Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Has According to Statistics, Iran’s Called on Iranian Companies to Exports to the U.S. Has Been Participate in Reconstruction Projects Zeroed After the U.S. Government In Syria, Adding His Country Provide Withdrew From the JCPOA and Especial Facilities for Iranians Reimposed Tough Sanctions on Iran

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XXV, No. 6738 TEHRAN Price 20,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, - MORDAD 10, 1398 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Iran Tests Missiles Tehran, Kabul North Korea Fires Tsonga Ousts Khachanov After Developing On Regular Basis Economic Ties More Ballistic Missiles At Washington ATP > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 Leader Reacts to Execution Gov’t Approves Slashing Four Europe ‘’Obliged’’ to Let Of Two Bahraini Activists Iran Sell and Ship Oil TEHRAN (MNA) – The Twitter account of the institute TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran said Wednesday that for preserving and publishing the books by Leader of the European nations still party to the 2015 nuclear deal are Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei has posted Zeros From National Currency “obliged” to allow it to sell and ship oil, amid a a tweet in Arabic language to react to the Bahrain standoff with Britain over the seizure of tankers. regime’s recent move in executing two young activists. The deal over Iran’s nuclear program has begun to “The oppression and cruelty will not last long, and the unravel since President Donald Trump announced the decision and will of the justice-seeking nations will United States was withdrawing from the agreement last eventually prevail,” Leader of the Islamic Republic of year and reimposing sanctions. Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a tweet in Arabic Iran has been pushing the European parties to the deal language, according to the Twitter account of the -- Britain, France and Germany -- to adhere to their institute for preserving and publishing the books by commitments under the agreement despite U.S. pressure. Ayatollah Khamenei. British authorities seized a tanker carrying Iranian oil off its On July 27, Bahrain executed two pro-democracy territory Gibraltar on July 4, a move Spain’s foreign minister said activists (Ahmad al-Malali, 24, and Ali Hakim al-Arab, 25,) was carried out at the request of the United States. “They (the on two separate cases, defying widespread calls to European parties) have set out their commitments and commute the death sentences handed to the prisoners in announced them, they (include) the sale of Iran’s oil, the an ‘unfair’ mass trial. transportation of Iran’s oil, and the return of Iran’s oil income,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “It is clear that today’’s tensions and problems are due Tehran Urges Europe to Seize to America’s economic terrorism and Europe’’s inability to fulfil its commitments which means going along with America’’s economic terrorism,” he said, Chance to Save Nuclear Deal quoted by state media. See Page 7 TEHRAN (IFP) - President Hassan Rouhani says the more time passes, the more difficult it will be for INSTEX Develops New Service in Tehran and Europe to roll back to the point before IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK Iran began scaling down its commitment under the Iran nuclear deal. TEHRAN - The government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani approved on Wednesday a plan to lop off four zeros Bid to Fast-Track Iran Transactions Rouhani said in a Tuesday night phone conversation from the country’s national currency in a bid to help the Iranian rial regain its value in the face of the US sanctions. with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that The motion, proposed by the Central Bank of Iran, was ratified during a cabinet session. PARIS (Dispatches) - The state-owned company at the Europe has lost a great chance to live up to its The plan will be proposed to the Parliament as a double-urgent motion, the government spokesman Ali Rabiei said. center of European efforts to save the Iran nuclear deal commitments and work with Iran. To be signed into law, the bill needs to be ratified by the lawmakers and the Guardian Council. is entering its next phase of development. In a push to “Iran expects Europe to normalize its oil and banking The CBI says its governor, Abdolnasser Hemmati, has already made it clear for the lawmakers at a parliamentary process transactions more quickly, INSTEX is rolling relations in its first step in fulfilling its obligations,” commission meeting that the Central Bank has full control over the foreign currency market and administers the out a new factoring service for European exporters. The said Rouhani. situation to maintain the balance of currency rate with prudence and with regard to the market factors. company is also making new hires that will enable it to He said the more steps Iran takes to scale back its Proposals to remove four zeros from the currency have been floated since 2008, but the idea has gained strength expand operations in the coming year. commitments under the nuclear deal, the harder it will as the rial lost more than 60 percent of its value in 2018 despite a recent recovery in defiance of U.S. sanctions. Having reached the end of his six-month contract, Per be for both sides to return the start point. The currency was trading at about 119,000 rials per U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Wednesday, Fischer is stepping down as the president of INSTEX, “As we have stressed time and again, the actions Iran has according to foreign exchange websites. the state-owned company established by France, taken to reduce its commitments under the nuclear Rial weakness disrupted Iran’s foreign trade last year and helped boost annual inflation fourfold to nearly Germany, and the United Kingdom to support trade agreement up to this stage have been such that it is possible 40 percent in November. with Iran. Fischer’s replacement is former German to rapidly roll them back if Europe secures Iran’s interests Proposals to remove four zeros from the currency have been floated since 2008, but the idea has gained strength ambassador to Iran Bernd Erbel. A career diplomat, under the agreement,” President Rouhani added. as the rial lost more than 60 percent of its value in 2018 despite a recent recovery engineered by the central bank Erbel has been posted in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Rouhani said a trip to France by his special emissary was in defiance of U.S. sanctions. Egypt, and served as ambassador to Iraq prior to his fruitful, stressing the need for both sides to continue In December 2016, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet had approved a motion put forward by the Central stint as ambassador to Iran. negotiations to fully deliver on their commitments under Bank to change the national currency from rial to toman, leading to a ten-fold decrease in banknote denomination. The change in leadership comes as INSTEX the Iran nuclear deal also known as the Joint Comprehensive Toman has been long used as the unofficial unit of money in Iran, while rial and dinar have been the country’s finalizes several other management hires. By filling Plan of Action (JCPOA). See Page 7 formal currency and non-decimal currency, respectively. these roles, INSTEX will enter a new phase of operation as a standalone company based in Paris. Until now, both INSTEX’s outreach to European companies and its coordination with its Iranian Iran’s Oil Exports counterpart, STFI, has been led by civil servants at U.S. Expected to Extend Waivers for Iran’s Civil Nuclear Work the foreign and economy ministries of the company’s Slide in July three founding shareholders. See Page 7 WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Trump administration is expected to extend waivers for countries in the 2015 LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian oil exports have dropped Iran nuclear deal to continue their participation in civil nuclear projects with Tehran, according to two in July to as low as 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) due administration officials. Germany Punts on Hormuz Strait to sanctions and rising tension with the United States One of the officials said that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin argued the waivers should be extended and Britain, according to an industry source and tanker during a recent White House meeting on the issue. The Washington Post first reported that the waivers data, deepening global supply losses. extension was expected. Mission With U.S. Involvement The United States reimposed sanctions on Iran in Under the waivers, the countries party to the 2015 deal will continue to conduct research and do non- November after pulling out of a 2015 nuclear accord proliferation work without facing U.S. sanctions. COLOGNE (Dispatches) - Germany is unlikely to go between Tehran and six world powers. Aiming to cut Earlier this month, Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, along with a U.S. and British-led naval protection Iran’s sales to zero, Washington in May ended sanction made the case that the Trump administration’s current “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran is working. mission in the Strait of Hormuz, though politicians are waivers given to importers of Iranian oil. Administration officials have argued the U.S. sanctions push will force Iran to change its behavior. leaving the door open for a European plan. Iran has nonetheless sent abroad about 100,000 bpd of “Without a doubt, the sanctions are working,” Mandelker said at the Aspen security forum. She pointed to Those are the contours of a narrative that has formed here crude in July, said the industry source, who tracks such Iranian oil exports being at their lowest levels ever and Iranian proxies publicly appealing for donations. over the past several days, as Berlin weighs its options flows. Data from Refinitiv Eikon put crude shipments At the beginning of May, the State Department extended the waivers for 90 days instead of 180. It also between diplomacy and concrete actions to punish Iran for at a similar rate and at 120,000 bpd if condensate, a revoked two waivers that allowed Iran to ship its excess heavy water for storage and swap its enriched its recent seizure of a British oil tanker. “We should not light oil, is included. uranium for natural uranium. accept Iranian state piracy,” Norbert Röttgen, chairman of Sara Vakhshouri, an analyst at SVB Energy International, The move will likely come as welcome news to European allies, who have sought to preserve the Joint the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, told the a consulting firm based in Washington and Dubai, also said Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) amid escalating tensions and as Iran has reduced its compliance to the ARD television station. “It would be dangerous if the Iranian oil exports had probably fallen this month. landmark nuclear deal. Europeans signal to Iran that we won’t do anything.” Vakhshouri estimated the most Iran could currently The U.S. has said it would negotiate with Iran “without preconditions” -- a claim that the Iranians have The U.S. government has made a formal request for a German export at between 225,000 and 350,000 bpd, less than rebuffed. In an interview last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he would travel to Tehran if necessary. contribution to secure ship traffic through the vital Hormuz the 400,000 bpd she estimated Iran shipped in June. The spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry dismissed the suggestion as disingenuous psychological warfare. Strait, German wire service DPA reported on Tuesday. “We can’t be sure that all of this capacity has been sold “We didn’t see any sincerity any seriousness in that,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said A prominent American role in such an undertaking was raised in July,” she said. “Also, it’s important to note that some Monday in an interview with Press TV, Iran’s international English language television network. “They are not by the brand new UK government of Prime Minister Boris of the deliveries mostly to China are based on IOU trying to have a serious agreement, and this is in line with psychological warfare that Mr. Pompeo and some of Johnson, after the previous London leadership just last week contracts and are not new sales.” See Page 7 other U.S. officials” conduct. appeared to favor a European-only push. See Page 7 2 IRAN NEWS DOMESTIC THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019

TEHRAN – Iran and Turkey exchanged three convicts on Tuesday, an official from Iranian Ministry of Justice said. Two Iranian convicts were exchanged with one Turkish one, Mahmoud Abbasi said. Iran, Turkey Swap Convicts As he informed, in near future, Iran and Turkey will establish a joint committee to decide about swap of convicts between the two countries. Tehran, Islamabad Discuss Cooperation Websites Review Network of Foreign Currency On Women’s Affairs Saboteurs Dismantled

MEHR* - Iran’s Intelligence forces have identified and TEHRAN (IFP) - Vice-President for Women Affairs Massoumeh dismantled the network of economic saboteurs in the Ebtekar has held talks with Pakistani Ambassador to Iran Riffat southern province of Hormuzgan. Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi broke the Masood on issues such as expansion of cooperation on women’s news on Wednesday, saying that the forces have affairs and exchange of experiences between the two countries. disbanded a ring of economic saboteurs responsible for disrupting the country’s foreign currency market. During the recent meeting in Tehran, Ebtekar referred to a November 2018 “During this time, we have witnessed an increase of 65% in the appointment The corruption ring had received foreign currency by memorandum of understanding proposed by Iran to the Pakistani Ministry of Human of women to provincial government posts and 17% in appointments to bribery, using commercial cards of front companies and Rights which is active in women’s affairs, saying that Tehran is awaiting an answer government bodies.” blindsided banks from following up on where the foreign concerning the beginning of cooperation in the areas mentioned in the memorandum. Pakistani Ambassador Riffat Masood, in turn, emphasized the cooperation between currency credits had been put to use. She further outlined measures that have been taken in recent years in the field of the two countries in different sectors and said, “During the Pakistani PM’s visit to Iran has undertaken a series of massive moves to reform for women’s rights in Iran. Iran and in his meeting with the Iranian minister of health, there was a request to counter individuals, gangs, and groups that disrupt the This included supporting female heads of household, women’s employment and increase Tehran-Islamabad cooperation in this area because in the field of national economy in pursuit of personal over-night gains. entrepreneurship, especially women living in unsafe households, and the prohibition immunology and health, Iran is more advanced than us.” Earlier in January, the Ministry announced that the of marriage of girls under the age of 13, as well as organizing courses that promote “Iran and Pakistan can work together in the fields of science, technology and the security body had arrested 25 members of two criminal the growth and development of women, she noted. environment, and it is not necessary to limit the scope of cooperation to hydrocarbons networks that had infiltrated into the banking and foreign She also pointed to the vice presidency’s formation of a National Family and in the context of sanctions,” Masood added. currency system of the country. Intergenerational Dialogue Center and said, “We are working toward reducing “We have a gender quota in the area of decision-making in the economic and social The Ministry reported that it disbanded two criminal the generation gap”.” spheres, especially regarding seats in the parliament and city councils,” Ms. Masood networks on charges of economic corruption, arresting The vice president emphasized that in Iran’s Sixth Development Plan, gender equity said, referring to the existence of the National Commission on the Status of Women 25 key members of these two rings. is emphasized to provide equal opportunities in all areas, including health, education, (NCSW) in Pakistan focusing on women and girls. as well as women’s political and economic participation. At the meeting, the Pakistani ambassador called for a joint meeting in the field She stated, “In Iran, we do not have gender parity in the parliament or of women and entrepreneurship and the exchange of experiences and said, Resistance Against U.S. elections, but according to the president’s declaration and order issued in “Using the national experiences of a country such as Iran in the field of girls’ 2016, 30% of managerial positions in all provinces and government agencies education and their actions especially after the Islamic Revolution would be Rhetoric Fruitful should be allocated to women.” greatly beneficial and effective.” MEHR* - The spokesperson for the Combatant Clergy Association said the national integrity, unity and resistance provide the most powerful response to the adversity and Iran Tests Missiles Iran, UAE Vow to Strengthen Diplomatic, Border Ties inappropriate rhetoric of the U.S. Hojatoleslam Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghaddam TEHRAN (IRNA) - Iranian and the country. In fact, Since the US reiterated Iran’s policy of resisting the American On UAE Border Guards Commanders arrival in Afghanistan, drug pressure, stressing that the country neither wants talks in a meeting on Tuesday called for production has grown from 200 nor war with the US. Regular Basis strengthening diplomatic relations tons to 9,000 tons. “The policy of resistance has been fruitful, and it has and securing the Persian Gulf and Trafficking is a big problem for made the enemy retreat from its positions,” he added. Sea of Oman. the two countries’ borders guards, The senior cleric referred to the recent developments in Brigadier General Qasem Rezaee, which this joint meeting can be a the Persian Gulf region, including the downing of a Border Guard Commander of turning point in reaching a trespassing U.S. spy drone and the seizure of a violating Iran’s Police met with Coast Guard desirable security point, said British oil tanker, saying as the successful examples of Commander of the UAE Brigadier Border Guard Commander. Iran’s resistance against the global arrogance. General Mohammad Ali Mesbah Brigadier General Mesbah He added that “these moves have also changed the Al-Ahbabi on Tuesday aiming at developing diplomatic Al-Ahbabi, commander of the UAE Coast Guard, also regional equations. ties and consolidating border security. welcomed the expansion of border ties between the two The change of stance by Saudi Arabia and the UAE and The Iranian commander noted that the Islamic countries, saying that Iran is at the forefront of the fight against sending signals to Iran for amending ties are among the Republic of Iran has long-standing and historical drug trafficking and commended Iran’s efforts in this regard. many results of the Islamic Republic’s policy of relations with the UAE on various levels and subjects, Iran has a long and shared border with its neighbors, resistance, Hojatoleslam Mesbahi Moghaddam noted. and this relationship was still ongoing between he said adding that Iran’s security indicates the country investors, fishermen and traders. enjoy a proper border management. IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK He described the situation at the border of the Islamic The UAE Coast Guard Commander emphasized the Republic of Iran with 8,755 kilometers and went on to promotion of border relations and said that joint actions Broadening Bilateral Ties say that Iran is in struggle with terrorist groups and and coordination should continue to maintain the safety TEHRAN - Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier FARS* - Foreign Minister’s Aide Hamidreza Dehqani, transit of narcotics trafficking in the eastern borders of of trade and maritime. General Amir Hatami says Iranian Armed in a meeting with Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Khemaies Forces carry out their activities, including Jhinaoui on the sidelines of the funeral for the late missile tests, according to plan and “on a Tunisian President Bejo Caid Essebsi, discussed ways to regular basis.” Iran, UN Discuss Afghan Peace, Upcoming Election expand bilateral relations between the two countries. “These activities are normal work all over the Dehqani and Jhinaoui stressed on development of world,” Hatami said on Wednesday, referring to the TEHRAN (IFP) - Senior diplomats from Iran and the United Nations have met in Tehran for talks about the bilateral cooperation in all field in the meeting on Tuesday. activities of the Armed Forces. collective efforts for peace in Afghanistan and the prospect of political developments in that country in light of the Dehqani is in the African country for the funeral of “If certain parties do some kind of media presidential election, slated for September 28. Tunisian President Bejo Caid Essebsi. maneuver [to portray things otherwise], it is Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in The 92-year-old president had been hospitalized since because they are pursuing specific objectives of Afghanistan (UNAMA) Ingrid Hayden held a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs late June after suffering a “severe health crisis,” according their own. Our Armed Forces, though, carry out Seyed Abbas Araqchi in Tehran on Tuesday. to authorities, and was released after a week. Since then their activities, including missile tests, entirely The two sides discussed the security situation in Afghanistan and the prospect of future political developments, he was seen in public only in two occasions. Tunisians bid regularly,” the Iranian defense minister said. particularly the presidential election and the peace process in that country. farewell to their first democratically elected president Beji He said research work was being planned and In the meeting, Araqchi expressed doubts about the US intentions in Afghanistan, and stressed the need for Caid Essebsi at a state funeral on Saturday attended by executed regularly as well. regional approaches and active partnership of Afghanistan’s neighbors for the advancement of the peace process, foreign leaders. Some parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have which he said must involve the Kabul government as a pivot. He also described consultations with all Afghan attempted to include Iran’s missile program in political factions as the main condition for sustainable peace in Afghanistan. multilateral talks with Tehran in what they say Araqchi further rejected the policy of elimination and unilateralism in the peace process, noting, “Consultation X-Ray for Anti-Drug Campaign could be a potential expansion of regular with the neighbors of Afghanistan and addressing their concerns will guarantee the Afghan government’s success negotiations over the Iran deal. in implementing any peace agreement.” TEHRAN* - United Nations provided Iran’s Tehran has said its missile program is non-negotiable. He finally voiced support for the coming presidential election of Afghanistan in September, highlighted the northwestern Customs Office with X-Ray checking On Friday, CNN said Iran had test-fired a helpful assistance that UNAMA could give the Afghan government in holding a transparent and fair presidential equipment used in campaign against illicit drug trafficking, medium-range ballistic missile. election, and called on the UN to play an active role in this regard. a local Iranian official said. It said the missile was “a Shabaab-3” and that the Araqchi and the Australian UN official also discussed the presence of ISIS (ISIL) in Afghanistan as a threat Maku’s Governor Hossein Abbasi said that the test was “part of Iran’s efforts to improve the to peace and security in the region, and about the necessity for cooperation in the fight against the notorious equipment will be operational in near future. range and accuracy [of the weapon].” terrorist group. “Iran has always seriously pursued the goal of fighting cross-border drug trafficking from Bazargan to Europe, and the equipment will contribute to the efforts,” he said. He also noted that three X-Ray equipment has already Tehran, Baghdad to Facilitate Transport of Arbaeen Pilgrims been used in Bazargan Cutstoms Office as thousands of BAGHDAD (IRNA) - Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi and Iraqi Meanwhile earlier, the Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development, passengers and automobiles are passing through the Transport Minister Abdullah Luaibi reviewed ways to facilitate transport of Iranian Kheirollah Khademi, at a tripartite meeting with the Iraqi and Syrian officials, said border every day and a meticulous inspection requires pilgrims in Arbaeen occasion. that Iran is waiting for Iraq to introduce an Iraqi partner to build the railway. modern equipment. During the meeting both sides also discussed linking Iran railways to Iraq. He said that the project has gained momentum after the recent visit by Iranian The border town, Bazargan, lies in the northwestern city Iranian diplomat and the Iraqi minister agreed that the two governments must President Hassan Rouhani to Iraq. of Maku in West Azarbaijapn province. It shares facilitate transport of pilgrims. A memorandum of understanding was approved by Iran after the meeting preparing the 130-killometer and 140-killometer borders respectively The two officials called for connecting railways from Shalamcheh to Basra. ground for construction of the project, he said. He said that in order to initiate the with Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Bazargan Due to lifting visa for Arbaeen pilgrims, more Iranian pilgrims are expected to executive works, the Iraqi government must introduce the Iraqi partner for the project. border post is the only cross-border route with Turkey that travel to Iraq this year. The railway will be 32-km linking Shalamcheh to Basra. works round the clock. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 DOMESTIC IRAN NEWS 3

Noon (Zohr) 13:10 15. (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water Evening (Maghreb) 20:29 incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; PRAYER TIME and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. Tomorrow’s Dawn (Fajr) 04:36 (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, Tomorrow’s Sunrise 06:13 boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)? Surah 47. Muhammad ( 15 )

Tehran, Kabul After Necessity for Rebuilding Trust Developing Economic Ties Among Clients Towards Services

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TEHRAN - The visiting Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian in separate meeting with Afghan senior officials followed up developing economic relations especially in water Meanwhile, Ardakanian and his Afghan counterpart highlighted the latest situation and energy fields, IRNA reported. of both countries concerning water and energy. They also underscored developing cooperation in infrastructural field taking In his meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, both sides discussed exchanges advantage of bilateral and international capacities. in energy, joint investment in water and technology, environment, railway, Iranian and Afghan ministers agreed on investment in renewable and fossil energies IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK Afghanistan participation in Chabahar and solving banking issues. and cooperation to carry out investment projects in other countries of the region. During the meeting both sides emphasized the importance of cooperation Meanwhile yesterday, Afghanistan’s Customs chief Ahmad Rashad Popal said that TEHRAN - General Bureau Welfare of Mazandaran in drainage basin. Afghanistan is keen on development of Iran’s Chabahar Port. Province held a training course for in person and online Efforts for balancing trade exchanges between Iran and Afghanistan by taking In a meeting with the governor general of Iran’s Razavi Khorasan province, service desks and admissions offices of the General advantage of production and trade potentials of Afghanistan were among other Ahmad Rashad Popal said that in his recent visit to Iran’s southeastern Province Bureau Welfare of Mazandaran Province in presence of topics discussed by both sides. of Sistan and Baluchestan, he has been stunned by the development of the its director general and experts of the service desks. They also reviewed issues related to exempting Afghanistan from sanctions and infrastructures in Chabahar. The course was aimed at coordinating target groups of the agreed to form a working group consisting of both countries officials to regulate He expressed hope that the infrastructure would benefit Afghanistan traders. department and staff of service desks of the department. bilateral encounter. Given the significant number of Afghan investors in Iran, he called for more Addressing the participants in the course, Director of In his meeting with Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan measures to ease the procedure of issuing visa and residence permits for them in General Bureau Welfare of Mazandran Province Abdullah Abdullah, both sides focused on the importance of activating joint Chabahar and other free economic zones in Iran. Dr. Aram said admission office is the first layer in committee mechanism aiming to develop relations in economy, water, energy fields The Afghan official also said that he had signed a protocol on cooperation of services for the client, adding that it is necessary for the and in exploring capacities of Chabahar Port. customs offices. personnel of this office to have comprehensive awareness and knowledge towards all specialized sectors and they should have proper answers to demands and questions of the target community. EU Urged to Take He also hailed his colleagues in the general bureau for PGSC’s Gasoline to Enter International Markets inauguration of the first round-the-clock center for Practical Steps to sheltering under-18 children who are suffering from drugs addiction or consumption in the north of the TEHRAN - Persian Gulf IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK The refinery has already country, adding that in the Welfare Week, some projects Salvage JCPOA refinery in southern Iran supplied LNG, Naphtha and were inaugurated that were priorities. has joined gasoline different types of solvents Dr. Aram added that all efforts are to meet demands export market selling its in the energy bourse. of the clients, and their satisfaction and boosting their product in energy He went on to say that living standard, reiterating that clients’ satisfaction bourse, according to the presenting the products in does not rely on money but by good education and Managing-Director of the exchange will guidance, one can cause drastic changes in their lives. Persian Gulf Star Company guarantee the producers He went on to say that it is necessary to rebuild feeling Mohammad-Ali Dadvar. of return of their capitals of trust among clients towards services which are offered Dadvar made the and the approved in the welfare general bureau. He added that by training remarks in a meeting customers can easily directives and regulations, the staff of the bureau can with Ali Hosseini, the purchase the product and almost zero the problems of the clients in towns. managing-director of Iran’s Energy Exchange, when it will help transparency in the trades. Dr. Aram underlined employing eager labor forces in the latter paid a visit to the refinery. Dadvar went on to say that exchange is the best place the admission offices and pointed to the significance of He said PGSC pays especial attention to Iran’s Energy for creating a healthy climate for competition and boosting social health. Exchange and in the current condition,one cannot deny improving the economic condition. impressive influence of the trades in the exchange. He reiterated by removing problems in three phases of TEHRAN (MNA) – Former German Ambassador Dadvar called National Iranian Oil Refining and the refinery and receiving enough feed, the production to the Islamic Republic of Iran and new head of Distribution Company as the custodian of offering the first in the refinery will exceed 480,000m barrels per day. EU’s Trade Mechanism with Iran dubbed consignment of PGSC’s gasoline in the international ring. Persian Gulf Star refinery, the world’s biggest refinery of Private Sector to Develop “INSTEX” Bernd Erbel said that European Union He said that the destination of the first consignment gas condensates, is located in southern Iranian city of (EU) must take practical measures to save Iran’s of the Persian Gulf refinery’s product is most likely Bandar Abbas in an area of 700 hectares. It has the capacity PGSEZ Private Wharf nuclear deal known as Joint Comprehensive Plan to be Afghanistan. of producing 360,000 barrels of gas condensates a day. of Action (JCPOA). IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with KenFM, an independent German internet Iran Seeks Wider Access to Iraq’s Construction Market TEHRAN – The CEO of journalism portal, and expounded his Persian Gulf Special Economic viewpoints on Iran and ways of Europe’s TEHRAN (PressTV) - A business leader says Iran is seeking a bigger share in the booming construction market in Zone says the private sector will cooperation and interaction to settling tensions neighboring Iraq as the Arab country has massive plans to rebuild areas destroyed in years of Daesh militancy. help the zone to construct and in the region. “Iraq’s process of reconstruction has started after the defeat of Daesh and this country is in need of construction develop its private wharf where Unlike Israel, Islamic Republic of Iran is a of bridge, building and industrial units like never before,” said Hamid Hosseini, who serves as secretary general 300,000-ton vessels can dock easily. member of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce, on Tuesday. Mr. Khalaj Tehrani said that by the (NPT), he said, adding, “Israel is opposed to Hosseini said that Iranian builders and companies would have a competitive advantage in Iraq given the high emphasis of the Iranian Mines and nuclear deal while it [Israel] itself is a nuclear quality and low price of the construction materials they bring from Iran to the Arab country. Mining Industries Development and Renovation power but Islamic Republic of Iran has never He said, however, that U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran had made it difficult for Iranian contractors to deposit Organization (IMIDRO) and support of the private sector, been a nuclear power. However, Iran still a collaterals needed for winning projects in Iraq. “We offered this proposal to the (Iranian) companies that they the ground was paved for implementing the project of member of NPT.” should partner with the Iraqi companies in form of joint ventures ...,” Hosseini said while addressing a gathering developing private wharf for the Persian Gulf Mining and Turning to Iran’s undisputed power in the in Tehran attended by representatives of Iranian and Iraq construction firms. Metal Industries Special Economic Zone which is aimed at international arena, Erbel said, “Germany Iraq’s envoy to Tehran says Iran’s contribution is vital for rebuilding the country in post-Daesh era. offering proper services for the steel units in the region. has always established amicable and friendly The businessman said housing accounted for around 30 percent of Iraq’s construction sector, adding that the Arab Tehrani went on to say that the current capacity of the relationship with the Islamic Republic of country needed to build over two million new residential units to restore cities and towns devastated by Daesh over wharf is 12m tons annually and by implementing the Iran, so that promoting bilateral ties between the past five years. Iran’s exports to Iraq have increased exponentially, especially since the United States imposed development project and addition of seven posts of the Iran and Germany is a solid evidence of the a series of economic sanctions on Iran in November and caused the national currency rial to devaluate. new wharf as well as dolphin berth especial for said claim.” Iranian authorities have put the total value of annual exports to Iraq, including goods and services, at nearly $13 billion exporting liquefied products, the capacity will be Bernd Erbel, 72, a German diplomat and a in March this year. Estimates suggest Iranian contractors have been awarded more than $4 billion worth of projects in tripled and will reach 35m tons per year. former head of his country’s mission in Iran construction and industry sectors in Iraq as part of efforts to hit a target of $20 billion worth of Iranian exports to the Tehrani added that since strengthening infrastructures (Oct. 2009-2013) has been appointed as the new Arab country until next March. will lead to more investments and boon in the president of Iran-EU trade mechanism, known production, one of the developmental projects in officially as the Instrument in Support of Trade infrastructures in the current year is to develop private Exchange (INSTEX). He succeeded his Nahid-1 Telecommunication Satellite Passes Final Tests wharf in the zone through the private sector and turning compatriot, Per Fischer, a former Commerzbank TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian researchers He noted that Nahid-1 project will be finalized and the the zone into a hub for exports and imports of mining director who presided over the mechanism have successfully conducted the final tests of satellite will be delivered for launching. and metal industries. since its inception in January. Erbel is to Nahid-1 telecommunication satellite, says the Nahid-1, which means “Venus” in Persian, is a Low- He reiterated that if the country is after long term officially take office today (August 1). ICT minister. Earth orbit communications micro-class satellite, presence in the international trade and production, Backed by 10 EU states, INSTEX was “The final tests of Nahid-1 have been accomplished,” designed and developed by ISA in cooperation with the it should never neglect development. launched in January but only became Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Iranian Space Research Center. The solar-powered Tehrani noted that in the national development operational last month. The mechanism is Technology Mohammad-Javad Azari-Jahromi wrote satellite will be placed in the geosynchronous orbit for outlook, the capacity for producing 10m tons of steel designed to facilitate payments to Iran and on Twitter late Tuesday. carrying out telecommunication missions. annually in the region has been set. bypass U.S. trade sanctions reimposed on the Describing the test as a “beautiful achievement”, A telecommunications satellite is an artificial satellite He went on to say that the new private wharf can country after President Donald Trump pulled Jahromi highlighted, “No stop on the path to development!” that relays and amplifies radio telecommunications increase the capacity for docking of 300,000-ton out of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement in the Earlier, the director of Iranian Space Research Center signals via a transponder; it creates a communication vessels and it will be one of the rarest wharfs in the summer of last year. (ISRC) Hossein Samimi said just one step has remained channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at country can have capacity for load and unload of such for launching Nahid-1 satellite. different locations on Earth. a volume of steel products. 4 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 Nicaragua Grants Citizenship Bulgarian Arrested Over To Ex-Salvadoran President Large-Scale Cyber Attack

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Former Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes has SOFIA (Dispatches) - Owner of a Bulgarian cyber security company was arrested been granted Nicaraguan citizenship, according to a decree published on Tuesday on Tuesday over stealing information of five million people. in the Nicaraguan government registry, likely hobbling El Salvador’s efforts to According to the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NAP), cyber criminals bring him home to face charges of embezzlement and money laundering. seized the data of 5 million people on June 29. Ivan Todorov, owner of TAD The Nicaraguan constitution holds that no citizen may be extradited. Group company, was arrested in Sofia airport, while he was returning from Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who began his term in June, vowed to abroad. Todorov and a group of other suspects are being accused of acquiring data bring Funes back to the country within his first 90 days in office. Bukele’s of five million people, including identity numbers and information on their health office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. insurance and tax payments, and publishing them and causing panic in the society. Half of American Voters North Korea Fires More Ballistic Missiles Say Trump Is Racist SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two A South Korean defence official said WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - Half of American short-range ballistic missiles early on initial estimates showed the missiles fired voters think President Donald Trump is a racist, Wednesday, the South Korean military on Wednesday could be similar to those according to a new poll Tuesday. said, only days after it launched two last week, although they were still working Fifty-one percent of Americans said Trump is a racist, similar missiles intended to pressure South to confirm details. while 45% said he is not, the poll by Quinnipiac Korea and the United States to stop Dubbed the KN-23, those missiles are University revealed. upcoming military drills. designed to evade missile defence systems “While half of voters think President Donald Trump The latest launches were from the by being easier to hide, launch, and is racist, religion shows an even bigger divide,” said Wonsan area on North Korea’s east coast, manoeuvre in flight, experts said. Mary Snow, polling analyst for the survey. “Only 21 the same area from where missiles were Kim described the two KN-23s launched percent of white Evangelicals believe the President is fired last week, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs last week as having a “low-altitude gliding racist. Compare that to 63 percent of voters who don’t of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. It said it and leaping flight” pattern that would affiliate with any organized religion.” was monitoring in case of more launches. make them hard to intercept. Regarding Trump’s immigration policies, 49% of the The JCS said later the North had fired Analysts said the range and altitude of voters said the policies are motivated by “a sincere ballistic missiles that flew about 250 km Wednesday’s flights could indicate a test interest in controlling our borders,” while 41% said his (155 miles) and that they appeared to be of those capabilities. immigration policies are motivated by “racist beliefs.” similar to those launched last week. South Korean defence minister Jeong The poll was conducted between July 25 and 28, and Wednesday’s launch follows ballistic Kyeong-doo told a defence forum in Seoul surveyed 1,306 voters nationwide. missile firings on July 25, North Korea’ that stopping a missile like the KN-23 It came nearly two weeks after Trump attacked four first missile tests since leader Kim Jong would be difficult, although South Korea’s Democratic freshmen congresswomen -- Alexandria Un and U.S. President Donald Trump met on June 30 and agreed to revive stalled missile defence systems would be able to detect and intercept them. Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna denuclearisation talks. South Korea’s defence ministry also told lawmakers in Seoul it had concluded that a new Pressley -- and sparked debates about the president’s “North Korea’s actions do not help ease military tensions, nor do they help keep the submarine the North showcased last week was capable of carrying up to three ballistic missiles. use of racist language. momentum for talks that are under way,” South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said there was no impact from Wednesday’s launch Trump kicked off the firestorm July 14 when he told Kyung-wha told reporters. She urged North Korea to halt the missile launches. on Japan’s security. “We will continue to closely cooperate with the United States and the progressive congresswomen on Twitter to “go The White House, the Pentagon and the U.S. State Department did not respond others,” Abe told reporters. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Japan would still back” to the “totally broken and crime infested” immediately to requests for comment. seek a summit with North Korea, without conditions, despite the latest launch. countries they came from. Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo both played down last week’s Trump and Kim met on June 30 in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two “Those Tweets were NOT Racist,” Trump wrote launches and Pompeo has continued to express hope for a diplomatic way forward Koreas but Pyongyang has since accused Washington of breaking a promise by planning when the House voted to condemn them. with North Korea. to hold joint military exercises with South Korea next month and warned those drills “I don’t have a Racist bone in my body!” Colonel Lee Peters, a spokesman for U.S. military forces in South Korea, said: “We could derail talks. North Korea has also warned of a possible end to its freeze on nuclear are aware of reports of a missile launch from North Korea and we will continue to and long-range missile tests that has been in place since 2017, which Trump has monitor the situation.” repeatedly upheld as evidence of the success of his engagement with Kim. Kurz Open to New Gov’t Turkey’s Drilling Off Cyprus Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Coalition With Far Right Puts Security at Risk Protesters Face Court HONG KONG (Dispatches) - Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters appeared in court Wednesday after being charged with rioting, setting the stage for further unrest in a weeks-long crisis that has rocked the global financial hub. The announcement on Tuesday night that 44 people had been charged with rioting -- an offence that carries a jail term of up to 10 years -- immediately triggered another round of clashes between police and protesters. Supporters continued to voice their outrage on the most significant challenge to Beijing’s rule since the ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece accused Turkey of Wednesday morning as they stood outside court, braving city’s handover from Britain in 1997. undermining security in the eastern Mediterranean by heavy winds and rain, before the proceedings started. In the latest confrontation, police used pepper spray VIENNA (Reuters) - A new government coalition between his drilling for oil and gas around Cyprus, making some “Release the righteous... no rioters, only tyranny... and batons against hundreds of protesters who had conservatives and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) could be of the strongest comments on the issue from Athens’ reclaim Hong Kong, the revolution of our times,” gathered outside a police station in solidarity with those an option after snap elections in September, former Austrian newly elected government. they chanted. who had just been charged. chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in interviews on Tuesday. Cyprus has discovered natural gas in areas off the The protesters were generally calm as they took turns Footage broadcast live on television showed an Kurz’s coalition with the Freedom Party, launched in south of the island, but attempts to explore for more to appear in front of the judge, who formally read the officer aiming a shotgun at protesters who were December 2017, imploded in May after FPO leader are challenged by Turkey, which claims part of the charges and granted bail. throwing objects at him. Heinz-Christian Strache was caught in a video sting seas around the island as its own. Semi-autonomous Hong Kong has endured more than The previous two weekends had seen a surge in the apparently offering to fix state contracts at a meeting with a “The illegal actions of Turkey, which defy international seven weeks of unrest that began with a government bid level of violence used by both protesters and police, woman posing as a Russian oligarch’s niece. Kurz tried to stay law are placing the security of the region at risk. As such, to introduce a law that would have allowed extraditions who repeatedly fired rubber bullets and tear gas to on as head of what was effectively a minority government but they are absolutely condemnable,” Greek Foreign to mainland China. disperse projectile-throwing crowds. parliament dismissed him and his cabinet, saying he must Minister Nikos Dendias told reporters after meeting his The protests evolved into a movement for deeper A mob of pro-government thugs also attacked share some of the blame for the scandal, since he brought the Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry. democratic reforms and an end to eroding freedoms, in protesters, putting 45 people in hospital. far-right back into power. Since then, Austria has been led by Turkey and Cyprus do not have diplomatic relations a provisional government of civil servants ahead of a since a decades-old conflict split the island among its parliamentary election scheduled for September 29. ethnic Turkish and Greek Cypriot populations. Sudan Shuts Down Schools “Basically I do not rule out any coalition option,” Kurz Athens is the closest ally of Cyprus’s Greek Cypriot-led told public broadcaster ORF. He said any new cabinet government, a policy which transcends Greece’s KHARTOUM (Dispatches) - Sudanese authorities Tuesday ordered all schools nationwide to suspend classes would have to be without former interior minister Herbert otherwise polarized political landscape.The discovery of indefinitely after crowds of students launched demonstrations against the killing of six protesters including five Kickl in the cabinet, however. “Should I lead a oil and gas reserves in the east Mediterranean has put pupils at a rally in a central town. government again and should it be with the Freedom sharper focus on the Cypriot impasse, which has defied “Killing a student is killing a nation,” chanted hundreds of schoolchildren, dressed in their uniforms and waving Party again, then, from my point of view, Herbert Kickl mediation efforts of a small army of diplomats. Sudanese flags, as they took to the streets of Khartoum against the killings in Al-Obeid on Monday. cannot become a minister,” Kurz told TV station Oe24. Peace talks between the two sides collapsed in Sporadic protests by schoolchildren were also held in other parts of the capital and in other cities. Kickl, a longtime strategist at the Freedom Party, did disarray exactly two years ago. Cypriot President Five high-school students were shot dead and more than 60 wounded, some by snipers, when they rallied in not appreciate the significance of the video, Kurz said. Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Al-Obeid against fuel and bread shortages, the protest movement and residents said. Asked whether he could see another Freedom Party member Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci are due to Late on Tuesday, a doctors committee close to the protest movement said a sixth protester died of wounds after at the head of the interior ministry, Kurz told ORF: “No.” have a rare meeting in Nicosia on Aug. 9. he was “shot with a bullet in the head”. Kurz’s People’s Party is seen as way ahead in current polls. The Greek Cypriot side will not discuss potential The committee did not say if he too was a student. However, his campaign has hit turbulence over local hydrocarbons finds in peace negotiations, which are Demonstrators accused feared paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of shooting dead the teenagers. media reports which have emerged since July 20 that held at a community, and not a state level. It considers On Tuesday, the authorities ordered all schools one of Kurz’s aides took five hard drives from the hydrocarbons a sovereign competency of the nationwide to suspend classes. chancellery to a private data company to be shredded internationally recognized government it leads. “Orders have been given to governors of all states to just days after the Strache video became public and Turkey has sent two drill ships either side of the shut kindergartens, primary and high schools from shortly before the government’s collapse. island to explore for gas. One of the ships is in waters tomorrow (Wednesday) until further notice,” the official According to Austrian law, a departing government Cyprus and the EU consider part of the island’s SUNA news agency said, following a directive issued by must hand over its documents to the federal archive, exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, and the other in the ruling military council. which decides what happens with it. Cypriot territorial waters. The killings came a day before protest leaders were Kurz said on Tuesday his aide had made a “mistake” “We discussed this flagrant violation of the due to hold talks with generals on remaining aspects of but that he only meant to protect unrelated sensitive sovereignty and the sovereign rights of the Republic installing civilian rule after the two sides inked a data.He told Oe24 he did not know what exactly was on of Cyprus perpetrated by Turkey,” Dendias said, power-sharing deal earlier this month. the drives but that it probably included “meaningless hours after returning from a trip to Cyprus. But protest leaders called off Tuesday’s meeting. little bits” as well as “sensible documents”. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 PROMOTIONAL ITEM IRAN NEWS 5 6 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019

TOKYO (Dispatches) - The Bank of Japan left its ultraeasy monetary policy unchanged Tuesday, while revising downward its inflation and growth projections for the next couple of years and underscoring that the central bank is “rather positive” about taking additional easing steps. Bank of Japan Cuts Economic Outlook The move came despite market expectations that the BOJ may be forced into action to prevent a spike in the yen against the U.S. dollar that would hurt Japanese exporters, following an interest rate cut that the Federal Reserve is expected to make on Wednesday. Italy’s Economy Struggles to German Inflation Transcend Long-Run Stagnation Eases Unexpectedly ROME (FT) - When ArcelorMittal temporarily laid off about 1,400 Italian workers at its Taranto plant last month, it was just the latest sign that the eurozone’s economic weakness was feeding into the labor market in the bloc’s third-largest economy. The lay-offs — which will last for 13 weeks and are part of a broader cutback in the steelmaker’s European production volumes — came as a result of “really critical” market conditions, ArcelorMittal Italia chief executive Matthieu Jehl said at the time. Global trade tensions have hit the eurozone’s industrial sector hard, and Italy — whose export-dependent economy emerged from its third recession in a decade at the start of this year — is particularly badly affected. Italy’s latest growth figures are due to be published on Wednesday and are likely to show that it expanded only marginally in the second quarter of this year. Economists surveyed by Reuters expect a quarter-on-quarter growth rate of 0.1 per cent, unchanged from the previous three months. The global trade environment is deteriorating and Italy’s economic performance is BERLIN (Reuters) - German annual inflation “very exposed to foreign demand”, said Davide Oneglia, an economist at TS Lombard. slowed unexpectedly in July to hit the lowest level Growth in the first quarter was boosted by net exports, but that positive contribution since November 2016, data showed on Tuesday, was unlikely to continue in the second quarter, warned Nicola Nobile, an economist likely to lend support to doves among ECB at Oxford Economics, who added that “the short-term prospects remain subdued”. the production stage but perhaps less accustomed to designing new products, policymakers who want to inject more monetary The weakness is concentrated in Italy’s manufacturing sector. The Markit survey of innovating or investing in IT,” he said. stimulus into the single currency bloc. sentiment among purchasing managers was well below the levels of 2017 or the first “This model worked very well in a certain phase of the country’s growth until German consumer prices, harmonised to make half of 2018 throughout the second quarter, pointing to a stagnation in output — the 1980s, but with globalisation and technological change, such small them comparable with inflation data from other mostly due to manufacturing, where operating conditions deteriorated in June for the businesses started to struggle.” European Union countries, rose by 1.1% year-on- ninth consecutive month. There are growing signs that the industrial malaise is spreading more widely. The year after an increase of 1.5% in the previous Fabiano Schivardi, an economist at LUISS University in Rome, said a key problem Bank of Italy’s Ita-coin index — which estimates the monthly change in economic month, the Federal Statistics Office said. was the structure of Italian industry. activity while stripping out short-term fluctuations — dropped to -0.45 in June, its The July reading undershot a Reuters forecast for “Italy has a production structure that is mainly based on medium-sized lowest level since 2013. 1.3% and marked the third month in a row that the businesses, typically family businesses run by entrepreneurs who are excellent at Domestic politics is contributing to the instability, some analysts say. inflation figure remained well below the European Central Bank’s target level of close to but below 2% for the euro zone as a whole. On the month, EU-harmonised prices rose by South Korea Seeks $350m Trade Sanctions Against U.S. 0.4% after 0.3% in the previous month. That was also below market expectations. GENEVA (Reuters) - South Korea is seeking an annual South Korea plans to impose the sanctions by putting $350 million in trade sanctions against the United tariffs on certain types of U.S. goods, which it said it States in an Obama-era dispute over tariffs on steel would announce at a later date. Morocco’s Economic Growth pipes, it said in a World Trade Organization (WTO) South Korea’s OCTG exports to the United States filing published on Tuesday. were worth $818 million in 2013, benefiting from a South Korea went to the WTO in 2014 to challenge boom in the U.S. shale oil and gas industry. To Reach 4.6 % in 2020 U.S. tariffs levied on oil country tubular goods (OCTG), South Korea has put the request for sanctions on a type of steel piping used in the energy industry. the WTO agenda for Aug. 9, but the United States Washington said its tariffs aimed to stop is likely to contest that, triggering a further round South Korea exporting the product at unfairly of legal wrangling. cheap prices. After South Korea won a partial The WTO system is designed to encourage parties to victory at the WTO, the United States had until settle disagreements amicably, and the imposition of July 12 to comply with that ruling. trade sanctions is a rare outcome. South Korea said the United States had failed to do But South Korea has previously used the system to get so and it was seeking sanctions equal to the level of a sanctions award. trade harm done. applying the annual growth rate of the OCTG market of In February it won the right to impose annual “Based on available data, this level is estimated at the United States,” it said in the sanctions request sanctions worth $85 million on Washington after a $350 million annually. This amount will be adjusted by published by the WTO. dispute about washing machines. RABAT (Dispatches) - The Moroccan Center of Conjuncture (CMC) [Centre Marocain de Conjoncutre] said in its monthly report that Morocco’s economic Singapore’s Economy May Grow Just 1.5% This Year performance appears to be “very promising compared French Economic Growth Slows for Q2 to the weak results recorded” in 2019. SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) - Singapore’s economic growth rate for the year could PARIS (Dispatches) - France’s economy stagnated in the second quarter of 2019, The CMC said that national economic growth is realistically come in at just 1.5%, a Moody’s Analytics economist predicted on Monday. growing by a lower-than-forecast 0.2%, largely due to a slowdown in household expected to reach 4.6% in 2020. Steve Cochrane, chief Asia Pacific economist for the Moody’s subsidiary, said gross domestic spending, the national statistics office Insee has said. Despite the forecasts, the CMC also commented product growth could be 1.5% to 2% for the city-state, but the lower end was “more realistic.” Insee had predicted quarter-on-quarter GDP growth of 0.3% for the eurozone’s on the challenges facing Morocco’s economy, If his prediction were to come to pass,that would fall into the bottom of the second-largest economy between April and June, the same rate as in the first quarter. including household debt. Earlier this month, Singapore government’s forecast for 1.5% to 2.5% full-year GDP growth. The result matches the forecast by the central bank, however. Morocco’s central bank,Bank Al-Maghrib released Singapore is often viewed as a bellwether for the global economy’s health. That’s because Consumer spending on goods and services both grew at a slower pace, despite a report, showing that household debt has increased foreign trade accounts for a large proportion of the city-state’s GDP. In 2018, the World Bank President Emmanuel Macron announcing several measures in April to try allay by 6.1%, to MAD 42,500 per household. estimated Singapore’s exports were worth 176.4% of its GDP. If trade in Singapore is weak, “yellow vest” protests over spending power. CMC cited the index of household confidence it suggests falling demand and economic growth in other countries. There was good news on the investment front, however, with business investment (ICM) from the High Commissioner for Planning Cochrane described his prediction for GDP growth as “below potential” rising 1.2%, up from 0.7% in the first quarter. The figures cast doubt on the (HCP), saying that the index is calculated using a for Singapore: He cited a 2.5% to 3% rate as ideal for long-term growth. government’s ability to reach its target of full-year growth of 1.4%. specific technique. The process takes into account the Cochrane’s prediction came alongside DBS CEO Piyush Gupta’s comments that Last year, the French economy grew by 1.7%, down from 2.3% in 2017, a fall that concomitant evolution of several aspects, such as the Singapore would see approximately 1% in GDP growth. “Our own projection is that was also attributed to weaker consumer demand following weeks of often violent previous and future standard of living in Morocco, the full-year GDP is likely to be closer to 1% than to 0%,” Gupta told CNBC Monday. demonstrations over Macron’s economic policies. personal financial situation, and unemployment. There are some bright spots, however, including Singapore’s pharmaceutical industry creating The “yellow vests” - so-called because of their signature high-visibility vests - began ICM dropped to 74.9 points compared to 79.1 points opportunities for the economy, according to Cochrane. “Pharmaceuticals ... are growing fairly occupying traffic roundabouts in November over a planned hike in fuel taxes. recorded in the previous quarter, and 87.3 points well, notwithstanding some bumps in the road. (It’s) a high-value-added industry that actually, The movement ballooned into a broader revolt over inequality, marked by weekly recorded a year earlier. HCP said that 46.2% of I think, creates some good potential for the Singapore economy going forward,” Cochrane said. demonstrations in big cities that regularly turned violent. households reported a decline in living standards over He also said there was a “good chance” an upswing in the pharmaceutical industry The protests have shrunk in size since the government announced a series of the last 12 months. The commission added that 32.9% could prevent a technical recession, which analysts cautioned might happen in 2020. measures to boost the earnings of the working poor and cut taxes. reported that the standards maintained the same level, Average compound annual growth in pharmaceutical spending in Singapore was at 6% from The government has also linked the slowdown to flagging growth in the eurozone while 20.8% noticed an improvement. 2013-2017, and is projected to increase to 6.1% in 2018-2022, according to a 2018 report from and trade tensions with the United States. “The global context is not very favorable, CMC said that household confidence deteriorated The Economist Intelligence Unit. A promising outlook for Singapore’s pharmaceutical which of course weighs on the French economic climate,” Emmanuel Jessua, an between the first quarter of 2018 and Q1-2019. industry is coupled by a “pretty good” domestic economy, according to Cochrane. economist at the Rexecode economic institute in Paris said. The report also indicates that bank loans reached MAD 872 billion at the end of May, representing an increase of 4.4% year-on-year. “This increase is significantly higher than that recorded a year earlier where it has barely exceeded 2.6%,” said the report. HCP shared statistics showing Moroccans’ inability to save money saving due to the rising living costs. According to HCP, Only 16.7% of households expect to save money in the next 12 months. Debt repayment requirements can place further pressure on household finances, and contribute to pessimism on saving abilities. On the eve of Throne Day, the governor of Morocco’s Bank Al Maghrib said that Morocco’s economic performance in 2018 was weak and failed to meet expectations of citizens. He acknowledged that Morocco experiences challenges due to unemployment and the slow recovery of non agricultural sectors. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 WORLD NEWS IRAN NEWS 7

TEHRAN (Shana) – Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh said Iran was currently producing 15 million liters of petrol more than the country’s demand which is being stored. Speaking on Wednesday, Zangeneh said that the country was currently in a good state regarding petroleum refining. Iran Petrol Output beyond Demand He also said that using smart fuel cards would become necessary for refueling motorized vehicles in Iran.

Tehran Urges Europe... Johnson Promises No Physical Checks on Irish Border FROM PAGE 1 Rouhani said the JCPOA was aimed at normalizing Tehran’s economic ties with other countries. “Unfortunately, despite Iran’s full compliance with its LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised Ireland’s Leo Varadkar obligations, not only was just a small part of Iran’s on Tuesday there would be no physical checks on the border between their two countries economic interests secured, but also Europe failed to after Brexit, but he didn’t say how he planned to replace the so-called Irish “backstop”. take serious action in that regard following the United In their first phone call since he took office, Johnson repeated that the current States’ withdrawal from the JCPOA, and some European “backstop” plan to keep the frontier open, which is included in the EU’s draft divorce countries left Iran in compliance with the United States’ deal, was unacceptable. unilateral sanctions,” said President Rouhani. The backstop would require the United Kingdom to remain aligned to EU customs The Iranian president said Washington’s economic rules if a future trading relationship falls short of ensuring an open border. terrorism is an inhumane act, namely when it comes “On Brexit, the prime minister made clear that the UK will be leaving the EU on to the provision of people’s basic goods. October 31, no matter what,” a Downing Street spokeswoman said. “He said that in all “It would not be acceptable for the Iranian people to scenarios, the government will be steadfast in its commitment to the Belfast Agreement see Iran remain fully committed to its obligations and will never put physical checks or physical infrastructure on the border,” the under the JCPOA at a time with the other side does spokeswoman added. The Belfast or Good Friday Agreement brought peace to Northern fulfil its minimum commitments,” he noted. Ireland after years of violence over British control which left 3,500 people dead. Elsewhere in his remarks, President Rouhani said the Removing checks on the border with Ireland was considered a key factor in continuation of Washington’s tension-provoking policies reducing tensions. But after Brexit, that border will become part of the EU’s external in the region begets negative consequences for security frontier and should therefore be policed accordingly. and stability of relations between regional countries and Johnson approached Brexit talks “in a spirit of friendship, and that his clear “Noting that the Brexit negotiations take place between the UK and the EU, the nations beyond the region. “The Islamic Republic of Iran preference is to leave the EU with a deal, but it must be one that abolishes the Taoiseach (prime minister) explained that the EU was united in its view that the has always been one of the key contributors to security backstop”, his spokeswoman said. withdrawal agreement could not be reopened,” a statement from Dublin said. and freedom of shipping in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of However, EU leaders have said they will not renegotiate the deal they struck with It said that so-called alternative arrangements, such as electronic border checks, Hormuz and the Sea of Oman,” the president added. Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May -- even though it has been rejected by the could replace the backstop in the future but “thus far satisfactory options have yet President Rouhani touched further said the White House British parliament three times. Varadkar repeated that the backstop, which would to be identified and demonstrated”. will not benefit from its hostile actions against Iran, and that keep Britain aligned with EU trade rules in order to keep the UK-Irish frontier open Varadkar invited Johnson to Dublin, saying he wanted a “long and close working the continuation of this trend will result in a lose-lose situation and free-flowing, was “necessary”. relationship” and the two men agreed to stay in touch, both offices said. for everyone. “Iran has not initiated any tensions in the region, and won’t do so, but will firmly defend its interests against any acts aimed at instigating tensions,” he said. Europe ‘’Obliged’’... He embraced and appreciated efforts by the French president to settle problems, saying Iran always U.S. Consumer FROM PAGE 1 welcomes any initiative aimed at working out fair Zarif’’s remarks come after a meeting in Vienna on Sunday of the remaining parties to the nuclear deal -- the solutions and initiating constructive dialogue. Confidence three European nations plus China and Russia. The French president, in turn, described as positive the In remarks broadcast on state television, the top Iranian diplomat described the talks as “challenging”. visit to Paris by President Rouhani’s special envoy, saying “We raised our stance and the importance of the fulfilment of the commitments of other parties to the JCPOA, in his country will leave no stone unturned to secure Iran’s Highest of 2019 particular European countries,” he said, referring to the deal by its formal name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. interests under the JCPOA and normalize Tehran’s “We clearly explained to them that these commitments that have been raised have not been implemented and economic ties with other countries. Macron dismissed as that INSTEX... still isn’’t fully operational,” said Zarif. INSTEX was a mechanism set up by Britain, France and unacceptable Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Germany to facilitate trade with Iran in the face of US sanctions. Iran. He said more cooperation as well as fresh impetus is “It should not be the case that INSTEX becomes a tool for implementing America’’s orders,” required to work out a fair and suitable solution in order to the foreign minister said. ease tensions in the region and produce positive results. “INSTEX must be considered as a European measure. “They (the Europeans) must have the courage to act according to their commitments and not according to Iran’s Oil... America’’s demands,” he said. One year after the U.S. pullout, Iran said in May it would begin scaling back its commitments, and it has since FROM PAGE 1 started increasing its stockpile of enriched uranium and the level of enrichment beyond the deal’s limits. Zarif said Iran was ready to take a third step to reduce its commitments under the deal unless the remaining The drop in exports from Iran, a member of the parties fulfil theirs, as they reiterated in Vienna. “Now we’ll have to see how they are going to act,” he said. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has “But in the current circumstances and as long as necessary measures are not taken, the Islamic Republic of deepened the impact of an OPEC-led supply-cutting WASHINGTON (AFP) - American consumer Iran’s third step will certainly be operational.” pact. But oil prices LCOc1 have weakened to $64 a optimism rebounded unexpectedly this month among barrel from a 2019 high of $75, pressured by concern American consumers, recovering from a trade-war about slowing economic growth and demand. fright in June, according to a survey released Tuesday. INSTEX... Rising tension with the United States, which said on July 18 it had destroyed an Iranian drone, is probably keeping Consumers again say jobs are plentiful, business FROM PAGE 1 conditions are good and incomes are likely to rise a lid on sales, analysts said. Tensions also spiked between in the near future, according to Conference Fischer, a former Commerzbank executive, had been According to a draft contract between INSTEX and a Iran and Britain this month over captured oil tankers. Board’s monthly report. selected as the company’s first president due to his banking European company seen by Bourse & Bazaar, the “Ongoing U.S.-Iranian tensions have done little to The gains in consumer confidence overshot background. But Erbel, who lacks commercial experience, purchase price paid to the European exporter by improve the Islamic Republic’s ability to sell into economists’ expectations and should support will have a different mission as he assumes his leadership INSTEX would amount to 95 percent of the “assigned foreign markets,” Kpler, another company that tracks consumption in the coming months while the role. Erbel will leave key commercial responsibilities to the receivable.” In other words, INSTEX will charge a 5 oil flows, said in a report. Iran’s July exports are down economy slows. new managers, focusing instead on ensuring a constructive percent fee as part of its factoring service. This fee will from about 300,000-500,000 bpd in June as estimated by The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index working relationship between INSTEX and STFI. In vary based on the transaction. industry sources, Refinitiv and the International Energy rose more than 10 points to 135.7 in July. recent weeks, cooperation between the two entities has Such costs are not negligible for European exporters, Agency. The July export figure is a fraction of the “After a sharp decline in June, driven by an slowed. Iranian authorities have called for INSTEX to be especially when considering that INSTEX will require more than 2.5 million bpd that Iran shipped in April escalation in trade and tariff tensions, Consumer funded by Iran’s oil revenues—a move that would leave each transaction to undergo third-party due diligence 2018, the month before U.S. President Donald Trump Confidence rebounded in July to its highest level this INSTEX vulnerable to sanctions from the United States. at the exporter’s expense. Yet they are commensurate withdrew his country from the nuclear deal. year,” Lynn Franco, the Conference Board’s head of Erbel’s deep knowledge of Iran may help him navigate with the transaction fees typically charged by banks in economic indicators, said in a statement. the tensions surrounding the INSTEX project in Tehran those cases in which the bank is willing to accept funds Germany Punts... The report coincided with Commerce Department and reassure Iranian stakeholders of the seriousness of originating in Iran. Moreover, for European companies data showing a fifth consecutive monthly increase in European efforts to develop the mechanism further. burdened with unpaid invoices, the certainty of FROM PAGE 1 personal income, suggesting retail spending should be The goal for INSTEX remains to ease Europe-Iran trade payment from INSTEX, a state-owned European healthy in the summer. by developing a netting mechanism that eliminates the company, is inherently attractive. Cooperating with Trump’s Washington, however, is a bridge The Conference Board data showed views need for a cross-border financial transactions. In this In some respects, the factoring service is a more appealing too far for many here, even for those who think Iran’s about the present and expectations for the near model, INSTEX will coordinate payment instructions solution for companies than the netting mechanism service harassment of cargo ships in the region must be stopped. future rose sharply. between companies engaged in bilateral trade between which INSTEX still intends to operationalize. However, That is because of a deep-seated mistrust toward Confidence dimmed in June after trade talks with Europe and Iran, enabling European exporters to receive factoring is inherently less scalable as it requires significant President Trump in general, and Washington’s motives Beijing collapsed in May, prompting Trump to jack payment for sales to Iran from funds that are already capital to be made available to INSTEX in order purchase toward Iran in particular. The Trump administration has up duties on hundreds of billions in Chinese within Europe. The counterpart entity, STFI, will then invoices. INSTEX will also assume the burden of seeking exited a landmark agreement aimed at preventing Tehran’s imports. He also threatened Mexico with steep mirror those transactions, allowing Iranian exporters to get payment from the Iranian debtor. acquisition of nuclear arms, while Germany still holds out tariffs in a border policy dispute. paid with funds already in Iran. However, should the factoring solution prove popular, it hope that the objectives of the deal can be salvaged. “If we But the U.S. leader agreed with Chinese President Xi Delayed by political disagreements, INSTEX and may be the case that INSTEX could subsequently transfer want the Bundeswehr to be able to fulfill its role, the Jinping late last month to resume negotiations and STFI remain in the process of establishing the netting its newly assigned receivables to STFI, making it possible defense budget must rise,” the new defense minister says. cease further hostilities. mechanism. But in a bid to fast-track transactions, for Iranian importers to pay STFI for goods purchased With that logic, partaking in a mission along with the The share of survey respondents who say business INSTEX has opted to roll out a new service that does from European exporters. Alternatively, INSTEX could United States could expose German forces to an eventual conditions are good rose to the highest level since not require the direct participation of its Iranian open an account either in Iran or at the Iranian bank branch U.S.-Iran shooting war, even though the Hormuz mission February while those saying jobs are plentiful hit its counterpart. INSTEX is now in advanced negotiations based in Europe in order to receive payment for the at first is meant only to protect civilian cargo vessels. “If highest point since April. to a provide factoring service to an initial cohort of outstanding invoices. While conceived as a stopgap you put the Iranians and the Americans opposite each Most survey respondents expected business European companies. solution, the experience with factoring could help other, you can set a timer to when things will explode,” conditions, employment and incomes to remain about In factoring transactions, INSTEX will purchase the INSTEX develop a more robust netting mechanism. Omid Nouripour, foreign policy spokesman for the Green the same over the next six months -- but the share of expired invoices of European exporters who have As it welcomes new leadership and pivots to a new Party, told the newspaper Die Welt. those expecting improvements in each rose modestly. failed to receive payment for sanctions-exempt goods service, INSTEX resembles any ordinary startup at a Berlin’s hope to save the Iran nuclear deal explains some RDQ Economics said Tuesday the confidence data sold to Iran. The focus on expired invoices allows key stage of its development. Like all startups, of the country’s dithering on helping to protect the Strait of weakened the case for cutting interest rates, as the INSTEX to avoid lengthy French regulatory approvals INSTEX continues to face many hurdles—its success Hormuz, said Sebastian Bruns, who heads the Center for Federal Reserve is widely expected to do today. for a full factoring service. Importantly, INSTEX will is far from assured, particularly in the darkening Maritime Strategy and Security at the University of Kiel in The survey “points to strength that is not require the goods in question to have been political climate. But the individuals responsible for its northern Germany. At the same time, he argued, Germany inconsistent with the need for an insurance cut delivered to the Iranian buyer in order for the European development are responding to pressure from doesn’t seem to have that many options. “We don’t have and the case for one-and-done for now has exporter to factor its receivables. 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8 IRAN NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 Celtic Ease Into Third Tsonga Ousts Khachanov Scaloni Extends Contract Qualifying Round As Argentina Coach UENOS AIRES ELGRADE (Reuters) - Former European Cup At Washington ATP B(Dispatches) - Lionel Bwinners PSV Eindhoven were knocked out of Scaloni signed a contract the Champions League in the second qualifying extension with Argentina round after a 2-1 defeat at Basel sent the Swiss side on Tuesday to run until the through on away goals on Tuesday. end of the qualifying Celtic, who won Europe’s premier club competition period for the 2022 World in 1967, set up a clash with Romanians Cluj in the Cup in Qatar, the Argentine next stage after a 2-0 win at Nomme Kalju completed Football Association a 7-0 aggregate rout of the Estonian champions. (AFA) said on its website PSV won the first leg 3-2 but fell behind to a and social media channels. superb eighth-minute strike from Basel defender The 41-year-old was Eray Cumart, whose rocket of a shot from 20 metres initially hired as interim cannoned in off the underside of the bar. coach last August, just Bruma put PSV back in the driving seat when he over two weeks after Jorge Sampaoli was sacked levelled on the night with a thumping header from following Argentina’s last 16 elimination from the 15 metres midway through the first half, after a fine 2018 World Cup in Russia. run by Donyell Malen. Last November his deal was extended until The visitors missed several chances to seal the tie December of this year. Following a third-place finish and were punished for their profligacy in the 68th at the Copa America in Brazil, which ended earlier minute when Basel’s Dutch striker Ricky van this month, Scaloni has been given the chance to try Wolfswinkel swept the ball home from close range. to qualify for the World Cup. Qualifiers begin in An Aleksandr Kulinits own goal gave Celtic an early March 2020 and will run until mid-November 2021. lead before Ukrainian winger Marian Shved crowned his debut for the Scottish champions with a brilliant stoppage-time strike, having come on as a second-half ASHINGTON (Dispatches) - France’s Jo-Wilfried “I’m very happy to return home with a win,” 16th substitute. Celtic will face tougher opposition in Cluj, WTsonga defeated his first top-10 rival in nearly two seed Tiafoe said in a statement. “Unfortunately at the Bailly out Until Christmas who ground out a 3-2 aggregate win over Maccabi Tel years, ousting Russian second seed Karen Khachanov end of my match I felt a tweak in my foot. In the Aviv after a 2-2 draw in the return leg. 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 on Tuesday at the ATP Washington Open. interest of making sure I can play my next match to After Knee Operation The Israeli side levelled the tie on aggregate after The 34-year-old Frenchman, ranked 70th in the world, the fullest, I will be getting my foot checked out.” Nick Blackman gave them an early lead before outlasted eighth-ranked Khachanov after one hour and Australia’s Bernard Tomic wasn’t so lucky, withdrawing ONDON (Reuters) - goals from Juan Emmanuel Culio and Mario 58 minutes, turning back the clock to reach the third from his first-round match with a finger injury. German LManchester United Rondon turned the tide. round of the U.S. Open hardcourt tuneup event. lucky loser Peter Gojowczyk replaced him and outlasted defender Eric Bailly will be Yonatan Cohen struck back for the home side “I played very good tennis,” Tsonga said. “Everything Russian Andrey Rublev 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 7-6 (7/2). out until the end of the year shortly after the break but Cluj held on despite went OK. Just very happy to go through. It’s good to Khachanov, who earlier this month became the first after suffering a knee injury, soaking up heavy pressure. see some results for all the hard work.” Russian in the top 10 since Mikhail Youzhny in 2011, manager Ole Gunnar APOEL Nicosia breezed past Montenegrins Tsonga, who lost his only Grand Slam final to Novak is coached by Vedran Martic but has worked the past Solskjaer said on Tuesday. Sutjeska Niksic with a 4-0 overall win after Serbian Djokovic at the 2008 Australian Open, had dropped six couple weeks with former world number three Nikolay Bailly, 25, hurt his knee in striker Andrija Pavlovic netted a hat-trick in his first matches in a row against top-10 rivals since beating fifth- Davydenko. “We started to train in Moscow, so that’s last Thursday’s 2-1 win start for the Cypriot champions. ranked German Alexander Zverev in October 2017 in a the preparation I’ve had with him, for 10-11 days, and against Tottenham Hotspur in Having come on as a late substitute in the first Vienna quarter-final. There’s a revitalized spark in then I asked him to come here as well,” Khachanov said. the International Champions leg’s 1-0 win on the Adriatic coast, Pavlovic, who is Tsonga, who won his 17th ATP title in February at “We just started with him. I don’t want to make any Cup (ICC) and had successful on loan at APOEL from Rapid Vienna, fired the Montpellier as a 210th-rated wildcard. He fired 13 aces official announcement yet. But he started to help me surgery on Tuesday. home side into a 2-0 lead in the first half before and won 80 percent of his first-serve points. two weeks ago. Hopefully he can join the team.” “He’s had an operation,” said Solskjaer. “He’ll adding the third in the 66th minute. “When you play so long, sometimes you don’t feel like Together with Medvedev, Khachanov has signaled a miss the best part of four or five months. Hopefully, Olympiacos Piraeus, who were held to a 0-0 draw at yourself,” Tsonga said. “Sometimes you lose your new rise in Russian tennis. we’ll get him back around about Christmas.” Viktoria Plzen in the first leg, appeared to be struggling personality. I try to keep it and bring it back on court. “It’s great for the country and great for us to be The Ivory Coast international missed United’s 1-0 win after a goalless first half in Greece but ran riot in the When you are like this, it’s a lot better.” Tsonga advanced higher, slowly reaching new goals,” Khachanov said. over Norwegian club Kristiansund in a friendly on Tuesday. second as they celebrated a 4-0 win against the Czechs. to a third-round match against British 13th seed Kyle “Hopefully we’re moving up slowly a long ways.” It was the club’s fifth pre-season win in succession. Dinamo Zagreb completed their 5-0 drubbing of Edmund, who defeated South Africa’s Lloyd Harris 6-1, Meanwhile in women’s event, Coco Gauff, the American Juan Mata scored the winner from a stoppage-time Saburtalo after a 3-0 home defeat of the Georgians and 6-4. Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev reached the third teen who electrified Wimbledon with a last-16 run, and penalty to end the Norwegians’ determined will meet Ferencvaros in the next round after the round by ousting US wildcard Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3, 6-4. U.S. top seed Sloane Stephens crashed out Tuesday in resistance as Solskjaer’s son Noah came off the Hungarian side knocked out Valletta 4-2 on aggregate. The world number 10 might face an injured rival in round one. Eighth-ranked Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open bench for Kristiansund as a late substitute. United’s Ferencvaros were skating on thin ice after Mario the third round as 40th-ranked hometown favorite champion, lost to Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson 6-2, 7-5 next match is against AC Milan on Saturday in the Fontanella converted a first-half penalty for Valletta Frances Tiafoe beat Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik while 15-year-old qualifier Gauff fell to Kazakhstan’s ICC, their last pre-season encounter before facing but Tokmac Nguen struck back on the hour. 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) then quickly departed with a foot injury. 84th-ranked Zarina Diyas 6-4, 6-2. Chelsea in their Premier League opener on Aug. 11. Real Madrid’s Muller Hits Pre-Season Treble in Struggles Continue Audi Cup Rout ADRID (Dispatches) - Real Madrid’s disastrous UNICH (Dispatches) -Bayern Munich will face Mpre-season continued on Tuesday as they lost 1-0 MTottenham in the Audi Cup final after sweeping to Tottenham in Munich. aside Fenerbahce in style. “Our defeat was well deserved,” Real midfielder Thomas Muller plundered a hat-trick as Bayern Munich Tony Kroos told German TV after the match. It’s true romped to a 6-1 Audi Cup win against Fenerbahce at the that we’re not quite in good shape.” Allianz Arena on Tuesday. Niko Kovac’s side were in In the second match of the evening, Bayern Munich ruthless mood against their desperately poor Super Lig thrashed Fenerbahce 6-1. opponents, with Renato Sanches, Leon Goretzka and Champions League runners up Tottenham will play Kingsley Coman adding to Muller’s treble. Max Kruse Bayern in Wednesday’s final. Real will have a chance gave the visiting support something to cheer with a to find winning form run against a Turkish side that finished their game against the host in disarray. 64th-minute consolation strike, but it did little to take the For Spurs, Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game with a deft finish after pouncing on a disastrous pass by shine off a consummate attacking performance by the reigning Bundesliga champions. Marcello, who was trying to prevent a throw in, after 22 minutes. Bayern – who face Borussia Dortmund in the DFL-Supercup on Saturday – will take on Tottenham in the final on Humiliated 7-3 last week by Atletico Madrid, Real could thank goalkeeper Keylor Navas, starting in place of injured Wednesday, while Fenerbahce will have to pick themselves up for a third-place tie against Real Madrid on the same day. Thibaut Courtois, for preventing a heavier against an enterprising and more aggressive Spurs team. Madrid survived Sanches got Bayern on their way after 22 minutes, sliding into an empty net after being teed up by Robert some goalmouth scares in the first half. After the break, Dele Alli went close twice and 17-year-old Troy Parrott hit Lewandowski. the inside of the post. Zinedine Zidane’s team have conceded 13 goals and lost three of their four warm-up games. That was followed six minutes later by a second, Goretzka driving into the penalty area to meet Coman’s cutback “We started off very badly, the opponent took advantage of our mistakes,” said Kroos. with a low, right-footed strike from 12 yards. With Gareth Bale, the source of turmoil in recent weeks, left out of the squad for the trip to Munich and James Rodriguez Muller – who had been introduced for the injured Serge Gnabry after 20 minutes – made it three in the 31st yet to start after returning from Bayern, Real rarely threatened. Star summer recruit Eden Hazard was invisible. minute after picking Nabil Dirar’s pocket just eight yards out and slotting past a helpless Harun Tekin.