday, a “source of insecurity”. is “seeking to reduce tension” in the region Tehran said its “strategic patience” is over and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said, “Mindful of this reality, any extra-regional “through calm negotiations”. announced a partial withdrawal from some “We believe that the best the U.S. can do presence is by definition source of insecurity Washington’s call to form the coalition aspects of the pact. It also threatened to step for the protection of maritime navigation is - despite propaganda,” Zarif wrote on his has fallen on deaf ears. So far, only Britain up uranium enrichment if an agreement is In a televised address, Rouhani said, “They were claiming to just leave people alone; don’t interfere.” Twitter account. and Israel have agreed to join the coalition. not made within 60 days to protect it from ever day ‘we want to talk, with no preconditions’ ... and then Zarif added, “What we have called for, Prior to the warning by Zarif, the Iranian German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas the sanctions’ effects. they sanction the foreign minister.” and repeat, is that our neighbors - all of us Foreign Ministry said the possible presence said in a press conference on July 31 that In follow-up to that deadline, on July 7 He also said the U.S. is “afraid” of Zarif. - belong to this region, we cannot leave this of Israel in the self-declared military coalition his country “would not participate in the Iran announced that it has started enriching Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s permanent representative to region. Others will leave this region; others in the Persian Gulf is an “open threat to Iran’s mission the United States plans to form.” uranium to a purity level of 4.5% as the the United Nations, wrote a letter to UN Secretary General will not secure us; others will not provide us national security” and that Iran “keeps the A German government spokeswoman also Europeans missed the 60-day deadline to Antonio Guterres on August 6 protesting the U.S. sanctions with the security umbrella that we need. We right to counter this threat in line with the said on August 5 that Chancellor Angela Merkel devise a concrete mechanism to protect the on Zarif, saying that this move signifies a “gross violation” of can provide each other with that security country’s defense policies”. and the whole German government do not country from the U.S. sanctions. the UN Charter. umbrella. We extend our hand, and our hand Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas see Germany taking part in a U.S-led naval Under the JCPOA, Iran is allowed to Ugochi Daniels, the United Nations Human Settlements remains extended, to all our neighbors.” Mousavi also warned that the Zionist regime mission in the Strait of Hormuz. possess 300 kilograms of uranium enriched Program Coordinator and Resident envoy to Iran, has said “Hollow words” and the U.S. will be responsible for “entire “The chancellor does not see a participation to 3.67 percent. that Zarif is “champion of multilateralism”. Rouhani described an announcement by consequences of this dangerous move”. in a U.S-led mission in the current situation Iran’s nuclear spokesman, Behrouz “In my encounters with Zarif, he has, on multiple occasions, the Zionist regime of Israel to join the U.S.- On August 8, Iranian Defense Minister and at the current time - everyone in the Kamalvandi, announced on Tuesday that emphasized the importance of multilateralism; he is a champion led coalition in the Persian Gulf as “hollow Amir Hatami also reacted to Israel’s decision German government agrees on that,” a Iran’s stockpile of uranium has reached 370 of multilateralism,” IRNA quoted her as saying in an interview words”. to join the coalition, saying, “Such a possible government spokeswoman told a news kilograms. published on Saturday. “There is clear response to such claims. move could be very provocative, and can have conference, according to Reuters. Iran says its decision to reduce its In an article published by LobeLog on August 1, Robert E. Israelis protect their own security if they can! catastrophic implications for the region.” Madrid and Tokyo have also rejected an commitments are in line with paragraph Hunter, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, said Washington’s They have caused insecurity, carnage and Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed official request from Washington to participate 36 of the JCPOA which has provided a act in imposing sanctions on Zarif will undermine U.S. diplomatic terrorism wherever they have gone. The main al-Hakim said on Monday that Baghdad in the naval coalition. mechanism to resolve disputes and allows credibility. factor behind war and carnage in the region rejects the participation of Israel in any ‘We have always been ready to one side, under certain circumstances, to “In the first place, it is most unusual to place the chief negotiator is the Zionists and the occupant regime of force to secure the passage of ships in the interact with world’ stop complying with the deal if the other for an unfriendly (or even enemy) nation on the “unwelcome” Israel,” he noted. Persian Gulf. In his Wednesday remarks in the cabinet, side is out of compliance. list. It is a direct violation of accepted diplomatic practice, going Zarif said on August 9 that the Persian Gulf Writing on his Twitter post, Al-Hakim Rouhani also said that Iran has always been Officials in Tehran have insisted if the all the way back to the Greeks a few thousand years ago, as well is a “national security priority for Iran” and also said the presence of Western forces in ready to negotiate and interact with the world. remaining parties to the JCPOA compensate as of Article 31 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic that Tehran will not “hesitate to safeguard its the Persian Gulf will fuel regional tension. “We are totally prepared in the area of sanctions effects Iran will reverse its decision. Relations, which governs the way in which countries agree to treat foreign diplomats,” Hunter stated. Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on August 1, saying that imposition of sanctions on Zarif indicates the “U.S. government’s frustration”. Europe must fulfil JCPOA commitments: MP “The U.S. new sanctions reveals this government’s weakness POLITICAL TEHRAN — Alaeddin and reimposed sanctions on Iran, Tehran said to prevent further escalation of tensions on In a phone conversation with Macron and fear of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s wise and logical deskBoroujerdi, a veteran its “strategic patience” is over and announced the Iran nuclear deal. in late July, Rouhani said the first step that diplomacy,” the statement read. MP sitting on the Majlis National Security a partial withdrawal from some aspects of According to Xinhua, during the phone Europe should take to save the JCPOA is to It added, “Imposing sanctions on the foreign minister will and Foreign Policy Committee, has said that the pact, saying that the country would no talks, Wang expressed China’s support for the normalize oil and banking ties. have no effect on the Foreign Ministry’s efforts and actions and Europe must fulfil its commitments under longer adhere to some of the limits on its mediation efforts France has made to resolve “Unfortunately, despite Iran’s full also the foreign minister, as responsible for the country’s foreign the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint nuclear activities. It also threatened to step the stalemate on the nuclear agreement, saying commitment to its obligations, only a small policy, in upholding the Iranian people’s righteousness, defending Comprehensive Plan of Action. up uranium enrichment if an agreement is that China has also made huge efforts in saving part of Iran’s economic interests has been the national interests and countering economic terrorism.” In an interview with the Tasnim news agency not made within 60 days to protect it from the JCPOA. met, and after the withdrawal of the United Also in a tweet on August 1, Foreign Ministry spokesman published on Wednesday, he said that Iran’s the sanctions’ effects. On Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry States, we have not only not seen any serious Abbas Mousavi said the U.S. is extremely fearful of Zarif’s “logic” talks with the European countries should be In follow-up to that deadline, on July 7 spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Tehran has action by Europe in this respect, but also and “art of negotiation”. on the nuclear deal and not any other issue. Iran announced that it has started enriching not received any noteworthy or definite offer some European companies left Iran following Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Zarif According to the nuclear deal, Iran agreed to uranium to a higher purity than the 3.67% as from France in the course of efforts to save United States’ unilateral sanctions,” Rouhani is “the powerful language of Iran’s diplomacy and powerful put limits on its nuclear activities in exchange the Europeans missed the 60-day deadline to the JCPOA. stated. representative of Iran in the international arena”. for termination of economic and financial devise a concrete mechanism to protect the On a report by Al-Monitor that French “Full compliance with the commitments Dianne Feinstein, a California Democratic senator, criticized sanctions. country from the U.S. sanctions. President Emmanuel Macron has proposed by Iran while the other side does not meet its the move, saying it was a “mistake” to sanction Zarif and described However, Donald Trump withdrew the Iran says its actions are in conformity with establishing a $15 billion credit line for trade least commitments is not acceptable for the him as a “capable” diplomat. U.S. from the UN-endorsed JCPOA in May the paragraph 36 of the JCPOA. Paragraph 36 with Iran, Mousavi said, “Following the Islamic Iranian people,” Rouhani said. “President Trump says he pulled out of the Iran nuclear 2018 and imposed the toughest ever sanctions provided a mechanism to resolve disputes and Republic of Iran’s reactions to the inaction of He also said that Iran can reverse its decision agreement to force Iran back to the negotiating table, but this against Iran in line with his administration’s allows one side, under certain circumstances, the Europeans, a number of European countries to reduce nuclear commitments as soon as move limits the opportunity to do exactly that,” she said. “maximum pressure” policy against Tehran. to stop complying with the deal if the other launched a series of efforts and have been Europe meets the country’s economic interests. France said on August 1 that along with its partners the UK The remaining parties, particularly the side is out of compliance. seeking to overcome the problems.” So far, Europe has presented a mechanism, and Germany it was concerned by the U.S. decision to apply European sides, have failed to honor their In a phone conversation on Friday with He added, “The president of France… has called INSTEX, for trade with Iran but it sanctions on Zarif. commitments since the U.S. reimposed the Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic counselor to begun measures in order to reduce tensions, far short of Europe’s obligations based on The French Foreign Ministry said, “We think that all diplomatic sanctions. French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese and the Islamic Republic of Iran has announced the JCPOA. It only allows sale of medical channels should stay open, especially at this moment of increased On May 8, exactly one year after the U.S. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang that it welcomes such efforts and would not equipment, medicine, and food, items which tensions.” abandoned the multi-nation nuclear agreement Yi said Beijing is willing to work with France reject them,” Tasnim reported. are not subject to sanctions. Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy slammed the U.S. move, arguing that the measure will block the way for any dialogue. Polyanskiy said the sanctions go against diplomacy, stressing Lebanese Islamic resistance front proved Iran warns of plots to partition that Moscow is against any type of bans, as they do not help it is possible to defeat Israel: Zarif war-ravaged Yemen find a solution. At a news conference on August 1, Russian Foreign Ministry POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian (Press TV) — Iran says it supports a resistance against the Saudi-led plots to spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also condemned the move. deskForeign Minister Mo- unified Yemen, warning against plots divide Yemen. “The U.S. has only one tool – sanctions. This tool does not hammad Javad Zarif has said that the aimed at dividing the war-ravaged Arab The Leader said the Saudis, the work. This tool has not approved itself. This tool has discredited Lebanese Islamic resistance movement country. Emiratis and their supporters, who have both itself and those who apply it,” she remarked. has proved that it is possible to defeat the “The coalition of Saudi and Emirati perpetrated great crimes in Yemen, are Zionist regime of Israel. invaders, along with their mercenaries, after “disintegrating Yemen, a plot that “The Lebanese people and the Islamic who have over the past five years failed should be confronted decisively,” adding Rouhani to attend annual UN resistance have proved to the world the to break the will of people by using that the scheme is doomed to failure. truth that the Zionist entity can be defeated. advanced weaponry, massacre and massive Ayatollah Khamenei made the meeting in New York No matter how much this entity wants to destruction and now see their defeat in the comments in a meeting in Tehran on wage wars, set fires and shed the blood face of the spirit of resistance and resilience Tuesday with a visiting delegation from POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iranian presidential chief of staff of the people in this region, it cannot,” a scourge for the world,” he said. of people across Yemen, are seeking to Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement, deskMahmoud Vaezi announced on Wednesday he told in a joint interview with Al-Ahed The 2006 Lebanon War, also called partition Yemen through a suspicious led by its spokesman Mohammed Abdul- that President Rouhani will participate at the annual United and Al-Nour Radio published on Tuesday. the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War, was a plot,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Salam. Nations conference in New York in September. He made the remarks on the occasion 33-day military conflict between Hezbollah Moussavi said on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of people have died “If there will be no problems the president will participate at of anniversary of Lebanon’s victory in 33- and the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon, He reaffirmed Iran’s support for “a since March 2015, when Saudi Arabia and the United Nations General Assembly conference,” Vaezi told day war. Northern Israel and the Golan Heights. unified Yemen” and said that all Yemenis its allies — most notably the United Arab reporters. “This victory was a victory for the entire The Hezbollah victory shattered the shared the responsibility for maintaining Emiartes — launched a U.S.-backed war The 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 74) region, international rights and proper myth of the invincibility of the Israeli the solidarity of the country. against the Arab world’s most impoverished will open on September 17. international relations,” Zarif added. army. It caused a political earthquake in He expressed hope that a halt to the nation aimed at reinstating Yemen’s former On participation of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif “The people of the region and the world Israel. Israel lost more than 100 soldiers war in Yemen would pave the way for Riyadh-friendly government and crushing at the UN summit since he has been sanctioned by the U.S., the owe it to the resistance of the Lebanese in the war. the country’s different political groups to the Houthis. presidential chief of staff said, “This is the right of countries, people, the Islamic resistance and Hezbollah A five-member Winograd Committee, launch intra-Yemeni negotiations toward The comments come against a backdrop especially foreign ministers, to attend the important United who confronted the arrogance of the Zionist appointed to examine Israel’s performance forming an inclusive government. of tensions in southern Yemen, where UAE- Nations sessions.” entity. They also confronted the terrorism in the 2006 war, concluded in January The Iranian official echoed warnings by backed separatist groups have engaged Vaezi himself acted as the second-ranking diplomat for some of the Takfiri group Daesh. They resisted 2008 that the war “was a big and serious Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah in fighting with militiamen loyal to the years when Ali Akbar Velayati was Iran’s foreign minister. this terrorist and Takfiri threat which was failure” for Israel. Seyyed Ali Khamenei who called for strong Saudi Arabia. TECHNOLOGY

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 IRGC chief: Iran has tied security to progress The notion of negotiation has been destroyed in mentality of Iranian people, General Salami says Ex-Tehran mayor pardoned 1 The top general said so long the ill-wishers, indirectly suggesting that for murdering his wife the Iranians remain united and stick to the revocation of the 2015 nuclear deal by the principles of Islam they will remain the United States and return of sanction POLITICAL TEHRAN – Mohammad Ali Najafi, a former desk safe from harms. coupled with a failure by the Europeans to mayor of Tehran, has been pardoned for killing “As long as we are united around Islam honor their commitment have left a negative his wife, Mitra Ostad. and Iran, no enemy in the world will be image in the mind of the Iranian people Mitra Ostad was Najafi’s second wife. able to inflict the smallest damage on the about dialogue with the West. Masoud Afraze, a lawyer representing the murdered wife, body of this united ummah.” “The path to safety for nations is to keep told ISNA on Wednesday that Mitra’s brother, Masoud Ostad, He boasting the pride of the Iranian away from enemies. had announced the pardon. nation in the course of history. Negotiations is a logic which has been “We are a great nation. History has forgotten and destroyed in the mentality proven this fact very beautifully. We have of the people of Iran… Whatever the enemy grown up in real battlefields and our glory says is a prescription for our defeat. lies in fighting enemies and not stopping Negotiation is a deception, not even against them. a solution. We have trodden a harsh path of 40 years In the negotiations, the enemies increase in order to reach this dignity and power. pressure and amplify their demands and The world is praising this majesty and is want us to surrender rather than to have seeing that this nation is not surrendering.” dignity.” The general added “the enemies had He said the enemy is “mischievous” decided to disintegrate Iran and subjugate and wants the nations abandon resistance the people of this land to their own evil against pressures. will” but the nation has resisted “bullies “The Iranian nation knows this fact and and ill-wishers”. will not respond to it. According to ISNA, Masoud Ostad had published a post on The top military commander went on Through resistance, we preserve our Instagram in which he cited a verse from the Holy Quran and announced to say that the Iranian nation has turned “Whatever the enemy says is a prescription for our dignity and eradicate poverty and improve the pardon. threats into opportunities. defeat. Negotiation is a deception.” our military and defense power.” According to ISNA, the post reads: “We pardoned Mr. Mohammad “Any threat that the enemy has created The commander went on to note that Ali Najafi and condoned the blood of our beloved. We are happy that has been an opportunity for Iran to pull itself revolution. single-handedly.” “besides resistance, we also care for happi- we did not do any deal with the blood of that dear one.” up to the zeniths of power and majesty. As “But everybody saw that not only did He also cited the resistance of the ness, security, and eradication of poverty. On July 30, Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili an- much as our enemies have made decisions these policies not prevent that, but a uni- Yemenis against the Saudi invaders with The Islamic Republic of Iran does not see nounced that Najafi had been sentenced to death for murdering his wife. to pressure the Iranian nation, the people fied front was formed against the Zionist a logistical support from the United States. security in the barrels of guns, but we have Speaking at a press conference, Esmaeili said Najafi was convicted of Iran have turned these pressures into regime; and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, through The Yemenis, he said, were inspired by tied security to progress, development, of murdering his wife with a handgun. an opportunity to grow powerful.” the experience of fighting against proxy the Islamic Revolution in Iran to resist and eradication of poverty which is the The sentence was open to appeal. “The enemy put us under economic war wars, has reached a degree of power that the invaders. crystallization of faith through the talks Najafi, 67, appeared in court on July 13 for the first time to stand trial. and pressure. in a hypothetical war with the Zionist re- The general suggested that the well- of people.” Ostad was found dead at her home in Tehran on May 28 with gun- They thought Iran would surrender in gime, it will wipe the regime off the map being of nations lie in staying away from Salami also said, “Whenever the enemy shots in her chest. A few hours later, Najafi surrendered himself to the the economic war. is, we are there beforehand. We are wear- Criminal Police and confessed to killing his wife, citing family quarrels But Iran and its great Leader turned “The enemy put us under economic onslaught and ing the service garment in order to make for the murder. this threat into an opportunity to boost sure that the nation lives in security and Najafi, a senior member of the Servants of Construction Party, was production and wean the country from its pressure. They thought Iran would surrender in the happiness and that we bury the hopes of elected mayor of Tehran in August 2017, but resigned in April 2018 for oil-based economy.” economic war. But Iran and its great Leader turned enemies. what he called poor health conditions. Salami also said that with the Takfiri We believe in God and his help, and it He had also served as deputy president under Mohammad Khat- scheme, the enemies tried to prevent the this threat into an opportunity to boost production has been through such help that we have ami and Hassan Rouhani, and as education minister under Ali Akbar dissemination of the ideal of the Islamic and wean the country from its oil-based economy.” been successful so far.” Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Imam Khamenei’s message to the members of Jihadi groups and Basij Health official: U.S. claim (khamenei.ir) – Imam Khamenei’s mes- ities; and to these two there is no ending. the people and the necessity of upholding involved in the task of paying service; not banning medicine and sage to the members of Jihadi groups and Thus, your jihadi volunteering today can justice and the like. this is itself another great service to pay Mobilized Forces for Construction, August expand, improve, and increase in quality Fifth: The Jihad of paying service to to them. humanitarian aid is ‘ridiculous’ 1, 2019. ten to a hundred-folds. the public benefits the volunteer even Eighth: Attend to establishing connec- (ILNA) - The deputy health minister of Iran has said that the Amer- In the Name of God Third: The intellectual and practical before benefitting the receiver of the ser- tions and cooperation among jihadi vol- ican claim that medicine, food and humanitarian aid are not subject Dear young members of jihadi volun- improvement of volunteers—which you vice. Detaching oneself from personal unteering groups and with organizations to sanctions is “ridiculous”. teering groups and Mobilized Forces for reported on—should not distract them interests in order to abet others brightens capable of supporting, without falling for Speaking to ILNA correspondent, Alireza Raeesi said, “It is true Construction! and turn them away from paying basic the heart, enhances the mind and the common frustrating bureaucratic relations. that medicines and humanitarian goods are exempt from sanctions In addition to the few words stated in services and handworks. Reconstructing thought, strengthens the willpower, and Ninth: Artistically inform the public on but when we cannot transfer money for supply of medicine it means person during last night’s meeting [state- walls, roofs, and the house of an elderly above all, brings about divine satisfaction. your works, your progress, your achieve- sanctions exist.” ments made during a meeting with a group woman in some village bless and brightens Demonstrate this through your words and ments, and your increasing capabilities. “We also can’t even deliver goods properly, so our country has been of jihadi volunteering teams on August 1, your great works. actions to those who have not stepped Demonstrate how beautiful and enthusi- deprived of access to pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.” 2019] I would like to tell you: Fourth: Publicize the slogan of “Paying into the realm of voluntary service yet. astic your successful jihad is; which relies Raeesi added that this is a kind of game. They literally say no sanc- First: What you do is invaluable; ex- service for the realization of justice and Sixth: Perfume your surroundings with on only a segment of human aptitudes of tions, but under the current circumstances, U.S. sanctions have targeted pressing gratitude through words by people development”. the aroma of faith and good deeds by being the country. Iran’s healthcare sector, he stated. like me will never do justice [in thanking Inform the millions of young people nice and good-tempered, faithful actions, God’s peace and greetings be upon the “We produce about 95% of the drugs, but we have faced difficulties you]. May God’s gratitude be upon you, of the country on Islam’s system of wis- avoiding the religiously forbidden deeds, purified soul of Imam Abi Ja’far al-Jawad for supplying raw materials for drug production and providing some may your efforts be gratified by God. dom, which includes hundreds of lessons, and adhering to the recommended reli- (peace be upon him). drugs that we cannot produce in our country.” Second: Jihadi volunteering signifies ranging from the necessity of charity, the gious deeds while doing voluntary service. Friday; Dhu’l-Qa’dah 30 In a tweet, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that “the making efforts out of faith as well as maxi- necessity of cooperation in doing good and Seventh: Make sure you get the people August 1, 2019 U.S. does not, and never did, sanction food and medicine. They are mum implementation of mankind’s capac- observing piety, the necessity of benefitting of the region where you are volunteering Sayyid Ali Khamenei exempt from sanctions.”

Trump’s sanctions on Iran block way for any kind of dialogue: professor Iran’s deterrence power cannot

POLITICAL TEHRAN – A professor of political be tested: Army air defense chief deskscience and international relations at POLITICAL TEHRAN – A top military commander said the University of California believes that U.S. President deskon Wednesday that Iran’s defense capability Donald Trump’s sanctions on Iran block the way to any cannot be tested, saying if the enemies don’t dare to approach negotiation and diplomacy. the Strait of Hormuz and are withdrawing their warships from “Trump’s decisions are taking place at the moment the Persian Gulf it is because of Iran’s deterrence power. and are very stupid. His decisions complicate the situa- “If the enemy is stopped at 200 miles from the Strait of Hormuz tion and will block the way for any kind of dialogue and and withdrawing its warships from the Persian Gulf it is because constructive engagement or other agreement between of the deterrence power of the armed forces,” Alireza Sabhifard, Iran and the United States,” Ronnie Lipschwitz told commander of the army’s air defense unit, told the students of the Iran Labor News Agency in an interview published the military academy. on Wednesday. The brigadier general added the Iranian army, by upgrading The Trump administration took the unusual step in its deterrence power, has made the enemies to never think of late July of placing sanctions on Iran’s Foreign Min- violating “our country’s territorial integrity”. ister Mohammad Javad Zarif, essentially cutting off the clearest avenue for talks with Iran by punishing the man who negotiated the 2015 nuclear agreement. After 20 years, reformists still Zarif is an American-educated diplomat who is well connected throughout the United States. have no ‘clear strategy’: Zibakalam Elsewhere in the interview, Lipschwitz pointed to America’s other sanctions on Iran, calling them a vio- POLITICAL TEHRAN – Sadeq Zibakalam, a vocal senior lation of human rights. “Washington’s policy does not deskpolitical analyst, has said despite the passage of 22 commit human rights whenever it comes to its rivals,” years reformists have not yet been able to formulate a “clear strategy”. he observed. By the 22 years Zibakalam refers to the time when reformists “Washington constantly accused Iran of violating human rights, while, in my opinion, Saudi Arabia was the main accused of human rights abuses in recent years. But the United States does not care about this because it is talking about a friend of America, Saudi Arabia.” “The United States and the government of Donald Trump “The United States and the government of Donald Trump do not care do not care about how sanctions and strict laws can affect the lives of ordinary people and children who now more than about how sanctions and strict laws can affect the lives of ordinary ever, given [the early 2019] flood in Iran, need global help.” people and children who now more than ever, given [the early 2019] The heavy floods inundated more than two-thirds of the country in March and April. flood in Iran, need global help,” the University of California professor Floods drove hundreds of thousands of people homeless Ronnie Lipschwitz says. and caused an estimated $2.5 billion in damage to roads, bridges, homes and farmland. missile tests to justify his actions, but I say that instead of worry- The remaining parties, particularly the European sides, have While U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed ing about Iran’s missiles, Trump should be concerned about the failed to honor their commitments since the U.S. reimposed won the presidential elections in a landslide victory in 1997. at the time that Washington was ready to help via the widespread stockpiles of nuclear weapons in Israel.” the sanctions. In an interview with the Tasnim news agency published on Wednes- Red Cross and the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Under the nuclear deal, Iran agreed to put limits on its nuclear Netanyahu is one of the four people enlisted in the B-Team day, Zibakalam said reformists suffer from a coherent leadership the IRCS said no foreign cash help had been given to the activities in exchange for termination of economic and financial by Zarif. The other members of the team are White House accepted by all groups within the reform faction. society due to the sanctions. sanctions. national security advisor John Bolton, Saudi Crown Prince For example, he said, there is talk of leadership by Mohammad Lipschwitz added, “I believe that Trump will not However, Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the UN-en- Mohammed bin Salman, and UAE Crown Prince Moham- Khatami (former president), Saeed Hajarian ( a reformist theore- make these decisions alone; He is heavily influenced dorsed JCPOA in May 2018 and imposed the toughest ever sanc- med bin Zayed, all of whom, the Iranian foreign minister tician), Mohammad Reza Aref (leader of the Hope parliamentary by Netanyahu.” tions against Iran in line with his administration’s “maximum has said, are unified in an anti-Iran agenda which pushes faction) and also by the Servants of Construction Party but there is He went on to say, “Trump has repeatedly referred to Iranian pressure” policy against Tehran. Trump towards the harshest-possible confrontation with Iran. still no clear-cut policy. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AUGUST 15, 2019

STOCK MARKET Over €6.5b of non-oil income TEDPIX 261391.5 IFX 3517.32 injected to NIMA since March Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir ECONOMY TEHRAN - Iran’s non- the country the foreign currency amount deskoil exporters injected allocated to them by the government at €6.68 billion of their revenues into the lower prices than the free market. Forex Management Integrated System, In late May, CBI unveiled a new directive CURRENCIES locally known as NIMA, since the begin- package to provide the country’s export- USD 42,000 rials ning of the current Iranian calendar year ers with guidelines about how they should (March 21) up to August 11. re-inject their foreign currency incomes EUR 46,920 rials According to the latest data released by into the country’s economy. GBP 50,632 rials Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Based on the directive, for the pet- Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA), of the rochemical sector, the exporters should AED 11,437 rials mentioned figure, €6.1 billion has been present at least 60 percent of their foreign Source: cbi.ir returned into the market for imports, currency incomes into the domestic Forex ISNA reported. Management Integrated System (locally As reported, since July 23, 2018 up to known as NIMA), and a maximum 10 per- August 11, 2019 a total of €17.780 million cent could be injected into the financial has been injected into the NIMA system, system in the form of hard currency and COMMODITIES of which €15.5 billion has been used for the rest could be used for importing nec- Brent $60.37/b imports. essary goods. WTI $55.98/b Iran provides foreign currency for the As for other exporters, at least 50 percent country’s exporters with significantly of the total earnings should be presented OPEC Basket $57.82/b low exchange rates and the exporters at the NIMA system and a maximum 20 are obliged to return the equivalent of percent could be distributed in form of Gold $1,537.70/oz the supplied fund in the form of foreign hard currency and the rest can be used Silver $17.12/oz currency. for imports. NIMA, which seeks to boost trans- Earlier that month, the CBI Governor Platinium $855.70/oz parency, creates competitiveness among Abdolnaser Hemmati had said that “so far Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com exchange shops and promotes a secure the country’s exporters have re-injected environment for traders, is a new chance exporters of non-oil commodities to sell to the domestic financial system. 60 percent of their total exports revenues for importers to supply their required their foreign currency earnings to im- The instructions, aimed to lead the in the form of foreign currency into the foreign currency without specific prob- porters of consumer products. export revenues from the non-oil exports country’s financial system.” lems and for exporters to re-inject their In mid-November last year, CBI issued back into the country’s economy through According to CBI, last year some $18.7 bil- Non-oil exports earned foreign currency to domestic fo- the instructions on return details of the NIMA, mandate all the exporters of goods lion of foreign currency was returned into the up 45% in weight rex market. It was inaugurated to allow hard currency earned by exporters back and services to guarantee bringing back to country’s financial system by the exporters.

1 Over the past few years, in a push for an oil-free economy, Iran has been trying to develop its domestic production and increase TSE main index surpasses 261,000 points non-oil trade with its neighboring countries. ECONOMY TEHRAN- Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) Applying new financial instruments in Iranian capital percent would be accepted in the prime market. In July, Modoudi announced that the county’s non-oil exports deskmain index (TEDPIX) gained 4,352 points market was one of the main achievements of the exchange Sahraei also noted that there is no difference regarding has increased by 483 percent over the past 15 years. on Wednesday to reach 261,441, IRIB reported. markets during the past year, as TSE officially launched “fu- rules governing market makers in this and other markets, In a statement published on TPO website on the occasion of the As reported, 1.898 billion shares worth 5.99 trillion rials tures” in mid-December 2018 for more risk management and adding that participation of market makers is mandatory 15th establishment anniversary of TPO, Modoudi noted that the (about $142.5 million) were traded through 200,015 deals IME launched “option” in early March 2019 in an approach in the prime market. country’s annual non-oil exports is currently $44.3 billion, up $36.7 in the stock market. to diversify financing methods for agricultural products. TEDPIX has increased 56,220 points or 20.4 percent billion from $7.6 billion 15 years ago when TPO was established. Based on the already released reports and data, Iran’s TSE Head Ali Sahraei has recently announced that TSE to 234,879 during the first quarter of the current Iranian He added that non-oil exports to the neighboring countries has exchange markets have been following a steady trend in the plans to launch a new market named “prime market” in calendar year (March 21-June 21). witnessed an even greater increase, with the figure jumping from current Iranian calendar year while they witnessed much which the price range for the shares increase. As reported, some 258,055 billion securities worth 723.503 $3.2 billion to $24 billion. more fruitful performances and results in the past Iranian He said that only companies with a minimum transpar- trillion rials (about $17.226 billion) were traded through In June, Modoudi said that non-oil exports reached $8.4 billion calendar year 1397 (ended on March 20, 2019). ency score of 70 (out of 100) and floating stock of at least 25 17.999 million deals at TSE during the three-month period. in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year, up 8.9 percent compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, the country’s imports during the two-month period stood at $6.7 billion, down eight percent year on year. Iranian province to boost economic ties with Malaysia The official also put the country’s exports of services at $1.6 ECONOMY TEHRAN - In a meeting possible and available sectors for improving On July 27, Malaysian ambassador to Iran billion, up 17 percent from a year earlier. deskbetween head of com- bilateral economic ties before the Malaysian Dato Rustam bin Yahaya said the grounds are According to the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran merce chamber of the Iranian province of president’s visit to Iran,” the chamber’s head ready for Malaysia’s investment in different Customs Administration, the country’s non-oil trade stood at $4.87 Alborz with Malaysia’s commercial attaché added. industrial fields active in Alborz province. billion in the first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin (March in Tehran, the two sides expressed readiness “We provided the Malaysian commercial Alborz province, including 3,600 pro- 21-April 20). for expansion of mutual economic ties. attaché with required information about mak- duction and industrial units, some 68,000 Meanwhile, non-oil trade registered a $1.5-billion positive bal- “Malaysia has been chosen as Alborz’s ing joint investments, needed guarantees, and hectares of fertile gardens and agricultural ance in the past Iranian calendar year (March 2018–March 2019). trade and economic partner and develop- etc.,” Bana Molayi said. lands besides large research and scientific ing ties with the country stands among our He named the banking difficulties and centers, is one of the most productive and sci- top priorities,” head of Alborz commerce monetary exchange problems caused by the entific hubs of the country. It has the capacity Khani named new Iranian chamber Rahim Bana Molayi said. imposed US sanctions on Iran as the major to establish business and economic relation “Accompanying an economic delegation, impediments on the way of increasing eco- with different countries such as Malaysia. Privatization Organization head the Malaysian president is to pay a visit to nomic ties with Malaysia. Over the past four years, more than 200 Iran within a month to increase bilateral “As decided in the meeting, the two coun- foreign delegations have visited the Iranian ECONOMY TEHRAN – Davoud Khani was appointed as the trade and economic ties,” he said. tries will start swapping goods in case US province to investigate economic and trade desknew managing director of Iranian Privatization “In the held meeting, we decided to explore sanctions remain problematic,” he added. cooperation. Organization (IPO), IRIB reported on Wednesday. Khani, who is also a board member and IPO’s deputy for planning, development of resources and support affairs, replaced Mir Ali Ashraf Abdollah Pouri-Hosseini, the previous managing director of IPO. SA needs more time, better economy for NHI: experts Pouri-Hosseini’s resignation request had been recently accept- By Simnikiwe Hlatshaneni The South African Private Practitioners Forum (SAPPF) ed by Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad Dejpasand. suggested there was already evidence the NHI was set to There is already evidence the NHI is set to fail and that it fail and that it would ultimately drive healthcare profes- would ultimately drive healthcare professionals away, the sionals away. SA Private Practitioners Forum said. SAPPF said it remained concerned with the ability of gov- French jobless rate fell in A better economy can make universal healthcare a reality, ernment to successfully implement the Presidential Health second-quarter to lowest but South Africa needs more time to make the National Heath Compact to radically improve the quality of the public sector. Insurance (NHI) Bill work, according to a market expert. “Failure of the health compact to turn around every facil- level since end-2008 Private healthcare lobbyists and other interest groups ity in the public healthcare sector will mean that the public are intensifying their warnings on the economic dangers sector facilities will not be of sufficient quality to contract France’s unemployment rate fell back during the second quarter to of sidelining private healthcare and effectively shrinking with the NHI fund. The continued implementation of NHI, reach its lowest level since the end of 2008 and offer some relief for its market – a common interpretation of what the NHI without confirming that the Presidential Health Compact President Emmanuel Macron in the face of a slowing economy and would effectively do. was successful, could do immense damage to the healthcare anti-government protests. Head of capital markets research at Intellidex, Peter system and could result in a shortage of public sector service According to reuters.com, the INSEE national statistics office said Montalto, said even if South Africa sorely needed NHI, it providers for the NHI fund to contract with.” the unemployment rate in France, which is the euro zone’s second-big- simply couldn’t afford to make it work. The group was also concerned with the lack of clarity gest economy, fell to 8.5% in the second quarter from 8.7% in the first. Estimates from the Davis Tax Committee’s last report on around the compensation of private practitioners, leaving That marked the lowest level since it stood at 7.8% for the fourth the NHI suggested that the system would cost an additional a well-developed private healthcare system which is an es- it up to the executive to make regulations on such reim- quarter of 2008, although it remained above an unemployment R165 billion to the fiscus, according to Montalto. But for all tablished market and is meeting needs. bursement models. rate of around 5% in Germany, the euro zone’s biggest economy. intents and purposes and given a better economic outlook for “Private healthcare had not been built up in the UK, so Freedom Front Plus blamed healthcare giant Discovery A steady improvement in the jobs market has given Macron some South Africa, there was reason to believe that it could work. there is a different dynamic. Group’s historic dip in share price on the recent tabling of relief in the face of months of street protests against government Partially modelled on the British national health system, Private healthcare in England the NHI Bill. policies often criticized for favoring the wealthier members of society. the NHI had some key political differences in its inception, “In SA, it means replacing something that is already there The party suggested the effect on the economy was already French Labor Minister Muriel Penicaud said in a statement that Montalto said. with something of better quality, so that will be more of a being felt, with Discovery Group’s shares falling 8.5% on the latest figures showed progress in terms of young people taking The “British system obviously had a much earlier start political problem. In England, most people don’t have pri- the JSE last week. up apprenticeships and jobs. and one of the differences is that(South Africa) already has vate healthcare so that makes the comparison a bit harder.” (Source: citizen.co.za0) The “government’s reforms are starting to bear fruit for our citi- zens. A lot of jobs are being created, especially in terms of permanent contracts, because companies - especially small firms - are no longer scared to hire,” said Penicaud. German economy contracts as global trade slowdown takes a toll In July, online retail giant Amazon (AMZN.O) announced 1,800 The German economy shrank in the three notable underperformance compared with war between the U.S. and China and the German 10-year Bund yields held near new jobs in France while luxury fashion company Hermes (HRMS. months to June, as trade tensions between the the 0.2 percent second-quarter growth across prospect of a chaotic UK exit from the EU historic lows of minus 0.621 percent after PA) announced 130 new jobs in June, although by contrast furniture U.S. and China weighed on its export-heavy the Eurozone as a whole. are all weighing on the world’s fourth-largest the release of the data. The government debt retailer Conforama cut jobs. manufacturing sector and sharpened the Destatis said a slowdown in foreign trade economy. has rallied strongly in recent months amid OECD economist Stephane Carcillo said France still needed to pressure on politicians in Berlin to loosen had been partly offset by growth in domestic On Tuesday, the Zew survey of financial signs of an economic slowdown expectations do more in terms of cutting the unemployment level. the fiscal purse strings. consumption and capital formation. It added market experts revealed that German eco- for ECB easing. Others said the outlook for France and Germany remained uncertain According to Financial Times, Germany’s that a contraction in foreign trade “slowed nomic sentiment in August had dropped to Speaking before the release of the GDP given their broader economic slowdowns and exposure to the impact output fell 0.1 percent in the second quarter down economic growth because exports minus 44.1, its lowest since the Eurozone figures, Angela Merkel said she did not see of global trade disputes, with Germany’s economy having shrunk in from the previous three months. The new recorded a stronger quarter-on-quarter financial crisis in 2011 and much gloomier the need for stimulus package “so far”, while the second quarter. figures mean Germany’s economy grew by decrease than imports”. than estimates from analysts. conceding: “It’s true, we’re heading into a “Whilst the moderate fall in the French unemployment rate may 0.4 percent in the year to June, its slowest Having narrowly escaped a technical The European Central Bank is set to cut difficult phase.” The German chancellor be welcome for Macron, it is the very weak GDP growth numbers that rate for six years, underlining how Europe’s recession last year, many economists now interest rates further into negative territory added: “We will react depending on the will be of great concern,” said Lorne Baring, managing director at Ge- largest economy has gone from being the fear Germany faces the threat of a prolonged next month, becoming the latest central bank situation.” neva-based investment firm B Capital. powerhouse of the region to one of its main contraction in output as weakness in its man- to loosen monetary policy. ECB President Until now, however, many people in The “French economy advanced only 0.2 percent in the last quarter, laggards. ufacturing sector seeps into its previously Mario Draghi has, however, repeatedly in- Germany have been insulated from the easing from 0.3 percent growth in the previous period and missing The figures published on Wednesday buoyant services and consumer spending. sisted that Eurozone governments should slowdown. Unemployment is near record market expectations. The question is whether both France and Germany by the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) World’s fourth-largest economy not rely on monetary policy alone to save the lows and the housing market is booming. can exit the malaise that is ringing recession alarm bells for investors,” represent a sharp reversal from Germany’s A combination of turmoil in Germany’s bloc from a prolonged period in the economic “Domestic demand is still somewhat prop- added Baring. first-quarter 0.4 percent expansion, and a carmaking industry, the escalating trade doldrums. ping up the economy,” said Merkel. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2019 ENERGY 5

North Yaran oilfield to increase output SZOGPC self-sufficient in ENERGY TEHRAN – Installing the (ended on March 20). manufacturing, repairing desksecond Electric Submersi- Touraj Dehqani said the figure is planned ble Pump (ESP) in the well No.4 of the North to reach 400,000 bpd in the current year. oil industry equipment Yaran oilfield is going to increase the field’s North Yaran oilfield’s development project output by 1,000 barrels per day (bpd), Shana commenced in 2016 with a daily production of ENERGY TEHRAN –South Zagros Oil and Gas Produc- reported on Wednesday. 30,000 bpd, however after a while, the field’s desktion Company, a subsidiary of the National According to Mohammad-Ali Ajdari, the production experienced some decline. Iranian Oil Company, has manufactured or repaired the 521 North Yaran oilfield development project man- In this regard, the first ESP was installed in items needed in the oil and gas industry. ager, the ESP has been installed at a depth Well No. 14 of the oilfield in July 2018, aimed SZOGPC’s operations director, Seyed Mahmoud Mirbagheri of 2,300 meters, and it is stabilized 24 hours for maintaining and increasing its production. said on Tuesday that 499 of the company’s needed items were after installation. Yaran is one of the five oilfields known as supplied by domestic contractors. The performance of this ESP will be a guide West Karoun oilfields. It is divided into two The other 22 were also repaired by Iranian companies, he for selecting and applying maintenance and parts namely North Yaran and South Yaran, added. recovery methods in West Karoun oilfields, 120 kilometers west of Ahwaz, the capital city He said the company had prioritized identification of pro- Ajdari stated. of southwestern province of Khuzestan, on the ficient domestic companies that could supply or manufacture As reported, the pump has an external di- border line with Iraq. the items needed in SZOGPC’s oil and gas projects, adding that ameter of 5 inches and its total length is about The field is adjacent to Azadegan oilfield the engineering section of the company had formed technical 15 meters. in east and to Iraq’s Majnoon oilfield in west. and specialized teams in various sectors like electricity, me- In March, managing director of Petrole- West Karoun region which includes five chanic and measuring instruments in order to define research um Engineering and Development Company major fields namely North Azadegan, South (PEDEC) announced that production of oil Azadegan, North Yaran, South Yaran and from West Karoun oilfields reached 350,000 Yadavaran is among the country’s top devel- barrels bpd in the past Iranian calendar year opment projects. NIOC research directorate to conduct 25 major projects ENERGY TEHRAN – Head of the National Ira- four agreements with universities and knowledge-based desknian Oil Company (NIOC) Research and companies to conduct research in a variety of oil-related Technology Directorate said his office is going to conduct areas including geophysics, geochemistry, unconventional 25 major research projects worth nearly 700 billion rials hydrocarbon resources as well as drilling. projects for manufacturing or repairing the items domestically. (about $16 million). Taleqani also noted that other NIOC subsidiaries have The official said repairing a VGV Controller, three elec- Following a well-established plan, we will try to imple- also been tasked to increase their research activities and tronic feed cards and manufacturing of the Siemens SGT 400 ment the projects in a parallel approach, during the current in this regard almost all of them are going to sign similar turbine coupling bolt, which is one of the state-of-the-art oil year and the next calendar year (March 2020-March 2021), research agreements in near future. and gas turbines, were among SZOGPC’s achievements in the Ebrahim Taleqani told Shana on Wednesday. Since the reimposition of the U.S. sanctions, Iran has been current year. The official further mentioned NIOC Exploration Direc- encouraging domestic companies’ presence in its oil and gas Furthermore, repairing all kinds of valves, electromotors, torate’s agreements with Iranian universities and knowl- projects, in all sectors including research, exploration and hydraulic pumps, transformers and manufacturing of all types edge-based companies for research in various fields, saying that development sectors. of O-rings, washers, gear, cutting machinery, etc. are other the Exploration Directorate is tasked to sign seven research According to Ali Vatani, an advisor to vice president for items which have either been manufactured or repaired by agreements, four of which have been signed. science and technology, currently about 300 knowledge-based domestic companies for SZOGPC. Earlier this month, NIOC Exploration Directorate signed companies are active in the field of oil industry in Iran. SZOGPC is one of the most active companies in Iran’s oil industry. Estimates show its reserves hold a total of 3.7 trillion cubic meters of in-place gas, some 2.7 trillion cubic meters of which are deemed recoverable. Oil prices fall as China economic data disappoints, U.S. inventories gain The company also holds 425 million barrels of crude oil reserves, of which 12 million have so far been extracted. Its Oil prices fell on Wednesday on disappoint- some products affecting about half of the crude output is expected to stand at 6,100 barrels per day in ing economic data from China and a rise in $300 billion target list of Chinese goods. the next fiscal year that starts on March 21. U.S. crude inventories, erasing some of the But with about $110 billion worth of The company operates 11 oil and gas fields, including Aghar, sharp gains in the previous session after Chinese imports still subject to the tariffs Dalan, Nar, Kangan, Tabnak, Sorkhoun, Homa, Varavi, Sha- the U.S. said it would delay tariffs on some increase next month, the delay will not noul, Sarvestan and Sa’adatadab fields in Fars, Bushehr and Chinese products, easing trade tensions. solve the core issues between the U.S. and Hormozgan provinces. All the fields are located in five regions, Brent crude was down 46 cents, or 0.8%, China, said Yang. namely Nar and Kangan, Aghar and Dalan, Parsian, South at $60.84 a barrel at 0639 GMT, after rising “Markets will perhaps soon come down Sorkhoun and Gashou, as well as Sarvestan and Saadatabad. 4.7% on Tuesday, the biggest percentage gain to earth and face the reality of a world of since December. elevated trade tariffs, slower growth and U.S. oil was down 62 cents, or 1.1%, at policy inconsistency,” Yang said. Solar panels on farmland $56.48 a barrel, having risen 4% the previ- Markets have been pummeled in recent ous session, the most in just over a month. weeks amid tough talk from Trump on trade. could meet global energy China reported a raft of unexpectedly weak China’s Commerce Ministry said in a demands, study finds data for July, including a surprise drop in statement on Tuesday that U.S. and Chi- industrial output growth to a more than 17- nese trade officials spoke on the phone Installing solar panels on farmland is the best way to maximize year low, underlining widening economic and agreed to talk again within two weeks. their productivity, a new study has found. cracks as the trade war with the United States Data from industry group the Ameri- According to environmentjournal.online, the study, published intensifies. can Petroleum Institute (API) showed U.S. in the journal Scientific Reports, found that global electric “Deteriorating China industrial output CMC Markets.Profit taking after Tuesday’s logical,” said Jeffrey Halley, senior market crude stocks unexpectedly rose last week. energy demands could be met if just 1% of agricultural land and consumer spending suggest the funda- sharp gains also weighed on crude prices analyst, Asia Pacific at OANDA. Crude inventories increased by 3.7 mil- was converted to solar panels. mental picture isn’t great and the demand on Wednesday, analysts said. Benchmark crude prices surged on Tuesday lion barrels to 443 million, compared with The findings also bring into question the current common for energy may be under the pressure,” The “moves in oil were so outsized over- after U.S. President Donald Trump backed analyst expectations for a decrease of 2.8 practice of constructing large arrays of solar panels in deserts. said Margaret Yang, market analyst at night, that some profit taking in Asia was off his Sept. 1 deadline for 10% tariffs on million barrels, the API said. Chad Higgins, associate professor in Oregon State University (OSU)’s College of Agricultural Sciences and corresponding author of the study, said: ‘Our results indicate that there’s a Aramco’s $3 trillion float now looks like a pipe dream huge potential for solar and agriculture to work together to By Stephen Bartholomeusz The Saudis and their fellow cartel members did lift production but were blind-sided when Trump initially Saudi Arabia’s Aramco gave its first-ever earnings briefing granted waivers to some key Iranian customers, including on Monday. The oil market backdrop for the earnings China, from its sanctions. That led to the market being call wasn’t, however, the best setting for a group that over-supplied, to oil prices slumping and a new round still harbors hopes of a $2 trillion ($3 trillion) share of so-far ineffective production cut-backs. market listing as early as next year. Saudi Arabia’s Aramco raised $12 billion via its first The call was, apparently, rather desultory and not issue of bonds in April. especially informative, although the first-half numbers The Aramco float is supposed to be the centerpiece were impressive given the context of falling oil prices of the economic and social reforms being sponsored by provide reliable energy. and production cut-backs. Aramco’s profit was down the Saudi’s controversial Crown Prince, Mohammad bin ‘There’s an old adage that agriculture can overproduce an- 12 percent to $46.9 billion, which is pretty impressive Salman, as part of a long-term strategy of diversifying ything. That’s what we found in electricity, too. It turns out for a half-year. the economy away from its dependence on crude oil, that 8,000 years ago, farmers found the best places to harvest Aramco is the world’s most profitable company, gen- while modernizing the governance of Aramco, whose solar energy on Earth.’ erating more cash and earnings than all the listed oil affairs and finances are entangled with those of the state. The research team led by Oregon State University analyzed majors combined. Its free cash flow for the half, after Providing greater transparency power production data collected by a Tesla solar electric array capital expenditures, was $38 billion. The debt raised was to help fund the $69.1 billion installed on farmland owned by the university. Even so, most analysts believe the group’s ambition acquisition of 70 percent of the Sabic petrochemical They combined the Tesla information with data from micro- of listing 5 percent of itself for $100 billion - which group from the Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund and to climate research stations installed at the array, which recorded would be the world’s biggest IPO and provide the market provide greater transparency for its financial affairs. variables like mean air temperature, wind speed and direction capitalization of $2 trillion - is overly optimistic by a It didn’t actually need the money, given that it has and incoming solar energy. significant margin. almost no debt. Based on those results, the university created a model for Whether the Saudi’s can float the state-owned group On Monday it also announced it was buying a 20 photovoltaic efficiency based on air temperature, wind speed levels) but because demand growth has slowed to its next year or in 2021 at prices that are palatable will percent stake, for a reported $15 billion, in the refining and relative humidity. lowest levels since the financial crisis. depend on the oil market at the time. If the current and chemicals division of India’s Reliance Industries ‘We found that when it’s cool outside the efficiency gets The explanation for that is obvious – Donald Trump’s conditions persist, it might be a difficult sell. conglomerate. better,’ Higgins said. ‘If it’s hot the efficiency gets worse. When trade wars are slowing global growth and China’s growth OPEC’s output is at eight-year lows after the “OPEC+’ The two transactions are designed to increase Aramco’s it is dead calm the efficiency is worse, but some wind makes in particular. grouping of OPEC members and non-members, including exposure to downstream activities to lower its vulnerability it better. Unless Trump is prepared to do an about-face and Russia, agreed to extend pre-existing production cuts to volatile crude oil prices – a greater exposure to refining ‘As the conditions became more humid, the panels did worse. negotiate a deal on trade that China finds acceptable, this month. The Saudis have borne the brunt of those would act as a natural hedge against fluctuations in the oil Solar panels are just like people and the weather, they are which is most unlikely, global conditions and demand cuts – they are producing about 7 million barrels a day price – and to lock in downstream customers for its oil. happier when it’s cool and breezy and dry.’ for oil are unlikely to improve anytime soon. at present, down from more than 11 million barrels a While that might make it more resilient, it doesn’t by The researchers then used global satellite imagery to apply Indeed, financial markets are signaling an expectation the model worldwide, crossing 17 classes of land cover including day late last year. itself make Aramco worth $2 trillion. that the global economy will continue to deteriorate, croplands, mixed forests, urban and savanna. Continuing constraints on production To get anywhere close to the number the Crown Prince with a significant risk of a global recession. Croplands were found to be the most productive places to Despite the continuing constraints on production, wants, the Saudis will need a far higher price than the The strength of the U.S. dollar as capital flows to place a solar panel, while snowy or icy environments turned including the near-total withdrawal of Iranian oil from levels at which oil has been trading and, while the trade the perceived safe haven of the U.S. bond market isn’t out to be least productive. the market because of the renewed U.S. sanctions and wars continue to depress global growth, is likely to trade helping oil either, given that it makes the commodity The scientists then re-evaluated their model to assess agri- Venezuela’s because of its economic chaos, the oil price at for the foreseeable future. more expensive for non-U.S. buyers. voltaics’ potential to meet the projected global electric demand has fallen from more than $74 a barrel in April to $53.80 Unless he is willing to accept a valuation far lower than It was Trump’s attacks on the “OPEC monopoly” determined by the World Bank. a barrel on Monday. Last year it peaked at more than $2 trillion – probably well below $1.5 trillion – the float and its “manipulation’’ of oil prices and the pressure he The findings follow previous research by OSU that found $85 a barrel. might have to be deferred, again, indefinitely while the imposed on the Saudis to lift production last year that that placing solar panels on agricultural fields could improve The dilemma facing the cartel is that the oil price Saudis wait for a global economic uplift but that might derailed the planned initial public offering of Aramco, crop yield.Solar energy is the fastest-growing source of power hasn’t responded to the production cuts, not because be years away. worldwide and could become the world’s largest electricity which was originally scheduled (after being deferred the U.S. shale producers have significantly ramped (Source: amh.com.au) source by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency. up their production (although it is running at record several times) for this year. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 15, 2019 Kevin Barrett: Nation state law exposed truth Was Epstein murdered to about apartheid nature of Zionist Israel protect members of the TEHRAN (FNA)– Journalist and activist A: Trump and the corrupt [Persian] Gulf Kevin Barrett says the “Nation State Law” dictators, along with their partner in crime U.S. elite? proved the fact that the regime in Tel Aviv al-Sisi, are enslaved to Zionist money-power. By Paul Craig Roberts does not represent all the citizens, and the Zionists dominate the Western segment of non-Jews “are considered subhuman ver- the global financial system. So corrupt indi- min fit only to be subjugated, expelled, or viduals and nations who want to be players I appreciate my readers’ confidence in me. However, I cannot exterminated”. in that system, and profit from it, are forced clear up the Jeffrey Epstein matter for you. Kevin Barrett, in an exclusive interview to obey Zionist orders, and become complicit Perhaps I can help you to think about it in a careful way. with FNA, said that such ideas supported by in Zionist crimes. First of all, many jail “suicides” are murders. In 1995 Jesse the likes of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, who were once In July 2018, the so-called nation state Trentadue’s brother, Kenneth, was mistakenly identified as considered extremist, are “now the nearly law was adopted by Israeli Knesset. What the possible “missing man” who was thought to be involved in unanimous view of the Jewish population do you think the legislation shows about the the Oklahoma City bombing and beaten to death in a federal of Zionist-occupied Palestine.” He further nature of the regime in Tel Aviv? prison by federal agents. added that “such a rabidly genocidal apart- A: The nation state law merely stated The prison claimed Kenneth hung himself in his cell. The heid state is unlikely to be tolerated by the the truth: Zionist “Israel” is an apartheid state coroner refused to confirm the suicide verdict and only region, or the world, for very long.” state. It does not represent all its citizens, much later after much pressure ceased his resistance to the Dr Kevin Barrett is a journalist, radio host, just the Jewish ones. The others are considered coverup. activist and a former university lecturer. He subhuman vermin fit only to be subjugated, The prison wanted to cremate the body rather than return is a member of the Scientific Panel for the expelled, or exterminated. This view, once the body to family for burial. Investigation of 9/11 (SPINE) and a found- considered extremist when espoused by ing member of the Muslim-Jewish-Christian the likes of Jabotinsky, is now the nearly Alliance (MUJCA), established in 2004 with unanimous view of the Jewish population the stated aim of improving “interfaith dia- of Zionist-occupied Palestine. Such a rab- logue, coexistence, and understanding” in idly genocidal apartheid state is unlikely to light of the events of 9/11. be tolerated by the region, or the world, for FNA has conducted an interview with very long. Kevin Barrett about Israel’s brutal crack- Many believe that the continuing illegal down on Palestinian protesters, the Israeli Israeli settlement activities have hammered legislation known as the Nation State Law and nail after nail into the coffin of a diplomatic also Trump’s so-called “deal of the century”. solution. What do you think about that? Below you will find the full text of the A: Israeli settlements have doomed the interview. the world’s largest open-air concentration turn.’ What do you think the march has ac- two-state solution. Zionist Israel could have It seems that killing scores of people camp — so much that whenever Israel de- complished so far? made itself sustainable through that two-state and maiming thousands more over the past cides to “mow the lawn” and stage another A: The Great March of Return has sent the solution. But by rejecting the prospect of several months isn’t an indication of what mass slaughter, Jewish Israelis throw huge world a loud and clear message: Palestinian peace held out by Arafat and other Palestin- Israel thinks is enough to keep Gaza in check. barbecue parties on hilltops overlooking the resistance lives! The Zionist-dominated global ians who deluded themselves into believing Do you think Israel’s deadly clamp down carnage and cheer the ongoing massacres. media has done its best to obscure the justice that the Zionists had good intentions and on Palestinian protesters is going to end So the horror will continue because it is of the Palestinian assertion of the Right of were capable of making and living up to an anytime soon? popular politically. The other factor driving Return. But gradually the world is coming agreement, the Zionists have dug their own A: Israel’s treatment of the people of Gaza it is strategic desperation. The Zionists, de- to understand the truth about the Palestin- grave and sealed the fate of their peculiar will continue to worsen, for two overriding spite their murderous fanaticism and their ian Holocaust of 1948 and the slow-motion experiment. reasons. First, the Jewish majority in Israel domination of global media and the world’s holocaust ongoing ever since. Today, even The current administration in the US is becoming increasingly extremist and gen- biggest financial centers, have been unable to a small but growing segment of the glob- has been boasting about their new plan for ocidal. A few decades ago, the Likud party, quell Palestinian resistance. Nor have they al Jewish population supports a one-state Palestine and even calling it the deal of the representing the heirs of Jabotinsky, was been able to prevent the world from grad- solution which would necessarily involve an century. What do you think would be in the a fringe movement. Today it is considered ually learning the truth and siding with the acceptance of the principle of Right of Return. new deal for the Palestinians? centrist. Polls show that Isreali Jews (unlike Palestinians. And they cannot change the The Great March is a leading factor pushing A: The so called Kushner peace plan is But Jesse, a Salt Lake City attorney was suspicious. When Israeli Arabs) almost unanimously approve demographic factors that give Palestinians, this once-marginal (in the West) idea into a joke. Kushner is from an organized crime the body was returned, it was covered in heavy makeup. of the horrendous periodic massacres of the and the other Arabs and Muslims in the region, the mainstream. And the more brutal the family. He is a thug and a rabid Zionist. The Investigation revealed head lacerations, bruises and burns people of Gaza. They approve of raining white a long-term advantage. So they know, deep Zionist response, the more the world sees the idea that such a person could play a role in all over and other contusions that obviously were not self-in- phosphorous on the heads of women and chil- down inside, that their project is doomed. For truth about Zionist oppression and tyranny. any peace process is beyond absurd. flicted and could not possibly have occurred from hanging. dren. They approve of bombing ambulances that reason, driven by deep-seated uncon- How do you think the US and some The only new deal for Palestinians will scious desperation, they lash out viciously Arab states are complicit in crimes against Apparently, Kenneth was tortured and beaten to death in an and hospitals and schools and UN facilities come when the genocidal Zionist experiment and blowing innocent children, women, and like cornered rabid rats. the Palestinians especially in light with the finally implodes. Not just Palestinians, but also effort to get a confession. men to pieces. They love this insane cruelty It’s been a year since the start of the discreet links between Israel and Saudi Arabia everyone who cares about justice, should work Jesse has been trying to get to get justice for the family for — perpetrated against helpless inmates of protests known as the ‘Great March of Re- and other Persian Gulf states? assiduously toward hastening that implosion. 24 years, but has been stonewalled by the US Department of Justice (sic). It is not possible to commit suicide when a person is on suicide watch. Former inmates and prison guards and cor- East Asia trade deal faces head winds rectional personnel have stated with certainty that Epstein By Chen Yang by Abe’s official visit to China in October 2018. Japan-China did not commit suicide by hanging himself. High-Level Economic Dialogue resumed in April 2019 and The only questions before us are: Was Epstein murdered GLOBALTIMES–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s the two countries’ strategic dialogue resumed in August. The in order to protect members of the elite? administration has adjusted its East Asia policy after secur- moves indicate joint efforts aimed at strengthening mutual Was Epstein switched out by the Deep State and a dead ing the majority of seats in the House of Councillors, or the trust. Japan is likely to maintain positive policies toward China, person of similar appearance left in his place? Upper House, in July.To begin with, Japan and South Korea which will help shape a new East Asian order. Last week those who said that Epstein would not make it are going through the darkest hour in their relationship. The In the meantime, sluggish Japan-South Korea relations will to trial because so many prominent people would be impli- Japanese cabinet removed South Korea from its white list of be a feature of the new East Asian order. The bilateral relation- cated were dismissed as “conspiracy theorists.” This week trusted trading partners on August 2. In a tit-for-tat move, ship nosedived due to historical issues and new trade disputes. we know the “conspiracy theorists” were right. Epstein did South Korea announced its plans on Monday to remove Japan The Abe administration omitted the phrase “South Korea is not make it to trial. from its “white list” of trusted trade partners from September. our most important neighbor” in the Diplomatic Bluebook But we don’t know that he is dead. This report on Intellihub As a result, Tokyo-Seoul ties have reached their lowest point 2018, and this year it deleted the expression that Tokyo-Seoul might be a fabrication posted to attract readers. since diplomatic relations were established in 1965. Signs of relations should be developed “in a forward-looking direction.” Or it might be a false report put out by the Deep State improvement have yet to be seen. The Japanese government will “lower South Korea’s standing to distract attention from a suspicious suicide. James Jesus The trade conflict involves only the two Northeast Asian as an important security cooperation partner” in an upcoming countries, but the dispute has impacted the framework of regional Angleton, head of CIA counter-intelligence, once told me that defense white paper set to be released next month, reported security. Both Japan and South Korea are US allies and play when the CIA pulls off something, it muddies the waters by The Japan Times. key roles in US intervention in regional affairs. If Tokyo-Seoul The subtle moves from Tokyo underscore a feature of Ja- placing different and conflicting stories in the media. disputes become a long-term issue, the US-Japan-South Ko- The result, he said, is that there is too much to investigate, pan’s policy toward South Korea - neglecting South Korea. It rea alliance would be challenged and result in major security is estimated that this will be the tone of Japan’s South Korea and people end up arguing with one another over which story changes in the region. is correct, and the facts of the event are never investigated. policy in the coming years.Against the backdrop, whether the Meanwhile, China-Japan ties have reached new levels. Chinese China-Japan-South Korea Free Trade Agreement can be reached Today with the Internet all sorts of stories can be put into play Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng and Japanese Vice Foreign has come into focus. This year marks the 20th anniversary of in order to cover an event in confusion. Minister Takeo Akiba held a new round of strategic dialogue on the cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea. Tri- be realized due to historical, territorial issues among the three When you hear someone trying to discredit a view by call- Saturday. The two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations lateral cooperation and exchanges in economy, trade, culture, nations and interference from countries beyond the region. ing it a “conspiracy theory,” be suspicious. The CIA invented and international and regional issues of common concern. education, and disaster management have yielded fruitful results The rise of global trade protectionism is supposed to be a vital “conspiracy theory” in order to control the explanation of Strategic dialogue is an essential channel for the two gov- in the past two decades.The trilateral cooperation mechanism push to accelerate the free trade agreement, but as Japan-South President John F. Kennedy’s assassination by discrediting ernments to strengthen strategic communication and is sig- has been continuously strengthened and a comprehensive and Korea relations continue to decline, negotiations will remain skeptics of the official explanation. nificant for the development of bilateral ties. The discussions multilevel system is in place. In this context, if established, the hindered. It is unlikely an agreement will be reached in the We won’t know that Epstein is not alive and enjoying life resumed after seven years, indicating Beijing-Tokyo relations China-Japan-South Korea free trade zone would help build short term. The geopolitical changes in East Asia can only play with underage females in a CIA safe house until people who are improving. an economic circle with 1.5 billion consumers, a total GDP of a limited role in promoting the process. knew him well and are not endangered by investigation of The changes are not accidental, but a stark reflection of about $21 trillion, accounting for 20 percent of the world GDP. Is South Korea willing to expand trade ties with Japan after his pedophile activities identify the body, and non-official, the Abe administration’s East Asia policy.Chinese Premier Li This will greatly invigorate the global economy. being sanctioned by the latter? The three countries needs a non-governmental experts identify the body via DNA. Even Keqiang visited Japan in May 2018. The visit was followed Unfortunately, the reality is that the agreement has yet to solid trilateral economic and trade relationship. with these steps, we cannot know that investigators were not bribed or threatened. Much will be done to add to the confusion and doubt. Al- ready we have a delayed autopsy report, and involvement of U.S. farmers face permanent loss of soybean market GLOBALTIMES–Thanks to the US-launched agricultural cooperation related to soybeans. a pathologist who supported the unbelievable single bullet trade war, China is turning to Russia for soybean Some statistics show that the area dedicated explanation of President Kennedy’s murder. supplies. Some American farmers consider this to soybean cultivation in Russia is just 2.5 Contradictory information grows by the day. Now there to be a temporary plan to fill the gap left after million hectares, accounting for only about are reports, allegedly from official sources, that Epstein was China curtailed imports of US soybeans, but 3 percent of the country’s arable land. Rus- taken off suicide watch shortly before his “suicide.” those people may be deeply disappointed by sia has the potential to expand its soybean This report is necessary to support the verdict of suicide the result. planting area. as suicide is not possible in a suicide-proof cell. China attaches importance to long-term In 2018, trade between China and Russia The odds are heavy against us ever being given a clear and stable cooperation with Russia in soybean im- reached $107 billion, less than the amount convincing explanation. ports. Some Chinese companies have showed between China and Malaysia. The potential The only way you can know is to study the situation very enthusiasm for growing soybeans in Russia that of China-Russia trade is far from being fully carefully, consider the ever-changing story, and make up your are then exported to China. JBA, a joint venture exploited. Soybean purchases offer an oppor- own mind. Official explanations, such as President Kennedy’s between companies including Joyvio Group and tunity for Beijing and Moscow to strengthen assassination, Robert Kennedy’s assassination, Martin Luther Heilongjiang Agriculture Co, has announced a their economic ties. King’s assassination, the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, plan involving 1 billion yuan ($142 million) to A trade deal between China and the US and 9/11, are never correct. plant crops - including soybeans - in Russia. now looks far off. Until any such agreement Epstein’s trial would have discredited the American elite Once Chinese companies develop soybean in place since the trade war began. However, Russian farmers achieve higher average yields is formally signed, Chinese companies will and simply was not permitted to happen. planting bases in Russia, the nation will offer a Chinese investment is changing the outlook and meet the demand of the Chinese market. keep investing in Russia’s agriculture sector. For the same reason, we will never know what really hap- stable source of the crop for the Chinese mar- in this sector. China and Russia agreed in June to upgrade This will result in irreversible losses for US pened to Epstein. ket. US farmers face the risk of losing China’s As China and Russia expand cooperation relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership soybean farmers. Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury soybean market forever, even if US President in fields such as agriculture, Russian soybeans of coordination for a new era. Russian President There is only a small window of time for in the Reagan Administration and associate editor of the Wall Donald Trump ends the trade war with China. will become more competitive in the Chinese Vladimir Putin said his country is committed to Washington to help US farmers save their Street Journal. The article was first published by the author’s US soybeans are cheap on the world market, market. The Russian Far East is adjacent to deepening cooperation with China in a range market share in China before Chinese com- website -- https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/. Dr. Roberts so some analysts forecast that Chinese import- China’s northeastern provinces, which are of fields including agriculture, according to the panies finish reshuffling their supply chains has granted permission to Press TV to republish his articles. ers will turn back to buying US soybeans if the themselves a major soybean producing area Xinhua News Agency. by diversifying trading partners. Hopefully, two countries lift all the punitive tariffs put in China. Chinese soybean technology can help China and Russia have large potential for Trump can seize the chance. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7

Will Johnson be Brexit’s Mehran Kamrava: U.S. Persian Gulf coalition to fail

TEHRAN (FNA) — Mehran Kamrava, Professor and Di- rector of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar, third victim? said the US efforts to form a coalition in the Persian Gulf to contain Iran’s power will prove a failure. By Ali Azimi without a deal, as this is the only way to achieve a good agreement. Johnson TEHRAN — The puzzle of Brexit in recently repeated this mantra when he the UK and the European Union is be- said that the EU needs to “look into our coming more and more difficult to solve. eyes and think, well, this time the Brits Some Western sources even speculate really do intend to come out on Oct. 31.” about the possibility of early elections in But the reality is that it’s Brits, not Brus- Britain. Meanwhile, the two traditional sels bureaucrats, whom Johnson wants British parties, the Labor Party and the to take his threats seriously. Conservative Party, have not yet been He’s bluffing both sides of the Brexit di- able to adapt to the components and vide at home in an attempt to consolidate principles of their country’s exit from the Leave vote and provoke his opponents the European Union. The key question into saving him from the near-certain is what will the British Prime Minister catastrophe of a no-deal Brexit, which do about solving the Brexit puzzle? Will would threaten to destroy the Tories’ Boris Johnson succeed or become Brexit’s reputation for economic competence for third victim? Here’s a look at some of a generation. Leaving the EU was never Speaking in an exclusive interview with FNA, Professor the analysis and news on Britain’s exit Johnson’s priority: It was seizing power. Mehran Kamrava said the US has long tried various means to from the EU: And now that he’s moved into Downing contain Iran’s military presence and its influence in Persian Boris Johnson Doesn’t Want a No-Deal Street, Johnson will do everything he Gulf region. In doing so, the Americans have not followed a Brexit. He Wants to Win an Election. can to stay there. coordinated, thoughtful, and long-term strategy and have As Foreign Policy reported, The British Brexit: judge fast-tracks challenge to always failed. prime minister’s tough talk is designed to stop Johnson forcing no deal Mehran Kamrava is Professor and Director of the Center provoke Remainers into blocking Brexit— As Guardian reported, A Scottish judge for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown Uni- and give him a villain to blame during an has fast-tracked a legal challenge backed versity’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He is the author election campaign. hen he was campaigning by 75 MPs and peers to prevent Boris of a number of journal articles and books, including, most to become the leader of the Conservative Johnson proroguing parliament to force recently, Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf Party and, by extension, Britain’s new prime This balancing act depends upon provoking through a no-deal Brexit.The cross-par- (Cornell University Press, 2018); Inside the Arab State (Ox- minister, Boris Johnson claimed that the ty group, led by the Scottish National ford University Press, 2018); The Impossibility of Palestine: chances of the United Kingdom leaving hostile members of Parliament into blocking party MP Joanna Cherry QC, alleges it History, Geography, and the Road Ahead (Yale University the European Union without a deal were no-deal and forcing him to seek yet another would be illegal and unconstitutional Press, 2016); Qatar: Small State, Big Politics (Cornell Uni- “a million-to-one against.” Yet, since he for the prime minister to suspend the versity Press, 2015); The Modern Middle East: A Political entered Downing Street, all signs appear extension to the Article 50 deadline so he Commons to prevent MPs blocking a no- History since the First World War, 3rd ed. (University of to indicate that Johnson’s government is doesn’t have to suffer the consequences of deal Brexit before 31 October.They told California Press, 2013); and Iran’s Intellectual Revolution actively trying to increase the odds of a climbing down on his own accord. Lord Doherty in the court of session “the (Cambridge University Press, 2008). His edited books in- no-deal Brexit. petition raises legal issues of profound clude The Great Game in West Asia: Iran, Turkey, and the On his first day in office last month, 50 deadline so he doesn’t have to suffer gerous gamble for Johnson, especially constitutional significance, and these Southern Caucasus (2017); Fragile Politics: Weak States in Johnson filled his cabinet with hard- the consequences of climbing down on after the hubristic calamity of 2017, when require to be considered and determined the Greater Middle East (2016); Beyond the Arab Spring: line Brexiteers. The Home Office and his own accord. Theresa May squandered the Conserva- as a matter of extreme urgency”. The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East (2015); The the Foreign Office, two of what are re- Johnson would then be able to spin tives’ parliamentary majority.Calling an Doherty ruled an urgent hearing of Political Economy of the Persian Gulf (2012); The Nuclear garded as the great offices of state, are the Brexit delay as an act of sabotage by election would be a dangerous gamble the case should take place on Friday 6 Question in the Middle East (2012); and The International led by Priti Patel and Dominic Raab, a Remainer-dominated Parliament and for Johnson, especially after the hubris- September, giving both sides only 10 Politics of the Persian Gulf (2011). respectively, both of whom are Brexit use it as justification for a snap general tic calamity of 2017, when Theresa May days to prepare their legal arguments Below is the full text of the interview: absolutists. Dominic Cummings, the di- election. Indeed, it has been reported squandered the Conservatives’ parlia- and four more days to revise them.The The United States has moved to form a new military rector of the Vote Leave campaign, has that Johnson and Cummings have al- mentary majority. But perhaps the call case has been brought by a cross-party coalition in the Persian Gulf. What is the purpose of this been brought in as a senior advisor and ready been laying the groundwork for won’t be his to make: Labour will almost group of Labour, SNP, Liberal Democrat coalition? assistant to the prime minister. Johnson a “people versus politicians” general certainly put forth a no-confidence mo- and former Tory MPs who quit the party A: Over the years, the US has tried various means to contain has, thus far, refused to even meet EU election, long before Parliament has tion against the prime minister in the over Brexit, and the Good Law Project, Iran’s military presence and its influence in Persian Gulf region. leaders for discussions until they agree even made a move. fall, and if just a handful of Tories make the anti-Brexit campaign group set up by In doing so, the Americans have not followed a coordinated, to completely scrap the contentious Irish Commentators have long speculated good on their threats to stop a no-deal Jolyon Maugham QC. Another two MPs thoughtful, and long-term strategy. And, despite pushing to backstop from Theresa May’s withdrawal that Johnson would call fresh elections Brexit by siding with the opposition, are due to join the group before the next make the Peninsula Shield a viable military force in the [P] agreement. Given the EU’s firm position within months of entering Downing Street Johnson’s government will fall and a hearing.It follows a historic victory for a GCC, they have failed to do so. This latest attempt, to create that such an insurance policy is needed so he can boost his working majority, general election will likely follow soon cross-party group of Scottish parliamen- a new military coalition, appears to be part of yet another to avoid a hard border between Northern which as of now depends on the hard- after, unless either Johnson or the op- tarians and Maugham in the European attempt by the United States — uncoordinated and without Ireland and Ireland, if he maintains this line Northern Irish Democratic Unionist position can assemble a parliamentary court of justice last December, which a long-term strategy — to maintain a military presence in the position, a no-deal Brexit becomes the Party (DUP) and is currently down to a majority during the 14-day window set said the UK was legally able to revoke Persian Gulf and to share the costs of doing so. It does not only possible outcome. single MP. By vocally committing to no- out in the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act. article 50 without the EU’s approval. appear to be heading for any meaningful success. Although all signs suggest Johnson deal, Johnson is trying to consolidate the With the opposition divided, there In two minor victories for the UK gov- The UK also first called for a seperate Persian Gulf coa- is leading the U.K. off the no-deal cliff, Leave vote ahead of a future election by is reason to suspect that Johnson is ac- ernment, Doherty refused the group’s plea lition that was welcomed by France but rejected by Germany. the likelihood is that he doesn’t really signaling to potential Brexit Party voters tively trying to engineer such a situation, for the case to be immediately sent to Scot- Why do you think the UK called for a seperate coalition in want to crash out of the EU. His com- that the Tories are the party best placed because it would look like he was forced tish appeal judges to speed the process the first place? mitment to leaving the EU on Oct. 31 to secure a no-deal Brexit in a political into an election against his own will by up, and also accepted the government’s A: The Europeans have tried to distance themselves from with or without a deal, “come what may,” landscape littered with Remainers. traitors within his own party. And should compromise proposal for costs should be the erratic, uncoordinated, and confrontational policies of might appear to be an intractable red This strategy appears to be working: he then fail to expand the Conservatives’ capped and shared between both sides. the United States. This is not to say that European diplomacy line, but in reality it should be seen as Since Johnson entered Downing Street, majority, he would be well placed to shirk David Welsh, the advocate acting for the has been any more successful, and clearly evident by the a deliberate challenge to his opponents a “Boris bounce” has seen support for the responsibility by blaming the election parliamentarians and Maugham, told Grace 1 tanker debacle, which Britain now doesn’t know how in Parliament to stop him from leaving Brexit Party drop five points, down to 14 on his internal opponents.However, the court they feared the government to resolve. Nevertheless, the Europeans are eager to show a without a deal. percent, while the Conservatives have recent reports suggest that Johnson would block and slow down the case as military presence, but at the same time distance from Donald If Johnson was truly set on pushing risen six points up to 31 percent. Labour could refuse to resign in the event of a much as possible.He said the applicants Trump’s foreign policies. through no-deal, he would have shown and the Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, successful no-confidence vote and wait were running desperately short of time: Another Plan for Persian Gulf security order was raised greater subtlety and gone about his plans are neck and neck at 22 and 21 percent out the following 14 days before setting in order for a final judgment on whether by the Russians that is close to Iranian views. The Russian more covertly so as to avoid alarming respectively, which points to a split in the an election date in early November that proroguing parliament was lawful be- plan merely envisages a supervisory or observer role for the his opponents.If Johnson was truly set Remain vote. This makes an early election would ensure that Britain crashes out fore 31 October, the case needed to be trans-regional powers in the Persian Gulf. How practical do on pushing through no-deal, he would ever more tempting for Johnson, because of the EU by default. Technically, this heard by the ordinary court, the appeal you believe this plan is? have shown greater subtlety and gone according to Robert Ford, a professor remains a possibility: A minimum of 25 court and finally the UK supreme court A: In theory this plan makes a lot of sense, and the secu- about his plans more covertly so as to of political science at the University of business days must pass between the in only 11 weeks. rity of the region should be the responsibility of the regional avoid alarming his opponents. Instead, Manchester, “under first past the post, a dissolution of Parliament and election Welsh warned that legal delays in actors. But in reality there is great mistrust among regional he has set out to cause maximum panic, consolidated Leave vote will overcome a day, but it is the incumbent prime min- reaching a final decision meant Johnson actors, especially when it comes to security issues. The recent which has had the effect of spurring a fragmented Remain vote often enough ister who gets to choose the date of the could prorogue parliament before the case announcement of collaborative security arrangements be- cross-party coalition against no-deal into to deliver the Conservatives victory in poll. Although such an outcome cannot had ended. A no-deal Brexit would have tween Iran and the UAE is a very positive sign, and hopefully action: Within days of Johnson’s entry many seats and thus a majority overall.” be ruled out, these plans look like yet “severe and irreversible” consequences. there will be more similar developments between Iran and into Downing Street, it was reported that when he won a 66-seat majority despite another provocation designed to push “It is a rather exceptional request against Saudi Arabia. The smaller sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf the recently resigned chancellor, Philip taking only 35.2 percent of the vote—a Parliament into action. a highly exceptional and unusual back- feel vulnerable to the military powers of countries like Iran Hammond, held meetings with Labour’s mere 2.8 percent more than the Con- It would be easier to win over Leave ground,” he added.Andrew Webster QC, and Saudi Arabia, and Iran and Russia and other actors need shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, servatives. Even with a slender majority voters by spinning a “people versus the the government’s lawyer, denied that to do what they can to lessen this feeling of vulnerability and and other Tory rebels where they began of some 30 seats, Johnson would have politicians” narrative that plays to their ministers wanted to obstruct the case threat — unreasonable as they are — that the smaller states mapping out a strategy to block no-deal far more leeway to push his own revised biases rather than convincing every other and accused Welsh of “misreading and feel. Only then would a viable regional security arrangement in the autumn. This bipartisan group is Brexit deal through Parliament. The most demographic to back the Conservatives at mischaracterising” the government’s view be possible. so concerned by the signals coming out of straightforward way of doing this would a time when there’s rioting in the streets.It it would be wrong to immediately refer Iran’s proposed plan for the Persian Gulf is based on the No. 10 that it intends to meet throughout be to alter the Irish backstop provision so is highly implausible that Johnson would the case to the appeal court. establishment of security by the littoral states. How feasible the summer to plan its strategy in detail that it only applies to Northern Ireland attempt to fight an election in the days Webster told Doherty the UK govern- is this plan, specially under the present circumstances? to maximize its chances of succeeding. rather than the entire U.K., as the EU after no-deal. Most mainstream experts ment also wanted it heard and decided A: Any viable and meaningful regional security arrangement Johnson is well aware that the fallout originally proposed in a draft withdrawal believe that a no-deal crash out would be before the UK’s departure deadline. “The needs to start with confidence-building measures. For several from a no-deal Brexit would threaten agreement in February 2018. an economic disaster that could result respondent is willing to seek to deal with years now, Iranian diplomacy has been designed to reduce his government as well as the long-term This arrangement would suit both the in food shortages, and the government these matters before 31 October provided regional tensions and to build confidence among neighbors. reputation of the Conservative Party. But EU and English Brexiteers, as it would has tested plans to deploy 10,000 police that is done in a fair and proportionate For the longest time, the Saudis and the Emiratis were not he is unable to soften his rhetoric because maintain an open border on the island officers to deal with any violent disorder manner,” he said.He admitted this was a willing to listen to the voices of calm and reasoned diplomacy it would provoke a furious backlash from of Ireland while allowing Great Britain that might erupt in a no-deal scenario. “challenging timetable” but said allow- coming out of Tehran. The tide seems to be turning in the UAE. absolutist Brexiteers within his own party to strike its own trade deals, because it Even Cummings himself has previously ing the main case in the lower court to And there are positive signs that Riyadh may also be reducing and among the wider electorate. To keep would be outside of the European cus- said that “triggering [Article 50] quickly be heard in five weeks, gave the appeal its animosity toward Iran. Let’s hope this trend continues. his cabinet on his side and to dissuade toms union. However, Johnson is unable without plan and legal preps for no deal court and supreme court six weeks to After 16 years, American troops returned to Saudi Arabia Conservative voters (some 61 percent to pursue this route, because it would would be like putting a gun in mouth finally decide. once again. How does this redeployment affect the security of whom voted to leave the EU in 2016) alienate the 10 DUP MPs who currently and kaboom.” The case will hinge on whether John- situation in the region? from defecting to Nigel Farage’s Brexit prop up his government. The Tories are This shows that underneath the bra- son would be breaching established A: This is more symbolic than militarily important. So Party, Johnson needs to be seen as a currently just 10 seats short of a working vado, the Johnson camp isn’t nearly as constitutional law and both the EU far, the troop deployment has been only 500. But for the committed no-dealer. majority, so even a modest improvement relaxed about no-deal as it appears. Its Withdrawal Act 2018 and the Northern Americans it shows the expansion of their footprint in the This balancing act depends upon pro- on their 2017 general election result would rhetoric is designed to neutralize Farage Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act Middle East, literally, and for the Saudis it ensures the con- voking hostile members of Parliament allow Johnson to cut the DUP loose and ahead of a pre-Brexit election, because 2019 if he asked the Queen to prorogue tinued acquisition of US military hardware at a time when into blocking no-deal and forcing him to push through a withdrawal agreement all logic suggests that it would be easier parliament.The petition argues the EU the Congress is firmly opposed to it. As far as the security of seek yet another extension to the Article with a Northern Ireland-only backstop. to win over Leave voters by spinning a Withdrawal Act requires parliament to the region is concerned, in the long run it makes the region 50 deadline so he doesn’t have to suffer In trade terms, this would effectively “people versus the politicians” narrative ratify the final Brexit deal and the North- only more insecure. No one likes foreign troops on their soil, the consequences of climbing down on move the border between the U.K. and that plays to their biases rather than con- ern Ireland act was amended by Dominic and the people of Saudi Arabia are no exception. And the 500 his own accord. the Republic of Ireland into the Irish Sea vincing every other demographic to back Grieve, the former attorney general, to troops are not going to enhance the security of the Kingdom, This balancing act depends upon pro- and result in customs checks on goods the Conservatives at a time when there’s ensure parliament sat from September but only deepen its security dependence on the US. This is voking hostile members of Parliament traveling between Northern Ireland and rioting in the streets.The Brexiteers have to December 2019, and heard fortnightly yet another ill-advised and short-sighted move by the Trump into blocking no-deal and forcing him to Great Britain. repeatedly argued that Brussels needs to reports by ministers, to scrutinise the White House on the one side and by Mohammed bin Salman seek yet another extension to the Article Calling an election would be a dan- think that Britain is serious about leaving Brexit process. on the other. 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Exomars: Parachute test failure ISS astronauts say goodbye to their waste as it blazes into threat to launch date fading darkness A European-Russian effort to land on Mars has are confident we will be able to find a fix and Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) have to been hit by another parachute failure, during implement it in time.” do just about everything for themselves. Living within this constant- a drop test in Sweden. If Exomars misses its launch window in ly orbiting laboratory, they’re not only crew members, they’re also It’s the second test mishap involving the 2020, the next opportunity to fly the mission plumbers, janitors and housekeepers. parachutes, so with launch under a year away, the will arrive in 2022, when Mars and Earth make Just last week, in fact, the team of six astronauts currently on Exomars project cannot afford another failure. another close approach. board began a month-long chore that requires taking their trash out It means the next test is critical if the mission But Nico Dettmann emphasized that there and unloading new supplies from Earth. is to avoid a delay to its targeted launch date was more involved in such a decision than Making room for a fresh Russian resupply rocket, called Progress of July 2020. favorable planetary alignment. “This doesn’t 73, astronauts were forced to say goodbye to their former cargo vessel, The plan is to send a Russian surface platform happen automatically. There are a number of Progress 72. and a European rover down to the Martian programmatic questions to be clarified with surface. the main stakeholders. The European Space Agency’s (Esa) Rosalind “The main stakeholders are not only our Franklin rover will collect samples of soil with Russian partners, but also our member states. a drill and analyze them for the presence of If we have to defer it will obviously cost some organic material. This could provide clues to the more money. This is something which is not yet presence of past or even current life on Mars. under discussion because we are still optimistic The rover and the Russian Kazachok lander that we can make the 2020 launch.” will be encapsulated in a carrier module during A low-altitude test conducted in March their six-minute journey down to the surface. 2018, in which a test mass was dropped from During a high-altitude test on 5 August a helicopter, had been successful. in Kiruna, Sweden, a test mass designed to The Rosalind Franklin rover is in its final represent the combined lander and rover was stages of completion at Airbus’ facility in Four months before, this payload had arrived from Earth carrying dropped from a stratospheric helium balloon Stevenage, UK. Engineers have been running 3.7 tons of supplies and gear, including oxygen and air, water, and at the height of 29km. As result, the test module descended under can imagine, the analysis is still running. We through the end tasks of assembly and expect to spare parts. Engineers were testing the largest of two the drag of the pilot chute alone. have to have a good understanding of the root get the six-wheeled vehicle out the door before Now that its main mission was done, there was one last thing main parachutes, measuring 35m in diameter, The same tearing problem was seen on a cause because we have only one more chance August is up. the vessel needed to do. On Monday, after filling the craft with trash designed to slow the vehicle to a speed required previous test at the Swedish Space Corporation’s to fix this issue,” said Nico Dettmann, human Roscosmos’ Kazachok landing platform (the and discarded gear, astronauts undocked Progress 72 and sent it to land safely on Mars. The European Space Esrange site, on 28 May. The balloon drop and robotic exploration development projects name translates as “little Cossack”), will carry hurtling back to Earth. Agency says it’s the largest ever to fly on a Mars test was designed to test the deployment of group leader at Esa. a suite of instruments developed in countries As the vessel plunged into our planet’s atmosphere, ISS expedition mission. the two main parachutes and the pilot chutes “We have two remaining test windows. One including Belgium, Spain and Finland - in 59/60 flight engineer Nick Hague caught the fiery incineration in action. However, the test article crashed into the designed to extract them from bags on the is in November, the other is in February next addition to Russian-built experiments. It is “Say goodbye to Progress 72 today to make room for 73P showing ground at high speed. Preliminary analysis descent module. year. If those tests are okay then we are on for also nearing completion. up on Wednesday,” tweeted Hague on Monday. shows that the initial steps in the parachute’s Changes were made to the design of the a flight in July. However, if one of them was to As it currently stands, the mission should “Caught this shot of it during reentry. It looked like a big firework deployment were carried out correctly. However, parachutes and bags following that test, but fail, we would not take the risk. Our mission launch on a Russian Proton rocket from the that lasted minutes – flickering, sparking, and pulsing with brightness specialists spotted radial tears in the canopy they evidently didn’t solve the problem. success is the first priority.” Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in July before it faded into the darkness.” of the parachute prior to its inflation. “The test took place eight days ago so, as you He told BBC News: “But at the moment we next year. (Source: BBC) Two days later, the un-piloted Russian Progress 73 cargo ship took its place, just hours after it was launched from Earth. All this may sound a bit crude, but according to NASA, so-called “destructive reentry” is a perfectly safe way of destroying ISS trash. These structures can make objects India’s moon-bound Chandrayaan-2 Astronauts on board have been taking out their waste this way for years, and the whole thing is quite the game of Tetris. ‘invisible’ to water waves spacecraft set to leave Earth’s orbit “Something big or heavy being launched on one vehicle means less available mass for other items,” explains NASA e-book The In- Scientists have designed devices that can On Tuesday night, Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft ternational Space Station: Operating an Outpost in the New Frontier. hide objects from water waves similar to how will leave Earth’s orbit and begin making its “Program personnel put forth considerable effort analyzing the invisibility cloaks hide objects from light way toward the moon. stowage configuration throughout the increment based on the vis- waves. The inventions might one day help Early Wednesday morning, after leaving iting vehicle traffic plan along with the expected trash generation reduce the drag on ships and submarines Earth’s orbit, engineers with the Indian and disposal plan.” or shelter vessels in port. Space Research Organization will direct the Of course, NASA is always looking to improve its methods. Last year, In the past 15 years or so, researchers spacecraft to perform an important maneuver in partnership with NineSigma, NASA announced a crowdsourcing have created intricate structures that can called Trans Lunar Insertion. The move will challenge to find new ideas for recycling in space. behave like the invisibility cloaks once put the spacecraft on a trajectory that will Currently, the waste disposal method takes up room; additionally, thought of solely as the province of “Harry put the probe into orbit around the moon as it may sit there for months, it puts the health of astronauts at risk. Potter” or “Star Trek.” The structures, on August 20. Plus, returning the trash to Earth or incinerating it in the atmosphere known as metamaterials, channel light far more research into factors such as “Subsequently, we have planned to have perform a series of breaking maneuvers to won’t be feasible options for missions beyond Earth’s low orbit. waves around cloaked objects so that the complex turbulent flows is needed for a series of maneuvers around the moon and execute a soft landing on the south polar “Along with a commitment to explore and pioneer, comes a com- waves continue on the other side as if they practical applications of this work, it might finally, on September 7, we will be landing on region of the nearside of the moon. After mitment to use the resources at our disposal fully, efficiently and had encountered nothing. one day help reduce the drag that vehicles the moon near its south pole,” Kailasavadivoo landing, Vikram will release Pragyan, the responsibly,” Anne Meier, lead research engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Researchers have also made cloaking feel when moving in water or wind, said Sivan, ISRO chairperson, told reporters. rover. Space Center, stated last year. devices that can hide objects from other study lead author Juhyuk Park, a materials India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch The mission’s lander is named for Vikram “Recycling in space and repurposing all or as much of the mass kinds of waves, such as thermal and sound scientist at MIT. Vehicle launched Chandrayaan-2 in July. Sarabhai, considered the father of India’s that we launch up to space is key for sustainable long-duration space waves. However, devising a cloaking Another cloak developed by scientists The small probe, which houses a lander and space agency and an important figure in travel. Waste conversion and volume reduction will free up volume material for water waves has proven in China and the United States consists of rover, has been circling Earth for the past the development modern science, physical for more science, more exploration, and is the heart of closing the challenging due to factors such as viscosity. a pair of long, thin iron platforms placed few weeks. The probe used its propulsion research and atomic energy. Sarabhai died loop on human spaceflight, and logistics reduction and reutilization.” Now, two groups of scientists have on the bottom corners of a water tank. The system to slowly increase its orbital distance in a plane crash in 1966. (Source: sciencealert.com) overcome these challenges, in different platforms funnel waves around objects such from Earth, preparing for Tuesday’s escape “Today, on his birth anniversary, we ways. One group from South Korea and as a toy boat floating in the middle of the from Earth’s orbit. remember the exemplary Dr. Vikram the United States designed a cloak made of tank. In principle, such a cloak “would be Next week, as the probe approaches the Sarabhai,” Narendra Modi, India’s prime 10 concentric rings of tiny silicone rubber useful for a safe port for ships, if we can test moon, the propulsion system will slow the minister, wrote on Twitter this week. “His Repeating outbursts of pillars surrounding the cloaked object. The it near the seashore,” said study co-author spacecraft’s speed, allowing it to be captured contribution to Indian science and innovation size and spacing of these pillars deflected Huanyang Chen, a physicist at Xiamen into orbit by the moon’s gravity. is tremendous. His efforts ensured India made 40,000-degree wind the flow of water so that the object in the University in China. Once in orbit around the moon, the probe rapid strides in science and space.” discovered near black hole middle of the rings felt zero drag. Although (Source: Inside Science) will release the lander, Vikram, which will (Source: UPI) About 25,000 light-years from Earth, astronomers have discovered intensely hot, screaming winds near a black hole. And those outbursts repeat every eight minutes. It’s the first time researchers have observed this around a black Study shows we like our math like we like our art: Beautiful hole, according to a new study. The study was published this week in the Monthly Notices of the Royal A beautiful landscape painting, a beautiful piano sonata -- other based on the separate beauty criteria. They then compared Astronomical Society. art and music are almost exclusively described in terms of these scores to the results from the first group of participants, The same system showed signs of a violent outburst in 2011. Then, it aesthetics, but what about math? Beyond useful or brilliant, who were asked to simply match proofs with paintings based happened again in 2017. But this time, scientists noticed the repetitive behavior can an abstract idea be considered beautiful? on their own intuitive sense of aesthetic similarity -- much and took a look with the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, the Yes, actually -- and not just by mathematicians, reports a like Steinerberger’s initial analogy of the proof to a “good South African Large Telescope. new study in Cognition. Schubert sonata.” In the system, there’s a low-mass star like our sun and a black hole compact Coauthored by a Yale mathematician and a University of When the results came in, Steinerberger and Johnson were object that’s six times the mass of the sun. Bath psychologist, the study shows that average Americans surprised but pleased. They were able to take the similarity The black hole compact object is pulling material from the star into a disk can assess mathematical arguments for beauty just as they scores from participants in the third task to predict how the that separates the two of them. When the star’s material grows hot, it becomes can pieces of art or music. The beauty they discerned about participants would behave in the first task. Participants in the unstable. This is the cause of the energetic outbursts, the researchers said. the math was not one-dimensional either: Using nine criteria third group agreed about which arguments were elegant and In 2011, the researchers noticed dips in the system’s brightness, which for beauty -- such as elegance, intricacy, universality, etc. -- which paintings were elegant while, likewise, participants in the shifted as the outburst evolved -- not something they had observed before. 300 individuals had better-than-chance agreement about the first group tended to match the argument the third group rated “The cause of these remarkable, fast dips has been a hot topic of scientific specific ways that four different proofs were beautiful. as most elegant with the painting they’d rated most elegant. debate ever since their discovery,” said study author and lead researcher Phil This inquiry into the aesthetics of mathematics began when got it,” said Steinerberger. “It was a match made in heaven.” Laypeople not only had similar intuitions about the beauty Charles of the University of Southampton. “So it was with great excitement study co-author and Yale assistant professor of mathematics For the study, they chose four each of mathematical of math as they did about the beauty of art but also had similar that astronomers greeted the second outburst of this object in mid-2017, Stefan Steinerberger likened a proof he was teaching to a “really arguments, landscape paintings, and piano sonatas. Because intuitions about beauty as each other. In other words, there was presenting an opportunity to study this strange behavior in greater detail.” good Schubert sonata.” the similarities between math and music have long been noted, consensus about what makes something beautiful, regardless The telescope enabled the researchers to capture the different wavelengths “As it turns out, the Yale students who do math also do a Johnson explained, they also wanted to test people using another of modality. of light associated with the dips in its brightness -- even though the black statistically impressive amount of music,” said Steinerberger. aesthetic modality -- art in this case -- to see if there’s something “I’d like to see our study done again but with different hole compact object is 10,000 times dimmer than the faintest stars visible “Three or four students came up to me afterwards and asked, more universal about the way we judge aesthetics. pieces of music, different proofs, different artwork,” said to the human eye. ‘What did you mean by this?’ And I realized I had no idea Johnson divided the study into three parts. The first task Steinerberger. “We demonstrated this phenomenon, but we Within the spectrum gathered by the telescope, the researchers were able what I meant, but it just sounded sort of right. So, I emailed required a sample of individuals to match the four math proofs don’t know the limits of it. Where does it stop existing? Does to spot energized helium in the system that had been heated to 40,000 degrees the psych department.” to the four landscape paintings based on how aesthetically it have to be classical music? Do the paintings have to be of Kelvin and reached speeds of 600 kilometers per second. Yale professor of psychology Woo-Kyoung Ahn replied to similar they found them; the second required a different sample the natural world, which is highly aesthetic?” “But what really astonished us was the discovery that these spectral features Steinerberger and, after further discussion, gave him the name to do the same but instead comparing the proofs to sonatas; While quick to point out that they are not education scholars, were visible only during the optical dips in the light-curve,” Charles said. of a psychology graduate student with whom she thought he and the third required another unique sample of people to both Steinerberger and Johnson see eventual implications of “We have interpreted this quite unique property as due to a warp or ripple in would get along. independently rate, on a scale of zero to ten, each of the four this research for math education, especially at the secondary- the inner accretion disc that orbits the black hole on the dipping timescale. Enter Samuel G.B. Johnson, study co-author and now artworks and mathematical arguments along nine different school level. This warp is very close to the black hole at just 1/10 the radius of the disc.” an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Bath criteria plus an overall score for beauty. “There might be opportunities to make the more abstract, The wind is moving toward Earth rather than the black hole, and the School of Management, who was still completing his Ph.D. They derived these criteria from “A Mathematician’s Apology,” more formal aspects of mathematics more accessible and more researchers believe this is due to the pressure of the radiation being generated in psychology at Yale when he connected with Steinerberger. a 1940 essay by famous mathematician G.H. Hardy, which exciting to students at that age,” said Johnson, “And that might by X-rays so close to the black hole. Johnson studies reasoning and decision making. “A lot of my discusses mathematical beauty. The researchers’ nine dimensions be useful in terms of encouraging more people to enter the Such intense radiation should appear brighter than it does in the spectral work is about how people evaluate different explanations and elaborated from Hardy’s six were: seriousness, universality, field of mathematics.” data, but the black hole is pulling in material that probably obscures the light arguments for things,” he explained. profundity, novelty, clarity, simplicity, elegance, intricacy, and “I think if you understand what people consider beautiful from our view. We’re also looking at the system’s edge, rather than head-on, Steinerberger said Johnson understood immediately how sophistication. When Steinerberger and Johnson analyzed in math, then it could give insight into how people understand because of its orientation. to design an experiment to test his question of whether we the ratings given by participants in part three, they found that math in the first place and how they process it,” added Studying this intriguing system will allow astronomers to learn more share the same aesthetic sensibilities about math that we do for both the artworks and math arguments a high rating for Steinerberger. “There’s also the human implication of the about the end of star evolution and the formation of compact objects, like about other modalities, i.e. art and music, and if this would hold elegance was most likely to predict a high rating for beauty. question: How are we actually thinking about things as human neutron stars, white dwarfs and black holes. true for an average person, not just a career mathematician The final step was to calculate the “similarity scores” for the beings? I think we have an obligation to collaborate with “These short-period binary versions are a perfect way to study this physics like himself. participants in group three, which revealed how aesthetically psychologists on this.” in action,” Charles said. “I had some diffuse notion about this, but Sam immediately similar they considered each proof and painting were to each (Source: eurekalert.org) (Source: CNN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM AUGUST 15, 2019

European movement Foreign visits to Fars province’s discourages air travel due to emissions concerns historical sites on the rise A European movement known as “flight shaming” is encouraging travelers to take the train rather than to travel by air, citing TOURISM TEHRAN – Visits by respectively receiving 35,579; 28,922; concerns about the emissions put off by aviation. deskinternational travelers and 24,967 foreign sightseers, the official The aviation sector is responsible for an estimated 2.5% of to historical sites in Fars province rose explained. carbon dioxide emissions globally, but participants in the flight- 12 percent during the first four months The ancient region of Fars, also shaming movement say their abstinence has significant impacts. of the current Iranian calendar year spelled Pars, or Persis, was the heart According to The (started March 21) compared to the of the Achaemenian Empire (550–330 Washington Post, one ticket One ticket same period a year earlier. BC), which was founded by Cyrus the for a single passenger can The Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts Great and had its capital at Pasargadae. eliminate almost a year’s for a single and Tourism Organization has registered Darius I the Great moved the capital worth of environmentally- passenger over 253,000 visits to the province’s to nearby Persepolis in the late 6th or friendly living. By choosing can eliminate museums and historical sites by foreign early 5th century BC. train travel, an individual can nationals, which shows 12 percent growth Its capital city, Shiraz, is home to cut their travel emissions by almost a year’s year on year, provincial tourism chief some of the country’s most magnificent around 80%. worth of Mosayeb Amiri said on Monday, CHTN buildings and sights. Increasingly, it In some countries, the environmentally- reported. draws more and more foreign and movement has begun to Based on the CHHTO statistics, domestic sightseers flocking into this accomplish its goals. In friendly living. French, Italian and German travelers provincial capital which was the literary Sweden, where flight-shaming By choosing constituted respectively the highest capital of Persia during the Zand dynasty is particularly popular, air number of visits to the historical sites, from 1751 to 1794. travel was down 3.8% from train travel, an Amiri said. A total of 2,030,523 million foreign 2018. However, in Europe as individual can UNESCO-registered Persepolis, nationals visited the Islamic Republic a whole, air travel increased cut their travel Naqsh-e Rostam (an ancient necropolis during spring, which corresponds to by about 4.4%. near Persepolis), and Hafezieh (a the first three months of the current Other factors contribute to emissions by memorial garden where illustrious File photo: People visit Naqsh-e Rostam, an Achaemenid-era necropolis, in Fars province, Iranian calendar year, showing a 40.66 a traveler’s preferred methods around 80%. Persian poet Hafez is laid to rest) southern Iran. Mostly referred to as “a must-see” destination, Naqsh-e Rostam is home percent increase year on year, according of transportation, such as were named the most-visited sites, to several spectacular massive rock–hewn tombs and bas-relief carvings. to data from the Organization. convenience. Despite being less environmentally damaging, traveling by train can be significantly costlier in terms of time. A two-hour flight can quickly turn into a more than 24-hour journey across multiple forms of ground transportation. Some airlines such as Scandinavian airline SAS are responding No more ban on foreign travelers riding big motorcycles to the movement by attempting to reduce their emissions. TOURISM TEHRAN — Foreign travelers with riding on the roads has been resolved, the official explained. Planes have been encouraged to reduce weight and increase desk fuel-efficiency by ending in-flight duty-free sales and asking motorcycle above 250cc are now allowed However, a request is to be submitted to the government that passengers pre-book their meals. to enter and ride in Iran, deputy tourism chief has said. in order to reach a more official, permanent solution, (Source: Indiana Environmental Reporter) Last year, Iran imposed the ban on trading heavy Teymouri noted. motorcycles (with engine capacity of more than 250cc) Many international travelers to the country say that due to a law concerning customs and anti-smuggling issues. traversing Iran equals an endless charm, as it embraces The law created restrictions and sometimes difficulties so many diverse cultures and landscapes. Ancient Roman house in to a number of foreign tourists who wanted to enter the Last year, the Islamic Republic enacted many measures country, Vali Teymouri told ISNA on Wednesday. to lessen the pressure of U.S. –led sanctions, which were southeast Turkey to welcome Following correspondence and consultations between aimed to cripple its economy, particularly oil and banking visitors next year tourism organizations, customs and other relevant bodies, sectors. deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action at this stage, motorcycles above 250cc can be entered to the The sanctions were imposed regardless of Iran’s full (JCPOA), which was struck between Iran and six major House of Muses, a Roman-era house named after the muse mosaics country (by foreign cyclists), moreover, their problem of compliance with its commitments under the 2015 nuclear powers, including the United States. found in the area located in the ancient city of Zeugma in south- eastern Turkey’s Gaziantep province will welcome first visitors at the end of next year after the excavations are completed. The excavations, which also unearthed the famous “Gipsy Girl” mosaic have been carried out in the ancient city located in Nizip Tehran-Ankara train resumes service after 4 years district near the Euphrates River since 2007. TOURISM TEHRAN — Turkey and Van in eastern Turkey. The mosaics found in the ancient house include some nine deskIran have resumed a train Passengers will then ride a ferry across fairies which are believed to be the inspirations of writers, poets, service between Ankara and Tehran after a the lake before taking a train operated by musicians, historians and philosophers of the period. four-year hiatus. The train is scheduled to Turkey’s state railway agency to Ankara. The house is also one of the most important examples of Ro- leave the Iranian capital every Wednesday The service marks yet another milestone man-era housing structures with its rich architectural decoration, at 21:50 local time. in burgeoning trade ties between Iran and well-preserved mosaics, and frescoes. Last Wednesday, head of the Islamic Turkey whose leaders have dismissed Professor Kutalmis Gorkay from the Classical Archeology De- Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) Saeid unilateral U.S. sanctions on the Islamic partment of Ankara University who leads the excavations told Rasouli, flagged off the first train service Republic, the report said. Anadolu Agency that the House of Muses will offer its visitors a during a ceremony attended by a number of Iran topped the list of international chance to see the home environment of the Roman-era, taking officials, when the Trans Asia Express, carrying arrivals in Turkey in the first two mounts them on a journey across the centuries. passengers and freight, left Tehran railway of the past Iranian calendar year (March (Source: Daily Sabah) station for the Turkish, Press TV reported. 21-May 21, 2018). Over 350,000 Iranians The five-car train, which had 200 visited Turkey in the two-month period, passengers on board, took about 60 hours which contributed to 11.7 percent share of ROUND THE GLOBE to arrive in Ankara on Saturday. its total arrivals. The decision to resume the service came In January-November 2018, 1.894 million Cocos Island National Park in May after meetings between Iranian and Iranian tourists visited Turkey, 18.17 percent Turkish officials. Trains between the eastern less than the same period in 2017, according A World Heritage, Cocos Island National Park is located in the Turkish city of Van near the Iranian border The new service involves two train travel leaving Tehran will have a layover in the to data compiled by Turkey’s Ministry of Eastern Tropical Pacific, covering an area of 202,100 hectares and Tehran resumed in late June. segments and a ferry journey. The IRIR train Iranian city of Tabriz before heading to Lake Culture and Tourism. some 530 kilometers off the Costa Rica mainland. The island itself, “Isla del Coco”, also known as “Treasure Island”, is the only landmark of the vast submarine Cocos Range. With a surface area of 2,400 hectares it supports the Traveling in hurricane season: is it worth the risk? only humid tropical forest on an oceanic island in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. There are bargains aplenty in hurricane-prone Program that issues a future travel certificate usually within the week, changing your flight bags can run $500 to $1,000. Medical evacua- The remaining 199,700 hectares protect not only diverse areas, but make sure you have your bases cov- equal to the value of the guest’s vacation for plans to an entirely new date — for example, tion may be covered at $50,000 or $150,000. marine ecosystems, mostly pelagic but also, the most diverse ered in case of a storm. the number of nights affected by a Category you decide to try Jamaica in January instead Consumers should compare benefits before coral reefs of the entire Eastern Tropical Pacific. Thanks to its Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean 1 or higher-level hurricane, allowing guests — normally incurs a change fee and any fare buying and, in the case of hurricane cover- remote location and conservation efforts, the biologically highly — and that includes the Caribbean, the Gulf to rebook for a future date without penalty. difference between the original ticket and the age, check applicable terms. Most will cover of Mexico and destinations in the Bahamas The key is to ask about policies before you one rebooked for January. For example, Amer- policy holders when a destination is deemed and Florida — runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. book, as terms vary. For example, once the ican Airlines charges $200 for a change to a uninhabitable, as was Puerto Rico after Hur- Hurricanes can strike at any time, but peak United States National Hurricane Weather domestic ticket and up to $750 for international ricane Maria struck in 2017, or evacuation is season runs August through October, when Center has issued an official hurricane warning, travel; JetBlue change fees range $75 to $200. mandatory. the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin- the Sonesta hotels on St. Maarten, including Though change fees are a risk, each storm It’s also worth noting that buying travel istration says 96 percent of major hurricanes the Sonesta Ocean Point and Sonesta Maho is different, and depending on the damage to a insurance is a consideration that goes beyond have struck. Beach Resort Casino & Spa, will allow those destination, American Airlines “will implement weather. For example, cruises usually reroute That period, and extending through No- unable to arrive to rebook at their original rates policies that take care of our customers,” a during storms, rather than cancel, but Bob vember, is also when resorts in the Caribbean, within the same calendar year. If a hurricane spokesman said. Levinstein, the chief executive officer of especially, offer rock-bottom rates, enticing watch or warning is issued within 14 days of Among major carriers, only Southwest Air- CruiseCompete.com, a cruise-comparison budget travelers to risk a storm. For example, arrival at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the lines does not charge a change fee. The carrier website, generally encourages clients to buy it Calabash Cove Resort and Spa in St. Lucia Bahamas, the resort’s hurricane guarantee flies to several coastal and island destinations, for other reasons, such as a medical emergency, currently has an all-inclusive deal for two allows guests to change their reservations including Belize, Cancun, Fort Lauderdale, routine travel delays or job interference. people for five nights at $1,572 through Dec. without penalties, as long as they rebook Fla., Grand Cayman, Puerto Rico, Nassau and To evaluate policies financially, add up the 23 versus $3,485 in high season. Atlantis, within 60 days and are willing to pay whatever the Turks and Caicos. cost of nonrefundable expenses in a worst-case diverse property constitutes one of the best conserved marine Paradise Island in the Bahamas has rates from the prevailing rates are. (The rebooked trip Have you looked into travel in- scenario, such as airline costs, lodging deposits, tropical waters, well-known as a world-class diving destination. $189, or 30 percent off high-season prices must also be completed within a year of your surance? the lodging balance you would be responsible Natural population densities of large top predators indicate this fall, including a $100 resort credit. The original reservation.) On St. Lucia, a dozen You can insure both the airline ticket and for in the case of last-minute cancellation, a near pristine conservation status of a property that is among all-inclusive Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa hotels offer a Holiday Guarantee permitting lodging costs as well as any nonrefundable and the price of any tour or cruise booked. the most important sites in the Eastern Tropical Pacific for the in Jamaica is offering rooms in September guests to cancel their stay without penalty in tours booked by buying travel insurance. But Running a few scenarios through the web- protection of large pelagic migratory species, such as the endan- from $213, a 45 percent discount. the case of a hurricane and apply deposits to the key is to buy it before a storm hits; travel site Travelinsurance.com showed that a solo gered Scalloped Hammerhead Shark and the near-threatened Betting on good weather is always a risk. future bookings. insurance is only available before a storm is traveler from New York seeking to cover an Silky Shark and Galapagos Shark. But what does it cost to cover the risk of Does your airline allow penal- identified. $800 trip could find policies between $22 and Cocos Island National Park is of irreplaceable global con- your investment in the event of a hurricane? ty-free flight changes? “Insurance is designed to protect from $74, with the average at $46, or 5.7 percent of servation value, reminding us what parts of tropical oceans It’s hard to put an exact figure on it, given Anticipating storms, most airlines have the unforeseen and the unexpected,” said the total trip. A couple from Illinois, both age historically looked like. the many variables of travel, but the cost of adopted proactive programs to encourage Beth Godlin, the president of Aon Affinity 33, spending $1,500 on a trip would spend Integrity hurricane disruption can run from nothing travelers to avoid them by offering options Travel Practice, which provides insurance to on average $120 on joint travel insurance, The isolation of Cocos Island National Park contributes — assuming the airline waives change fees to change flights voluntarily without penalties a number of travel companies. “It’s impor- or 8 percent of the trip. A family of four from to the safeguarding of evolutionary processes, which are the and the hotel accommodates penalty-free re- a few days before or after a storm is expected tant for customers to know, if you’re going Massachusetts — parents, age 42, and children basis of the notable richness and abundance of land and ma- booking — and start at roughly $50 a person to strike. This would apply to airports visit- to buy, buy early.” ages 10 and 8 — would spend close to $200 rine life forms. to insure it. Below are some questions to ask ed en route — for example, you are flying to Travelers buying insurance can expect to for all four to be insured for a $2,500 trip, Provided that alien invasive species of both flora and fau- before you commit to your trip. Jamaica via Charlotte, N.C., and a storm is spend between 4 and 10 percent of the cost of also 8 percent of the trip’s cost. na can be controlled, the conservation prospects on land are Does your hotel have a hurri- threatening the Carolinas, necessitating a new the trip, said Stan Sandberg, the co-founder Depending on your risk tolerance, $46 to promising. In the marine areas, the large aggregations of top cane-protection policy? transit airport — or your final destination, in of Travelinsurance.com, a website that com- $200 doesn’t seem high in a season in which predators, including but not limited to numerous shark spe- Many resorts offer their own protection this case Jamaica. If your flight is canceled by pares policies. you may be saving $100 a night or more. cies, demonstrate the integrity within an intensively fished policies in case a hurricane strikes, providing the airline, you may rebook without penalty Prices vary based on what they cover and It’s important to note that basic travel marine region. some assurance to travelers. For example, or receive a refund. how generous they are with pay outs. Some insurance doesn’t cover a change of mind in (Source: UNESCO) Club Med, which operates six resorts in the Other than flying within the storm-related cover 100 percent of trip interruption, and the aftermath of a storm. Caribbean, offers a Hurricane Protection window prescribed by the airline, which is others 150 percent. Remuneration for lost (Source: The New York Times) TECHNOLOGY

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2019 TECHNOLOGY 11

Iranian experts develop energy, Sharif University to host Mobile Programming Marathon

TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN — Sharif University of Technology water management system deskwill host the 7th Mobile Programming Mar- TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – An Iranian based software analyzes the data in order athon from September 19 to 21, IRNA reported on Wednesday. deskknowledge-based to find the exact amount of consumption Each participant group consisting a programmer, a graphic company has developed software and and other data for more efficiency, she designer and an idea developer should develop a software ap- hardware based on the Supervisory explained. plication for cellphones within 48 hours. Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) “The system can be used in buildings for The event aims to intro- system in order to supervise and control heating, ventilation, and air conditioning duce top programming teams energy and water consumption, Mehr systems as well as for research and and promote their innovative reported on Tuesday. educational purposes.” ideas in the market. SCADA is a control system architecture Detailed reports and data provided According to Market Re- that uses computers, networked data by the software can be a great help for search Future website, growing communications and graphical user researchers in order to develop new dependency over smartphones interfaces for high-level process technologies, she added. has increased opportunities for supervisory management, but uses other The system has already been installed IT industries to provide mobile peripheral devices to interface with the on six water gateways at Ferdowsi apps for various applications to process plant or machinery. University of Mashhad to provide online the users. Mobile applications Parvaneh Karimi, the company’s water consumption data, she said. are termed as software which manager, said the SCADA-based system The system saved the university runs on smartphones, tablets, has been developed with the aim of 800 billion rials (about $19,000) in and other devices such as inter- monitoring energy consumption in the consumption of water, which is normally net TV and home automation country. around six trillion rials (about $143,000), devices. The system monitors and analyzes she explained. The market of mobile ap- data on energy consumption, she added. The system has already been installed on According to inductiveautomation. plication is based on fastest growth in IoT market as it allows Using data loggers in different parts, com, SCADA systems are crucial for seizing more information which is used to optimize and improve the volume of consumption is registered six water gateways at Ferdowsi University industrial organizations since they help the application features used by end-consumers. and monitored, she noted. of Mashhad to provide online water to maintain efficiency, process data for The main server registers different consumption data smarter decisions, and communicate consumption parameters and the SCADA- system issues to help mitigate downtime. 3D-printing organs moves a few more steps closer to 97% of people with higher education use internet in Iran: report commercialization TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – Some 97 percent of people Meanwhile, 16.6 percent of internet users are elementary Cellphone penetration rate New successes in printing vascular tissue from living cells point to deskwith higher education are internet users school students, 16.2 percent are middle school students, According to the statistics, some 99 percent of people the accelerating pace of development of 3D-printing tissue — and in Iran, according to statistics released by Information Tech- 35.9 percent are high school students and 29.4 percent are with higher education use cellphones. eventually the ability to manufacture organs from small samples nology Organization, Mehr reported on Tuesday. university undergraduates. Some 80 percent of people with unofficial education and 58 of cells. Moreover, 99 percent of people with higher education Amongst the internet users aged six years old and above, percent of illiterate people use cellphones. About 97 percent Late last month Prellis Biologics announced an $8.7 million round use mobiles and 93.4 percent of people use computers, the 94 percent use mobile internet. Some 80 percent use internet of employed people, 91 percent of unemployed people, and of funding and some significant advancements that point the way report added. at their homes, 5.9 percent use internet at their workplac- 66 percent of students aged 10 and above use cellphones. forward for 3D-printed organs while a company called Volumetric The internet penetration rate for illiterate people is 8.4 es, 6.7 percent use internet at their educational places, 1.2 Computer penetration rate Bio based on research from a slew of different universities unveiled percent and the computer penetration rate is 8.1 percent. percent use internet at libraries, and about 1.3 percent use The computer penetration rate is 35.7 percent amongst significant progress of its own earlier this year. However half of illiterate people are mobile users. internet at coffee nets, restaurants, and airports. people with elementary school education. The figure is 46.6 The new successes from Prellis have the company speeding up its The statistics show that 41.4 percent of internet users According to the statistics, about 29.4 million Iranians use percent among people with middle school education. timeline to commercialization, including the sale of its vascular tissue have elementary school education, 64.4 percent have middle internet at least once a day. Meanwhile, 3.5 million people The computer penetration rate is 48.6 percent amongst structures to research institutions and looking ahead to providing school education, and 88.6 percent of internet users hold use internet once a week and 749,000 people use internet people who hold diplomas and is 93 percent amongst people vascularized skin grafts, insulin-producing cells and a vascular shunt diplomas. once a month. with higher education. made from the tissue of patients who need dialysis, according to an interview with Melanie Matheu, Prellis’ chief executive officer and co-founder. The creation of a vascular shunt made from a patient’s own cells Facebook paid contractors to Twitter will offer option to follow should increase the chances of the procedure working successfully, says Matheu. “[If] that shunt fails there aren’t many other options… transcribe users’ audio: Bloomberg interests rather than people and then people have ports put in their chest.” The proposed treatment Facebook Inc (FB.O) has been paying outside Twitter users will be able to follow in- from Prellis could increase quality of life and longevity of people contractors to transcribe audio clips from users terests, in addition to people, by the end who are waiting for a kidney,” according to Matheu. of its services, Bloomberg reported on Tues- of the year, the company has revealed. A few months earlier, a team of researchers led by bioengineers day, citing people familiar with the matter. It is already testing the feature and Jordan Miller of Rice University and Kelly Stevens of the University The company confirmed that it had been plans to focus on sports topics first, of Washington (UW) with collaborators from UW, Duke University, transcribing users’ audio and said it was no with interests ranging from skincare Rowan University and the design firm Nervous System revealed a longer doing so, Bloomberg reported. to television series to follow. Users will model of an air sac that mimicked the function of human lungs. The Facebook did not immediately respond begin to see a “follow topics” prompt and model could deliver oxygen to surrounding blood vessels — creating to a Reuters request for comment. any topics they follow will be visible on vascular networks that mimic the body’s own passageways. Bloomberg, citing the company, reported their profile. “One of the biggest road blocks to generating functional tissue that the users who were affected chose the The tweets will be collated using ma- replacements has been our inability to print the complex vasculature option in the Messenger app to have their chine learning tools which will pick up that can supply nutrients to densely populated tissues,” said Miller, voice chats transcribed. The contractors were biometric data for millions of users without and pack tweets based on what is included provides artificial intelligence linking assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice’s Brown School of checking whether Facebook’s artificial intel- their consent. The company also agreed to in its text, the hashtag, who has written topics to people is the work of Briton Engineering, in a statement. “Further, our organs actually contain ligence correctly interpreted the messages. pay a record $5 billion fine last month to set- it and who is retweeting and liking it. Rob Bishop, a product manager who independent vascular networks — like the airways and blood vessels Shares of Facebook pared gains after the tle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission data It is part of the company’s wider com- joined Twitter after selling the artifi- of the lung or the bile ducts and blood vessels in the liver. These report and were up 1.66% at $188.44. privacy probe. mitment to improve conversation and cial intelligence he co-founded, Magic interpenetrating networks are physically and biochemically entangled, The social media company has been facing Earlier this month, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and break users out of their so-called social Pony, to Twitter in 2016 for a reported and the architecture itself is intimately related to tissue function. broad criticism from lawmakers and regulators Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google globally media “filter bubble” in which users are $150m (£120m). Ours is the first bioprinting technology that addresses the challenge over its privacy practices. suspended reviewing recordings from users never exposed to conversations or people He said: ‘We want to facilitate being of multivascularization in a direct and comprehensive way.” Last week, a federal appeals court rejected interacting with their voice assistants, as con- outside their inner circle or people who able to see the topics people follow to Miller has launched a startup to commercialize the research called Facebook’s effort to undo a class action lawsuit cerns over data privacy mount. think similarly about things. find various commonalities.” Volumetric Bio. While the researchers have made their findings claiming that it illegally collected and stored (Source: reuters.com) The underlying technology that (Source: The Telegraph) freely available through open source licenses, they’re hoping to commercialize the technology by selling their bioprinters and materials and reagents. The technology that Miller and his team develops uses photoreactor chemicals that respond to light, so specific areas of liquid solidify How AI is making buildings smart and intelligent while others can be rinsed away. The problem is that most of these For decades, technological innovation has been revolutionizing home. Imagine the amount of water consumed on a global chemicals have been found to cause cancer, so Miller and his team businesses, offering them innumerable long-term benefits scale. Water resources are becoming scarce. Hence, it is found a replacement to the traditional photoreactors in an unlikely and growth. Now, these technologies are set to transform important to consider our water consumption levels and place — the supermarket aisle. structures that form the foundation of cities and their devel- take appropriate measures to reduce it. Building managers The researchers surmised that food dye might do the trick and opment. Comparing the buildings of the present to what they should, therefore, closely monitor the water usage levels of Miller just went to the supermarket and picked up a dye that’s typically were even a few years ago will show massive changes. Modern each family or office. However, manually keeping track of used in baking, according to a story in Scientific American. buildings are more than just four walls and a roof. In fact, water usage is nearly impossible. Here’s where AI can be “We were screaming with joy, because it was stunning how simple building walls now even have ears and eyes, all thanks to digital of great use. an idea it was; it immediately enabled us to make this dramatically technologies. According to studies, the global smart building Sensors embedded in water supply channels to toilets, more complex architecture,” Miller told the magazine. market is expected to reach 36 billion US dollars by 2020. bathrooms, and water tanks will give information on the Prellis has made significant strides of its own. Alongside the With pervasive wireless connectivity, buildings today gen- standard water consumption of a single family or an office. funding, the company announced the successful implantation of erate tons of data that can be used to improve efficiency and The data from these sensors can be fed to an AI tool to check if tumors in animal subjects that were made using the company’s sustainability. With substantial advancements in technologies, any family or office is consuming more water than the expect- vascular scaffolds. The target market for these tests is in drug discovery, several new technologies are extending their helping hand to ed levels. If yes, the tool will notify the manager and proper where animal testing can prove the efficacy of new treatments before bring buildings to life. One such technology that is bringing action can take place. they’re used on people in drug trials. in new waves of change is AI. AI and smart buildings are an the operations for enhancing the tenants’ living experience. Building maintenance The printed structures, a combination of living cells and hydrogels, ideal combination to streamline, optimize, and innovate the Smart buildings not only take complete care of residents’ Everybody wants their building spaces to be clean, well-main- are designed to provide a sort of scaffolding that an animal’s own functioning of buildings. With AI and smart buildings combined comfort and safety but also promote energy and financial tained and safe. By working with specialized cleaning com- cells can build on. In the study, conducted at Stanford University, together, building managers can ensure improved structural savings. Now, combined with IoT, AI also contributes to panies, building managers can ensure that the structures are Prellis was able to fully graft a tumor onto an animal using just reliability and minimized harmful ecological impacts. making smart buildings even smarter and more intelligent reliably clean and safe. Sensors and cameras can capture the 200,000 cells — far fewer than what’s required for typical tumor Smart buildings: welcoming buildings of the than ever. details of every corner of a building. This data, when fed to an studies, according to the company. future AI and smart buildings: achieving smart and AI tool, can notify building managers about areas to carry out And, as the company noted, within eight weeks, researchers identified Smart buildings has been a buzzword for quite some sustainable buildings goals on-the-spot cleaning processes, providing improved service branched vasculature of up to 50 microns inside the transplanted time now. However, what’s it all about? Well, there isn’t With the help of not-so-expensive, highly accessible, to occupants. structures, which indicated the animal’s vasculature system had any universally accepted definition that we can refer to. In incredibly advanced IoT devices, large chunks of meaningful Fault detection incorporated the scaffolding into its own circulatory system. simple terms, smart buildings can be referred to as automated data are collected from every corner of a building. Data Buildings must be constantly monitored for anomalies Prellis is actually pitching its pre-made vascular scaffolds to structural models capable of responding to real-time events. collected, if analyzed and processed effectively, has the and faults to ensure safety. To do so, building managers need researchers for their work on 3D printed biologics. Scientists at The idea behind this concept is to provide a hassle-free potential to help managers with valuable, operational a dedicated team of professionals to handle building main- pharmaceutical companies and universities including UC San experience to occupants while efficiently utilizing energy insights for making informed decisions. And to turn the tenance. However, this might become an ordeal depending Francisco, Johns Hopkins, UC Irvine, and Memorial Sloan Kettering, resources. Earlier, buildings deployed CCTV surveillance raw data into actionable intelligence, AI plays a significant on the complexity of buildings. are developing tests with standardized tissue structures (something cameras, smoke detection sensors, and other light sensors for role. Without this incredible technology, the data gathered AI can constantly process the data that comes from various that’s important for drug trials). safety and efficiency. Today, several other smart sensors like is futile or pointless. With AI, building managers can ensure sources. The AI tool will analyze inputs, study patterns, and The drug discovery applications alone are a multibillion-dollar temperature, humidity, CO2, and others are embedded in a operational efficiency to a larger extent, utilize assets reliably, reveal hidden insights on any technical glitch or fault. For market, says Matheu, but the company is focused on its goal of building. Cameras and actuators are installed everywhere in and improve the comfort level of occupants. Let’s understand example, sensors and cameras installed in the lift will capture fully transplantable 3D-printed organs, starting with kidneys. The a building. Data generated by these sources connect different how AI is helping buildings become smarter. information about the performance of the lift. The data will company is going to do their first large animal studies for organ building components and allow them to interact with each Water management then be processed by an AI tool to detect whether the lift is implantation by the end of the year. other. With such comprehensive data and intelligence, building We spend 90 percent of the time indoors. Imagine the functioning well or about to breakdown. Proactive remedial “My goal has always been and will always be that we want this managers have complete transparency and control of the amount of water that we consume on a daily basis for dif- actions can then be taken before the lift stops functioning to cost the same amount as procurement from a human donor,” buildings’ different systems. Keeping the comfort, safety, ferent purposes. There is a rough estimation that an aver- properly. says Matheu. and security of occupants in mind, managers can fine-tune age American family uses 300 gallons of water each day at (Source: forbes.com) (Source: techcrunch.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY AUGUST 15, 2019

500,000 stationery Hamoun wetland packages provided for underprivileged students

SOCIETY TEHRAN — Headquarters for Execut- desking the Order of the Imam also known as restoration plan prepared Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, will distribute 500,000 stationery packages in deprived areas across the ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Although man and Sistan-Baluchestan, Jazmourian is country prior to the new school year (starting on September deskrains have drenched one of the two major wetlands in southeast 23), Fars reported on Wednesday. Hamoun wetland after two decades of dry- Iran, which is on the knife-edge of complete ness, it is getting dried again due to high desiccation as a result of climate change, evaporation, hence a comprehensive plan for excessive dam construction and the depletion restoration of the wetland has been prepared, of groundwater resources. ISNA reported on Tuesday. The excessive withdrawal of groundwater The Hamouns are transboundary wet- resources and permanent drought over the lands on the Iran-Afghan border made up past years along with low precipitation and of three lakes: Hamoun-e Helmand, which high temperature rates, have led the wetland is entirely in Iran, Hamoun-e Sabari on the to dry up. border, and Hamoun-e Puzak, almost entirely Precipitation brought back many inside Afghanistan. The three lakes are linked wetlands to life and fed by water from the Helmand River Based on the latest data published by which starts in the Hindu Kush Mountains National Drought Warning and Monitoring in Afghanistan. Center affiliated to Meteorological Organ- In the last two decades, once fertile wet- ization since the start of the current water lands have drastically dried up. The Taliban year (September 23, 2018) the whole country government closed the sluices to the Kajaki received 314.5 millimeters of rain. dam on the Helmand until 2002, which ag- Torrential rain has brought back many gravated the impact of the worst drought the wetlands back to life across the country, for Last year, some 300,000 stationery packages were pro- region has experienced in many decades, one, over 18,000 hectares of the Hamoun vided for the financially struggling students, the Head- brought about partially by climate change wetland have been drenched. quarters director, Mohammad Mokhber said. and warming temperatures. Jazmourian wetland also filled with water “This year, we will distribute 500,000 packages, con- The Department of Environment (DOE) by 30 percent. sisting 14 stationery products, 250,000 of which have been has taken major steps toward determining Moreover, water flowed Hour al-Azim purchased by the benefactors,” he highlighted. the water right of the wetlands and rivers, wetland by 97 percent. “We hope to help these vulnerable group to access ed- and the water right of 35 wetlands have so far Also, Shadegan wetland fully filled after ucation without financial problems.” been identified, Masoud Baqerzadeh Karimi, heavy rainfall poured over the province of Each package is worth 2 million rials (around $48), deputy DOE chief, said. There must be comprehensive plans Khuzestan. produced based on Iranian-Islamic designs, he noted. Referring to the establishment of the along with serious enforcement to revive The volume of rain amounted to 160.8 The Headquarters annually provides stationery products national headquarters of wetlands, he said the wetlands, otherwise, no wetland will millimeters in the previous water year and for those who cannot afford the education costs, he said, that “the water right of the wetlands will be 227.8 millimeters in the long-term. The num- adding, “We have granted the flood-affected children with determined and pursued.” survive being affected by climate change as bers show a drastic increase of 95.5 percent 30,000 packages of stationery products so far this year.” He went on to say that 95 percent of the well as mismanagement. compared to last water year. It also reveals “Although, there should be more of such facilities in water flow into Hamoun wetland should be a 38.5 percent increase compared to long- deprived areas, we try our best to fulfill most part of the granted by Afghanistan. Despite agreement ports of Bandar Abbas and Chabahar try of Energy, he said, adding, unfortunately, term means. needs,” he concluded. between Iran and Afghanistan, which has to be available to Afghanistan without the amount of water released to Iran reaches The province of Sistan-Baluchestan also Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam was specified that 820 million cubic meters preconditions. However, this agreement a very small part of the wetland, which needs received 128.9 millimeters of rain in the founded in 1989. In the Iranian calendar year 1386 (March of water should be provided to Iran each was neither ratified nor fully implement- to be soon investigated. same period which indicates 330.2 percent 2017-March 2018) Barekat Charity Foundation- the social year, there are still controversy on floods ed due to the political developments in Jazmourian wetland to be revived rise compared to last water year and 11.6 arm of the organization- with the aim of promoting social in the region. both countries. Elsewhere in his remarks, Baqerzadeh percent increase compared to the long- justice was established. “And also, 820 million cubic meters is Baqerzadeh Karimi also highlighted that Karimi noted that a restoration plan for Jaz- term averages. Socio-economic empowerment of communities by only the share of agricultural purposes, and to resolve the issue, a special working group mourian wetland is also being prepared; as However, the rainfall fluctuations encouraging entrepreneurship prioritizing breadwinner Afghanistan should still grant the water right has been set up to review Hamoun’s condition the amount of water needed to revive it has are not permanent and after hot sea- women, developing infrastructures such as water supply of the wetland separately,” he noted. and prepare a joint comprehensive plan to been determined. sons and scorching temperatures, the and power grids, building roads, constructing schools and In 1973, Iran and Afghanistan signed revive the wetland. Unfortunately, Jazmourian wetland has wetlands face high evaporation again increasing educational spaces, promoting health for all, an accord that accepted the flow of water Under the current circumstances, become a source of sand and dust storm due and go dry soon. granting non-repayable loans and insurance especially in into Iran at twenty-two cubic meters per Hamoun’s water right has been deter- to water scarcity, he lamented, concluding Therefore, there must be comprehensive less developed areas and regions most affected by 1980s second with an option for Iran to purchase mined by the DOE to be effective in ne- that in the past, Jazmourian has been filled plans along with serious enforcement to re- war and natural disasters are of the priorities of the charity an additional four cubic meters per second gotiations, he added. by the floods, which has been stopped due vive the wetlands, otherwise, no wetland will foundation. in normal water years. Wells around the Hamoun wetland is an to some problems in recent years. survive being affected by climate change as In return, Iran agreed to allow the issue which should be restricted by the Minis- Nestled between the provinces of Ker- well as mismanagement. WORDS IN THE NEWS More than half of world’s forest wildlife lost in 40 years, study finds Effects of global warming The amount of wildlife in the world’s forests has plummeted plications for forest health, the livelihoods of more than a by more than half (53 per cent) in just over 40 years, con- billion humans who depend on forests, and our opportunity (June 27, 2001) servationists have found. to mitigate against climate disaster,” WWF says. Climate negotiators are meeting in The Hague today to see if Humanity is killing the Earth’s greatest natural ally in Deforestation and forest degradation account for about they can rescue the Kyoto agreement, which was rejected by the fight against climate breakdown, our forests, according 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. the United States earlier this year. The European Union wants to the report by the WWF. Some scientists argue that an irreversible transforma- to press ahead with the treaty, which is designed to deal with The charity is calling on world leaders to declare a plan- tion of the Amazon is close as already about a fifth has been the problem of global warming, but it needs the support of the etary emergency and develop a “new deal for nature and cleared, close to the tipping point of 20-25 per cent, where Japanese. Roger Harrabin reports. people” to halt climate breakdown, restore nature and fix some rainforest could dry out into a savannah. food systems. The report authors want heads of state to develop a new The next session of the climate negotiations proper begin The first ever global assessment of forest biodiversity global agreement at the 75th UN General Assembly meeting in Bonn in a fortnight and this week’s meeting’s designed to shows that habitat loss and degradation, chiefly caused by next year, when they are expected to negotiate new 10-year find out just how much remains of the Kyoto consensus people, account for 60 per cent of the threats to forests and targets for the Convention on Biological Diversity. since President Bush’s bombshell. Although the EU says forest species. Will Baldwin-Cantello, a WWF forests specialist, said: it’s committed to ratifying the treaty anyway, it can’t The report, ‘Below the Canopy’, written jointly by WWF “Forests are complex systems that depend on the wildlife that come into force unless enough of the world’s big polluters and ZSL, found the drops in wild animal and bird popula- live in them to keep them healthy, and the rapid decrease in have signed up. tions were greatest in tropical forests such as the Amazon forest wildlife in recent decades is an urgent warning sign. Japan holds the key. Its government’s being urged by Tokyo rainforest, where there is the most wildlife to lose. of the world’s land-based species, are vital to the health of “Forests are our greatest natural ally in the fight against newspapers to ratify the treaty, both to salvage national pride Monitored populations of forest-living birds, mammals, the planet, absorbing damaging greenhouse gases. climate breakdown. We lose them at our peril. amphibians and reptiles declined, on average, by 53 per The report outlines how in the vast tropical forests of South “We need global leaders to declare a planetary emergency and to protect the climate. But ministers are wavering. Their cent between 1970 and 2014, the most recent year with America and Africa, the carbon locked in would decline if and kickstart a global programme of recovery to keep our foreign policy is interlocked with the United States. There’s available data. large birds and primates in particular were lost. forests standing to protect our planet.” also pressure from business leaders who say it won’t be fair WWF says that forests, which are home to more than half “When animals are lost from forests this has severe im- (Source: The Independent) if American firms escape controls on emissions. So far the Japanese government are sticking to the line that they hope to persuade America back into the agreement. Words ENGLISH IN USE negotiations: discussions that take place in which different parties try to reach an agreement LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION proper: placed after a word to emphasize that you are referring to the most important - the central part of something (here referring ایجاد 10 هزار فرصت شغلی نتیجه اجرای to the formal negotiations which follow) Clean air bill projected to create consensus: general agreement amongst a group of people 10,000 green jobs الیحه هوای پاک bombshell: a sudden piece of bad or shocking news ratifying the treaty: formally accepting a written agreement The clean air bill, proposed by the Department of Environment to curb polluters: those (countries) which are causing the pollution مدیــرکل دفتــر پایــش فراگیــر ســازمان حفاظــت محیــط زیســت ضمــن اشــاره بــه مــواد قانــون هــوای پــاک air pollution, is projected to generate some 10,000 green jobs over the signed up: agreed to take part - کــه بــه پیشــنهاد ســازمان حفاظــت محیــط زیســت اخیــرا به تصویــب مجلس شــورای اســامی رســید- از holds the key: is critical for the success of … course of the sixth five-year national development plan (2016-2021), an ایجاد۱۰هــزار فرصــت شــغلی طــی برنامــه ششــم توســعه از طریــق اجــرای مــواد ایــن قانون خبــر داد. .to salvage: to manage to save something (from destruction) environmental official said wavering: hesitating, not sure which way to go In line with the one of the articles of clean air bill units of Health, Safety, شــینا انصــاری در گف توگــو بــا ایســنا افــزود: در مــاده ۱۶ الیحــه هــوای پــاک، کلیــه مراکــز و واحدهــای interlocked: very closely connected and the Environment (HSE), with regard to health and safety of the صنعتــی و تولیــدی، بــرای انجــام امــور مربــوط بــه ســامت و ایمنــی مشــتریان و کارمنــدان و کارفرمایــان pressure: attempt to persuade someone forcefully employees, customers, and contractors as well as the protection of the emissions: something which is released into the atmosphere مکلــف بــه ایجــاد واحدهــای ســامت، بهداشــت و محیــط زیســت )HSE( و بهکارگیری نیروهــای متخصص environment are bound to be established in all industrial and manufacturing sticking to the line: not changing a policy or a promise but enterprises, Shina Ansari told ISNA news agency. ایــن حــوزه هســتند بنابرایــن تعــداد زیــادی از فــارغ التحصیــان محیــط زیســت م یتواننــد جــذب هسـ ـتهها keeping to a single approach (Source: BBC) “Accordingly, those graduates in the field of environment can apply for و بخشهــای زیســت محیطــی صنایــع متوســط و بــزرگ کشــور بــه منظــور پایــش صنایــع شــوند. .job opportunities in HSE units,” Ansari added

PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM Without water, “dis-, di-, dif-” Get across Born with a silver spoon everything Meaning: away or negative Meaning: to succeed in communicating an idea or in one’s mouth For example: This structure diverts water into piece of information to someone, or to be communicated withers the canal. successfully Explanation: a person who is born into a very rich family For example: It took him ages to get his point across. For example: She never has to worry about money; she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

PM Khan: Modi has committed Southern Yemeni separatists tell Saudi Arabia: evict Islah ‘strategic blunder’ in Kashmir or lose the war TEHRAN— Pakistan’s Prime Minister Im- “We are not at war with India, but we TEHRAN— Yemen’s southern separatists vowed on ran Khan has slammed his Indian coun- are against its ideology,” said Khan. “This Wednesday to keep control over Aden, warning the only terpart Narendra Modi for committing a ideology has been inspired from Hitler’s way out of the impasse that has fractured a Saudi-led “strategic blunder” by revoking the special Nazi party. military alliance was for extremists and northerners to be status of Indian-administered Kashmir. “We are all concerned at the moment removed from positions of power in the south. Khan, while addressing parliamentari- about truth of the humanitarian crisis and The separatists, supported by coalition member the ans in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on the atrocities created by this lockdown.” United Arab Emirates, effectively took over Aden, the Wednesday, said the Indian government’s According to Jammu and Kashmir temporary seat of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, decision to scrap the Muslim-majority Governor Satya Pal Malik, restrictions over the weekend by seizing government military bases. region’s autonomy will be “very heavy” on on freedom of movement in the region Southern fighters are a major component in the coali- Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya will be eased after India’s independence tion’s battle against the Houthis. But the war has revived Janata Party (BJP), as he reaffirmed his day on Thursday. old strains between north and south Yemen - formerly support for the Kashmiri people. In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, separate countries that united into a single state in 1990 “Modi has committed a strategic residents told Al Jazeera that they have under then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh. blunder,” said Khan during his visit to been unable to communicate with their The crisis has exposed a rift between Saudi Arabia and Muzzafarabad, the capital of Pakistan-ad- family members on the other side of the the UAE as Abu Dhabi places national interests over their ministered Kashmir. “He has played his Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border strategic alliance, distancing itself from Yemen and leaving last card. They have internationalized the dividing Kashmir. Riyadh to deal with a messy war in the fractious Arabian Kashmir issue.” “We spoke to a father whose daughters Peninsula nation. Khan’s visit to the disputed region, to went on summer holiday and he said he Abu Dhabi has echoed Riyadh’s call for dialogue among mark Pakistan’s independence day and doesn’t even know if they are alive,” said Aden’s warring parties but stopped short of asking the show solidarity with the people of Kashmir, Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid, reporting southern forces that it funds and arms to cede control. came more than a week after India issued from Muzaffarabad. “For the last 10 days, “Giving up control of Aden is not on the table at the a decree stripping the special status of its they have not been able to get in touch.” moment,” Saleh Alnoud, British-based spokesman for portion of the region. “We will go to every international fo- the disputed Himalayan territory. On Tuesday, India’s Supreme Court, the Southern Transitional Council (STC), told Reuters Ahead of the August 5 decree, Indian rum…we will go to the international court India’s crippling lockdown of the re- which is reviewing a petition for the im- in an interview. authorities imposed an unprecedented of justice.” gion was imposed to stave off a violent mediate withdrawal of severe government lockdown in the region - cutting off com- He also warned India against any attack reaction to Kashmir’s downgraded status restrictions in Kashmir, said the security munication lines and restricting movement on Pakistan-administered Kashmir to di- after New Delhi revoked Article 370 of crackdown and communications blackout - which is now in its 10th day. vert attention from human rights violations the Indian constitution, which granted in the region should continue. China slams Pakistan has launched a diplomatic in the Indian-administered portion of the the Muslim-majority region considerable According to Al Jazeera, Amnesty In- offensive aimed at reversing the order Himalayan region. autonomy. ternational India condemned the court’s ‘terrorist-like actions’ and formally asked the United Nations “We have decided that if India com- India’s revocation of special status for decision, saying that its refusal to pass an Security Council late on Tuesday to hold mits any type of violation we will fight Jammu and Kashmir blocks the state’s order on lifting restrictions in Kashmir by Hong Kong protesters an emergency session to address India’s till the end.” right to frame its own laws and allows was “a blow to the people of Jammu and “illegal actions”. ’Nazi ideology’ non-residents to buy property there. Kashmir”. Khan reiterated his opposition to Both India and Pakistan claim the Modi’s Hindu nationalist government Rights groups and activists have ex- TEHRAN— The government of China has called India’s move and vowed to serve as the entire region of Kashmir in full but rule has also decided to divide the state into pressed “deep concern” over the restric- events at Hong Kong airport on Tuesday “terrorist-like “ambassador to raise the voice for Kash- it in part. The nuclear-armed neighbors two “union territories” to be controlled tions, warning of increased tensions and actions” after clashes between police and protesters mir” globally. have fought two of their three wars over by the federal government. increased risk of human rights violations. broke out. The scuffles broke out after a small group of protesters said they had captured a Chinese ‘spy’ among them and tied up and beat a journalist, who was later identified as U.S. missile deployment to South Korea Turkish drones start operating in working for China’s state-controlled Global Times. ‘reckless act:’ North northern Syria: defense ministry In return, Beijing claimed the “spy” was a citizen of neigh- boring Shenzhen city who was merely visiting Hong Kong. TEHRAN— North Korea has warned improve the military sites in the country that TEHRAN— Turkish drones have start- odds over plans for northeastern Syria, Police responded by making arrests and firing pepper against a potential move by the United already host a U.S. missile system known ed operating in northern Syria where where U.S. allies on the ground in the spray at the protesters. States to deploy ground-launched, inter- as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Washington and Ankara have agreed battle against Islamic State include the One police officer was captured on video drawing his mediate-range missiles in South Korea, (THAAD) systems. to create a safe zone, Turkey’s Defense Kurdish YPG militia, which Turkey con- gun at protesters after they attacked him for trying to saying such a move would spark “a new “It is a hard fact that the deployment of Ministry said Wednesday. siders an enemy and a terrorist group. detain an unarmed woman, pinning her on the ground. Cold War” between the regional powers. THAAD is pursuant to the U.S. strategy to Turkey and the United States agreed The allies have been discussing a safe Other officers were also seen beating the protesters, The North’s official Korean Central contain great powers and hold supremacy last week to set up a joint operations zone near the Turkish frontier that would Al Jazeera reported. News Agency (KCNA) made the warning in Northeast Asia, not the one for ‘shield- center regarding the safe zone to be be kept free of combatants and heavy “We express the strongest condemnation of these ter- in an editorial on Wednesday, saying the ing’ South Korea from someone’s ‘threat,’” established in northern Syria. No weapons, but Turkey wants it to extend rorist-like actions,” said Xu Luying, spokeswoman for the potential deployment would be a “reckless it said. agreement has been announced on more than twice as far into Syrian terri- Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council. act of escalating tension” in the region. “The South Korean authorities should key details such as the size of the zone tory as the United States has proposed. According to Xu, the actions “seriously damage the It also warned that any further deploy- meditate before it becomes too late what and the command structure of joint Turkey has suggested it will act international image of Hong Kong, and seriously hurt the ment on the South’s soil would be a “path its blind act of submission will bring,” the patrols that would be conducted there. militarily if the United States fails to feelings of a vast number of mainland China compatriots”. to self-destruction” that could turn South commentary added. A six-person U.S. delegation arrived agree a solution that will safeguard She added that “extremely abominable violent crime Korea into a “bullet-shield.” Another North Korean newspaper, The in the southern Turkish province of the border. must be severely punished according to the law”. The plan for a potential deployment was Rodong Sinmun, also published a commen- Sanliurfa on Monday to work on the Turkey says the YPG is an exten- After Tuesday’s late-night scuffle, which left several announced by Pentagon chief Mark Esper, tary on the same day, saying the potential establishment of the operations center. sion in Syria of the Kurdistan Work- people injured, most of the protesters and police eventually immediately after President Donald Trump deployment would lead to a “challenge” to The Defense Ministry said in a state- ers Party (PKK), which has waged an cleared the terminal. terminated a Cold War-era treaty — the those who seek peace in the region. ment on Wednesday that work was insurgency against the Turkish state On Wednesday, operations at the airport were back Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) South Korea says no plan for continuing to make the joint operations since the 1980s. to normal, according to Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdelhamid, — with Russia, which banned missiles with U.S. missile deployment center in Sanliurfa operational. Washington and Ankara are also reporting from the airport. ranges of 500-5,500 kilometers. Meanwhile, and despite Esper’s an- It added that Turkish drones had at odds over other issues, including “We’ve seen some of the employees come back to their Many observers have already warned that nouncement, South Korea’s Defense started carrying out work in the area Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 counters, and some of the stranded passengers trying to the treaty’s demise would lead to an arms Ministry has said there has been no dis- where the safe zone will be created, but missile defense system, as well as the figure out when they will be able to catch their flights,” race between the world nuclear powers. cussion about placing American missiles did not provide further information trial of local U.S. consulate employ- she said. The North Korean news agency also in the country and there are no plans to on the drones’ operations. ees in Turkey on terrorism charges, criticized South Korea’s recent moves to consider the idea. Washington and Ankara have been at Reuters reported. ‘Hamas will shower Jailed Saudi activist ‘told to deny torture in release deal’ Israel with missiles if TEHRAN— Prominent Saudi women’s rights ac- “When the state security asked her to sign the doc- Gaza attacked’ tivist Loujain al-Hathloul has rejected a proposal to ument for the video release, she immediately ripped secure her release from prison in exchange for a video the document. She told them by asking me to sign this 1 wounded in an exchange of fire, as a heroic com- statement denying she was tortured in custody, her document you are involved in the cover-up and you’re mando one. family has said. simply trying [to] defend Saud Al-Qahtani who was “If a war occurs, we will strike on the occupation army “The Saudi state security has visited my sister in overseeing the torture,” he wrote. and break its power once and forever. We are not joking,” prison recently. They have asked her to ... appear on Al-Hathloul’s siblings allege that al-Qahtani, a senior he pointed out. video to deny the torture and harassment,” her brother adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who The Israeli military frequently bombs Gaza, with civil- Walid al-Hathloul said on Twitter on Tuesday. “That has also been implicated in the murder of Saudi jour- ians being the main target of such attacks. was part of a deal to release her.” nalist Jamal Khashoggi, was present during some of Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian There was no immediate reaction from Saudi the torture sessions and threatened to rape and kill her. coastal sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014. authorities. According to Al Jazeera, the Saudi public prosecu- The military aggression, which ended on August 26, 2014, Hathloul, who recently marked her 30th birthday tor has said his office investigated the allegations and killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians. Over 11,100 others were in jail, is among around a dozen prominent female concluded they were false. also wounded in the war. activists who are currently facing trial after being Meanwhile, the activist’s sister, Lina al-Hathloul, The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli siege since June detained last year, just as Arabia ended a ban on to sign a document denying that she had been tortured, separately said her sibling was under pressure to 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standards women driving cars, for which many of the detainees as a precondition for her release. deny the torture claim. “Loujain has been proposed of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment had long campaigned. He added that her family had intended to keep the a deal: deny the torture and she’ll be free,” Lina and unrelenting poverty. Al-Hathloul was among a few detainees who accused deal secret. But state security officials recently visited wrote on Twitter. The Israeli regime denies about 1.8 million people in interrogators of torture and sexual harassment, a charge her again in prison to demand a video testimony. “Whatever happens I am certifying it [one] more Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, vehemently denied by the government. “Asking to appear on a video and to deny the torture time: Loujain has been brutally tortured and sexually jobs with proper wages as well as adequate healthcare Her brother said on Twitter she had initially agreed doesn’t sound like a realistic demand,” Walid tweeted. harassed.” and education. according to Press TV, Sinwar also pointed to the weekly anti-occupation protests along the fence separating the Gaza Strip from the Israeli-occupied Critical points in the meeting between Yemeni Delegation and Iran’s Leader territories, stating that “our march will go on until it 1 The subject of the meeting “every devoted nation who believes in Ayatollah Khamenei added protect- its other revolutionary allies including achieves its goals.” Over the meeting, Mohammed God and the reality of divine promises, ing the Yemeni territorial integrity in the government, the Parliament and Palestinians have held weekly rallies on the Gaza border Abdulsalam, the spokesman for An- will definitely win. On this basis, victory view of its diverse religious and ethnic public committees and organizations to protest the siege on the enclave and demand the right sarullah delivered the warm regards of will surely be with the oppressed and diversity entails intra-Yemeni dialogue. that were established after the revo- for refugees to return to their homes they were forced the movement’s leader, Abdul-Malik faithful people of Yemen.” This advice was based on Yemen’s lution, but it is still not accepted as an from during the 1948 creation of Israel. al-Houthi and other Yemeni people It is not the first time that the Leader social structure as the country consists of official government by the world coun- At least 305 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli who are fighting the invaders. He told is making such as firm prediction, as different ethnic and religious groups and tries and international organizations; forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in Ayatollah Khamenei, “We regard your he made the same true promise before some of the tribe who reside in southern conversely, the official status is given Gaza on March 30, 2018. Over 17,000 Palestinians have leadership as the continuing leader- Lebanon’s Hezbollah went into its 33- parts are willing to get separated from to Mansour Hadi’s government which also sustained injuries. ship after the Prophet Muhammad day war with the Zionists. the country. UAE, on the other hand is now practically ended as he has fled The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14 last (S) and his successor Imam Ali (AS). Ayatollah Khamenei also warned is supporting these movements, so the the country and lives in exile. year, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day Your attitude of seeking justice for the about the danger of Yemen’s division. country is at risk of getting divided and The meeting between the Leader (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the oppressed Yemenis is the same policy He said that invaders including Saudi the only solution, as the Leader said, is and the Ansarullah delegation was an U.S. embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East of Imam Ali (AS) and the founder of Arabia and UAE are trying to divide an intra-Yemeni dialogue. ending to the policy of ignoring the legal Jerusalem al-Quds. the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, Yemen, but the people should stand Accreditation of Yemen’s government of Yemen which is born out “We will carry on with our efforts on the road of ending this is the source of great blessing and firmly against this scheme and defend revolutionary government of revolution and changing its De facto the internal division and achieving national unity based hope for all the people.” a united, undivided and autonomous The people-based government of status to a De jure one in both regional on the Palestinian project of resistance, liberation and For his turn, the Leader said that Yemen. Yemen constitutes of Ansarullah and and international arenas. return,” Sinwar said elsewhere in his remarks. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS AUGUST 15, 2019

Drug-hit hosts Thailand fail to lift Football player Sala and pilot likely exposed to ban for weightlifting worlds

Thai weightlifters will not be allowed to compete at the world cham- carbon monoxide before fatal crash pionships despite the country hosting the event, the sport’s global body confirmed Wednesday, dashing hopes of a late reprieve after Footballer Emiliano Sala and the pilot flying the exhaust can provide pathways for CO a doping scandal. his plane when it crashed were likely exposed to enter the cabin. Nine Thais including two reigning Olympic champions were to “potentially fatal” levels of carbon monox- “In this type of aircraft, the cockpit suspended after positive drug tests since November, prompting ide, investigators announced on Wednesday. is not separated from the cabin and it is Thailand to voluntarily ban itself from the September champion- “Toxicology tests found that the passenger considered likely that the pilot would also ships in Pattaya as well as next year’s Olympics. had a high saturation level of COHb (the have been affected to some extent by ex- Last month the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) combination product of carbon monoxide posure to CO.” changed tact, saying lifters who did not fail tests should be allowed and haemoglobin),” Britain’s Air Accidents Exposure to the gas can lead to dam- to compete and have a shot at the Tokyo Games, while athletes and Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in a special age to the brain and nervous system, with coaches were told to get ready. bulletin. unconsciousness and heart attacks pos- But the International Weightlifting Federation has slammed the “It is considered likely that the pilot would sible with COHb levels of over 50 percent. door shut after telling AFP that “no Thai athletes will be entitled to also have been exposed to carbon monox- “It is clear from the symptoms that ex- participate” in Pattaya. ide,” it added. posure to CO can reduce or inhibit a pilot’s “The IWF Executive Board will not be reviewing TAWA’s decision The Argentinian was flying to Wales from ability to fly an aircraft depending on the at its meeting in September and therefore TAWA’s self-suspension France to join Premier League club Cardiff level of that exposure,” added the bulletin. and the suspension of Thai athletes from competing in weightlifting when his plane came down in the English Attention had previously focussed on events will remain in place.” Channel on January 21 during a night-time pilot Ibbotson, who it was reported was The Thai association was not immediately available for com- flight. not authorized to fly at night. ment on the IWF statement, which deepens the crisis enveloping His body was recovered, but that of pilot The BBC said Ibbotson was color blind, Thailand’s most successful Olympic sport. David Ibbotson has never been found. which would have automatically disquali- Thailand maintains its lifters were given a pain relief gel by a Toxicology tests on Sala showed a car- fied him from night flights. former coach that, unbeknown to them, contained traces of an boxyhemoglobin (COHb) saturation level of The AAIB also said the plane carrying anabolic steroid. 58 percent, according to the AAIB. Sala was not authorized to make commer- Intarat Yodbangtoey, the honorary president of the Thai weight- “A COHb level of 50 percent or above in cial flights. lifting association, last month told AFP he wanted to lift the blanket an otherwise healthy individual is generally But the investigators pointed out that ban because the source of the problem had been discovered. considered to be potentially fatal.” Ibbotson had in the past transported people “I hope that executive board members will allow us to join and The bulletin said that carbon monoxide “Piston engine aircraft produce high con- said investigators. on a cost-share basis, which is authorized participate,” he said at the time. poisoning was a particular risk in the type centrations of CO that are conveyed away “Poor sealing of the cabin, or leaks into by the regulation for small planes. With five Olympic gold medals since 2004, all won by women, of aircraft they were travelling in. from the aircraft through the exhaust system,” the heating and ventilation system from (Source: Reuters) weightlifting has been a rare sporting success story for the Southeast Asian nation. (Source: AFP) Frank de Boer calls equal pay in Manchester United close the Hurting Serena withdraws from international football ‘ridiculous’ door on Paul Pogba leaving Cincinnati as US Open looms

Serena Williams withdrew prior to her opening match at the WTA Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday with a back injury, another blow to the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s US Open preparations. Williams retired from the WTA final in Toronto just four games in with back spasms on Sunday, handing the title to Canadian Bi- anca Andreescu. The US superstar, who trained on Tuesday morning in Cincinnati, advised officials prior to her scheduled first-round match against qualifier Zarina Diyas that she wouldn’t be able to play. “I came to Mason (Ohio) on Sunday and have tried everything to be ready to play tonight, and was still hopeful after my practice this morning,” Williams said in a statement released by tourna- ment officials. “But unfortunately my back is still not right.” It’s another injury blow for Williams, who has been hampered by knee trouble this season. She was eyeing her first title since the 2017 Australian Open in Football coach and former player Frank the same by 2023. Paul Pogba will not leave Manchester of the window. Real Madrid, who have Toronto, where the 37-year-old said she first felt back pain in her de Boer has been criticized for calling The US players, meanwhile, are cur- United - not even for 200 million euros. spent almost 300 million euros during semi-final win over qualifier Marie Bouzkova. equal pay at international level a “ri- rently engaged in a lawsuit against the The chances of the French midfielder join- the summer transfer window, could She trailed Andreescu 3-1 when she decided she couldn’t continue diculous” idea. US Soccer Federationin a quest to receive ing Real Madrid ended when the Premier never have afforded such a high asking in Sunday’s final, telling reporters the back spasms were something De Boer, who played over 100 times equal pay. League transfer window closed last week. price - and neither could Juventus, who she’s dealt with before and that they were often fleeting. for the Netherlands in the 1990s and early Last week, it emerged that the federa- That is the consensus of club directors at were also linked to the player. It became Nevertheless her decision to pull out of Cincinnati struck an 2000s, took charge of Atlanta United tion had enlisted lobbying firms to argue Old Trafford and that is also how their clear that United would be keeping the ominous note with the US Open starting on August 26. last year after the side had won its first that the women’s team isn’t underpaid. counterparts at the Santiago Bernabéu midifielder when the window closed on 8 Williams, who fell to Simona Halep in the Wimbledon final in MLS Cup under Tata Martino. During the World Cup in France, chants view the situation. August without Solskjaer having found a July, remains one Grand Slam title away from matching Australian “It’s the same like tennis,” De Boer of “equal pay” broke out amongst support- The player, now resigned to the fact substitute although Christian Eriksenwas Margaret Court’s record of 24. said in an interview with The Guardian. ers, and US captain Megan Rapinoe called he will be going nowhere this summer, close to joining... Her place in the Cincinnati draw was taken by 56th-ranked Jes- “If there are watching, for the World Cup for the conversation to “move onto the next was the last to leave Old Trafford after Solskjaer doesn’t have a great number of sica Pegula, who captured her first WTA title in Washington this final, 500 million people or something like step” following her side’s victory. Sunday league opener against Chelsea; players in midfield - particularly after Ander month with a victory over Camila Giorgi in the final. that, and 100 million for a women’s final, “Frank de Boer says it’s ridiculous that he gifted his shirt to a fan on his way out Herrera’s departure to PSG and despite (Source: France 24) that’s a difference. So it’s not the same. men and women should be paid equally in of the ground in an attempt to reconcile the encouraging 4-0 win over Chelsea at “And of course they have to be paid football,” tweeted Kieran Theivam, who with supporters. Minutes later, he told the weekend, United don’t look like they Sources: PSG irked after what they deserve ... and not less, just covers women’s football for The Athletic. reporters in the Mixed Zone “the future will be competing for the Premier League what they really deserve. If it’s just as “The Netherlands Women in the last two will tell us” whether he leave United this title with City, Liverpool and Tottenham Barca chat over Neymar popular as the men, they will get it, be- years have won a European Championship summer or stays where he is. What has this season. Executive vice-chairman Ed cause the income and the advertising and reached the final of a World Cup. Frank changed since then however, is that Woodward, was conscious that letting Pogba Paris Saint-Germain are unhappy with the way their first direct will go into that. De Boer did neither of those.” Manchester United’s top brass have leave could have repercussions which might meeting with Barcelona went on Tuesday regarding the potential “But it’s not like that, so why do they The New York Times’ Andrew Das catagorically ruled out Pogba moving affect his own position at the club. return of Neymar to Camp Nou, sources have told ESPN FC. have to earn the same? I think it’s ridicu- was also critical of the Atlanta coach, for the time being at least. Pogba has another three years to run Despite numerous exchanges over the valuations of multiple lous. I don’t understand that.” writing that “a toe-deep take without It was always a slim possibility that on his contract at United, earning 16 mil- players, there was no breakthrough, although the French champi- In June, the Dutch football federation acknowledging or understanding how the 26-year-old would end up joining lion euros per year. Nor does it mean that ons have made clear to their Catalan counterparts what they will -- whose women finished second at this that disparity came to be is probably not Zidane’s Madrid - even though at one United might be open to letting him leave and will not accept. year’s World Cup -- reportedly committed how you want to enter the debate.” point, United appeared to be open to next season. As revealed by ESPN FC sources, negotiations over a cash- to paying its male and female footballers (Source: CNN) selling him for a massive fee, and outside (Source: AS) with-a-player exchange started in Paris this week with Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Rakitic the players Barca were keen to include in any potential deal. However, PSG told the La Liga giants during this meeting that Judgement day for Real Madrid as Zidane’s second coming begins they want Coutinho, Nelson Semedo and €120 million in exchange Zinedine Zidane returned to save Real Madrid “It is very close,” Zidane said. “We hope he for Neymar, while Barca’s best offer so far is Coutinho, Rakitic and and the time has come for results. leaves soon, it would be best for everyone.” €80 million. In a packed-out press conference under Bale’s agent told AFP Zidane was a “dis- the Santiago Bernabeu in March, the club’s grace” and if the Frenchman had hoped to president Florentino Perez delivered the push the deal over the line, he would be dis- grandest of re-introductions. appointed as Madrid changed their mind “We need to start working on a glorious over the fee. new era,” said Perez. “That is why we welcome James Rodriguez is also yet to leave and back Zinedine Zidane.” there were others that proved more difficult to Some might have expected a bounce but bring in such as Paul Pogba and even Neymar. nobody blamed the coach when performances In other areas, Zidane has resisted change, continued to drag and the gap behind Bar- backing experience over youth even if many celona, rather than narrowing, widened. believed experience last season had turned Zidane took over a team with nothing to into apathy. play for and a squad he knew was in need of Marcelo, Casemiro and Keylor Navas have reform. He knew because he had left it nine stayed while Marcos Llorente was allowed to ESPN FC sources added that no major advances were made months earlier, just before it was broken. join Atletico Madrid and Sergio Reguilon and during the meeting, which the Blaugrana are viewing as the first There was no quick fix. In his 11 games Dani Ceballos were both sent out on loan. contact between the two clubs as negotiations step up. at the end of last season, Madrid won five, For all the talk of upheaval, Madrid’s line- There will be another meeting between the pair on Thursday the only promise of progress the words Zi- up against Celta Vigo on Saturday is likely during UEFA’s European Club Association gathering, which the dane kept repeating. “Things will change, to have a distinctly familiar feel. Ligue 1 outfit’s chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi will be present for sure,” he said. Yet there could be a new formation, with for -- as will Barca counterpart Josep Maria Bartomeu. Zidane denied it but they were seen as three Champions League titles out of three. players seemed to walk through the doors a 3-5-2 tried after some underwhelming The occasion, say ESPN FC sources, will give Real Madrid presi- trials, every line-up scanned for clues as to The assumption was he returned to a every year. showings in pre-season, allowing Marcelo dent Florentino Perez the opportunity to start negotiations with who would survive the summer. stronger hand, able to make demands the “I’m not a galactico, not yet, but I hope and Dani Carvajal greater freedom as wing- PSG as the Spaniard will also be present and maintains a great Yet in some ways, none of it mattered and club were ready to meet and with the backing I will be one day,” said Hazard when he backs and Hazard to play centrally behind relationship with Al-Khelaifi. the results, not to mention attendances at to rebuild in the way he had always wanted. joined. Karim Benzema. Neymar and his father were in Portugal on Tuesday and both are the Santiago Bernabeu, said as much. “The He might have been encouraged too, Bale stalemate And a shift in focus. Madrid have won now very confident that the Brazil international will be returning to best thing for us is that it’s over,” said Zidane, when Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, Luka But Madrid’s pockets are not as deep as La Liga only once in the last seven years, Barca before the end of this summer’s transfer window. after the season ended in defeat. Jovic, Rodrygo and Eden Hazard all signed they once were and sales were also needed, their failures in Spain excused only by un- Meanwhile, ESPN FC sources indicated that Barca want a public And now it begins again, the season, and for a total close to 300 million euros. by the club and their coach. precedented success in Europe. gesture -- possibly via social media -- from Neymar to prove his Zidane’s second era as coach. Hazard was the headline act, a throw- Zidane showed no inclination to make “For us next year, the league must be our commitment to the potential move. Many wondered why he came back, back to a previous era that Zidane knew soothe and use Gareth Bale, instead urging number one priority,” Zidane said in April. (Source: Soccernet) risking everything after the perfection of well, when the world’s most glamorous the Welshman to make a move to China. (Source: AFP) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2019 SPORTS 15

Ex-Arsenal forward Adebayor Iranian freestylers win two golds at Junior World linked with Iran’s Tractor: report Championships Two Iranian freestyle wrestlers claimed gold medals at the TEHRAN — Former Arsenal and Real SPORTS Junior World Championships underway in Tallinn, Estonia deskMadrid forward Emmanuel Adebayor has Tuesday night. been linked with a move to Iranian football club Tractor. Iran’s Abbas Ali Foroutan successfully defended his junior The 35-year-old player most recently played at Turkish world title from last year’s Trnava Junior World Championships. club Istanbul Basaksehir. Adebayor has posted an Instagram story linking him with the Iranian club. Tractor, headed by Mustafa Denizli, are going to replace the Togolese player instead of Irish forward Anthony Stokes who left the team at the end of the last season. Adebayor has reached a two-year agreement with Tractor, Haberts.com reported. He started his playing career at French club Metz and joined Monaco two years later. On 13 January 2006, Premier League club Arsenal signed Adebayor for a reported £3 million. He was given the nickname «Baby Kanu» due to his resemblance to former Arsenal star Nwankwo Kanu, whom Adebayor had idolized as a youth. He also played for Premier League clubs Manchester City, Tottenham Crystal Palace. Foroutan, backed by the defining Iranian chants pouring Adebayor had a short stint at Spanish giants Real Madrid. through the Tondiraba Hall, won his second consecutive jun- Tractor are going to win Iran Professional League for ior world title with a punishing 10-0 win over Yonger Bastida the first time in their history. Pomares from Cuba in the 97kg. The Tabriz based football team will start the new season Amirhossein Maghsoudi was the second Iranian who carried with a match against Naft Masjed Soleyman on Aug. 22. his nation’s flag around the mat after an 8-4 win over Kurban Adebayor was also eligible to play for Nigeria but chose Shiraev from Russia in the 61kg finals. to represent the country of his birth, Togo. Maghsoudi wrestled a tactical second period -- scoring on Adebayor helped Togo qualify for the 2006 Africa Cup three one-point exchanges and improving on his second-place of Nations after scoring 11 goals in the qualifiers, more than finish from a year ago with the 8-4 victory. any other player in the African qualifiers. Iranian freestyler Mohmmadsadegh Firouzpour also won a On 10 February 2009, the Confederation of African Foot- bronze medal in the 70kg. ball (CAF) picked Adebayor as the African Footballer of the (Source: unitedworldwrestling) Year for 2008 at an awards ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria. Adebayor beat final nominees Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt and Ghana›s Michael Essien in a vote that involved the na- tional team coaches of CAF›s 54 member-nations. It was the Farhad Tavakoli joins Kuwait first time a Togolese won the award as Africa›s best player. futsal team

IRNA — Iranian international futsal player Farhad Tavakoli South Korean volleyball players not afraid of Iran joined Kuwait futsal club on Tuesday. SPORTS TEHRAN — Two South Korean volley- South Korea Captain Shin Yung-suk said his mindset The 30-year-old forward played in Chinese futsal club Qingdao deskball players say Iran are a tough team is to focus on the process and let the results take care of Impulse Chenxi last season and is currently playing in Iraqi futsal to beat but they are not invincible in the Asian qualifying themselves. club Naft Al Wasat at the 2019 AFC Futsal Club Championship tournament in January next year. “Iran and Australia will obviously be tough to beat, but underway in Bangkok, Thailand. The six pool winners from the FIVB qualifiers secured they’re not invincible,” Shin told Yonhap. “If we want to He has also played in Iranian futsal clubs Sherkat Melli Haffari direct qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and only play in the Olympics, we’re going to have to get past those and Farsh Ara Mashhad. the winners of the Asian qualifying tournament will qualify tough teams.” Tavakoli was a member of the Iranian national futsal team for the Olympics. Opposite striker Park Chul-woo said he was hoping Iran who won a bronze medal at the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Before that comes the Asian Men’s Volleyball Champi- would qualify for the Olympics in the intercontinental event onship in Iran in September. The top eight teams from the so that it wouldn’t have to go through the Asian qualifiers 16-nation event will qualify for the continental qualifiers. in January, but that doesn’t mean he will be intimidated Iran, world No. 8, are considered the class of Asia, and against the Middle East power. Esteghlal eye Syrian Australia (No. 16) and China (No. 20) are both ahead of “In January, our guys will be in top form because it’ll be defender Moayad Ajan South Korea in the world rankings as well. South Korea in the middle of our professional season in the V-League,” have not competed in the Olympics since 2000. Park said. “We’ll have all the best players available.” TASNIM — Iran’s Esteghlal football team are going to sign Syrian left-back Moayad Samir Ajan. The 26-year-old player is currently playing at Al-Wahda of Syria. Frontrunners Iran and Tajikistan set up final day showdown Ajan is a member of Syria national football team and has made 50 caps for the team and scored one goal. The CAFA U-19 Championship will go to come for the Tajiks, particularly when Esteghlal coach Andrea Stramaccioni wants Ajan as a re- down to the wire, after Islamic Republic Amadonio Kamolov curled in a delightful placement for Armin Sohrabian. of Iran and hosts Tajikistan both extend- 25-yard opener in just the fifth minute, According to arabia.eurosport, Egyptian football club Ismaily ed their unbeaten records at Dushanbe but Uzbekistan levelled at the half-hour SC are also going to sign Moayad Ajan. Central Stadium on Tuesday. mark through an Odilbek Abdumajodiv Esteghlal have signed Malian forward Cheick Diabate so far. While Iran made it three wins from header to go to half-time on level terms. as many matches with a 2-0 victory over Tajikistan fell behind for the first time Afghanistan, Tajikistan needed a 77th-min- when they were caught cold by a quick- ute Rustam Soirov goal to salvage a 2-2 ly-taken free-kick in the 62nd-minute, Al Hilal SFC complete last draw against Uzbekistan, meaning the with Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev showing Iranians will only need to avoid defeat the composure required to beat Shohrukh eight cast against the hosts in Thursday’s finale to Qirgizbaev from 15 yards to make it 2-1 win the round-robin competition. to the visitors. Al Hilal SFC rounded off the eight teams in the 2019 AFC Cham- IRAN 2-0 AFGHANISTAN With their unbeaten record in jeop- pions League quarter-finals despite suffering a 1-0 home defeat A brace from 16-year-old forward Aria ardy, the 4,000 strong home crowd – at the hands of Al Ahli Saudi FC in the second leg of the Round Barzegar proved decisive as Iran extended the tournament’s biggest so far – urged of 16 on Tuesday. A 4-3 aggregate score means Al Hilal are set their CAFA U-19 Championship winning Tajikistan on, and they were brought to to face arch-rivals Al Ittihad in the next round. streak to three with a 2-0 success against their feet when substitute Soirov pounced Bringing to an end a five-match winless run in the AFC Cham- already-eliminated Afghanistan. on some sloppy defending to head home pions League knock-out stage was a must if Al Ahli were to reach Having scored against Turkmenistan on the equalizer with 13 minutes remaining. the quarter-finals for the first time since 2013. Monday, the impressive Barzegar netted when they were reduced to 10 men in the Tajikistan and Uzbekistan played out The drama didn’t end there. Uzbek- Furthermore, it needed to come with a three-goal difference a headed goal in each half to take Iran to 62nd minute, with the promising Tareq an entertaining 2-2 draw in the evening istan’s Hojimat Erkinov was shown a to overturn the 4-2 defeat from the home first leg. within 90 minutes of the regional title as Mohammadi – scorer of two goals earli- kick-off. second yellow card in the second minute The first chance of the game came 14 minutes in when Salman Sirous Pourmasavi’s side kept another er in the competition – shown a second The result means Zaynidin Rakhimov’s of stoppage time, and only goalkeeper Al Faraj fouled Danijel Aleksic 30 yards from Al Hilal’s goal. The clean sheet to underline their quality at yellow card. side will still win the title if they can defeat Muminmirzo Qoirov’s fingertips prevented Serbian attempted a curled effort from the free-kick, but his shot both ends of the pitch. Their task became nearly impossible Iran in what has developed into a virtual Soirov from heading in what would have went wide off target. Barzegar opened his account in the when Barzegar scored his second, nodding tournament final on Thursday. been a last-gasp winner a minute later. The hosts had to wait until the half-hour mark for their first 34th minute, finding the net at the near home a free-kick from captain Ahmed Reza Iran’s earlier win against Afghanistan Despite the action packed second-half, sight at goal as Bafetimbi Gomis drove through Al Ahli’s defence post after twisting his body to generate Jalali as Iran enjoyed a trouble-free road meant any chance of Uzbekistan retaining the sides couldn’t be separated, leaving before firing a left-footed shot from just outside the box, forcing an impressive amount of power with a to the final day of fixtures on Thursday. their regional title had been dashed before everything riding on Tajikistan’s meet- goalkeeper Mohammed Al Owais into a fingertip save to push superb header following Alirzea Asad UZBEKISTAN 2-2 TAJIKISTAN kick-off, but Otabek Gulyamkhodjaev’s ing with frontrunners Iran, while only it behind for a corner. Abadi’s cross from the right. The hosts’ perfect record came to an charges pushed Tajikistan all the way in pride will be on the line in Uzbekistan’s It looked like the first half was headed for a goalless ending Afghanistan’s bid for a first win in end, but Rustam Soirov salvaged what a spirited encounter. remaining fixture against Turkmenistan. when Abdulfattah Asiri collected the ball from a poor defensive the competition suffered another blow may yet prove to be a crucial point as There was no early sign of the struggle (Source: the-afc) clearance, cut inside on his left and drilled a low strike that was deflected into the back of the net to the shock of goalkeeper Abdullah Al Mayouf who was left wrongfooted. Cape Verdean international Djaniny nearly doubled Al Ahli’s Mes Sungun Varzeqan stay on course lead a minute later. The winger dribbled past his marker inside Defending champions Mes Sungun Varseqan needed ex- Mes Sungun should have scored in the 11th minute from the Al Hilal box and fired from an angle, but his shot ended up tra-time as they came from behind to defeat Bank of Beirut inside the danger area but Shajari’s effort was tipped away hitting the side netting. 3-2 in their AFC Futsal Club Championship Thailand 2019 by Bank of Beirut custodian Hussein Hamadani. Al Hilal came back from the break a different side and looked quarter-final on Thursday. Bank of Beirut had been shading possession and took determined to keep Al Ahli at bay by means of keeping the ball in Down 2-1 with just three minutes on the clock, Madhi the lead a minute later when Tomic set up Ali El Homsi to the opposition half, which they did well for extended periods of Javid›s strike took the game into extra-time and Farhad score from above the arc. the half, limiting Al Ahli to a Souza long range effort that sailed Fakhim struck the winner in the 44th minute as Islamic They could have added another goal in the final minute of wide early in the second half. Republic of Iran›s Mes Sungun - who will face the winners the half, but Samimi saved Tneich’s effort from outside the Captaining the side on his return from a lengthy injury, mid- of Port FC-AGMK FC quarter-final - kept their hopes of box, while seconds later Mes Sungun wasted an opportunity fielder Salman Al Faraj came close to equalising for Al Hilal. He back-to-back titles alive. to level the score through Fakhim’s free-kick. took a Sebastian Giovinco corner on the volley but watched the Mes Sungun got off to a rousing start when they scored Mes Sungun began the second half with purpose as they ball land behind the opposition goal in the 72nd minute. in the third minute thanks to Javid’s long-range effort off went in search of the equaliser and came close through Shajari Despite Al Ahli’s best efforts and four minutes of added time, captain Fakhim’s corner. in the 24th minute but his shot was deflected by Hamadani. there would be no more goals and Al Hilal sealed their place in Bank of Beirut responded almost immediately as Ahmad As the Iranian side pushed forward, Bank of Beirut force extra-time. the quarter-finals with the 4-3 aggregate victory. Kheir El Dine unleashed a shot from outside the box but looked to hit them on the break and Mes Sungun were let Fakhim then shook off his marker and scored from above The West Asia quarter-finals now take their full shape, with Al Mes Sungun goalkeeper Alireza Samim was equal to the off when Samimi repelled Suphawut Thueanklang’s strike the arc to give Mes Sungun the lead. Hilal facing rivals Al Ittihad at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium effort as he blocked the ball. from the right flank. Bank of Beirut pushed hard in the remaining minutes in Jeddah on August 27 and at King Saud University Stadium in The Lebanese side, however, drew level a minute later A desperate Mes Sungun deployed the power play with but the equalizer was not to be as Mes Sungun advanced Riyadh three weeks later. Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr face Qatar’s when Dragan Tomic beat Mohammad Shajari on the left four minutes left in the game and were rewarded in the to the semi-finals. Al Sadd in the other quarter-final tie. before feeding Ali Tneich to score from above the arc. 38th minute through Javid’s strike from inside the box to (Source: AFC) (Source: the-afc) Prayer Times Noon:13:09 Evening: 20:14 Dawn: 4:52 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:24 (tomorrow) AUGUST 15, 2019 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi “Karun” wins Green Planet Award Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 at Rhode Island festival Subscription & Distribution Dept.: www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. ARTTEHRAN – Iranian Tel: 88911433 deskfilmmaker Mohammad Webmaster: [email protected] Ehsani’s short documentary “Karun” about Printed at: Jame Jam Bartar Borna - 44197737 the environmental threats to Iran’s limited Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily water resources over the long term has won the Green Planet Award at the Rhode Island No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran International Film Festival (RIIFF) in the P.o. Box: 14155-4843 United States, the organizers have announced. Zip Code: 1599814713 “Celebrating the vision of man’s shared humanity and achieving sustainability on our planet,” the jury said during the closing ceremony of the festival, which took place in several cities of the American state from August 6 to 11. The film portrays the rich cultural landscape the river Karun passes on its way – once the Iranian river most abounding in water. It also shows the devastating effects of GUIDE TO improper water management on fish stocks, SPIRITUAL AWAKENING on unique biotopes and on the local ethnic groups. The world is a snake; its exterior is soft and nice The grand prize in the feature film completion went to the Ecuador-France to touch, and its interior contains deadly poison. co-production “A Son of Man” directed by Stupid and ignorant people are charmed by it Jaimaica Noproblem. but the wise avoid it. The Canada-Cuba co-production “Havana Imam Ali (AS) on High” by Pedro Ruiz won the grand prize in the feature documentary section. Five other films were screened in various section of the festival. Among the movies was “Umbra”, a Tehran Provincial narrative short by Saeid Jafarian about a Government says it will young woman who is looking for her missing partner at midnight. back street performers “Brotherhood” by Javad Yaghmuri, “Ceremony Night” by Behnam Abedi, “The ARTTEHRAN – Governor-General of Tehran People Smuggler” by Amir Reza Jalalian and deskProvince Anushiravan Mohseni Bandpey said “Birthday Night” by Omid Shams were also on Tuesday that the Tehran Provincial Government will support screened at the event. A scene from filmmaker Mohammad Ehsani’s short documentary “Karun”. street performers by granting the necessary permissions. Tehran theater hosts Madrid Animario picks Iran’s Slawomir Mrozek’s “Party” “Mr. Deer”

Street performers give a performance in Tehran in an undated photo. (boxofficeiran.com) “Street musical performances cause social joy and help keep people’s spirits up,” he noted in his meeting with the vice-president for women and family affairs. “I don’t consider street performances as begging,” he stated and added that the Tehran Provincial Government in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance will grant the street performers the necessary permissions. “Plans to eliminate poverty, unemployment and discrimination are related to each other and we need the help of the youth and women to implement the plans,” Mohseni Bandpey said. Street performances by single persons or groups are very common A poster for Iranian director Nima Aqakhani’s play, “The Party”. A scene from “Mr. Deer” by Iranian director Mojtaba Musavi. in Tehran’s public centers. ARTTEHRAN – Iranian the party is supposed to take place, all they ARTTEHRAN – Iranian set in a modern but ruined subway deskdirector Nima find is silence and emptiness. deskdirector Mojtaba in an unknown time. People in this Navaye Rahmat Intl. Daf Aqakhani staged Polish playwright Theater critics believe that the play Musavi’s animated movie “Mr. society have animal faces, they have Slawomir Mrozek’s play “The Party” at symbolizes post-war Poland, where hope Deer” will be competing at the 2nd forgotten humanity and ethics, and Festival opens in Sanandaj Tehran’s Mehregan Theater on Monday. was followed by bitter disenchantment with edition of the Animario International they do not avoid sins. Meanwhile, Written in 1962, the play is about three a new system promising a better tomorrow. Contemporary Animation Festival of someone with a deer face is trying to 1 Pakistani qawwali groups are also scheduled to perform farmhands who hear the sound of music Starring Reyhaneh Razi, Javad Farahani Madrid in Spain, Iran’s Art Bureau reform the society. on the sidelines of the festival, which aims to promote religious and go looking for the party. But when and Aqakhani himself, the play will remain announced on Wednesday. The Animario festival will be held mystical music. they finally get into the club room where on stage until August 28. The story of the short movie is from September 26 to 29. The daf is a frame drum, which is common in both the artistic music and popular traditions of Persia.

How ‘Woodstock’ movie “The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband” shaped festival’s place in comes to Iranian bookstores counterculture CULTURE TEHRAN – Bestselling aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, who Cecilia Harcourt is—even if he does not deskAmerican historical she chooses option three and travels across recall her face—and with everyone calling LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Michael Wadleigh never played a romance author Julia Quinn’s “The Girl the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother her his wife, he decides it must be true, even note and is not a household name, but he may be the person most with the Make-Believe Husband” has been back to health. But after a week of searching, though he’d always assumed he’d marry his responsible for securing Woodstock’s place in history as the epitome published in Persian in Tehran. she does not find her brother but finds his neighbor back in England. of Sixties counterculture. Translated into Persian by Mohammad best friend, the handsome officer Edward. Cecilia risks her entire future by giving Wadleigh filmed and directed Purrokni, the novel has been released by He’s unconscious and in desperate need of herself—completely—to the man she loves. the Oscar-winning “Woodstock” Elmi Publications. her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save But when the truth comes out, Edward may documentary about the three days The novel is about orphaned Cecilia this soldier’s life, even if staying by his side have a few surprises of his own for the new of peace and music on a farm in Harcourt, her brother Thomas and his means telling one little lie. Mrs. Rokesby. upstate New York in 1969, but friend Edward Rokesby. When Edward comes to, he’s more than a Quinn’s novels have been translated into his focus went way beyond the With her brother Thomas injured on the little confused. The blow to his head knocked 29 foreign languages, and she has appeared Front cover of the Persian version of Julia performances on stage. battlefront in the Colonies, Cecilia has two out three months of his memory, but surely on the New York Times Bestseller List 19 Quinn’s “The Girl with the Make-Believe “What people know of unbearable choices: move in with a maiden he would recall getting married. He knows times. Husband”. Woodstock today is our film. They don’t really know the reality in any other way than we put it,”Wadleigh told Reuters. LA Opera to investigate Placido Domingo over accusations “I think we were pretty faithful, SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two music than three dozen people in the opera world everything we can to foster a professional but another filmmaker might have companies canceled appearances by Placido told the AP that his behavior has long been an and collaborative environment where all our chosen to film all love songs and Domingo and the Los Angeles Opera said open secret. employees and artists feel equally comfortable, A memorial stands above the not really gone for the politics. But Tuesday it would launch an investigation in The accusers who spoke to the AP — all but valued and respected.” original site of the Woodstock that was what I wanted to do,” he response to an Associated Press story in which one of whom requested anonymity — said they In canceling its invitation for Domingo to Music Festival while visiting to said. numerous women accused the opera legend of had feared speaking out previously would kill sing at its Sept. 18 opening gala, the Philadelphia celebrate the 50th anniversary The 1970 documentary was not sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior their careers due to his immense standing. Orchestra issued a statement saying: “We are of the infamous Woodstock Mu- just about the protest songs from spanning decades. Domingo issued a statement to the AP committed to providing a safe, supportive, sic Festival in Bethel, New York, the likes of Richie Havens, Jimi Domingo has been general director of the calling the allegations “deeply troubling and, respectful, and appropriate environment U.S., August 9, 2019. (Reuters/ Hendrix, Joan Baez and Country LA Opera since 2003 and previously served as as presented inaccurate,” adding “I believed that for the orchestra and staff, for collaborating Lucas Jackson/File Photo) Joe McDonald’s anti-Vietnam war the company’s artistic director, jobs that gave all of my interactions and relationships were artists and composers, and for our audiences song “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag”. him the power to cast roles and — his accusers In this Nov. 5, 1994 file photo, Placido always welcomed and consensual.” and communities.” The film also captured the impromptu yoga classes, the skinny say — make, or break, careers. Domingo performs in the San Francisco The LA Opera said it would hire outside The San Francisco Opera said it would scrub dippers, the fringed jackets, bandanas, mud slip ‘n slides, announcements On Tuesday, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Opera’s production of “Herodiade” in San counsel to investigate the “concerning allegations” a sold-out Oct. 6 concert featuring Domingo, about bad acid, astounded townsfolk, and even the overwhelmed San Francisco Opera announced they would Francisco. (AP Photo/Dwayne Newton) against Domingo. which had been to mark his 50th anniversary chemical toilets. cancel upcoming performances featuring the “before making any final decisions about Mr. “Placido Domingo has been a dynamic with the company. It was promoted as a “special “We talked ahead of time about ‘The Canterbury Tales.’ We tried star, regarded as one of the greatest opera singers Domingo’s future at the Met,” where he is creative force in the life of LA opera and the one performance-only event” with “one of the to get profiles of people - the nude bathing, the couple on the road, of all time. scheduled to appear next month. artistic culture of Los Angeles for more than most influential singing actors in the history of the guy who was cleaning the toilets. He had such pride in what he New York’s Metropolitan Opera said it would The 78-year-old Domingo is one of the three decades,” the company said in a statement. opera” and was one of several gala events this was doing,” Wadleigh said. await the results of LA Opera’s investigation industry’s most powerful figures and more “Nevertheless, we are committed to doing year to celebrate his legendary career.