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16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 39th year No.13187 Sunday AUGUST 19, 2018 Mordad 28, 1397 Dhul Hijjah 7, 1439 China says to Iran able to Crude steel production Moradi Kermani wins continue to advance ties export military rises 17% in 4 months IIDCYA nomination for with Iran 2 products 2 on year 4 Astrid Lindgren Award 16 New wave of Afghans headed to Europe from Iran INTERNATIONAL In recent weeks, we A large proportion of Afghans have deskhave witnessed an used Iranian currency and spent it on exodus of Afghan citizens living in Iran their families across the Iranian border and their efforts to find a new place for and this trend has intensified in recent business. months. Also, given the continuation of The devaluation of Iran’s national the security crises in Afghanistan and the currency, partly driven by cruel U.S. lack of proper employment opportunities sanctions and the silence of European in Afghanistan, many Afghans, rather than countries with regard to Trump’s actions, returning to their homeland, prefer to has sorely damaged the Afghans’ finances. go to Europe after leaving Iran. 7

CBI makes promises to improve domestic economy ECONOMY TEHRAN — Writing expressed their views about CBI’s recent 1953 coup desk on Twitter, governor of policies or those who have suggested the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) clarified different solutions to egress the current some of the bank’s recent taken measures economic situations and to dominate and adopted policies and also made some stability in the market, Abdolnaser Hem- promises to keep for improving domestic mati vowed the Iranian nation to have economy, IRIB reported on Saturday. increasing transparency and combating Showing gratitude to all the financial, rent seeking among his top priorities plotters monetary and banking experts who have till the end of his tenure. 4

Moscow ready to send second still fear nuclear fuel batch to Iran The Russian Foreign Ministry in a state- projects designed to ensure compliance ment on Friday announced that the second with the terms of the JCPOA,” it said. nuclear fuel consignment is ready to be The ministry announced a high- sent back to Iran. tech Russian-Iranian project on re- Russia consistently continues to im- configuring two centrifuge cascades plement its commitments under the Joint is successfully being implemented at Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a former uranium enrichment plant at Iran the statement said, according to IRNA. Fordo with the aim of producing stable See page 2

Bahman Vakhshour by Photo Illustration “The Rosatom State Nuclear Energy isotopes which will be used for industrial Corporation is carrying out a series of and medical purposes. 2 ARTICLE Turkish economy will not collapse: Logoglu PERSPECTIVE Martin Love a crisis for Turkey’s currency, the lira, which What are the reasons behind recent tensions Mudasir Sheikh Political analyst from EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Researcher and writer By Payman Yazdani has lost about a third of its value against the in Turkey and U.S. relation? Are they mainly eco- North Carolina dollar since January. The crisis has prompted nomic or political? Is there any relation between from Kashmir TEHRAN — Referring to strong economy of widespread selling in other emerging markets, the U.S. unfriendly approach toward Turkey and Turkey, Senior member of Turkey’s CHP mem- sparking fears of a global crisis. Ankara’s regional policies? Can U.S. ber says the evangelical circles in the USA, have After a little recovery of Turkish lira, U.S. A: The reasons for the recent escalation of ten- U.S. faces turned the Pastor Brunson issue into a show President Trump on Friday again threatened sions are both political and economic, each step government do case to win the millions of evangelical votes in Turkey with more economic punishment. in one domain triggering reactions in the other, isolation in global the upcoming mid-term elections in November. Many believe detention of Andrew Brunson resulting in a negative downward spiral. That is without friends in The U.S. has threatened to impose more eco- is just an excuse for U.S. to punish Turkey and to say, political issues lead to economic sanctions community by nomic sanctions on Turkey if it does not free a the real crimes of Ankara are buying the Russian which in turn exacerbate the political differences. long run? No detained American pastor, Andrew Brunson who S-400 missile system for Turkey, refusing to ac- While Turkey’s policies on Syria and Iran, sanctioning Iran has been held in Turkey for nearly two years over cept U.S. support for America’s Kurdish YPG. its relations with Russia and its approach to the ran’s neighbor, Turkey, with a popula- he recent statement of the Ira- links to PKK terrorist group. In an interview we discussed the issue Dr. Arab-Israeli conflict do play a stage-setting role tion almost as large as Iran’s is suffering nian president Hassan Rouhani The dispute over his release has seen the two Osman Faruk Logoglu, a senior member of Tur- in shaping the Washington’s attitude toward An- some of the same economic problems regarding isolation of the U.S. due I NATO allies impose tariffs on one another’s goods. key’s Republican People’s Party (CHP). kara, the immediate reason has more to do with T that Iran is suffering: a currency that has to its unilateral withdrawal from the The row between Turkey and U.S. worsened Here is the full text of interview with him: American domestic politics. 7 fallen precipitously against the “almighty” Iran nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA, U.S. dollar, much higher inflation, and seems to become more relevant with in Turkey’s case debt rating downgrades Has Al-Qaeda withered fully from Indian sub-continent? No, says a UN report every passing day as obvious from the by the likes of the debt rating agencies actions of BRICS, EU and other countries INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — There has been A military report released the same month The 22nd report of the Analytical Support (those with the most clout based in the like Turkey. deskintense speculation over concluded that the few senior Al Qaeda figures and Sanctions Monitoring Team, submitted U.S.), calls for the Turkish authorities to The crux of 2018 BRICS Summit whether the Al-Qaeda is still active in Afghan- remaining in Afghanistan “are focused on their to the UN Security Council Al-Qaeda Sanc- bend over to Western financial authorities was to counter the U.S. unilateralism istan and the region or has it been consigned own survival,” while members of a local Al Qaeda tions Committee a few days ago, noted that and institutions, to borrow money from by switching to an open world econ- to oblivion with the emergence of other terror subgroup are mainly helping the Afghan Taliban the group still maintained a presence in South the IMF and well, you know, lose gobs of omy and a multilateral trade system groups like ISIS. on the battlefield. Asia, adapting to the local environment and their sovereignty. that is currently facing unprecedented The group that was accused of September 11 However, according to a new United Nations trying to embed itself into local struggles and Indeed, it’s quite obvious the U.S. threats. According to Chinese president attacks on the U.S., which led to the American report, Al-Qaeda might not have withered fully. communities. expects Turkey to do only what the U.S. Xi Jinping, the U.S. administration has invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, is believed to Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), set up The strength of AQIS in Afghanistan is esti- wants, and that includes no further abused international law and the norms have withered away slowly, replaced by newer by Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 mated at several hundred people, mainly locat- mending of relations with Russia, not governing international relations with groups, most importantly the ISIS. How much is to expand the group’s influence in the Indian ed in Laghman, Paktika, Kandahar, Ghazni and building a gas pipeline from Russia across its unilateral withdrawal from JCPOA, the group’s remaining presence in Afghanistan sub-continent, continues to seek security gaps Zabul provinces, the report mentions, adding that Turkey, killing plans Turkey has to buy thus there is a need for developing new is a matter of debate. for opportunistic attacks in the region. some members of the core leadership council of Russia’s S400 missile defense systems types of international relations so that the “We have decimated Al Qaeda” in Afghanistan, The AQIS, the Al-Qaeda’s regional affiliate, the group, including Zawahiri and son of slain (far superior to anything the U.S. can hegemony of the so-called ‘superpower’ Lt. Gen. Scott Miller, who has been chosen as the is led by Asim Umar – who is believed to be an Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Hamza bin cough up, and far less expensive). In can be contained. Further Xi Jinping next commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan Indian national and former commander of terror Laden, are reported to be in the Afghanistan-Pa- addition, Turkey was supposed to get stressed on the fact that it is intolerable told the U.S. Congress in June. outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami. kistan border region. a bunch of U.S.-made F-35 warplanes. 6 to recognize energy blockades, sanctions, Frankly, one must hope they have not and economic warfare through USA’s been paid for yet, and if they have been unilateral decisions. paid for, that the U.S. returns the funds. For balancing the world order, the If Erdogan has any sense, he would not Elaheh BRICS should be upgraded to BRICS want the F-35 anyway. Plus, the term itself proposed by China This overly complex aircraft is Ahmadi in 2017 at the Xiamen Summit which is plagued with problems that some, even aimed at developing mutually beneficial in the U.S. military, say are not fixable, relations with all developing countries and the machine is the most expensive carries Iran’s and has a transcontinental scope. Accord- warplane ever. Frankly, it is a POS (Piece ing to Wang Yi, who served as a China’s of S***), if you understand the acronym, flag in Asian deputy foreign minister, BRICS Plus is and I know a little about airplanes, hav- an integration roadmap with global sig- ing been a pilot, at least of small planes, Games nificance and attack on Iran is not only for decades. The Russian inventory of a blow to BRICS Plus but to the whole warplanes is far more reliable, and far SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian global south. It indicates that there are less costly, and even by some accounts deskshooter Elaheh Ahma- very slim chances of China succumbing more effective. di carried her country’s flag at the opening to the U.S. pressure on Iran. Moreover, there’s the matter of a ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games on The increasing consent among east- failed coup attempt against President Saturday. ern nations is isolating the U.S. in this Recip Erdogan not long ago, and the Iran delegation participate in the pres- part of the world. It is obvious from the possibility that an alleged “pastor” named tigious event with 378 athletes. response by Russia and China regarding Payam Parsaei Andrew Brunson, an American who has About 18,000 athletes and officials U.S. sanctions on Iran as they have refused been in prison in Turkey for a while from 45 Asian countries will be at the to suspend their trade with Iran. Russia under suspicion that he may have been Asiad, organizers said, looking to make and China are supporting Iran’s nuclear working for the CIA and that the U.S. their mark across a range of sports from program and aerospace industries and may have been behind the coup attempt, swimming to sepak takraw and bridge. they have also helped Syrian president is not going to be released from prison Tehran Times/ The 2018 Asian Games began on Sat- Bashar-al Assad, a close ally of Iran in and returned to the U.S. 7 urday, Aug. 18, and will end on Sept. 2. the region, to remain in power. 6 II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY 2 POLITICSPOLITICS AUGUSTAUGUST 19,19, 20182018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Rouhani urges China says to continue to closer ties with Pakistan as Khan takes office advance ties with Iran By staff and agency POLITICS TEHRAN — President Hassan Rou- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on deskhani sent a message to Pakistan’s new Friday that Beijing values its relations with Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulating him on his Iran and is willing to continue to advance new post and voicing Tehran’s readiness to enhance ties mutually beneficial cooperation according with Islamabad, Tasnim reported. to the development of the situation. In his message to Imran Khan, who was sworn in as According to Xinhua, in a phone conversation prime minister on Saturday after his party’s victory in with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad last month’s election, Rouhani expressed the hope that Javad Zarif, Wang said that the 2015 nuclear the new Pakistani leader’s tenure would mark “growing deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive unity and convergence in the Islamic world and deepening Plan of Action, is an important achievement of bonds between the two friendly neighbors.” of multilateralism in line with the common “As always and particularly in the new era, the Islam- interest of the international community. ic Republic of Iran expresses preparedness to promote Adhering to the nuclear deal also interaction and cooperation with the Islamic Republic conforms to the fundamental interests of Pakistan,” Rouhani added. of Iran, he said. “We have openly indicated that we oppose the wrong practices of unilateral sanctions Zarif says and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ in international ‘extremely relations,” he noted. For his part, Zarif said that Iran is willing saddened’ by Kofi to strengthen coordination with the related parties, including China, and properly tackle Annan’s death the new situation on the nuclear issue. POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew deskMohammad Javad Zarif has expressed grief Washington from the nuclear deal on May over the death of former United Nations secretary general 8 and ordered restoration of sanctions and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan, describing him as against Iran. “an unwavering champion for peace, justice and rule of law”. The first batch of sanctions was snapped “Extremely saddened by passing of Kofi Annan, a towering back on Monday, August 6. The second batch condemned the measures reinstated cut off from Iranian crude. fair and lawful, not violating any United global leader and an unwavering champion for peace, justice will be restored on November 4. against Tehran and urged oil and gas “China’s commercial cooperation with Nations Security Council resolutions,” and rule of law. Rest in peace my dear old friend,” Zarif said CNBC reported on August 8 that China firms to reject calls for them to completely Iran is open and transparent, reasonable, China’s Foreign Ministry said. on his Twitter account on Saturday. Annan died after a short illness at the age of 80, his foun- dation announced in a statement. Annan, of Ghanaian nationality, died in a hospital in 1953 coup plotters still fearful of Iran Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday. In 2001, Anan won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian Today marks the 1953 coup in Iran. 65 has passed of Iran, tried to create division among religionists of the Truman administration. work and for having revitalized the UN. since that date. Among Iranians it is known in as and nationalists on the date the nationalization of These revelations show that due to political, ge- the 28 Mordad coup d’état. oil was declared. They did so in order to create the opolitical and economic reasons, foreigners have On that day the streets of Tehran became the ground for the return of Phalavi to power on August always had a covetous eye on Iran and that such moves Iran able to scene of violence and chaos by hooligans in support 19, 1953. have not been limited to the post-1979 revolution. of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The violence was engi- The coup was the highlight of suppression and Needless to say that regardless of who has been export military neered by Britain and with the help of U.S. dollars. despotism and the plundering of national resources in power in Washington or London, the U.S. and products Finally, the democratically elected government of until the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Feb- Britain have not yet abandoned their evil intentions Mohammad Mosaddeq was toppled. ruary 1979. toward Iranians, a nation that many experts say has The coup was plotted to take avenge for the na- There are many stories about the role of Britain civilizational superiority. tionalization of oil in Iran on August 19, 1951. The and the U.S. in the coup. However, Kermit Roosevelt, These moves show that the leaders of liberal POLITICS TEHRAN — Chief of the Army Aviation nationalization of oil became possible through unity the chief of the CIA’s Near East and Africa division democracy, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Don- desksaid on Saturday that Iran has made great among nationalists and religionists. who was director of the coup, said in an interview ald Trump, have been fearful of Iran no matter the progress in producing domestic military equipment and is The British, who saw unity among different groups that it was the first secret operation against a foreign nationalists have been ruling this country or pro- able to export its products, Mehr reported. of society as the main hurdle to their plundering government which had been engineered at the end ponents of Islamic republicanism. Brigadier General Amir Ghorbani also said that the project of renewing helicopters is going ahead as planned, adding that the range of missiles installed on combat helicopters has increased to above 8 kilometers. Iran opposes inclusion Ghorbani further said that even countries that claim of ‘baseline’, ‘division’ in to be great military power are not capable of manufac- turing helicopters on their own and they are doing so in Caspian Sea convention: cooperation with other countries. ex-diplomat POLITICS TEHRAN — Ebrahim Ra- Shiraz Water & Wastewater Company

Guardian Council deskhimpour, the former deputy شركت آب و فاضالب شيراز foreign minister, has said that Iran was against Shiraz Water & Wastewater Company فراخوان ارزيابی كيفی مناقصه گران rejects bill on inclusion of the terms “baseline” and “division” Invitation for the prequalification of bidders in the Caspian Sea legal regime. ======combating money “Despite other Caspian Sea littoral states, laundering Iran was against adding two issues of baseline شررركت آب و فاضررالب شرريراز در نظر دارد نسبب ب ب رارار and division of the sea to the recent convention,” Shiraz Water &WastewaterCompany intends to POLITICS TEHRAN — The Guardian Council he told the Mehr news agency. call for a tender for the following works: مناقصب ذيل اقدام نمايد: deskhas rejected a bill to amend the an- He also noted that failure to inform the public ti-money laundering law in line with moves to combat the caused the commotion about the convention. Project subject and specifications: موضوع و مشخصات پروژه : financing of terrorism, the council’s spokesman Abbas “What they say about dividing the Caspian Sea is Ali Kadkhodaei said on Friday. wrong. It was our condition to avoid inclusion of such Subject : Design, procurement of equipment and مو ضوع : طراحی، تامين تجهيرات و سببا ب دو مدوت تصببخيب انب In a tweet, Kadkhodaei said the council has rejected the issue in the recent convention. The issue is supposed construction of two modules for the Shiraz city's to be discussed in future months. The document of فاضالب شهر شيراز ب ظرفيب هر يک 000، 50 مترمکعب در ش انب bill for four contradictions it had with the Islamic law and wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of each the constitution, returning the bill to the parliament for the recent convention has been published and correct 3 روز ب روش فاينانس ين المللی (making the required amendments, Mehr reported. position can be taken after studying it,” he explained. 50,000 m /d using international finance (EPC+ F) ) EPC+F Bidders Category and Grade : A joint venture of Iran has less than two months to adopt financial reforms The five Caspian states – Iran, the Republic of : رشرر ه و پايه مناقصرره گران پيمانکاران ارجی ا مشبببار ب proposed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan foreign and domestic contractors having technical پيمانکاران دا لی دارا سبببا و و تبان فنی (part of efforts to improve connections to the international - signed the Caspian Sea legal status on August 12 experience and business license for the subject of (Business License banking and trade system. in the Kazakh port city of Aktau. this invitation, domestic contractors having grade 1 متناسب ا مبضبع مندرج در اين آاهی، ب صبرت مشار ب ب همراه The agreement has created many debates about in water works as well as grade 1 in installation the share of Iran among Iranians. " پيمانکاران دا لی پايب يک آب و تباما پايب يک تاسبببيسبببات و Iran expects Iraq The convention was signed by presidents of and equipment , and domestic consultants of grade تجهيرات و مشاورين دا لی پايب يک آب و فاضالب to pay overdue the littoral states. 1 in water & wastewater projects They agreed a legal framework for sharing Execution Duration : 36 months مدت اجرای : 36 ماه war reparations: the world’s largest inland body of water, which bridges Asia and Europe and is packed with oil, مدت بهره برداری : Operation Period : 24 months 24 ماه .senior MP gas and sturgeon POLITICS TEHRAN — Chairman of the Majlis desk شرايط كلی: ازپردا ب اصل و سبد تسهيالت مالی تبسط سازمان National Security and Foreign Policy Moscow ready to send General conditions: loan and interest repayment Committee said on Saturday that Iran expects Iraq to pay second nuclear fuel will be guaranteed by the Plan &Budget رنامب و بدجب شبر تضمين باهد شد. .war reparations as Iraqis can afford the payments. Organization “Iraq can afford paying war reparations to Iran. So, batch to Iran دس گاه نظارت : مهندسين مشاور ايراناب we expect this to be done according to the 10 article of Supervision body :Iranab consulting Engineers 1 The statement said, “Fuel stockpiles with مهلت دريافت اسررناد ارزيابی از تاريخ29/5/97 تا 12/6/97 و UN Security Council Resolution 598,” Heshmatollah Dates to receive prequalification documents is Falahatpisheh told ISNA. enrichment levels of up to 20 percent for the Teh- as of August 20,2018 upto September 3,2018 and آ رين مهلب تسليم اسناد ارزيا ی يخی پايان وقب ادار مبرخ He further said there has been a series of remaining dis- ran Research Reactor are being stored in Russia.” 97/7/14 “They are being returned to Iran in batches of prequalification documents submission deadline putes between Iran and Iraq that have not been resolved yet. . می اشد .The war damages to Iran amounts to 1.2 trillion dollars. under 5 kg at Iran’s request and after receiving the end of official hours of October 6,2018 confirmation from the IAEA that all JCPOA pre- نشانی دريافت و تحويل اسناد ارزيابی : -تهران خیابان دکتر Address of receiving and submitting documents requisites outlined for doing so have been met. :IranabConsulting Engineers: #5, Jila Alley, شریعتی ، دوراهی قلهک ، خیابان بصیری ، کوچه ژیال ، پالک Iran’s geography The first batch was transferred to Iran in early 5‘ dictates balanced 2017. Preparations are underway to send a second Bassiri St., DorahiGholhak, Dr. Shriati Ave., شرکت مهندسین مشاور ایراناب . batch,” the ministry added. Tehran تلفن ties with the East In addition, Russia has confirmed its willingness Tel.: 22633047-53 22633047 - 53 to assist Iran, on an as-needed basis, in managing Bidders, having good financial, technical and دينبسببيلب مناقصببب اران محترم ب دارا امکانات مالی، فنی و سببا ب and West’ the surplus low-enriched uranium, the reserves of which are not to exceed 300 kg in Iran. performance experience in this regard, having POLITICS TEHRAN — Elaheh Koulaei, a professor اجرايی مناسببب در اين زمينب می اشببند می تبانند ا مراجعب ب آدر We are also providing various types of assistance in deposited IRR 3,000,000 in bank account number of“ deskof political science at the University of implementing Annex III to the JCPOA, which contains Tehran, has said more balanced and normalized relations 73151730/48 (Bank of Mellat-Tehran Mirdamad 3،000،000 فبق، اسناد ارزيا ی يخی را پس از وارير م لغ ريات ب a list of specific areas of cooperation with the Islamic with the world are key to secure Iran’s national interests. Branch-Code of 65078) in the name of Republic of Iran for the peaceful use of atomic energy.” 73151730 48 ح ساب جار شماره / نرد انک ملب شع ب م يرداماد In an interview with the Hamshahri newspaper published Underlining its pledges on the landmark nuclear IranabConsulting Engineers, presenting the original on Saturday, Koulaei said Iran should not be completely deal, the ministry said, “We reiterate our decisive receipt of the deposit and a valid letter of 65078 تهران ) د شع ب ( نام شر ب مهندس اي ين مشاور راناب ا ارائب .opposed to Russia or enamored with it commitment to take all the necessary measures to introduction could buy the documents. It is “The geography of Iran dictates balanced [relations] اصببل رسببيد وارير وجب و معرفی نامب معت ر، ريدار نمايند. اسببناد و ”.preserve and fully implement the JCPOA with the East and the West,” She remarked. noteworthy that the prequalification documents will “The above cooperation with Iran is being carried مدارک ارزيا ی ف ط ب نماينده مناقصببب اران ا ارائب معرفی نامب معت ر Koulaei, an expert on Russia, also said Washington is only be delivered to bidder's representatives having out strictly in accordance with the JCPOA terms and following the same model it used against the Soviet Union, UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and under valid letter of introduction and identified subject in. و ا قيد مبضبع، تحبيل باهد شد. .calling on the country’s authorities to draw on that experience full IAEA control,” the statement asserted.

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Bomb that killed Yemeni kids Taliban say no peace with supplied by U.S.: CNN ‘occupation,’ want U.S. talks The leader of the Taliban said Saturday there will be no peace in Afghanistan as long as the foreign “occupation” continues, Munitions experts have confirmed that a bomb Yemeni riyal are those countries who started reiterating the group’s position that the 17-year war can only be used by Saudi Arabia in last week’s attack on the aggression and are targeting the Yemeni brought to an end through direct talks with the United States. a school bus in Yemen that killed dozens of people, their food and livelihood.” In a message released in honor of the Eid al-Adha holiday, children had been supplied by the US. War goes on Maulvi Haibatullah Akhunzadah said the group remains com- The experts told CNN on Friday that the Separately on Friday, the Yemeni army mitted to “Islamic goals,” the sovereignty of Afghanistan and bomb was a 227-kilogram laser-guided Mark fired a ballistic missile at the kingdom’s south- ending the war. The Taliban have had a major resurgence in 82 bomb. ern Narran region in retaliation for the deadly recent years, seizing districts across the country and regularly They also noted that the numbers on military campaign on the impoverished state. carrying out large-scale attacks. the weapon identified major U.S. military Iran’s Arabic-language Al-Alam news Earlier this month, the Taliban launched a major assault on the contractor Lockheed Martin as its maker. network reported Yemeni soldiers and Pop- city of Ghazni, just 120 kilometers from the capital, Kabul. Afghan The Saudi air raid on Sa’ada hit a school bus ular Committees fighters had targeted a new security forces battled the militants inside the city for five days, as on August 9 as it drove through a market in Saudi military base in Najran with a Badr the U.S. carried out airstrikes and send advisers to help ground the town of Dhahyan, sparking outrage from 1-type missile. forces. The battle for Ghazni killed at least 100 members of the international human rights groups and UN Additionally, Yemen’s al-Masirah televi- Afghan security forces and 35 civilians, according to Afghan officials. officials. sion network reported a Saudi airstrike on A year ago, President Donald Trump announced that he would The attack killed a total of 51 people, among the Hamadan district in Sana’a Province. send additional U.S. forces to confront the Taliban. But since then them 40 children, and left 79 others wounded. Saudi Arabia and its allies launched a the militants’ profile has risen, both on the battlefield and in the Earlier this week, a local journalist said brutal war, code-named Operation Decisive diplomatic sphere. The Taliban sent a delegation to Uzbekistan to recovered bomb fragments showed that it Storm, against Yemen in March 2015 in an meet with senior officials earlier this month, and say they recently was likely manufactured in the U.S. attempt to reinstall former Yemeni President met with a senior U.S. diplomat in Qatar for what they called “pre- Riyadh initially described the Sa’ada strike Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of liminary talks.” The U.S. neither confirmed nor denied the meeting. as a “legitimate military action,” but later the sale of precision-guided munitions to lighted the issue of the U.S. complicity in the Riyadh, and crush the Houthi Ansarullah Earlier this week, the Taliban’s top political official, Sher launched an investigation into the incident Saudi Arabia because of concerns about civil- deaths of the Yemenis. movement. Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, led a delegation to Indonesia, amid mounting criticism of its bloody war ian casualties. In March 2017, however, the Sana’a protest The offensive initially consisted of a where he met Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi as well as Jusuf on Yemen. Asked about CNN’s report, Saudi US administration under President Donald On Friday, thousands of Yemenis took bombing campaign, but was later coupled Kalla, Indonesia’s deputy president, according to a statement “coalition” spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki Trump overturned the ban. to the streets of Sana’a to condemn the eco- with a naval blockade and the deployment the Taliban sent to The Associated Press. said that it would not “be appropriate for Retired Rear Admiral John Kirby nomic hardship caused by the U.S.-backed of ground forces into Yemen. The three day trip ended Wednesday. The statement said the coalition to comment further while the claimed that the government of former Saudi war. The imposed war, however, has so far Stanikzai discussed the presence of U.S. and NATO troops in investigation is underway.” President Barack Obama had “deep concerns Protester Abdulrahman Faya’a said, “Saudi failed to achieve its goals, thanks to stiff Afghanistan and the need for them to leave if peace is to return The report also said that the bomb used about the way the Saudis were targeting, and Arabia and the United States which lead the resistance from Yemeni troops and allied to the country, said Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman based in the in the Sa’ada airstrike was very similar to we acted on those concerns by limiting the aggression against Yemen are the reasons Houthi fighters. group’s Qatar office. While in Indonesia, Stanikzai also “exchanged the one that hit a funeral hall in the Yemeni kinds of munitions that they were being given behind the increase in prices.” Several Western countries have been sup- views on bilateral relations,” Shaheen said in the statement, capital, Sana’a, in October 2016, killing 155 and stridently trying to argue for them to be “They are the reasons behind this sys- plying Saudi Arabia with advanced weapons without elaborating. people and injuring 525 others. more careful and cautious.” tematic process targeting the Yemeni riyal. and military equipment. From 1996 until 2001, the Taliban ruled in accordance with a In December that year, the US cancelled Recent fatal Saudi airstrikes have high- Because the reason for the recession of the (Source: agencies) harsh interpretation of law. Women were barred from education and forced to wear the all-encompassing burka whenever they left their homes, and the country hosted Osama bin Laden and Erdogan says to challenge ‘games’ on the Qatar accuses Saudi Arabia of blocking Al-Qaeda. The Taliban have refused to enter into talks with the economy access to Hajj Afghan government, which they view as a U.S. puppet, saying they will only negotiate the end of the war directly with Wash- ington. The group has said it is committed to regional security and would not pose a danger to other countries. However, it has also demanded the complete withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces. Although NATO officially ended its combat mission at the end of 2014, it has repeatedly come to the aid of Afghan forces, and it’s unclear whether the government in Kabul would be able to remain in power without foreign military aid. (Source: AP)

China complains about Pentagon report, says it is ‘pure guesswork’ A day after two major ratings agencies down- about Erdogan’s influence over monetary Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of barring system used by travel agencies to ob- graded Turkey closer to junk status amid a policy. Heavy selling in recent weeks has its nationals from performing this year’s tain permits. currency crisis, Turkish President Recep spread to other emerging market currencies Hajj, a charge Saudi officials deny. “There is no chance this year for Qatari Tayyip Erdogan said he would challenge and global stocks and deepened concerns Around 1,200 Qatari citizens are al- citizens and residents to travel for Hajj,” those playing “games” on the economy. about the economy, particularly Turkey’s lowed to attend the pilgrimage under a he told the Reuters news agency. Both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s dependence on energy imports and whether quota system, but Qatari officials say it “Registration of pilgrims from the State ratings agencies cut Turkey’s sovereign cred- foreign-currency debt poses a risk to banks. has become impossible to register for the of Qatar remains closed, and residents of it ratings deeper into “junk” territory late On Friday, Turkey’s battered lira weak- annual religious event. Qatar cannot be granted visas as there are Friday. Standard & Poor’s cited extreme ened 3 percent after a Turkish court rejected Saudi Arabia, alongside the United Arab no diplomatic missions.” lira volatility and forecasted a recession an American pastor’s appeal for release, Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt, severed re- According to Reuters news agency, next year. The rating agency downgraded drawing a stiff rebuke from President Donald lations with Qatar in June 2017, and has three travel agencies in Doha said they the rating by one notch to B+ from BB- Trump, who said the United States would placed the Persian Gulf state under a land, had stopped trying to sell Hajj packages. and kept Turkey’s outlook at stable in a not take the detention “sitting down”. sea, and air blockade. “Last year we lost a lot of money as the move which came after the lira lost some The case of Andrew Brunson, an evan- Qatari nationals are also banned from crisis started after we had booked everything 40 percent of its value against the dollar gelical Christian missionary from North entering the states, but Riyadh claims to in Mecca and Medina and we had to pay this year. Carolina who has lived in Turkey for two have made an exception for the Hajj. people back,” said a manager of one travel China’s Defense Ministry has lodged a complaint with the United “Today some people are trying to threat- decades, has become a flashpoint between In June, Saudi Arabia’s ministry for the agency in Doha, declining to be named due States about a Pentagon report that said China’s military was en us through the economy, through interest Washington and Ankara and accelerated Hajj announced the opening of a website, to the sensitivity of the matter. likely training for strikes against the United States and its allies, rates, foreign exchange, investment and a widening currency crisis. which allowed Qataris to register for the Riyadh temporarily opened the land saying it was “pure guesswork”. inflation,” Erdogan told the congress of “We did not and will not surrender to pilgrimage. However, those in Qatar say border for the Hajj last year, but has not The assessment, at a time of heightened U.S.-China tensions his ruling AK Party. those who act like a strategic partner but registration is impossible. done so this year. over trade, was contained in an annual report that highlighted “We are telling them: we’ve seen your make us a strategic target,” Erdogan said, Abdullah al-Kaabi of the state-run Qa- Saudi officials reject the accusations and China’s efforts to increase its global influence, with defense spend- games, and we are challenging you.” in a reference to the United States. tar National Human Rights Committee accuse Qatar of trying to politicize the Hajj. ing that the Pentagon estimated exceeded $190 billion in 2017. The lira has plunged as investors fret (Source: Reuters) said Saudi Arabia had shut down the (Source: Al Jazeera) China’s Defense Ministry said in a statement late on Friday that the Pentagon report misrepresented China’s strategic in- tentions and exaggerated the “so-called China military threat.” “China’s military expresses resolute opposition to this and More heavy rains likely in India’s Kerala as flood death toll jumps has lodged stern representations with the U.S. side,” it said. India deployed thousands of soldiers and no toilet facilities, people from less affected China is on the path of peaceful development and pursues a dozens of helicopters to rescue people ma- areas moved in to help those badly in need. defensive national strategy, and has always been a contributor to rooned by the worst floods in a century in But some people in the relief camps were world peace and protector of the global order, the ministry said. the southern state of Kerala, where the death finding it difficult to access food and water. “The Chinese military’s strengthening of modernization is toll of 186 people as of Saturday could rise Videos on social media showed groups of to protect the country’s sovereignty, security and development fast as rains continue. people breaking open shops to take food. interests, as well as global peace, stability and prosperity,” it said. The weather office warned of more heavy Chief Minister Vijayan has estimated “The Chinese military’s reform, weapons development and “red” category rains on Saturday as tens of that more than two million people have defensive capabilities in the internet space are just and reasonable. thousands of people were still stuck on the been forced to move into relief camps since The criticism in the U.S. report is pure guesswork.” rooftops of houses and community centers. the monsoon season brought torrential rains The Pentagon report said that while the People’s Liberation Rescue workers have yet to reach many flooded three months ago. He put the death toll from Army had continued to extend operations, it was not clear what areas, some too narrow for boats to navigate. floods and landslides since the start of the message Beijing was looking to send by carrying out bomber People trapped without food, water and rainy season at 324. flights “beyond a demonstration of improved capabilities.” electricity worried about being left without One of his advisers, Prabha Varma, told This year, China’s air force landed bombers on islands and help as their phone batteries were dying. An Reuters 186 people had died since Aug. 8, reefs in the South China Sea as part of a training exercise in the adviser to the state’s chief minister put the when the waters began to rise. She said the disputed region. In January the Pentagon put countering Beijing, initial loss estimate at $4 billion. floods had destroyed 26,000 homes and along with Russia, at the center of a new national defense strategy. “There are seven families in this apartment damaged crops across as much as 40,000 China’s Defense Ministry said the “peaceful construction work” now. We’re safe compared to many others, hectares, with estimated losses of 277 bil- in the South China Sea was its right as a sovereign country, but we’re cut off,” said James Joseph Mool- lion rupees. and it criticized the United States for its freedom of navigation akkaat, owner of an agricultural business Modi declared initial assistance of 5 billion operations there. It said the report by the United States harms who lives in a 10-story building across the He said the Army, Air Force, Navy and According to a lawmaker in Pathanamthitta rupees ($71 million) and promised more later. mutual trust between the two countries, the ministry said. southwestern state’s Periyar river. Coast Guard were assisting disaster relief district, some 10,000 people were stranded He also assured that the federal government “We demand the U.S. side abandons Cold War thinking, “This is my second phone and to save agencies in the rescue, and a total of 38 hel- and in grave danger unless they were rescued would send desperately needed grains, as objectively and rationally views China’s defense and military power I have been turning data on and off icopters had been pressed into service along urgently. storage in the state had been flooded and construction, stops issuing the relevant reports, and takes ac- intermittently. If this goes out, I will have with a number of aircraft and ships to ferry A Reuters witness in Aluva town, nearly stocks destroyed. tual steps to promote and protect the stable development of some charge left in my laptop and then it resources. 250 km (155 miles)from state capital Thiruva- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak- military-to-military relations,” it said. will be incommunicado.” “More helicopters, boats and other equip- nanthapuram, said army helicopters airlifted toum of the United Arab Emirates, where While Washington and Beijing maintain a military-to-military Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who ment are being sought and Modi promised up to 14 marooned residents, including chil- many Keralites work, said he had formed a relationship aimed at containing tensions, this has been tested was taken by helicopter over inundated to provide all of these as fast as possible,” dren and elderly people from an apartment. committee to extend emergency assistance in recent months, notably in May when the Pentagon withdrew farmland and villages, promised more hel- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told Food shortages to the flood victims of the state, whose people an invitation to China to join a multinational naval exercise. icopters, boats and other equipment needed journalists. “The air marshal in charge of With hundreds of thousands of people he said “have always been and are still part In June, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis became the first to expand the rescue operation in the still the air operations said more helicopters are converging in halls and auditoriums of schools, of our success story”. Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014. unfolding emergency. on the way.” temples, churches, and mosques with little or (Source: Reuters) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMYADVERTISEMENTS AUGUSTAUGUST 19,19, 2018

STOCK MARKET Crude steel TEDPIX 131535.8 IFX 1505.9 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir production rises CURRENCIES 17% in 4 months USD 42,000 rials EUR 47,999 rials GBP 53,548 rials on year AED 11,437 rials ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iranian steel the same four months of the previous year. Source: mehrnews.com deskproducers produced 8.279 Meanwhile, Iran’s export of the steel prod- million tons of crude steel during the four- ucts has experienced a 117-percent increase month period from March 21 to July 22, during the four-month period of this year with 17 percent growth from the figure of from that of the past year. rising 25.8 percent from 9.947 million tons Industry Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari. the same period of time in the past year, According to the latest report released by in the same period of time in the past year. To hit the target, Iran is in need of attract- COMMODITIES IRIB reported on Saturday based on the the World Steel Association (WSA), Iran was It is while the world’s steel production ing €8 billion of investments, the minister WTI $65.21/b data released by Iranian Mines and Min- ranked the 11th among the world’s largest during January-June, 2018 rose just 4.6 said. Brent $71.83/b ing Industries Development and Renovation crude steel producers in the first half of 2018. percent. He also announced that the country ex- Organization (IMIDRO). The WSA data showed that the country’s “Iran produces 34 million tons of steel per ports 9 million tons of crude steel per year OPEC Basket $69.47/b IMIDRO data put the country’s crude crude steel output stood at 12.516 million year and is aimed at producing 55 million and plans to improve the figure up to 15 mil- steel production at 7.062 million tons during tons during the first six-month of this year, tons of the product by 2025,” according to lion tons by 2025. Gold $1,185.35/oz Silver $14.84/oz Platinium $794.00/oz Minerals, mining exports at over $3.7b during 4 months ECONOMY TEHRAN— The value of Iran’s minerals IRICA data put the minerals and mining exports at 20.917 (IMIDRO). Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com deskand mining exports stood at $3.763 billion million tons during the first four months of the current As Karbasian announced in late February, by the end of during the first four months of current Iranian calendar year, with Iraq, China and United Arab Emirates as the the present Iranian year, about $6 billion of new projects year (March 21-July 22), according to data released by the main export destinations accounting for 40 percent of the will be inaugurated in Iranian mining sector. Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). total exports. Iran is one of the top 10 mineral-rich countries where CBI makes promises to As the annual exports from this sector is planned to The worth of Iran’s minerals and mining exports stood 68 types of minerals have been identified so far, including reach $10 billion in the current year (ends on March 20, at $9 billion in the past Iranian calendar year, according the world’s largest deposits of copper, zinc and iron ore, improve domestic economy 2019), the four-month export materialized 37 percent of to Mehdi Karbasian, the head of Iranian Mines and Min- which are tempting international investors after the lifting the planned figure, IRNA reported on Saturday. ing Industries Development and Renovation Organization of economic sanctions against the country in January 2016. 1 The central banker also named improving the value of the depreciated rial, regulating the foreign cur- rency market, controlling liquidity volume, curbing the rampant inflation, modifying financial structure of the banks, Over 512m tons of commodities worth $288m traded in IME in a week combating the cruel U.S. sanctions imposed on financial ECONOMY TEHRAN — During tons of steel, 30,000 million tons of tons of VB feed stock, 35,000 million and banking transactions as well as conducting constant deskthe five dealing days sponge iron, 3,500 million tons of copper, tons of lube cut oil, 39,573 million tons of negotiations with other countries in this regard as his other (Saturday-Wednesday) of the past Iranian 2 kilograms of gold bullion, 12 million chemical products, 1,890 million tons of goals on agenda. week ended on Friday, approximately tons of precious metal concentrates as sulfur, 1,050 million tons of insulation as Hemmati, 61, replaced Valiollah Seif as the top Iranian 512,158 million tons of commodities worth well as 140 million tons of molybdenum well as 713 million tons of oil were traded. banker following a cabinet meeting on July 25, when Iran’s over $288 million were traded in Iran concentrates were traded by the customers. Moreover, on the agricultural trading national currency lost its value against the US dollar by Mercantile Exchange (IME). The report declares that on domestic floor of IME, 50,872 million tons of various more than three times. Last week, on the domestic and export and export oil and petrochemical trading commodities worth over $26.5 million The dollar was trading for about 30,000 rials when Seif metal and mineral trading floor of IME, floors of IME, 343,586 million tons of were traded. On this trading floor, 17,060 took over five years ago. Now, it is changing hands at more 116,152 million tons of various products different commodities with the total value million tons of sugar, 33,805 million tons than 100,000 rials on the unofficial market. worth near $55 million were traded, IME of $204 million were traded. of wheat as well as 7,415 kilograms of Public Relations and International Affairs On this trading floor, more than 135,979 saffron were traded by customers. Department reported on Saturday. million tons of bitumen, 59,381 million Furthermore, 86 million tons of of metal scrap were traded on the IME’s Euro zone inflation On this trading floor, 82,500 million tons of polymer products, 70,000 million mineral products and 531 million tons side market. confirmed above ECB target in July New shipping Annual inflation in the 19 countries sharing the euro increased companies ready for to 2.1 percent in July, European statistics office Eurostat said on Friday, confirming the rate was above the European Central co-op with Iran: official Bank’s (ECB) target. The confirmation of increasing inflation is good news for the ECB, which aims to end a bond purchasing program by the end of the year and has signaled a possible interest rate hike next year. (Full Story) Headline consumer inflation accelerated to 2.1 percent year- on-year in July from 2.0 percent in June, pushed up by higher IN THE NAME OF GOD energy costs. Second Announcement Excluding energy and unprocessed food, an indicator the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING ECB looks at to measure core inflation, prices rose by 1.3 percent year on year. On a country-by-country basis, annual inflation was highest in Estonia, Latvia and Belgium, while Greece and Ireland saw ECONOMY TEHRAN — Deputy head of INTERNATIONAL TENDER NO. 97-05/155 the smallest price increases. deskIran’s Ports and Maritime Or- Tender Holder: The ECB has a mandate to keep inflation close to but below ganization (PMO) for ports and economic affairs 2.0 percent. said the country’s new incentive packages has lured ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING (IRIB) (Source: Reuters) new shipping companies for cooperating with Iran. “New support packages have been provided for Subject of Two-Stage Tender: foreign shipping companies and that made several new foreign companies express readiness to work Preparation and Installation of Computer Room Air Handler Units (CRAH) (Tehran IRIB Turkey’s Erdogan says with us.” IRIB reported on Saturday quoting Mo- Center) according to the tender documents to challenge ‘games’ hammad-Ali Hassanzadeh-Mohammadi as saying. According to the official, although a few insurance Deadline of Receiving Documents: on the economy companies which work in the U.S. markets have refused to continue operating in Iran, several other As of publishing second announcement of advertisement latest by the business hour dated on A day after two major ratings agencies downgraded Turkey closer companies with small markets in the United States Saturday August 25, 2018. to junk status amid a currency crisis, Turkish President Tayyip are still working in Iran and a number of European Erdogan said he would challenge those playing “games” on and Asian companies have also expressed interest the economy. in cooperating with Iranian shipping lines. Place of Receiving Documents: Both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s ratings agencies cut Secretariat of Tenders’ Commission, Technical Purchasing (KALA) Dept., Media Technology and Turkey’s sovereign credit ratings deeper into “junk” territory Talks to be resumed late on Friday. Development Deputy Office, Bldg. No. 2, IRIB, Jam-e Jam St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran Standard & Poor’s cited extreme lira volatility and forecasted on Sino-U.S. trade a recession next year. The rating agency downgraded the rating Type and Amount of Guarantee for Participating in Tender: by one notch to B+ from BB- and kept Turkey’s outlook at stable A senior Chinese negotiator will visit the United in a move which came after the lira lost some 40 percent of States at Washington’s invitation late this month to The amount of USD 11,500 which should be in the form of extendable bank guarantee its value against the dollar this year. resume trade talks, the Ministry of Commerce said “Today some people are trying to threaten us through the on Thursday. Time and Place of Delivering Priced Bid: economy, through interest rates, foreign exchange, investment It will be the first bilateral meeting since the Sino- The sealed A, B & C packages/envelopes should be submitted within one main envelope marked and inflation,” Erdogan told the congress of his ruling AK Party. U.S. trade dispute escalated in June, attracting lots “We are telling them: we’ve seen your games, and we are of attention and high expectations. with tender number no later than 15 p.m. on Tuesday September 25, 2018 and submitted to the challenging you.” On the invitation of the U.S., a delegation led by Secretariat of Commission of Tenders. The lira has plunged as investors fret about Erdogan’s Wang Shouwen, vice-minister of commerce and China’s influence over monetary policy. deputy international trade representative, will meet Heavy selling in recent weeks has spread to other emerging with a team led by the U.S. Treasury’s Undersecretary Time and Place of Opening Envelopes market currencies and global stocks and deepened concerns for International Affairs David Malpass, the ministry The date of opening envelopes A&B is at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday September 29, 2018 in the about the economy, particularly Turkey’s dependence on said in a statement. energy imports and whether foreign-currency debt poses a The two sides will hold consultations on each other’s office of Vice President of IRIB Planning and Financial Resources and opening of envelope C risk to banks. concerns about Sino-U.S. economic and trade issues, will be after technical evaluation. On Friday, Turkey’s battered lira weakened 3 percent after a the ministry said. It should be noted that bidders should hold license from the authorized bodies. Turkish court rejected an American pastor’s appeal for release, “The Chinese side opposes unilateralism and drawing a stiff rebuke from President Donald Trump, who said trade protectionism practices and does not accept the United States would not take the detention “sitting down”. any unilateral trade restriction measures,” said the For more information, please contact the following phone numbers: 0098-21-22166313 The case of Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Christian statement. It is obvious that cost of publishing two advertisements shall be borne by the winner of tender. missionary from North Carolina who has lived in Turkey for “China welcomes dialogue and communication two decades, has become a flashpoint between Washington on the basis of reciprocity, equality and integrity.” Public Relations Dept. of IRIB and Ankara and accelerated a widening currency crisis. Beijing has retaliated after Washington slapped “We did not and will not surrender to those who act like a tariffs in goods since they held their last high-level strategic partner but make us a strategic target,” Erdogan said, meeting in June. The tension raised fears that their in a reference to the United States. trade dispute will shake the global economy. (Source: Reuters) (Source: China Daily) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 19, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT 5 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 19, 2018 NEWS IN BRIEF More than Has Al-Qaeda withered fully from Indian 300 killed in south India sub-continent? No, says a UN report floods 1 In addition to establishing a pres- INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN —In what has been described ence across Afghanistan, the report says deskas the worst flood situation in over 100 ISIS also attempts to expand its network to years, at least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the other countries in the region, adding that in southern Indian state of Kerala. The situation has become Afghanistan, the group persistently tried to extremely grim with death toll mounting since Thursday. expand its presence, despite pressure from Reports in Indian media said governmental and non- the Afghan security forces, and the interna- governmental rescue teams are battling torrential rains to tional coalition. save people trapped in the floods, with more than 200,000 The report further says that the group is people already rendered homeless. “ideologically inclined” to carry out attacks All the 44 rivers in Kerala are overflowing at present. inside India but its capability is believed to One of the main tourist attractions in India, Kerala has been be low and is relatively isolated owing to battered by record monsoon rainfall this year. increased security measures. However, The provincial government of Kerala said many of those the group has a small base in Kashmir, the who died were crushed under debris caused by landslides. troubled northern province of India, where With more rains predicted and a red alert in place, govern- Zakir Musa-led Ansar Ghazwat ul Hind has ment has its task cut out. pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda. India’s home minister Rajnath Singh also termed it the An earlier report had stated that fight- worst floods in Kerala since 1924. In a statement, the ministry ers of AQIS operate as advisers and trainers said more than 930 people have now died across India since of the Afghan Taliban, especially Haqqani the country’s monsoon season began in June. Network, with 150 to 180 operatives present in southern and eastern Afghanistan. They recruit personnel from remote areas of India Imran Khan and Bangladesh. “Al Qaeda is in hibernation mode, and it has sworn in taken a back-seat while the ISIS and Taliban as 22nd are carrying forward their fight, but we must not write them off completely,” says Haroon Pakistani PM Barakzai, an Afghan analyst. “They still see their role in Afghanistan and the region.” INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Almost three weeks after deskemerging triumphant in the Pakistan general election, Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) chairper- son Imran Khan was formally elected as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly on Friday. For Pakistan’s new PM, the biggest challenge On Saturday, he took oath of office. A total of 176 members of the National Assembly voted in favour of Khan while his opponent, Pakistan Muslim League- is tottering economy Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif, received 96 votes. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), the third largest party By Syed Zafar Mehdi in the House that joined the PML-N and other parties in an opposition alliance against Khan’s PTI, abstained from voting. TEHRAN — The long cherished dream of cricketer-turned- Imran, the former Pakistan cricket captain who took plunge politician Imran Khan finally became a reality on Saturday into active politics more than two decades ago, commands when he was sworn in as the new prime minister of Pakistan, massive following in Pakistan. But, the outcome of general more than 20 years after joining active politics. It is believed election was marred by controversies related to vote rigging to be one of the most challenging roles in world politics but and manipulation. Khan has appeared confident and has vowed to build the “I am grateful to Almighty Allah and the nation for giv- foundation of ‘Naya Pakistan’ (New Pakistan). ing me the opportunity to bring a change which the nation Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) won the most number wanted. The nation was longing for the change we will bring,” of seats in July 25 Pakistan general election but fell short of Khan said, vowing to ensure “strict accountability” and to the absolute majority to form the single-party government. bring back the looted wealth of the country. He will now be heading a PTI-led coalition government, which makes his job less easier. His swearing-in-ceremony on Saturday saw a galaxy of India to help eminent people from different fields in attendance, including build another the members of 1992 cricket world cup winning team and many foreign dignitaries. Khan had led Pakistan to World dam in Cup win in 1992, which catapulted him to dizzying heights of fame and stardom in Pakistan. Afghanistan The ceremony was also attended by services chiefs, mem- INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — After helping in the con- bers of civil society, bureaucrats, lawyers, and senior leaders deskstruction of Salma Dam in western Herat of the various political parties of Pakistan. It was a simple province of Afghanistan, which is known as Afghan-India ceremony, devoid of any extravaganza, in sync with Khan’s Friendship Dam, India is now getting ready to aid the war- poll promise of bringing austerity and combating corruption. torn country in building the Shahtoot Dam situated in the Although he fumbled over some of the words of his oath minister Asad Umar has described as “dire”, and he has to State Mike Pompeo. Kabul river basin. administered by President Mamnoon Hussain, Khan cannot rebuild most of the institutions that have broken down and Pompeo had strongly objected to the idea of IMF loan According to a report in Economic Times, the dam is afford to falter on some of the pressing issues facing Pakistan weakened over the years. being used by Pakistan to pay back Chinese loans, as U.S. planned on a tributary of the Kabul River, in Chahar Asiab today. According to pundits, the biggest challenge for his Reports about Pakistan approaching the International and China are currently locked in a bitter trade war. “Make district, and it is expected to provide potable water to two government will be the flailing economy. Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout have been doing rounds no mistake,” Pompeo said. “We will be watching what the million individuals and aid the irrigation of 4000 hectares The fiscal deficit between imports and exports has reached over the past few weeks, but no final decision has been taken I.M.F. does.” of agricultural land in Chahar Asiab and Khairabad. a record high, around USD 35 billion that speaks a lot about yet. Last week, Umar was quoted saying that Pakistan will So, it is still not clear whether or not Pakistan will approach India’s decision to help build this dam was formally con- Pakistan’s trade policies, stagnant export base and the liberal decide by the end of September if it will go to the IMF or the IMF for a bailout, and if it does, will IMF turn down the veyed to Afghanistan during a meeting between senior officials imports policies, the Express Tribune reported. not. “By the end of September, we should make our deci- request under the U.S. pressure. It will be Pakistan’s 13th of the Joint Working Group on Development Cooperation How Khan turns around the economy of Pakistan will sion,” Umar said. bailout from IMF. (JWG-DC), last week, said the report. The total cost of the eventually determine his success or failure as the premier In an interview with Tehran Times, scholar and former But there is also speculation that Pakistan will approach project is estimated to be $300 million. of Pakistan, believe experts. Having promised an ‘Islamic lawmaker Farahnaz Ispahani said Pakistan needs both im- its new all-weather-ally China, from which it has borrowed This cooperation between the two countries, the report welfare state’, Khan’s task is cut out. mediate and long term relief. “Even if the IMF program heavily in recent years to finance the CPEC (China Pakistan noted, is likely to upset Pakistan and its new government led He has been optimistic so far about the country’s future is obtained it will involve onerous conditions,” she said. Economic Corridor), a $62 billion ambitious project cur- by Imran Khan, who extended a hand of friendship towards despite the “grave economic crisis” and rampant corruption. “Pakistan needs to break out of its cycles of boom and bust rently underway. New Delhi weeks before taking the oath of office. In his message on Pakistan’s Independence Day on August but for that serious reform, not gimmicks and temporary The immediate dilemma for the new Pakistani prime Pakistan has been urging Afghanistan to sign a bilateral 14, Khan said he is filled with the “greatest optimism” on this solutions, are needed.” minister is to choose between Chinese help or the IMF bailout. treaty to share water between them, but Kabul has expressed day. “Despite our grave economic crises, due to corruption Ayesha Siddiqa, a military scientist and political But, in both cases, the hindrance will be the U.S. reservations. The government in Afghanistan supposedly and cronyism, I know if we are united in our resolve, we commentator, agreed that the new government must “Because of its ongoing trade and tariff war with China, feels that signing such a treaty might make it difficult to will rise to the challenge and Pakistan will become the great address economic woes before anything else. “Pakistan U.S. is punishing Pakistan by objecting to the IMF bail- construct irrigation and hydro-electric projects in the Kabul nation envisaged by our Quaid and Iqbal,” he said, referring desperately needs money to survive. The Americans have out,” said Mohammad Qadir Gilani, Islamabad-based river basin, the report said. to the vision of Pakistan’s founding fathers Mohammad Ali put pressure on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) analyst. “Imran Khan must tread cautiously but without Jinnah and Sir Mohammad Iqbal. not to give Pakistan a bail out,” she told Tehran Times, compromising country’s sovereignty and independent But he inherits an economic situation that his own finance referring to the recent statement of U.S. Secretary of foreign policy.” Bangladesh PM accuses rival of U.S. faces isolation in global community by sanctioning Iran killing nation’s 1 China is Iran’s largest crude oil im- Iranian sanctions but the U.S. is also facing to help affected firms of Germany through founder porter and because of Iran’s crucial role in the European backlash, as the French Finance legal and other means in order to ensure the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China cannot Minister Bruno Le Marie recently stated that continuation of business with Iran. Nathalie INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Bangladesh Prime Minister let Iran to lose its influence into the region. they are not obliged to act as a vassal of the Tocc, the Deputy Director of Istituto Affari desk Sheikh Hasina has stirred hornet’s nest by Iran’s high chances of joining Shanghai U.S. and they have a right to defend their Internazionali Italy, criticized the unilateral claiming that arch-rival Khaleda Zia was involved in killing Corporation Organization (SCO), deal with economic sovereignty. He proposed a strat- withdrawal of U.S. from JCPOA and said it her father and nation’s founder Mujibur Rahman. Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and as egy to nullify U.S. sanctions on EU firms in is an unjustified betrayal of Europe and thus A report published in Daily Star quoted her saying t that a member of International North–South accordance with EU regulations passed in needs proportionate reprisals. David Thorne, Zia was involved in the August 15 conspiracy to kill her father. Transport Corridor (INSTC) provides it with 1996. This first link in the proposal is to set up the former U.S. ambassador to Italy, also “Zia’s wife [Khaleda] brought self-confessed killer of the a much broader importance in the affairs a European finance house that will facilitate expressed his concerns regarding the rifts Father of the Nation [Sheikh Mujibur Rahman] to Parlia- governing eastern part of the world. Euro denominated transactions with Iran. that may result due to U.S. sanctions on Iran. ment by rigging votes.” In addition to the economic and strategic The French president also showed respect for The 2013 mass popular unrest in Tur- The Awami League (AL) chief made the remarks while importance of Iran, its military cooperation is Iran due to its commitment to JCPOA when key, 2016 failed coup attempt of Erdogan addressing an event organised in connection with the 43rd vital in maintaining the security and peace in he said: “As long as the Iranians respect their in addition to an alliance between Syrian anniversary of Mujib’s assassination. “What does it mean? the region. According to TASS news agency, commitments, the EU will, of course, stick to and Turkish Kurds has convinced Ankara It was not only Zia but also his wife was involved in the intelligence officers from Russia, China, Pa- the agreement of which it was an architect.” to review its status as a NATO member. The conspiracy of the August 15 carnage. There is no doubt,” kistan, and Iran recently conducted a secret Jean-Yves Drian, the French minister of recent decision of the U.S. to sanction Turk- Hasina said. meeting in Islamabad to formulate a strategy foreign affairs, described the U.S. sanctions ish interior minister and justice minister has She said BNP founder Ziaur Rahman had obstructed for countering the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan. It as unacceptable, thus European businesses proved to be a poisoned cherry on rotten cake. a probe into the assassination. “Why did he obstruct the has come as an embarrassment for Washington need not to comply with U.S. foreign policy Turkey is perceiving disturbance from the investigation if he had not been involved in the killing? Zia and Kabul because of their failure in finding diktats. West and an opportunity for development in was fully involved.” a tangible solution to the Afghan problem. The recent meeting between Iranian the East as China is trying to fasten Ankara Commenting on protests that have rocked Dhaka and Thus a consensus on Afghan problem foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zaffar into its Belt and Road Initiative in addition tha Vinograd, Turkey is constantly getting other cities in recent weeks, Hasina said they were “insti- among eastern countries has created a wide and his European counterparts in which he to improving relations with Russia and Iran. closer to Iran on every front which is good gated”. “They wanted to create an abnormal situation in gap between the interests of east and US, and advised them to take practical steps without In a recent August 12, 2018 speech Erdogan for Tehran and bad for the Western empire. the country by instigating the students relentlessly,” she once again Iran has shown its importance any preconditions regarding business deals said that the economic warfare of U.S. may The writer is a Kashmir-based student and said, adding that those orchestrating the protests included on a global stage. with Iran was significant. The German finance trigger a geopolitical shift in NATO alliance researcher. He can be reached at mudasir. noted intellectuals and pundits who were ‘Pakistani in spirit’. Eastern powers are not alone in criticizing minister Peter Altnaier issued a statement and according to CNN security analyst Saman- [email protected] I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 19, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Turkish economy will not collapse: Logoglu Can U.S. government do 1 The case of Pastor Brunson on trial in Turkey for to mitigate the effects of American bullying. Europe has aiding and abetting terrorists in Turkey has been elevated been supportive of Turkey not just because they oppose without friends in long run? No to the top of the agenda by the Trump administration, de- Trump policies, but also because they know a failed Turkey manding his release along with other Americans detained in would have serious consequences on their economies as 1 The refusal so far by Erdogan to release this sketchy Turkey. The evangelical circles in the USA, led by Vice-pres- well. Turkish cooperation with Europe and with others “pastor” (and a handful of other Americans in Turkish prisons), ident Pence and Secretary of State Pompeo have turned the will work to Turkey’s benefit. who reportedly preached (or something) to a congregation of less Pastor Brunson issue into a show case to win the millions Iran has also been very understanding toward Turkey, than 30 followers and Allah alone know who they were and why of evangelical votes in the upcoming mid-term elections criticizing American policies. Continuing cooperation any of them were in Turkey, has gotten Donald Trump all in a in November. and solidarity between Turkey and Iran are important hissy fit of some sort whereby he’s pulling all the strings he can Is there possibility of deepening the crisis? for both countries and for stability and prosperity of grab onto to drag Turkey down, as Iran has already been dragged A: Yes, the crisis can get worse. It would first depend the region. down by Trump’s abrogation of the JCPOA and the reinstitution on the course the Turkish economy takes in the next few How can to side settle their differences? of harsh sanctions against Iranians and Iran’s economy. The months. If the Turkish economy runs into more troubles, A: All alternatives to diplomacy, whether armed conflict JCPOA abrogation alone was entirely illegal, as is much the U.S. anti-American sentiments in Turkey would grow even stronger, or other variations of war, end with diplomacy. has been doing for decades outside the U.S., and lately, inside, too. compelling the Government to take an ever-stiffer stance Can possible collapse of Turkey’s economy result in Iran may be the prime target of the Trump Administration against the USA. If on the other hand Turkey is able to ward political changes in Turkey? Or affect the regional develop- currently along with his gaggle of insane Neocon advisers, but off a deepening crisis in its economy, then there would still ments to the benefit of the U.S. regional goals? Iran is not alone under attack by the U.S. Trump has added to be a chance for diplomacy between the two allies. As I said earlier, the Turkish economy will not collapse. the various sanctions against Russia and Russians over the Skri- Another reason is the prospect of additional American Is there possibility of collapse of Turkey’s economy if The country has weathered economic crises before and it pal affair in the past month, infuriating Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s sanctions, particularly the exercise of a U.S. veto against the tensions continue? Can Turkey overcome the economic will do so this time again. On the other hand, there is a need Foreign Minister, and no doubt Putin himself. Other countries extending credit or providing facilities to Turkey in interna- problems created by recent tensions? If yes, how? for change in Turkish policies in the region irrespective of are under sanction attack, too, and Trump has been threatening tional financial institutions such as the IMF and the World A: No, Turkish economy will not collapse, despite the Turkey’s relations with the U.S. On Syria, Turkey must to apply sanctions against ANY country that buys Iranian oil Bank. This could have a deleterious impact on the Turkish deep problems it is facing. The fundamentals of the econ- open channels of communications with the Syrian govern- after November. economy. omy are strong enough to avoid a melt-down. Indeed, ment and invest more effort in the Geneva peace process. It’s interesting that a former top editor of the Wall Street Jour- Yet another reason would be further sanctions against Turkey has already taken a number of steps to shore up Ankara must also redefine a new relationship matrix with nal, and a high up appointment in the U.S. Treasury Department Turkey in the U.S. Congress, including but not limited to its economy. The free fall in the value of the Turkish the Kurds of the region, one based on mutual respect and when Ronald Reagan was President, Paul Craig Roberts, who is the sale of F-35 fighter jets. lira has now been stopped. As the various structural and reciprocal benefits. now an independent writer and pundit, has had some things to At the end of the day however it would all depend on the financial measures go into effect, the economy should As for the U.S., the best course of action is for it to leave say about a host of stupid moves by the Trumpists. actions and decisions of the leaders of the two countries. start to recover despite the American sanctions. There the region and let the peoples of the region determine the For example, Roberts, who is extremely wise, wonders why In this context President Trump, acting as a global bully, is world-wide reaction against the U.S., east and west, course of their lives on their own. The same applies to all Putin is so damn nice towards the U.S. when, he claims, both does not give much hope. leading perhaps to alternative international arrangements other foreign actors operating in the region. Russia and China hold all the cards in the sanction wars. For one thing, Roberts says neoliberal economics is a hoax, but neither the Chinese nor the Russians get this yet. Roberts believes all the lies and provocations against Russia Fusion of Horizons based on shared and would come to a halt if Putin said the U.S. would be destroyed if they continue with the provocations, and in fact Russia could wipe out the U.S. physically. A milder response would have Russia, among other things, stop selling rocket engines to the U.S., stem cherished values: Tamara Sonn the flow of energy to Europe, ban overflights of U.S. aircraft and TEHRAN — Tamara Sonn is Professor in resulted from the unique circumstances stop altogether the use of the U.S. dollar for oil trade. the History of Islam in the Prince Alwaleed of European history and therefore should China could nationalize U.S. corporate operations inside China, Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Un- not be taken as a model for other societies. such as Apple Computer, says Roberts, and dump its holdings of derstanding in the School of Foreign Service. (“Civil Society and Religion: Retrospective U.S. Treasury bonds. U.S. corporations would demand that the She works on Islamic intellectual history. Reflections on Catholicism and Prospect U.S. be subservient to China, not the other way around. Also, says Her publications have been translated into Reflections on Islam.” Social Research Roberts, Turkey is a perfect opportunity for Russia and China to Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, and Russian. 68:4/2001:1040-1080.) step forward and remove Turkey from NATO, and offer mem- She has lectured in North America, Europe, Ayatollah Khomeini challenged some bership in the BRICs, trade deals and mutual security treaties. the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Her of the well-established rules and norms of But Iran is neither Russia nor China and has nothing of the research has been supported by the American international relations and the free world military power, relatively, nor the economic power to challenge Council of Learned Societies, Fulbright, and when he endorsed the occupation of the US the U.S. as, for examples, Russia and China could, if only the the U.S. Department of State, among others. embassy in Tehran and when he declared a two countries’ leaders had the balls to do so. However, what She served as senior editor of the Oxford fatwa against Salman Rushdie, the author Iran CAN do is deepen its ties with both Russia and China and Dictionary of Islam (2003), and associate of The Satanic Verses. Do you consider his its Caspian Sea neighbors (as it has of late), and even more im- editor of Oxford›s Encyclopedia the Islamic narrative of political Islam as a menace to portantly, maintain a cool demeanor and internal accord and World Past and Present (2004). She is senior liberalism and free world values or do you resistance to any pressures for “regime change” by both the U.S. editor of Oxford Islamic Studies Online, and of think a kind of coexistence, mutual under- and the Zionists. Oxford›s Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, standing and fusion of horizons between And perhaps Iran is trying this now, carefully. One can only as well as Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Islam and the West is possible? hope. For, in fact, the U.S. is not making friends, it seems, anywhere Religion. Sonn is also founding editor-in-chief A: Actually, I reject the Cold War polar- outside Saudi Arabia and Israel, and increasingly is perceived of Oxford Bibliographies Online--Islamic ities reflected in terminology such as “free as simply a bully. The road ahead to a truly multipolar world is Studies, and of Wiley-Blackwell›s online world,” which was meant to contrast with long and hard, but that’s the task for all the rivals of the U.S. and journal of Religious Studies Religion Compass. Communist countries. The euphemistic it can be achieved for the betterment of the planet as a whole. The Islamic Revolution of Iran took Professor of the History of Islam in Georgetown University character of that terminology is evident in And that includes Iranians of course. No country like the place in a society dominated by a secular light of the fact that such bastions of the “free U.S. can maintain such vast power that the U.S. has enjoyed for regime which was a loyal ally of the USA and currence, they continued to ignore it and tried again, instead of questioning the theory, he world” maintained colonial empires in which decades, and for long misused with malice and cruelty, if it has which had started a modernization project. to pretend that this phenomenon was an concluded that societies in which religious people were decidedly not free. few or no friends any longer. It’s time for the major powers like What message did this phenomenon have for exception which couldn›t be generalized and discourse had a place in the public sphere “Liberalism” is a similarly loaded term, Russia and China to come to the aid of lesser powers like Iran international relations? Was it indicative of a would meet its demise in the not too distant were simply stuck in pre-modernity. and one that is a source of heated debate and to begin to think about ways the U.S. can be sanctioned, too. global resurgence or awakening of religion? future. What deficiencies do you find with Ayatollah Khomeini presented a new even in Euro-America. In today’s climate A: Like all revolutions, the Islamic Rev- such Western theories which have failed to model of governance to the international of right-wing populism in Western Europe olution in Iran was not named until after understand and explain the power of religion? arena which seemed unknown and peculiar and the U.S., “liberalism” has a distinctly the fact. Opposition to the Pahlavi regime A: Political Science is a modernist dis- because Western thinkers and scholars were negative connotation. came from diverse sectors, and developed cipline, constructed upon modernist para- not accustomed to seeing a leader who was “Islam and the West” is also a misleading New wave of Afghans headed over decades, directly proportionate to the digms of the separation of religious authority both political and spiritual. What is your bifurcation, given the fact that significant to Europe from Iran regime’s lack of economic, political, and so- from political power, and the notion that perception of Khomeini and his influence minorities of “Western” countries are, in fact, cial inclusivity. It was a popular revolution religion properly affects primarily the private on world politics? Muslim and have been for well over a century. against an authoritarian regime. Ayatollah sector. Weber’s modernization theory and A: Ayatollah Khomeini may have been (England’s first mosque was established in Khomeini’s voice echoed the themes of diverse its corollary, the secularization hypothesis, unknown outside of Iran and the Middle East 1889, the oldest extant mosque in the U.S. reformers, religious and secular. It came to foundational to the discipline, hold that as more broadly, but that reflects another failing was established in 1907, and Frances first symbolize and synthesize the overwhelming societies industrialize and democratize, re- on the part of the modernist Euro-Amer- mosque was established in 1926.) What is opposition to authoritarianism and injustice. ligion will “privatize.” That prediction was ican political scientists: the tendency to more, even Samuel Huntington doesn’t count It is important, therefore, to recognize both assumed to be an inevitability. The idea that marginalize not only religious authorities all of Europe as part of “the West;” he sees the commonalities among the diverse voices a society could be technologically advanced as representatives of civil society, but civil Orthodox Christian countries of Eastern of opposition and the diversity even among and democratic, with religion still function- society itself. Focusing on what governments Europe as more akin to Muslim-majority religious voices; Islam is not monolithic. I ing in the public sphere, simply did not fit do when trying to analyze a country is perhaps countries than to Western Christian countries. believe, in other words, it is important not the theory. Many political scientists thus a reasonable approach if the governments More importantly, I don’t see the occupation to reduce the revolution to the simplistic made the classic error of allowing theory are in fact representative democracies and of the U.S. embassy in Tehran – either the secular v. religious polarity. To do so is to to come before fact. (This is reminiscent of therefore reflect the views of civil society. first time, in early 1979, when authorities submit to the dominance of Euro-American a humorous poem written by the famous But when governments are deeply unpop- ushered the occupiers out of the embassy, modernist discourse, the source of that con- physicist Edward Teller: ular, as was the case in Pahlavi Iran, such or the second time later in that year, when structed polarity. Instead, speaking in the “A fact without a theory is like a ship observers are bound to be surprised by rev- authorities appear to have been preoccupied 1 Mehr News Agency’s reports from reputable sources context of Islamic discourse, the resonance without a sail…a boat without a rudder…a olution. Those observers who focused on internally with forming a new government indicate that many Afghan citizens living in Iran are trying to of Ayatollah Khomeini’s voice across diverse kite without a tail. A fact without a theory is the study of religion, society, and culture, and externally with instability in neighboring find an opportunity to move to Europe. Except for those who sectors of Iranian society and beyond reflects an inconclusive act, but if there’s one thing on the other hand, were not surprised by Afghanistan resulting from the Soviet invasion have relatives and acquaintances in Europe, many are planning two consistent themes in Islamic history. worse in this confusing universe, it’s a theory the Islamic Revolution. In fact, the works -- as representative of the ideals of political to illegally cross the borders to Europe and this has led to the First is the broad expectation that legitimate without a fact.”) The key weakness in mod- of reformers using Islamic discourse, from Islam. Similarly with the pronouncement reopening of the market for smugglers in countries like Turkey. political powers fulfill at least minimally the ernization theory was that it was based on a Hassan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb to Ali of a death sentence on Rushdie. Ahmed, a 26-year-old Afghan who lives in Mazar-e-Sharif, objectives of Shari`ah – protection of people’s limited data set, one derived from European Shariati, Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr and Rather, I consider Ayatollah Khomeini’s lives in the suburbs of Tehran, has said to a Mehr correspondent: fundamental rights to religious freedom, hu- experience alone. Ayatollah Khomeini, were readily available, stress on the integrity of values across social “Many friends and acquaintances who work in Iran are looking man dignity, the sanctity of life and family, Rather than adjusting the theory to account well known, and widely discussed by people sectors, private and public, and the centrality for a way to go to Europe. We will not return to our country be- and the right to private property. Second is for data derived from outside Europe, many dissatisfied with authoritarian governments of justice to those values, to be the basis of his cause there is not enough security there. And unfortunately, the the role of religious authorities in channeling political scientists simply ignored that data. and those who studied them. popular appeal and lasting impact. Human continued presence of the foreigners, especially the American popular discontent when political powers fail In particular, they ignored the experience That being said, Ayatollah Khomeini’s efforts to articulate and implement those military and its support for the terrorists, has exacerbated this to fulfill those expectations/obligations. In of Muslim-majority regions, in whose his- particular formulation of vilayet-e faqih, is values are, by nature, fallible and frequently turbulent situation.” that sense, Ayatollah Khomeini and other tory religious authorities were not viewed as novel, a step beyond the widely accepted in need of reassessment. But the centrality The rise of Afghans migrating to Europe is taking place while religious authorities who spoke out, warning problematic. Religious authorities had not, notion of jurists’ responsibility to advice and and integrity of values remains consistent. the Unified Europe has failed to address the crisis. We saw this political powers of their failures, were playing for the most part, been integral to authori- guide society and government. While it is And in that context, I appreciate your ref- with the beginning and the intensification of the crisis of asy- their traditional roles. tarian governments that modern societies not a universally accepted interpretation, erence to Gadamer’s “fusion of horizons.” lum seekers in Europe in 2015 and 2016, a crisis that the single I therefore do not see the revolution as overturned in favor of democracy. the success of the Islamic Revolution in Euro-Americans never meant for the “sep- European Union could avoid. reflecting a resurgence of religion -- as Eu- As noted above, in fact, religious author- overthrowing a deeply unpopular, secular aration of church and state” to result in the Currently, hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers in Eu- ro-American observers often put it -- but ities often voiced popular opposition to gov- government, and replacing it with a govern- removal of values from the public sphere. rope are illegally there. Under such circumstances, Europe will rather an example of the traditional role of ernments viewed as unjust. Had political ment clearly inspired by Islamic principles of The goals included removing coercive certainly not drag out a new immigration crisis, but, any severe religious authorities in Islamic societies. scientists accounted for the different role social justice, has been immensely influential. power from the hands of religious author- European confrontation with the flow of Afghan refugees will After all, the `ulama’ also figured highly in played by religious authorities in Muslim It inspired reformers and activists through- ities beholden to unjust governments and have unforeseen costs and consequences in Europe. the tobacco protests of the 1890s and the societies, they may well have been able to out the Muslim-majority world to continue those who might violate religious freedom. It is estimated that between 800,000 and a million of Af- constitutional revolution in the first decade gain clearer understanding of Iran’s Islamic their struggles for representative governance The imperative of social justice and religious ghan citizens living in Iran will be moving to Europe in the near of the 20th century. The end of monarchy Revolution. Ironically, quintessential mod- in accordance with core Islamic values. freedom are enshrined in the Qur’an (4:135 future. In this case, the European Union will see the presence in Iran in 1979 was revolutionary, but the ernist Samuel Huntington himself at one Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in fact, and 2:256) and guide political Islam. The of a huge number of Afghans who want to stay in Europe, along prominence of religious authorities and point questioned modernization theory. In the presence of Islamic terms of reference in Christian-dominated Euro-American histor- with the problems caused by the presence of additional asylum Islamic terms of reference in revolutionary his famous The Clash of Civilizations and political discourse has become mainstream, ical experience and that of Muslim-majority seekers headed to Europe. Leaders such as German Chancellor discourse was not. the Remaking of the World Order (1996), and many scholars recognize the fallacies of countries differ, but their “horizons” meet in Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron will be Positivist theories of political sciences he claims that modernization theory’s pre- modernization theory. Sociologist of Reli- the shared, cherished values of social justice challenged to manage a fresh influx to their countries. They have and international relations couldn›t predict dictions were incorrect, in view of what he gion Jose Casanova, for example, notes that and religious freedom. not been able to stem the crisis caused by the presence of those the Islamic Revolution and even after its oc- terms the “global revival of religion.” But, Western Europe’s privatization of religion (Source: Asr-Andishe magazine) refugees and asylum seekers already in Europe. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS AUGUST 19, 2018

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Higher levels of social jetlag were found to correlate with a carb keto diet would usually attribute five such as meat, cheese, butter and milk. them up to fail.” “Most people blindly follow diet recom- higher BMI. In people older than 60, eveningness was associated per cent of their daily calorie intake to car- This can increase their risk of developing Bridger explains that cutting out carbs mendations without consulting a health prac- with a higher BMI as well. However, this effect was due to not bohydrates, which can lead to a daily carb cardiovascular disease and various forms of for a vegan would be a very harmful thing titioner and often are not aware of what they having enough sleep, not to social jet lag. intake of 20 or 40g. cancer in future. to do, as it would eliminate the majority of are doing wrong, especially how to replace “In patients with prediabetes,” explain the study authors, This is evidently far less than the daily However, vegetarians and vegans may foods that they can consume. the foods they are eliminating,” he tells The “more evening preference was directly associated with higher carb intake recommended by the NHS. opt to eat foods that are high in fibre when “Vegetarians could have more wiggle room, Independent. BMI and indirectly through insufficient sleep duration.” Bamping explains that carbohydrates are following a low carb diet instead, with fibre but again cutting out carbs would limit their Despite the widespread belief that reduc- “These data could inform further interventional studies to the body’s main source of energy as part of a proven as being extremely beneficial for intake to a tiny amount of foods. This would ing one’s carb intake can help them reduce reduce BMI in this high-risk group,” add Anothaisintawee and nutritious, balanced diet, as they’re broken one’s health. lead to malnutrition and a host of physical, weight, nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert has colleagues. Dr. Reutrakul also comments on the significance down into glucose when eaten before being While vegetarians and vegans may be able mental and social problems. explained why this is a massive miscon- of the findings. absorbed into the bloodstream. to sustain a low carb diet more efficiently “We all know that reducing our intake of ception. “Diabetes is such a widespread disease with such an impact When the body is low on glucose, this than meat eaters, according to personal processed carbohydrates and refined sugars According to Lambert, eating the right on quality of life,” she says, “that identifying new lifestyle fac- can lead to ketosis and you may experience trainer and co-founder of fitness company is a good thing. But having these as part of a type of carbs and focusing on the nutri- tors that might play into its development can help us advise symptoms such as feeling dehydrated, faint LDN Muscle Max Bridger, reducing one’s balanced diet is not a bad thing, so be flexible tional benefits of your diet rather than the patients with an early stage of the disease on things they can and weak as a result. carb intake or cutting out carbs completely and keep a considered eye on your average quantity of your meals can help you lead a do to turn it around and prevent prediabetes from becoming The study, which was published in the can be very detrimental. calorie intake per day.” healthier lifestyle. full-blown diabetes.” Lancet Public Health on Thursday, states that “There is no need to cut out carbs for the Following any sort of diet is inadvisable (Source: The Independent) (Source: Medical News Today)

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Iran to be guest of honor at Education Ministry gives initial Vienna travel fair approval for winter break

TOURISM TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Ed- deskucation has given initial approval to bids from tourism authorities to put winter holidays on the school calendar, ILNA reported. “The winter holiday is one of the important schemes that can help to achieve an equal distribute of tourism through different parts of the country,” said Ali-Asghar Mounesan, director of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization. “We have secured an initial approval from the Min- istry of Education but if the parliament is to explore the issue, its implementation will not be achieved this year,” he explained. The winter break aims to fairly distribute domestic TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran has been designated as a desk travels throughout the year and the country. It also is guest of honor for the Ferien Messe Wien, expected to make an upswing in tourism in the warmer an international fair for holidays, travel, and leisure, running areas of the county. in Vienna from January 10 to 13, 2019. During the summertime high season, majority of The invitation was announced during a recent meeting between holidaymakers opt for visiting mountainous, mod- CEO Benedikt Binder-Krieglstein and Tehran’s ambassador to erate-temperature areas or the southern costs of the Vienna Abdollah Molaei in which avenues to deepen cooperation Caspian Sea. were explored, ISNA reported on Saturday. The winter break may fuel tourism across the south- Over the past two years, Iran took part in the event with se- ern strip, which usually remains unpopular during the lects of artists, musicians, craftspeople and tourism associates. summer. According to the organizers, the fair is expected to offer vast Back in June, the official announced that a total infotainment with more than 800 exhibitors from over 70 coun- of 1,700 tourism-associated projects are/were being tries presenting popular holiday destinations, best-kept secrets, carried out across the country, adding “Iran plans to recommended means of traveling, great bargains and compe- construct 2,000 new eco-lodges… over half of which titions to name a few. to be inaugurated by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2019) and the rest will come on stream by 2021.” People visit the ruins of Arg-e Rayen, an ancient adobe citadel in Kerman province, southeastern Iran. Egyptian papyrus reveals rare details of ancient Historical site found medical practices in southern Tehran Ancient manuscripts that were previously untranslated have HERITAGE TEHRAN – Tehran surveys are completed, he explained. revealed a rare and fascinating glimpse of scientific and medical deskprovince’s cultural her- “We still don’t know about the exact extent practices in Egypt thousands of years ago. itage director on Saturday said that traces of the site,” he added. Experts working with the texts recently discovered that the papyrus of a historical site have been revealed near In the 11th and 12th centuries Rey (also scrolls included the oldest known medical discussion of the kidneys, a southern sector of Imam Ali Highway that known as Shahr-e Rey) was one of the capitals as well as notes on treatments for eye diseases and a description leads to the city of Rey. of the Seljuk Empire. It was devastated in of a pregnancy test, the science news site ScienceNordic reported. Speaking to IRNA, Delavar Bozorgnia said the 13th century when the Mongols swept The manuscripts are part of the Papyrus Carlsberg Collection, “A historical area has recently been discov- through and, these days, has been swallowed housed at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, where an ered by the experts of the Cultural Heritage, up by the urban sprawl of Tehran. international team of researchers is collaborating to interpret Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.” Rey, however, retains enough history to the unpublished documents, according to the project website. The official said that some of wall units give it a different sensibility, its key sight is Along with medical information, the documents contain ref- are yet to be unearthed. the elaborately decorated Shah Abdol Azim erences to astronomy, botany and astrology, researchers told Up to the moment, no ancient relics have Shrine. Beside the shrine complex is a lively ScienceNordic. been unearthed and the precise date of the bazaar, while further afield are a couple of The extensive Papyrus Carlsberg Collection includes approx- site will be determined when archaeological minor historical attractions. imately 1,400 manuscripts, most of which date from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1000, collection manager Kim Ryholt, a professor with the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the Urmia to host crafts exhibit 3000-year-old seeds unearthed University of Copenhagen, wrote on the Carlsberg Foundation website. Most of this ancient Egyptian scientific literature has remained untranslated since its donation to the university in 1939, according to the collection’s website. (Source: Live Science)

ROUND THE GLOBE Wet Tropics of Queensland

The Wet Tropics of Queensland, or Wet Tropics, stretches along the northeast coast of Australia for some 450 kilometers. Encompassing some 894,420 hectares of mostly tropical rainforest, this stunningly beautiful area is extremely impor- tant for its rich and unique biodiversity. HERITAGE TEHRAN – A sales exhibition of handicrafts is due to open on HERITAGE TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has recently found It also presents an unparalleled record of the ecological deskMonday in the northwestern city of Urmia, the capital of West desksome wheat and weed seeds which are estimated to date from some and evolutionary processes that shaped the flora and fauna Azarbaijan province. 3,000 years ago. of Australia, containing the relicts of the great Gondwanan “Up to the moment craftspeople from 29 provinces [out of 31] have been set to The team unearthed an earthen bowl that contained some wheat, weed and probably forest that covered Australia and part of Antarctica 50 to 100 take part in the event, which will be held for the 5th consecutive year,” a provincial barley seeds during a stratigraphy project in the centuries-old Sardar Castle located million years ago. cultural heritage official said, CHTN reported. in Bukan, northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, ISNA reported on Thursday. All of Australia’s unique marsupials and most of its other “A total of 140 stands have been designated to this exhibition yet amenities and A stone mortar and pestle were also recovered next to the bowl, the report added. animals originated in rainforest ecosystems, and their closest accommodation for all exhibitors have been taken into consideration,” Afsaneh Ran- Earlier this month, the project also yielded vestiges of architectural elements, jbar-Qasemi said. potteries and stone tools estimated to date from the Iron Age. The official expected the event to be highly welcomed as it will be held concurrently Bukan and its surroundings embrace variety of historical sites and monuments, with a tourism fair in the same venue. most of which inscribed on the National Cultural Heritage list. Patchworks of Kilim, leatherwork, traditional textile, glasswork, semi-precious According to Encyclopedia Iranica, the term Iron Age in Iran is employed to iden- stone, personal ornamentation and woodwork will be among the very handicrafts to tify a cultural change that occurred centuries earlier than the time accorded its use be put on show, at the event which will come to an end on August 24. elsewhere in the Near East, and not to acknowledge the introduction of a new metal Iran exported $280 million worth of handicrafts in [the previous Iranian calendar] technology. “Iron artifacts, in fact, were unknown in Iran until the 9th century BC,” year 1396 (March 2017-March 2018). the encyclopedia suggests. Why tourism in Africa is on the upswing Thanks to low-cost airlines, new tourism infrastructure, and goes beyond recovering from the such high-profile events; the Kenya and its neighbors are also at the forefront of a movement visa rule changes, Africa is becoming more accessible. industry has also been successful at handling less-than-helpful to make travel in this region easier by offering a single visa for The World Tourism Organization sees a bright future for government policies and economic troubles. Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda. Kenya is also trying to increase Africa. Over the next dozen years, it projects that the number “Tourism to the African continent has proven to be resilient travel from other African countries by providing visa-on-ar- surviving relatives occur in the Wet Tropics. of tourist arrivals on the continent will jump from about 50 in the face of economic and political uncertainty, impacts of rival services for nationals from any country on the continent. These living relicts of the Gondwanan era and their subse- million to 130 million. A growing number of African countries droughts and other regulatory changes,” Calicchio said. “The If you try to travel across Africa now, you may run into dif- quent diversification provide unique insights to the process and regional blocs are taking steps to make travel there easier to opportunities are plenty for this industry to enjoy further growth ferent visa regulations, with some countries offering a visa on of evolution in general. plan, safer and more streamlined. Low-cost airlines are making albeit at a more modest pace.” arrival and others requiring a lengthy wait for visa processing They also provide important information for the inter- inroads, and in the process, they’re making it simpler to travel The report singled out the continent’s most populous coun- through a consulate or embassy. As a result, visiting multiple pretation of fossils of plants and animals found elsewhere in around Africa on a tighter budget. try, Nigeria, as a place poised for growth along with Kenya, countries — as a traveler might do inside the European Un- Australia, and about the evolution of Australia’s sclerophyll What stands in the way of this development? In the past, Tanzania and the island nation of Mauritius. ion — isn’t always possible in Africa without careful planning flora and marsupial fauna in particular. when something happened in one part of the continent, it cast Safer and easier to visit and research, but Kenya and other leading destinations are The property supports tropical rainforests at their latitudinal a shadow on other parts as well. Take the Ebola crisis of 2014- Kenya, one of the continent’s most well-known tourist desti- working on changing that. and climatic limits, and unlike most other seasonal tropical 2015 as an example. The outbreak was in West Africa, but the nations, has seen an increase in tourists from the United States Cheaper airfares evergreen equatorial forests, is subject to a dry season and entire continent saw a drop in tourism. and Europe, as well as people connecting from elsewhere in It’s now easier and cheaper to fly between African countries, to frequent cyclonic events. Bouncing back from negative events Africa (thanks to cheaper and more plentiful air travel options). meaning tourists from North America, Europe, and elsewhere Many of the distinct features of the Wet Tropics relate to But the Ebola outbreak, as well as terror attacks in Egypt Security was once a major issue for the East African country, can invest in a transcontinental airfare and then move around its extremely high but seasonal rainfall, diverse terrain and and Tunisia, proved something else: the tourism industry in with several high-profile attacks by Somalia-based Al Shabaab cheaply once they arrive on the continent. This air travel change, steep environmental gradients. Africa is more resilient now than it has been in the past. In the causing tourist numbers to drop. Foreign offices had issued which airlines have long lobbied for, is due to an “open skies” In addition to its complex array of species and life forms, years following the tragic events in West and North Africa, travel warnings, but the largest attacks didn’t target tourists. The agreement called the Single African Air Transport Market. The the Wet Tropics is also recognized as an area possessing tourism arrivals have rebounded. security situation has improved in major tourist destinations agreement ends protectionist policies of national airlines in outstanding scenic features, natural beauty and magnificent When PricewaterhouseCoopers issued a report on Africa’s such as Mombasa and Nairobi over the past couple of years, 23 countries (roughly half the continent), and it means that sweeping landscapes. hotel sector earlier this year, the firm’s hospitality industry leading to the lifting of these travel advisories by the U.S. State airfares will be as much as 25 percent lower in the future. (Source: UNESCO) leader for Southern Africa, Pietro Calicchio, said this resiliency Department and other foreign offices. (Source: mnn.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 19, 2018 SCIENCE 11

Heat waves occur in our oceans, Astronomers detect iron and titanium on exoplanet too — and they’re getting worse for the first time Astronomers have identified thousands of exoplanets with the Heat waves do not just happen on land. clumps of very hot days -- a shock of several aid of instruments like the Kepler Space Telescope, but we don’t Even the oceans are not spared from the days or weeks of very high temperatures,” know much about most of those worlds. From a great distance, phenomenon and are currently experiencing confirmed Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton Earth and Venus would appear to be very similar, but of course, breaking temperature records. University climate scientist. we know that Earth is quite habitable and Venus has clouds of Scientists reported that off the coast in Although many sea critters, bat rays, lob- sulfuric acid. Scientists have taken a step toward better under- San Diego, they have found record-breaking sters, and other free-swimming animals can standing the environment of exoplanets by studying a gas giant seawater temperatures, which is the highest get away with it, heat waves still pose a threat called KELT-9b. it has been since daily measurements began to the ocean because long warm periods can While Earth and Venus may look similar, there’s no mistaking in 1916. still be very damaging to stationary marine KELT-9b for an Earth-like planet. It’s 2.88 times the mass of Ju- “Just like we have heat waves on land, life such as kelp forests and coral reefs. piter and orbits the blue giant star KELT-9 every 1.5 Earth days. we also have heat waves in the ocean,” stat- Shallow water corals It also has a surface temperature of 6,740 degrees Fahrenheit ed Art Miller of the Scripps Institution of Notably, around half of the Great Barrier (3,626 degrees Celsius). Oceanography. Reef’s shallow water corals died because of Astronomers turned the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo in the The number of “marine heat waves” the high ocean temperatures in 2016 and Canary Islands toward KELT-9b last summer, observing as the almost alarmingly doubled between 1982 2017. The coral reefs are crucial for the lives planet transited in front of KELT-9. They collected the spectra and 2016. A study published on August 15 of many creatures. of light shining through KELT-9b’s atmosphere and then sub- affirmed that similar cases are expected to The research has based its findings on tracted the signature of light collected just from the star. That be more prevalent and high as the Earth a satellite data and records of sea-surface left spectral lines of titanium and iron. becomes warmer. temperatures that were obtained from buoys This marks the first time either element has been detected on Global warming even for weeks at times. rising. What we haven’t focused on before is and ships. However, it did not involve the an exoplanet. To make sure the readings were not from the star “This trend will only further accelerate “We knew that average temperatures were that the rise in the average comes at you in intense 79.5 degrees Fahrenheit that was itself, the team identified a Doppler shift in the signal, indicating with global warming,” said Thomas Frolicher, measured off Scripps Pier in San Diego. it came from the planet as it moved through space. author of the research. Frolicher is also a Although many sea critters, bat rays, Miller spotted a school of bat rays off the It’s impossible with current technology to detect iron or ti- climate scientist at the University of Bern pier this month. These animals usually gather lobsters, and other free-swimming animals tanium on Earth-like exoplanets because it’s not a component in Switzerland. in warm water. This drove the researcher of the atmosphere. A gas giant like KELT-9b is a very different According to Frolicher’s team, marine heat can get away with it, heat waves still pose to speculate that something was already story. This research gets us closer to proper characterization of waves are intense events that happen when happening. a threat to the ocean because long warm exoplanets, which is essential to understanding whether they the sea-surface temperature goes beyond Furthermore, variations in ocean circu- could support life. the 99th percentile of measurements for a periods can still be very damaging to lation in warm water surfaces usually result (Source: extremetech.com) certain location. in decreased production of phytoplankton, Oceans notably absorb and release heat stationary marine life such as kelp forests the important organisms that shape the basis slower rate than air. Because of this, heat and coral reefs. of the food web in the sea. waves in the ocean last for several days, or (Source: Tech Times) Researchers create ultra-thin polyamide membranes for New Horizons just found hints of a huge Scientists seek new ways to combat reverse osmosis

structure at the edge of Solar System Florida’s growing ‘red tide’ Researchers used electrospray technology to create ultra-thin, ultra-smooth polyamide membranes for reverse osmosis. This scalable process allows for better control of a membrane’s fun- damental properties, avoids the use of chemical baths, and can be applied to a variety of membrane separation processes. Accessing the oceans for drinking water, however, requires desalination technologies that are complicated and expensive. The most commonly used technology for desalination is reverse osmosis (RO), a process in which seawater is forced through a membrane capable of removing salts and other small molecule contaminants. While the use of RO continues to rise around the world, many of its drawbacks, which include high energy consumption and a propensity for membranes to foul, continue to plague the industry. In the current issue of Science, researchers at the University of Connecticut offer a new approach to membrane production that makes us rethink how to design and use RO membranes for desalination. Using an additive manufacturing approach employing elec- Way out past Pluto, in the region of aster- the Solar System. But there’s a mysterious Scientists in Florida are on the cusp of de- of the algae and its toxins, with the water trospraying, UConn scientists were able to create ultra-thin, ul- oid-filled space known as the Kuiper belt, background source in the signal detected by veloping promising methods to control toxic chemistry reverting to normal within 24 tra-smooth polyamide membranes that are less prone to fouling NASA probe New Horizons just got a tan- New Horizons, much farther away. algae blooms like the “red tide” that has hours, he said. and may require less power to move water through them. talizing hint of a long-sought structure in This was also detected by Voyager 30 been killing marine life along a 150-mile Scientists also are studying the possible “Today’s membranes for reverse osmosis are not made in a the outer Solar System. years ago. New Horizons is the first probe (240-km) stretch of the Gulf Coast, the head use of naturally produced compounds from way that allows their properties to be controlled,” says Jeffrey An ultraviolet glow picked up by the in all that time that has had the same op- of a leading marine lab said on Wednesday. seaweed, parasitic algae and filter-feeding McCutcheon, associate professor of chemical & biomolecular probe’s Alice UV spectrometer could be portunity to take measurements of this Michael Crosby, president and chief organisms that could be introduced to fight engineering and the paper’s corresponding author. “Our approach evidence of the ‘hydrogen wall’, a region of phenomenon - and its best explanation is executive of the Mote Marine Laboratory red tides. uses an ‘additive’ technique that allows for control of a membrane’s dense hydrogen on the boundary between the hydrogen wall. in Sarasota, welcomed a red tide emergency Red tides occur on an almost yearly ba- fundamental properties such as thickness and roughness, which the Solar System and interstellar space. “Both sets of data are best explained if order issued this week by Governor Rick sis off Florida, starting out in the Gulf of is currently impossible using conventional methods.” “We’re seeing the threshold between the observed ultraviolet light is not only a Scott, designating more state money for Mexico where swarms of microscopic algae Conventional approaches to making RO membranes have not being in the solar neighborhood and being result of the scattering of sunlight by hy- research, cleanup and wildlife rescues. cells called Karenia brevis feed on deep-sea changed in nearly 40 years. The traditional approach to making in the galaxy,” astronomer Leslie Young of drogen atoms within the solar system, but Interest in mitigation technologies has nutrients and are sometimes carried by these membranes is known as interfacial polymerization. This the Southwest Research Institute and New includes a substantial contribution from been heightened by a 10-month-long toxic currents close to shore, usually in the fall. method relies on a self-terminating reaction between an aque- Horizons team told Science News. a distant source,” the researchers wrote algae bloom off Florida’s southwestern coast The worst in decade ous phase amine and an organic phase acid chloride monomer. Although space has extremely low pres- in their paper. that has caused mounds of rotting fish to This year’s Gulf Coast Florida bloom is (Source: Science Daily) sure, it still exists, and the solar wind exerts “This distant source could be the sig- wash up on beaches from Tampa to Naples. the worst in more than a decade, originating an outward pressure. At a certain point, nature of a wall of hydrogen, formed near The red tide also has been implicated last October and persisting well into the however, that wind is no longer strong where the interstellar wind encounters the in at least 266 sea turtle strandings and is summer tourist season while spreading enough to push back against interstellar solar wind.” suspected or determined to have caused 68 over 150 miles of coastline spanning sev- Scientists identify enzyme space. The background glow could be something manatee deaths so far this year, according en counties. This boundary is known as the helio- else, farther away out there in space; the to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation “It’s a bad bloom by any standard,” said that could help accelerate pause, which marks the official edge of the only way to be sure is to do more sciences. Commission figures. Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer who Solar System. Which means more Alice observations with Combating future outbreaks studies red tides for the National Oceanic biofuel production Neutral hydrogen atoms New Horizons - around twice a year for the In hopes of combating future outbreaks, and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have honed in on Just on the other side of the heliopause, foreseeable future, according to the paper. scientists are field testing a patented pro- It remains to be seen whether a single an enzyme belonging to the glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase neutral hydrogen atoms moving through Voyager 1 has already moved on into cess that would pump red-algae-tainted year of altered wind patterns will turn out (GPAT) family as a promising target for increasing biofuel pro- interstellar space should, theoretically, slow interstellar space. It breached the heliopause seawater into an ozone-treatment system to be an isolated deviation or part of more duction from the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. down when they reach that barrier - a sort in 2013, and is still beaming signals back to and then pump the purified water back long-term changes in climate, Stumpf said. Algae are known to store up of neutral hydrogen “traffic jam” that causes Earth as it moves farther and farther away into the affected canal, cove or inlet, But scientists say red tides in and of large amounts of oils called tria- a buildup next to the heliopause. into the infinite cosmos. Crosby said. themselves are a natural phenomenon cylglycerols (TAGs) under adverse Between 2007 and 2017, New Horizons Voyager 2 is in the heliosheath, the out- A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation observed as far back as the 1600s. conditions such as nitrogen dep- detected a distinctive ultraviolet glow called er reaches of the Solar System where the Commission Harmful Algal Bloom scien- For humans, exposure can cause res- rivation. Understanding precisely the Lyman-alpha line, produced by solar solar wind is slowed by interstellar gas. It’s tist counts Karenia brevis (red tide) cells piratory difficulties, burning eyes and how they do so is of key interest to photons hitting the hydrogen atoms and expected to cross the heliopause sometime during water sampling processing in this skin irritation. The toxins are often fatal the biotechnology sector, as TAGs scattering. before 2030. photo taken July 31, 2018. to marine life. can be converted to biodiesel. To This occurs as sunlight travels through (Source: sciencealert.com) Tanks succeeded in removing all traces (Source: Reuters) this end, scientists are investi- gating the unicellular red alga C. merolae as a model organism for Cats have a killer impact on reptiles, new research shows exploring how to improve TAG Reptiles are losing more than just their tails from National Geographic Partners and our production. to cats. In fact, new research shows that entire partners. A study led by Sousuke Ima- reptile populations may be dropping due to “These findings indicate that, even at rel- mura at the Laboratory for Chem- the presence of invasive felines. atively low densities, feral cats are exerting istry and Life Science, Institute Research has shown that domestic cats and considerable predatory pressure on small of Innovative Research, Tokyo their feral counterparts are capable of huge reptile populations,” the authors noted. Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), has now shown that an impacts to bird populations — one house cat They found that cat-free zones experienced enzyme called GPAT1 plays an important role in TAG accumula- and its offspring were purportedly all it took a “significant increase in reptile abundance” tion in C. merolae even under normal growth conditions -- that to push a bird that lived only on Stephens over the course of the two-year experiment, is, without the need to induce stress. Island in New Zealand into extinction. with roughly two more reptiles in each fenced Remarkably, the team demonstrated that TAG productivity But a study published recently in Biologi- plot compared to the unfenced plots. could be increased by more than 56 times in a C. merolae strain cal Conservation and conducted in Australia Since many of the species caught were overexpressing GPAT1 compared with the control strain, without shows that reptile populations may also suffer small lizards such as geckos, skinks, and ag- any negative effects on algal growth. from cat predation. amas (and at least one snake), the authors Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, follow up To get a picture of what a landscape free believe that new generations in the species previous research by Imamura and others that had suggested of cats would mean for reptiles, research- occur every year or less, meaning that two two GPATs, GPAT1 and GPAT2, may be closely involved in TAG ers created cat-free zones for two years in years without cats would be enough to see accumulation in C. merolae. Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern population differences. “Our results indicate that the reaction catalyzed by the GPAT1 Territory. Peter Marra, director of the Smithsonian is a rate-limiting step for TAG synthesis in C. merolae, and would The researchers fenced some areas and the experiment. at a density of about one cat per every two Migratory Bird Center, says that the study was be a potential target for improvement of TAG productivity in left others of equal size open. They placed Unfenced areas square miles, a number a little lower than “wonderful.” While not involved in this research, microalgae,” the researchers say. camera traps around the fenced plots to Meanwhile, cats were detected in each the national average. he has conducted other work on the impact do- The team plans to continue exploring how GPAT1 and GPAT2 make sure cats weren’t getting in, and had of the unfenced areas at least once during By signing up for this email, you are mestic cats have on a variety of species. might both be involved in TAG accumulation. to remove only one feline intruder during the study period, and across the whole area agreeing to news, offers, and information (Source: nationalgeographic.com) (Source: eurekalert.org) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY AUGUST 19, 2018

Iran, Netherlands sign MOU Iran, UNDP prepare draft for on food safety

SOCIETY TEHRAN — Iran and the Netherlands desk Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah inked a memorandum of understanding ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Iran’s De- single-handedly. She explained that due to (MOU) to enhance cooperation within the framework of a desk food safety program, IRNA reported on Saturday. partment of Environment the challenges UNDP is facing, they cannot The MOU was signed between Shahid Beheshti Univer- (DOE) and United Nations Development continue funding the project and this does sity of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) and the Netherlands’ Program (UNDP) have jointly drawn up the not only affect Cheetah Project. Wageningen University & Research. draft of the Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah However, Zohrabi has explained that the Project (CACP) phase III. project, devised in collaboration between Hamid Zohrabi, deputy environment chief experts and volunteers to address the threats for DOE’s natural environment and biodi- and come up with measures to protect the versity directorate said on Saturday that the species, will be implemented for 5 more years. project will go into effect by the end of 2018. “After final approval of the draft agreement According to UNDP, the cheetah project the project will launch with financial support is about reversing the drastic decline of the from Department of Environment and in- endangered Asiatic cheetah and conserving ternational entities,” Zohrabi highlighted. it from extinction. It is now estimated that “In the third phase of the project we will not fewer than 50 Asiatic cheetahs are living in only focus on protected areas supervised by the wild in Iran. DOE, but also cheetah’s migration corridors The Asiatic cheetah mainly inhabits the will be observed more closely. desert areas around Dasht-e Kavir in the “Moreover [the project] underscores the eastern half of Iran, including parts of the importance of local communities’ collabora- Kerman, Khorasan, Semnan, Yazd, Tehran, tion and the need to take their sustainable and Markazi provinces. Most live in five pro- livelihood into consideration. Mohammad Aqajani, chancellor of SBUMS, explained tected areas, Kavir National Park, Touran “Additionally better conservation plans for that national program on ensuring food safety is scheduled National Park, Bafq Protected Area, Dar-e Asiatic cheetah conservation, and its prey by to be implemented in a collaborative initiative between the Anjir Wildlife Refuge, and Naybandan Wild- training the rangers, increasing the quality of Vice-presidency for Science and Technology, Iran’s Food life Reserve. The cheetah has been listed as the Global Environment Facility between atic Cheetah population within them. The captive breeding, raising public awareness, and Drug Administration (IFDA), SBUMS and Wageningen critically endangered on the International 2001 and 2008. project built on the achievements of the drawing up plans for alternative jobs for sus- University & Research, he said. Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Phase II implementation commenced in CACP Phase I by strengthening the current tainable agriculture, livestock breeding and As per the MOU, a training course for food and drug Red List since 1996. 2009. It aimed to assist the Department of protected area management in selected eco-tourism by soliciting public participation, control laboratories will be held on Saturday at SBUMS The cheetah/livestock interactions and the Environment to fulfill its commitments cheetah habitats. and decreasing human-wildlife conflict are in cooperation with IFDA and the Rikilt Institute of food the presence of human beings and guard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity In November 2017, Anne Marie Sloth of the other objectives of the third phase of safety affiliated to the Wageningen University, he noted, dogs in cheetah’s habitats, road accidents under Iran’s Program of Work on Protected Carlsen, UNDP Deputy Resident Repre- the project.” adding that the main aim of this course is to promote food and habitat fragmentation are of the main Areas (PA). sentative in Iran announced that UNDP is Zohrabi finally explained that the third standards throughout the country. threats making the cheetah’s future uncertain. The ultimate goal was to achieve sus- not extending the project and that they be- phase of the project will be financially assessed Food, water and oxygen constitute the biological system Phase I of the CACP was co-funded by tainability of protected areas and the Asi- lieve Iran is capable of running the project once the agreement is final. of the human body, so, people may be exposed to food contaminants, Aqajani said, adding that one of the main Iranian ships to carry message of Zoos to be monitored duties of the governments is to ensure food safety, which has been assigned to the Ministry of Health in partnership preserving Caspian seals online with other related organizations in Iran. ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Given ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — The Referring to universities of medical sciences being the deskCaspian seals, the sole deskDepartment of Envi- executive arms of the Ministry of Health to control food marine mammals inhabiting the Caspian ronment (DOE) will launch an online safety in the provinces throughout the country, he noted Sea, have fallen into a drastic decline push- monitoring system in zoos across the that the SBUMS has always been pioneer in the field of food ing the specie towards extinction, Iranian country, the Department of Environ- safety, as it has taken important measures in this regard. ships in the Caspian Sea will display Caspian ment’s director general for hunting and One of the major measures taken so far is expanding ties seal image, deputy environment chief for fishing has said. with the Netherland’s Wageningen University, he stated. marine affairs has said. “Putting in place the necessary in- He further explained that the cooperation first started By doing so, Iran spread the message of frastructure for this plan is underway; with co-running courses with participation of Wageningen “the need for preserving the Caspian seal” newly constructed zoos are supposed university scientists, which is currently ongoing with joint to the world, ISNA quoted Parvin Farshchi to have an online monitoring system, research projects, student exchange and holding workshops. as saying on Saturday. and the old ones must launch the system The collaboration between the two universities has Due to the importance of preserving Environment (DOE) efforts. as soon as possible,” IRNA quoted Ali past three years, and with many efforts reached a level where bigger steps can be taken to expand the precious species, and the sympathy As per the Appendix I of the Conven- Teymouri as saying on Saturday. made the zoos to live up to the required cooperation in different fields including food safety, he and cooperation between the maritime tion, poaching and illegal fishing activi- Teymouri stated that all provincial standards set by the department.” also added. organizations, the project has been joint- ties is banned to save the animals from departments of environment must su- During the aforesaid period, zoo di- Pointing to the fact that food safety is a global issue, he ly implemented by the Islamic Republic extinction, while Iran has not had a share pervise the zoo online systems to register rectors have worked well toward the noted that food fraud is a growing problem worldwide, of Iran Shipping Lines Company and the in illegal fishing of the species since the all animal species entering or leaving development of species conservation and this has become a national concern in Iran, as well. Department of Environment, she said. very beginning, she concluded. the zoo, casualties and causes. and health regulations in addition to So, the Ministry of Health; the Food and Drug Adminis- Pointing to the precious animal being in Over the 12th Meeting of the Conference The necessary infrastructure has been acquiring licenses, he highlighted. tration; and universities of medical sciences in the country serious danger of extinction, she noted that of the Parties (CMS COP12) to the Conven- prepared to some extent in two zoos, He went on to say that zoo directors are responsible to eliminate the concerns of people about the Caspian seal population which stood tion on the Conservation of Migratory Spe- and the rest of the zoos will launch the are working to achieve the required food safety, he highlighted. at about one million in the 90s, wouldn’t cies of Wild Animals (CMS), administered in the near future gradually, he added. standards defined by the Department He also added that “it must be noted that some of the have decline, if serious measures have been by UN Environment on October 28, 2017, There are about 80 zoos, animal reha- of Environment, hence the conditions news spread about contaminants and food fraud are not taken to preserve them. Caspian seals were included on Appendices bilitation centers and bird gardens in the are improving, but it takes long to meet reliable and others can be prevented or resolved.” “Neither Iran not any other littoral I and II of the Convention. country, he said, adding that according the internationally defined levels. Also, two other MOUs will be signed in the field of sci- countries were or are authorized to fish According to the Conservation of Mi- to a memorandum of understanding During the past three years, all those entific research and technology transfer to prevent food Caspian seal.” gratory Species of Wild Animals Website, signed between the DOE and the Veter- zoos and bird parks which didn’t achieve fraud, he concluded. In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Appendix I comprises migratory species inary Organization, the organization is the required standards, have been re- Times in November 2017, Farshchi said that have been assessed as being in danger tasked with monitoring animal’s health stricted from keeping some animal that poaching activities in other Caspian of extinction throughout all or a significant and diseases in all centers. species, and 7 centers which didn’t live LEARN ENGLISH Sea littoral countries and also bycatch in portion of their range. Referring to some 15 zoos active in up to the standards during this period, Iran are of the threats pushing the precious Appendix II covers migratory species that the country, he stated that when the were shut down accordingly, he also At The Car Dealership animals towards extinction with 90 percent have an unfavorable conservation status DOE decides to issue a permit for the explained. decline in the population density. and that require international agreements construction of a zoo or garden, the Vet- If the centers are investigated for A: Hi there! I am looking for a new car. I have this old Ford Pinto Referring to the Convention on the for their conservation and management, erinary Organization must approve it. not having the standard conditions, in that I would like to trade in. Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild as well as those that have a conservation He further explained that “since most addition to being banned from admit- B: I see. You are in luck this month because all of our models Animals (CMS), she said that Caspian seals status which would significantly benefit from of the zoos were operating without any ting new animal species, the animals are on sale! it is a perfect time to buy a new car since it’s the were included on Appendices I and II of the international cooperation that could be licenses or permits in the country, the residing in these zoos will be transferred end of the year. the Convention by Iranian Department of achieved by an international agreement. DOE started to work on zoology within to standardized centers, he concluded. A: Perfect! I like this one. B: That is the Ford Focus. A very light but powerful vehicle. It comes with dual side airbags, power steering and power win- dows, tinted windows and your choice of either automatic or Dry waste collection in Tehran up 20% in 7 months manual transmission. ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — While the average dry waste about 658 grams per day while Iranian waste generation A: Sounds like a good car! How many miles to the gallon? deskcollection rate has been 3 percent in the per capita in rural areas is about 220-340 grams per day. B: It is a very fuel efficient vehicle giving you about 34 miles in past, it will increase by 20 percent by the end of the [cur- Average Iranian waste generation per capita amounts to the city and 40 on the highway. rent Iranian calendar] year (March 20, 2019), the mayor some 240 kilograms per year. A: That is really convenient. Especially now that fuel prices are of Tehran’s district 22 has said. In Tehran alone waste generation per capita is estimated so high! What’s under the hood? In the past, dry waste collection rate in the city was 3 at 750-800 grams per day and each Tehrani citizen generates B: A very powerful 2.5-liter turbocharged engine, trust me, this percent, which has risen to 9 percent in recent years, IRIB about 270-450 kilograms of waste per years. car is fast! quoted Ali Nozarpour-Baqeri as saying on Saturday. The report continues that unfortunately only 7 percent A: Now for the most difficult question. What is the price tag for Moreover, it is planned to increase the rate by 20 percent of the waste is separated at the source, 13 percent is recycled this lovely vehicle? over the course of 7 months, he highlighted. and only 2.5 percent of them end up in formal or sanitary B: Very affordable sir. You can take it out of this lot today with 0% down payment and no interest for the first year! You can According to a report published by United Nations In- landfills and some 77.5 percent of the waste will be burnt test drive it now and we can sign the papers when we get back. dustrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in October or buried in informal landfills located in the countryside or A: Great! Let’s do it! 2016, waste generation per capita in Iran’s urban areas is deserts near cities. Key vocabulary trade in: something that you sell as part of payment for new miles: unit measuring distance ENGLISH IN USE fuel: something that can be turned into energy down payment: first payment that you pay when buy something LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION interest: money paid by a borrower for the borrowed money Supplementary vocabulary 100 qanats dried up in southeastern Iran تابستان امسال 100 رشته قنات در استان کرمان خشک شد lemon: something that is sold, that seems like a good deal but actually does not work the way it should during summer مدیرعامــل شــرکت آب و فاضــاب روســتایی اســتان کرمــان گفــت: خشکســالی در تابســتان ســال warranty: a guarantee on something sold, that would pay for a certain amount of damage Recurrent droughts this summer, have caused hundreds of qanats and springs جــاری موجــب خشــک شــدن یکصــد رشــته قنــات و چشــمه روســتاهای ایــن اســتان شــده اســت. limited time offer: a promotion that is only available for a in the southeastern province of Kerman to dry, director for rural water and علــی رشــیدی روز چهارشــنبه در گفــت و گــو بــا خبرنــگار ایرنــا افــزود: حــدود ۱۵۸ حلقــه چــاه نیــز .certain amount of time wastewater company of Kerman province has said rip off: to give someone a bad deal “Some 158 wells are also under pressure, suffering severe water shortage in دچــار کمبــود آب شــدید و در حــال خشــکیدگی اســت. .the province,” IRNA quoted Ali Rashidi as saying on Wednesday

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Former UN Secretary-General Syria warns of Saudi plots as ISIL ‘re-emerges’ Kofi Annan dies at age 80 Syria has blasted Saudi Arabia for giving money to the U.S.-led coalition to press ahead with what Damascus has described as Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most year contract to monitor humanitarian “destabilization plots” in the war-torn country. celebrated diplomats and a charismatic aid under the oil-for-food program. The A Foreign Ministry official on Friday urged the kingdom to symbol of the United Nations who rose company paid at least $300,000 to Kojo abandon its “dangerous policies” in the region amid fears of the through its ranks to become the first black so he would not work for competitors re-emergence of the ISIL (Daesh) Takfiri terrorist group. African secretary-general, has died. He after he left. On Friday, Saudi Arabia announced that it had contributed was 80. An independent report criticized the $100 million to northeast Syria for “stabilization projects” in His foundation announced his death secretary-general for being too compla- areas formerly held by Daesh. in Switzerland Saturday in a tweet, say- cent, saying he should have done more The Saudi Embassy in Washington said the contribution “will ing that he died after a short unspecified to investigate matters even if he was not play a critical role in the coalition’s efforts to revitalize com- illness. involved with the awarding of the contract. munities, such as Raqqah, that have been devastated by ISIL “Wherever there was suffering or need, World leaders agreed to create an in- (Daesh) terrorists.” he reached out and touched many people ternal UN ethics office, but a major over- The U.S. State Department welcomed Riyadh’s move, calling with his deep compassion and empathy,” haul of the UN’s outdated management on Washington’s allies “to do their share in this effort that helps the foundation said in a statement. practices and operating procedures was bring greater stability and security to the region.” Annan spent virtually his entire ca- left to Annan’s successor, Ban Ki-moon. However, an official source at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Af- reer as an administrator in the United Before leaving office, Annan helped se- fairs and Expatriates told SANA news agency that the Saudi aid to Nations. His aristocratic style, cool-tem- cure a truce between Israel and Hezbollah the “criminal” U.S.-led coalition came in defiance of UN Security pered elegance and political savvy helped in 2006, and mediated a settlement of a Council resolutions regarding the crisis in the Arab country. guide his ascent to become its seventh dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria He also accused the coalition of seeking “to fragmentize the secretary-general, and the first hired from over the Bakassi peninsula. region and impose Zionist hegemony on all its countries.” within. He served two terms from Jan. At a farewell news conference, Annan The source further described the Saudi contribution as “morally 1, 1997, to Dec. 31, 2006, capped nearly listed as top achievements the promotion unacceptable,” saying it is meant to prolong the Syria conflict, mid-way when he and the UN were jointly of human rights, the fighting to close the prevent the army from gaining ground against terrorists in the awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. gap between extreme poverty and im- country’s north and support the militants who threaten Syria’s During his tenure, Annan presided over mense wealth, and the UN campaign to unity and territorial integrity. some of the worst failures and scandals fight infectious diseases like AIDS. “Syria condemns these despicable policies of the Saudi au- skills, Annan was never afraid to speak of Srebrenica in July 1995. at the world body, one of its most turbu- He never took disappointments and thorities and demands them to stop these terrible and dangerous candidly. That didn’t always win him In both cases, the UN had deployed lent periods since its founding in 1945. setbacks personally. And he kept his policies,” he said. “Syria reiterates its call on all the coalition’s fans, particularly in the case of Bush’s troops under Annan’s command, but they Challenges from the outset forced him view that diplomacy should take place member states to withdraw from it without delay because it serves administration, with whom Annan’s camp failed to save the lives of the civilians they to spend much of his time struggling to in private and not in the public forum. only terrorists and murderers and threatens security and peace spent much time bickering. Much of his were mandated to protect. Annan offered restore its tarnished reputation. In his memoir, Annan recognized in the region and the world.” second term was spent at odds with the apologies, but ignored calls to resign by His enduring moral prestige remained the costs of taking on the world’s top The U.S. and its allies have been bombarding what they call Daesh United States, the UN’s biggest contrib- U.S. Republican lawmakers. After became largely undented, however, both through diplomatic job, joking that “SG,” for sec- positions inside Syria since September 2014 without any au- utor, as he tried to lean on the nation to secretary-general, he called for UN re- charisma and by virtue of having negoti- retary-general, also signified “scapegoat” thorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate. pay almost $2 billion in arrears. ports on those two debacles – and they ated with most of the powers in the world. around UN headquarters. The aerial assaults, however, have on many occasions resulted Kofi Atta Annan was born April 8, 1938, were highly critical of his management. When he departed from the United Former U.S. ambassador to the in civilian casualties and failed to fulfill their declared aim of into an elite family in Kumasi, Ghana, the As secretary-general, Annan forged Nations, he left behind a global organi- United Nations Richard Holbrooke countering terrorism. son of a provincial governor and grandson his experiences into a doctrine called the zation far more aggressively engaged in called Annan “an international rock The Pentagon says there are about 2,000 U.S. troops.in Syr- of two tribal chiefs. “Responsibility to Protect,” that countries peacekeeping and fighting poverty, setting star of diplomacy.” ia. Washington is also supporting Kurdish militants operating He shared his middle name Atta accepted – at least in principle – to head the framework for the UN’s 21st-century After leaving his high-profile UN ins Syria’ northern regions. –”twin” in Ghana’s Akan language – with off genocide, crimes against humanity, response to mass atrocities and its em- perch, Annan didn’t let up. In 2007, Similarly, Riyadh is a staunch supporter of anti-Damascus a twin sister, Efua. He became fluent in ethnic cleansing and war crimes. phasis on human rights and development. his Geneva-based foundation was cre- militants, who are inspired by Wahhabism, a Takfiri ideology English, French and several African Annan sought to strengthen the “Kofi Annan was a guiding force ated. That year he helped broker peace dominating Saudi Arabia and freely preached by Saudi clerics. languages, attending an elite boarding UN’s management, coherence and ac- for good,” current UN Secretary-Gen- in Kenya, where election violence had Daesh re-emerges in areas held by U.S.-backed forces school and the University of Science and countability, efforts that required huge eral Antonio Guterres said. “It is with killed over 1,000 people. In a relevant development, the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Technology in Kumasi. He finished his investments in training and technology, profound sadness that I learned of his He also joined “The Elders,” an elite Monitoring Team warned in its latest report that Daesh had gained undergraduate work in economics at Ma- a new whistleblower policy and financial passing. In many ways, Kofi Annan was group of former leaders founded by “breathing space” in parts of Syria held by U.S.-backed forces. calester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, disclosure requirements. the United Nations. He rose through the Nelson Mandela, eventually succeeding Daesh which was “defeated militarily in Iraq and most of the in 1961. From there he went to Geneva, In 1998, he helped ease a transition ranks to lead the organization into the Desmond Tutu as its chairman after a Syrian Arab Republic during 2017, rallied in early 2018. This was where he began his graduate studies in to civilian rule in Nigeria and visited new millennium with matchless dignity failed interlude trying to resolve Syria’s the result of a loss of momentum by forces fighting it in the east international affairs and launched his Iraq to try to resolve its impasse with and determination.” rising civil war. of the Syrian Arab Republic,” the report said. UN career. the Security Council over compliance Even out of office, Annan never com- As special envoy to Syria in 2012, The slow-down, it added, gave Daesh “breathing space to prepare Annan married Titi Alakija, a Ni- with weapons inspections and other pletely left the UN orbit. He returned in Annan won international backing for for the next phase of its evolution into a global covert network.” gerian woman, in 1965, and they had matters. The effort helped avoid an special roles, including as the UN-Arab a six-point plan for peace. The UN de- The terror outfit also regained “access to some oil fields in a daughter, Ama, and a son, Kojo. He outbreak of hostilities that seemed League’s special envoy to Syria in 2012. ployed a 300-member observer force to northeastern” Syria and was able to “extract and sell some oil, returned to the U.S. in 1971 and earned imminent at the time. He remained a powerful advocate for monitor a cease-fire, but peace never and to mount attacks, including across the border into Iraq,” as master’ degree at the Massachusetts In 1999, he was deeply involved in global causes through his eponymous took hold and Annan was unable to according to the report. Institute of Technology’s Sloan School the process by which East Timor gained foundation. surmount the bitter stalemate among (Source: Press TV) Annan took on the top UN post six of Management. The couple separated independence from Indonesia, and started Security Council powers. He resigned years after the collapse of the Soviet Union during the 1970s and, while working the “Global Compact” initiative that has in frustration seven months into the and presided during a decade when the in Geneva, Annan met his second wife, grown into the world’s largest effort to job, as the civil war raged on. world united against terrorism after the Swedish lawyer Nane Lagergren. They promote corporate social responsibility. Annan continued to crisscross the Brazil’s Lula should have Sept. 11 attacks – then divided deeply married in 1984. Annan was chief architect of what globe. In 2017, his foundation’s biggest over the U.S.-led war against Iraq. The Annan worked for the UN Economic became known as the Millennium De- projects included promotion of fair, political rights : UN Human U.S. relationship tested him as a world Commission for Africa in Ethiopia, its velopment Goals, and played a central peaceful elections; work with Myanmar’s diplomatic leader. Emergency Force in Egypt, and the office role in creating the Global Fund to Fight government to improve life in troubled Rights Committee “I think that my darkest moment was of the High Commissioner for Refugees AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Rakhine state; and battling violent ex- The UN Human Rights Committee said it had requested that the the Iraq war, and the fact that we could in Geneva, before taking a series of senior UN’s first counter-terrorism strategy. tremism by enlisting young people to help. Brazilian government allow imprisoned former president Luiz not” stop it, Annan said in a February posts at UN headquarters in New York Annan’s uncontested election to a He also remained a vocal commentator Inacio Lula da Silva to exercise his political rights. 2013 interview with TIME magazine dealing with human resources, budget, second term was unprecedented, re- on troubles like the refugee crisis; pro- Lula is the presidential candidate for his Workers Party and tok mar the publication of his memoir, finance, and staff security. flecting the overwhelming support he moted good governance, anti-corruption leads polls ahead of the October ballot but is widely expected to “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace.” He also had special assignments. enjoyed from both rich and poor countries. measures and sustainable agriculture in be banned from running by an electoral court. He was jailed in “I worked very hard – I was working After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, he Timothy Wirth, president of the United Africa; and pushed efforts in the fight April on a corruption conviction. the phone, talking to leaders around the facilitated the repatriation from Iraq of Nations Foundation, which disburses Ted against illegal drug trafficking. (Source: Reuters) world. The U.S. did not have the support more than 900 international staff and Turner’s $1 billion pledge to UN causes, Annan retained connections to many in the Security Council,” Annan recalled other non-Iraqi nationals, and the release hailed “a saint-like sense about him.” international organizations. He was chan- in the videotaped interview posted on of western hostages in Iraq. He led the In 2005, Annan succeeded in estab- cellor of the University of Ghana, a fellow The Kofi Annan Foundation’s website. initial negotiations with Iraq for the sale lishing the Peacebuilding Commission at New York’s Columbia University, and Chinese President Xi to visit “So they decided to go without the of oil in exchange for humanitarian relief. and the Human Rights Council. But that professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of council. But I think the council was right in Just before becoming secretary-gen- year, the UN was facing almost daily at- Public Policy in Singapore. North Korea next month not sanctioning the war,” he said. “Could eral, Annan served as UN peacekeeping tacks over allegations about corruption In his memoir, Annan recognized you imagine if the UN had endorsed the chief and as special envoy to the former in the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq, the costs of taking on the world’s top Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Pyongyang next month war in Iraq, what our reputation would Yugoslavia, where he oversaw a transition bribery by UN purchasing officials and diplomatic job, joking that “SG,” for sec- at the invitation of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un to attend the be like? Although at that point, Presi- in Bosnia from UN protective forces to widespread sex abuse by UN peacekeep- retary-general, also signified “scapegoat” celebrations of the 70th anniversary of North Korea’s founding. dent [George W.] Bush said the UN was NATO-led troops. ers – an issue that would only balloon in around UN headquarters. headed toward irrelevance, because we The UN peacekeeping operation importance after he left office. Annan is survived by his wife and three had not supported the war. But now we faced two of its greatest failures during It emerged that Annan’s son, Kojo, had children. Funeral arrangement weren’t know better.” his tenure: the Rwanda genocide in 1994, not disclosed payments he received from immediately announced. Despite his well-honed diplomatic and the massacre in the Bosnian town his employer, which had a $10 million-a- (Source: AP) UN chief proposes military force to protect Palestinians under Israeli occupation

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has put forward Palestine after the United States vetoed a similar resolution options meant to protect Palestinian civilians, among them in the UN Security Council earlier. the deployment of an armed military or police force to the Elsewhere in his report, the UN chief underlined the need occupied territories. for a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, It will be the Chinese leader’s first visit to the North Korean Guterres outlined four proposals in a 14-page report adding however that “until such a solution is achieved, capital since he took power in 2012, and 13 years after the last released on Friday in response to a request in a UN General member-states may further explore all practical and feasible visit by a Chinese President, when Xi’s predecessor Hu Jintao Assembly resolution. measures that will significantly improve the protection of visited in 2005, the newspaper said on Saturday. The resolution, adopted on June 13, condemned “Israel’s the Palestinian civilian population.” The Straits Times did not say where it obtained the information excessive and disproportionate use of force” against pro- Three Palestinians killed and the Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately respond testers in the blockaded Gaza Strip and asked the UN chief On Friday, Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, two in to a request for comment. to recommend an “international protection mechanism” Gaza and another one in Jerusalem al-Quds. North Korea’s celebrations are set to take place on Sept. 9 for Palestinian civilians. Tensions have been running high near the Gaza fence and the Straits Times said that Xi’s visit could still be subject to Guterres’ proposed options include creating a civilian since March 30, which marked the start of a series of pro- last-minute changes. observer mission in the occupied lands, sending more UN tests demanding the right to return for the Palestinians China is the reclusive country’s most important trading partner humanitarian aid to the region and providing a “more ro- that is highly complex politically, legally and practically,” driven out of their homeland. and Kim has visited China three times so far this year during which bust UN presence on the ground” with rights monitors and Guterres said. The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, marking he has held talks with Xi on improving cooperation between the political officers to report on the situation. He further stressed that the UN was already undertaking the 70th anniversary of the Nakba Day (the Day of Ca- two countries and economic reforms. The fourth proposal is deploying an armed military many protection initiatives but that “these measures fall tastrophe), which this year coincided with the U.S. embassy The United States has stepped up sanctions on North Ko- or police force under a UN mandate to provide physical short” of the concerns raised in the UN General Assembly relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds. rea to pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program. This protection to Palestinian civilians. resolution. At Least 167 Palestinians have been killed and over 18,000 week, the United States imposed sanctions on Chinese firms “The combination of prolonged military occupation, The resolution garnered a strong majority of 120 votes others wounded in the fresh wave of violence, according to for exporting alcohol and cigarette products to North Korea in constant security threats, weak political institutions, and a in the 193-member assembly, with 8 votes against and 45 the latest figures released by the Palestinian Health Ministry. breach of those sanctions. deadlocked peace process provides for a protection challenge abstentions. It was put forward by Algeria, Turkey and (Source: AP) (Source: Straits Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS AUGUST 19, 2018

Interim coach rings in big Bolt lands Down Under for ‘real’ changes for Argentina Italian-based strikers Lautaro Martinez and Giovanni Simeone soccer mission are among the 20 new faces in Argentina’s squad for upcoming Olympic sprint champion and aspiring foot- friendlies against Guatemala and Colombia, the Argentine Foot- baller Usain Bolt touched down in Sydney on ball Association (AFA) said on Friday. Saturday, declaring himself ready to prove Martinez, who joined Inter Milan from Racing earlier this to the world that his Australian soccer ad- summer, and Simeone, the Spain-born striker who plays for venture is “real”. Fiorentina, are included up front alongside Paolo Dybala, Angel The eight-times Olympic gold medallist Correa and Cristian Pavon. will train with Central Coast Mariners for Mauro Icardi, the Inter striker who was surprisingly left out the first time on Tuesday after being grant- of Argentina’s World Cup squad, also returns, but there is no ed an open-ended trial with the struggling place for Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero or Angel Di Maria. A-League club. Lionel Messi was left out after requesting an unspecified time Draped in a Mariners scarf, Bolt arrived out from international duty. on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles and Only nine of the 23 players who went to the Russia World Cup was greeted by a few dozen fans and a huge are included for the games against Guatemala in Los Angeles on media pack. “This is real, I’ve said it since Sept. 7 and Colombia in New Jersey four days later. my last season of track and field I want to Franco Martinez, the Sevilla midfielder who played two friendlies play football, I know what I’m capable of, I for Italy in 2015, is among the new names in the 29-man squad, know what I can do, so I’m thankful to the as is Gremio centre-half Walter Kannemann. Mariners for giving me this opportunity to Interim coach Lionel Scaloni also gave call-ups to uncapped show what I’m capable of,” Bolt told reporters. Stuttgart midfielder Santiago Ascacibar and Real Sociedad goal- “I always put my best foot forward and keeper Gerónimo Rulli. I’m just going to show the world what I’m Argentina disappointed in Russia, drawing with Iceland, made of.” losing to Croatia and then qualifying for the knock-out stages The Mariners’ tie-up with Bolt has proved with a win over Nigeria. polarising in Australia, with critics dismissing However, they were dispatched by eventual winners France it as a publicity stunt to boost the profile of 4-3 in the last 16 and coach Jorge Sampaoli left soon after. a team that has failed to make the playoffs (Source: Reuters) for the last four seasons. The Mariners finished bottom of the 10- team league last season and operate in one of the country’s smallest soccer markets about an hour north of Sydney in eastern Tite brings in young blood New South Wales state. Jamaican Bolt, who retired from athletics coincide with his 32nd birthday on Tuesday. 31 against a Central Coast representative the low-profile club’s community ethos, in- for Brazil friendlies in USA at the world championships in London last Despite Bolt’s thin soccer pedigree, he side made up of the region’s top amateurs. cluding agreeing to live in the sleepy coastal year, has previously trained with Germany’s has been welcomed with open arms by the The Mike Mulvey-coached Mariners are region like his team mates, rather than in Manchester United’s Andreas Pereira and Barcelona’s Artur Borussia Dortmund, South Africa’s Mamelodi Mariners, who have carved a huge lightning in talks to have the trial broadcast on TV, more vibrant Sydney. “As you all know I love are among the new names in a much-changed Brazil squad for Sundowns and Norway’s Stromsgodset in his bolt on the turf of their home Central Coast pending Bolt’s selection, local media reported. Australia, so I’m happy to call Australia home upcoming friendlies against the United States and El Salvador, bid to win a professional football contract. stadium. Mariners CEO Shaun Mielekamp said for now,” said Bolt. coach Tite said on Friday. His first Mariners training session will Bolt could play his first match on Aug. last week that Bolt had already bought into (Source: Reuters) Pereira, the 22-year-old attacking midfielder who spent last season on loan at Valencia, is one of two Manchester United players in the squad, along with Fred. Lopetegui focused on Getafe game, not Mourinho: Manchester City film Artur, who was called up but not used before the World Cup, is also included after a promising start to the season with Barcelona. transfer targets showed lack of class Lucas Paqueta, Flamengo’s highly rated young attacking midfielder gets his first call up, as does Pedro, the 21-year-old Fluminense striker, Gremio’s 22-year-old left winger Everton, and Porto centre back Felipe. Among the regulars left out are Real Madrid’s Marcelo, Miran- da of Inter, Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder Paulinho and Manchester City pair Fernandinho and Gabriel Jesus. Tite said he left out several senior men to give younger players a chance to show what they can do at the highest level. “This is Pedro’s time, as he is playing well,” Tite said. “Paqueta is one of the best players at Flamengo. (And) Everton, who is one of the best players in his team.” Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson was left out for person- al reasons and replaced by Flamengo reserve Hugo, who was included as part of an experiment to give one under-20 player experience in every squad, Tite said. Brazil face the United States in New Jersey on Sept 7 and then play El Salvador in Washington four days later. Although they will play more friendlies before the end of the year, Brazil’s next competitive matches are not until June 2019 when they host the Copa America. (Source: Eurosport) Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui bat- Important back up players Theo Her- Jose Mourinho has accused Manchester 19 points behind Pep Guardiola’s side. ted away talk about the club’s possible nandez and Mateo Kovacic meanwhile City of lacking class after their behind-the- Mourinho takes his team to Brighton transfer targets ahead of his side’s first have been loaned out to Real Sociedad scenes documentary appeared to poke fun on Sunday as he looks to challenge for this La Liga game of the season against Getafe and Chelsea respectively. at his Manchester United team. season’s title, but warned supporters that on Sunday, insisting he is happy with the Lopetegui, however, said the main thing The eight-part film, “Manchester City: they may have their work cut out. Jürgen Klopp tells unhappy squad he has. on his mind was getting off to a strong start All or Nothing,” which premiered in Man- “Last season we put ourselves in a dif- “Right now we’re focusing on getting in the league as Madrid look to compensate chester last week, documented their Premier ficult position, because to do better we Liverpool players to up the best out of the squad we have which is for their woeful last campaign, when they League title triumph last season. can only finish first,” he said. a squad we love, we have a lot of talent and finished 17 points behind champions Bar- During it, narrator Ben Kingsley de- “When I read sometimes and watch their game we’re going to work with it,” Lopetegui told celona and below Atletico Madrid. scribes City’s 2-1 win over United at Old sometimes it looks like we finished sixth a news conference on Saturday. Madrid have already started the season Trafford in December as “Guardiola ver- or seventh and everybody did better than “We like the players we have and I have on the back foot by losing 4-2 to Atletico sus Mourinho once more; possession vs. us. We finished second. no doubts about the squad I have. Our play- in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday. defence; attacking football vs. park the “Liverpool are trying to win the title with ers have a fantastic attitude, and people “We have to focus on our games right bus” -- and that did not go down well with their amazing investment. Chelsea have a are going to see a Madrid side with a lot of now because the three points tomorrow Mourinho. “You can have a fantastic movie fantastic squad, Manchester City have a talent. The important players are the ones are worth the same as all the other games, while respecting others,” the United man- fantastic squad too, Tottenham made an that are here, not the ones that are not.” so we have to realize the season is starting ager told Sky Sports. “You don’t need to incredible investment by keeping their play- Madrid have yet to sign a replace- now,” added the former Spain coach, who be disrespectful to have a fantastic movie. ers, that’s the best investment you can make. ment for all-time top scorer Cristiano faces a daunting task following Zinedine “You can be a rich club and buy the best “They could be spending £200 million, but Ronaldo after selling him to Juventus Zidane’s trophy-laden two-and-a-half- players in the world but you cannot buy if they lose Harry Kane or Christian Eriksen for 105 million euros ($120.1 million). year tenure. class and they showed that clearly, that ... the biggest investment was keeping all Their only new arrivals so far have been “I’m really impressed with the en- was really obvious.” their best players. Arsenal will be better right back Alvaro Odriozola, goalkeeper thusiasm the players have to revindicate Despite avenging the derby defeat at even though they lost their first match. “I Thibaut Courtois and 18-year-old Bra- themselves and with the talent they have. Old Trafford with a 3-2 win over City at the think it’s going to be a very hard season.” zilian forward Vinicius Jr. (Source: Mirror) Etihad Stadium in April, United finished (Source: ESPN) Could De Bruyne injury have quick Silva lining for City? Jürgen Klopp has said any player unhappy at being overlooked Pep Guardiola was quick to acknowledge just what a “big He was superb in the Community Shield win over Chelsea at Liverpool has a responsibility to force his way back into the miss” Kevin de Bruyne will be for the champions once it and opening league victory at Arsenal, with his performance manager’s plans on the training ground. was confirmed on Friday that the Belgian’s knee injury will in the Wembley curtain-raiser hailed as a “masterpiece” Klopp admitted last week he had “no explanation” for why keep him out of action for probably three months. by Guardiola. Alberto Moreno and others did not make the squad for the Premier Yet Guardiola’s enthusiasm for two more of his midfield He also noted that currently it was “Bernardo and League opener against West Ham. Dominic Solanke, Curtis Jones maestros suggests that despite the cloud that the loss of the 10 players more” such was his level of play. “He is so and Ragnar Klavan, who joined Cagliari for £2m on Friday, also brilliant De Bruyne has left hanging over the Etihad, he can intelligent, he is clever, he is a fighter, a competitor,” missed out and the competition for places will intensify when see a “Silva lining”. gushed the manager. Dejan Lovren and Joël Matip regain fitness. This could be Bernardo Silva’s moment after his scin- Last season, Silva played 35 league matches, but started “I cannot make people happy, I never could,” said Klopp, tillating start to the season to make the grade from City’s only 15, a figure that should rise considerably this season, whose team visit Crystal Palace on Monday. “Whatever happens favourite luxury item on the bench to the main man. particularly in light of De Bruyne’s injury. on 31 August there will be a specific point where it is clear that is And with David Silva potentially ready to rejoin the fray But Guardiola believes David Silva too could be reju- the squad for the next four months until January. Who cannot be for Sunday’s visit of Huddersfield Town, Guardiola believes venated now that he has decided to end his distinguished happy in these four months being part of the squad at Liverpool the 32-year-old Spaniard also still has a key role to play now World Cup-winning international career. I cannot help. that he has hung up his international boots. said Klopp. “They have brought in Riyad Mahrez, but they “Big congratulations to him,” said Guardiola, report- “Everyone who trains on his highest level – because the de- Naturally, De Bruyne, who scored eight goals, set up can all play in different positions. Nobody need worry about ing that Silva had overcome a slight knock that kept him cision has already been made that they are good enough to play 16 more and created the lion’s share of chances in City’s Man City and their quality, there’s still a lot there.” out of the Arsenal match and was back in contention for for Liverpool – has a big chance to be an important part of the landmark 100-point season, is going to be missed. After Guardiola’s ability to bring the best out of intelligent Sunday’s game. team, to stay in the team and all these things. all, no player in Europe’s top five leagues provided more players even when moving them into new, unaccustomed “More than 100 games, winning the World Cup, two “There are more difficult things in life than not being in a goal assists. positions makes his City side perhaps the most flexible the European Championships as one of the most fascinating, match-day squad. I see it like that and you always have a chance Of course too, City are spoiled for midfield choice as Premier League has seen. incredible players in the history of Spain. to change the situation when you are part of the squad. It is not Juergen Klopp, manager of rivals Liverpool, noted on Fri- Yet even amid the bewildering array of midfield talent “Nobody pushed him, he decided to finish his interna- about my decision. I made the last decision but before that there day when he told Sky Sports how sorry he was about De that Guardiola still has at his disposal with the likes of Ilkay tional career so he could rest a little bit more with his wife, are plenty of things the players are responsible for.” Bruyne’s misfortune. Gundogan, Fabian Delph and Mahrez on board, Bernardo family and his little boy while continuing to play with us.” (Source: Guardian) “They still have options of course, like they always do,” Silva had already staked his claim to taking the reins. (Source: Star) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 19, 2018 SPORTS 15

Carlos Queiroz a candidate Vahid Amiri a key part of Iran side in Asian Cup

Iran international winger Vahid Amiri would be a key part of to coach Mexico – report Carlos Queiroz’s side determined to end a four-decade long wait SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran national foot- to win the AFC Asian Cup, the-afc.com wrote. deskball team coach Carlos Queiroz has To call Amiri a late bloomer would be an understatement; the been added to the list of candidates for the vacant winger’s rise to prominence over Mexico national team job. the past few years has been nothing Following the departure of Juan Carlos Osorio as short of spectacular. Until the age Mexico national football team coach, the Mexican of 25, Amiri had never played in Football Federation’s managing director Guillermo the top division in Iran. Cantu has met with Queiroz, FOX Sports reported. Five years later, he has already Queiroz has coached Portugal, the UAE, South won two league titles with Tehran Africa, and most recently, Iran in the 2014 and giants Persepolis, helped them 2018 World Cups. reach the 2017 AFC Champions The Portuguese also served as an assistant to Alex League semi-final, and impressed Ferguson at Manchester United for some time, while for Team Melli at the 2018 FIFA worked as a coach at Real Madrid, Sporting Lisboa, World Cup. NY Metrostars, and Nagoya Grampus Eight. His excellent form was reward- The news of the interest for Queiroz comes after ed with a European move as he Tigres coach Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti seemed to have joined Turkish side Trabzonspor taken his name out of the list of potential candidates. over the summer. Mohammad Reza Davarzani, Iran’s deputy sports The pacey winger is a key part minister, has recently said Queiroz would lead Team of Carlos Queiroz’s Iran side determined to end a four-decade Melli in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the UAE. long wait to win the AFC Asian Cup, and he will be hoping a Queiroz has yet to extend his contract with Iran strong start to life in the Turkish Super Lig will help him deliver national football team. a strong showing in the UAE in January. He had been already linked with Algeria, South (Source: the-afc) Korea and Colombia. Under guidance of him, Team Melli earned a shock win over Morocco and impressed against IPL: Persepolis held by Spain and Portugal. Naft Masjed Soleyman Fan banned for life after Persepolis Iran not underestimating Myanmar: TASNIM — Persepolis football team were held by a goalless supporters knife attack Zlatko Kranjcar draw against Naft Masjed Soleyman at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Friday. It was the Reds’ successive draw in Iran Professional League (IPL). Persepolis had played out a goalless draw against Esteghlal Khuzestan last week. Furthermore, Sepahan defeated Zob Ahan 2-1 in Isfahan’s derby, Sanat Naft drew 2-2 with Esteghlal Khuzestan in Abadan and Tractor Sazi earned its first IPL win, beating Saipa 1-0 in Tabriz. At the end of week 4, Padideh sits top of the table with nine points, followed by Sepahan and Persepolis with eight points.

Avicenna Int’l Chess Tournament kicks off in western Iran

SPORTS TEHRAN — Naft Mas- supporters threw stones at the Persepo- SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran estimate any team. We will take nothing for IRNA — The 15th Avicenna International Chess Tournament deskjed Soleyman fan who lis’s players in Ahvaz’s Ghadir Stadium. deskU23 football coach granted against Myanmar,” Kranjcar said. 2018 kicked off in western city of Hamedan on Friday with par- appeared to hit Persepolis supporters with The match was stopped several times Zlatko Kranjcar insisted that they will Iran started the campaign with a goalless ticipation of 390 Iranian and foreign players . knife has been banned for life. for this incident. not underestimate Myanmar in the 2018 draw against Saudi Arabia. Speaking to the Islamic Republic News agency (IRNA), Head He was caught on cameras in Tehran’s Also, Tractor Sazi’s supporters clashed Asian Games. The Persians defeated DPR Korea 3-0 of Hamedan Chess Committee Ahmad Ali Babaei said that 16 Azadi Stadium holding a big knife in his with Esteghlal’s fans in Tehran’s Azadi Sta- On Monday, Iran will face Myanmar in their second match. prominent foreign players were participating in the event. right hand. dium and destroyed the chairs. at the Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium in Now, Iran will face Myanmar to deter- The tournament is underway in three A, B and C groups, he said. The man has been arrested and charged Iranian coaches and players have Bekasi, Indonesia. mine the group winner. Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami, Iranian chess grandmaster did not in connection with the incident. launched a campaign in recent days Myanmar have a little chance of qual- Iran have a strong legacy in men’s soccer, take part in the event for personal reasons, he added. The violence has increased at the sta- to fight violence at the stadium but it ifying for the next stage. having won gold on four occasions. Ukrainian grandmaster Stanislav Bogdanovich won the 14th diums in Iran. seems more effective actions should “We had a good performance against Zlatko Kranjcar’s footballers will look to edition of Avicenna International Chess Tournament. Last week, the Esteghlal Khuzestan be applied. DPR Korea but we are not allowed to under- end a drought that extends back to 2002. Morteza Pouraliganji joins KAS Eupen Japan value China rivalry KAS Eupen have signed Iranian international center-back my goal and my dream. I am looking forward to this new with Tokyo target in mind Morteza Pouraliganji. challenge and would like to thank KAS Eupen for their trust Pouraliganji has 30 caps for Iran and has played full and their belief in me. I am fully motivated and always want Japan will go toe-to-toe with China at the 18th Asian Games, matches against Morocco, Spain and Portugal in the group to improve and win. I will do my best to become a valuable hoping sparring with the continent’s most dominant sporting stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. player for KAS Eupen. I’m looking forward to my new club nation will boost their bid for a record medal haul in their home KAS Eupen’s new signing has had a career spanning 124 and to being able to train and play with the KAS Eupen team.” Olympics in 2020, its delegation chief said on Saturday. championship games for the first division in Iran, China KAS Director Christoph Henkel is delighted with the signing Japan topped the medal standings in the first Asian Games in and, most recently, for Al Sadd in Qatar. The 26-year-old of Morteza Pouraliganji: “As a key player in the Iranian national 1951 and continued their dominance until the 1982 New Delhi Iranian has played 9 times in the Asian Champions League. team and in several clubs in the top division in Asia, Morteza Games where China took over as the new leaders. Pouraliganji has signed a 2-year contract with KAS Eupen Pouraliganji has proven his skills and, despite his young age It will need a miracle to deny China a 10th successive Asiad at with an option for another year. of 26, has already managed to gain considerable experience. the top of the medal tally despite the inexperienced look of their Morteza Pouraliganji is highly motivated by the new stage We are glad that Morteza has decided to join KAS Eupen and 845-strong squad even though Japan will mount stiff competi- in his career at KAS Eupen: “In the course of my career so we believe that he will help shore up our defence. We welcome tion in swimming, gymnastic, track and field, and table tennis. far, I have been able to prove myself in different countries our new KAS Eupen player to Belgium. “Not only these four sports, in various sports China is still and at different levels. Playing in Europe has always been (Source: As-Eupen.be) number one in Asia,” Yasuhiro Yamashita, who heads Japan’s 1000- plus contingent, including 752 athletes, told a news conference. “I’m looking forward to our athletes challenging China and performing well. If China and Japan perform at a high level, it Two Koreas march together at Asian Games opening ceremony will help bring up the Asian total sporting performance. “In other sports as well, if China and Japan compete at a really North and South Korea marched together Indonesian Gunawan Tri Wasisto, who high level, our athletes can learn a lot from the competition. I behind the Korean Unification flag at the works in finance, said tickets were costly strongly believe those performance here will be beneficial for Asian Games opening ceremony on Saturday but worth it. their own performance in two years’ time in Tokyo.” (Aug 18), in the latest demonstration of their “This is the moment, we are the host. A Japan have set themselves a 30-gold target for the 2020 Olym- rapprochement. bit expensive but for a once-in-a-lifetime pics at home, which they believe will be enough to finish third South Korean women’s basketball player event, it doesn’t matter,” he told AFP. in the medal standings. To achieve that, they need to do well in Lim Yung-hui carried the blue and white flag Some locals turned up at the stadium on disciplines that have served them well and make the most of the as the Korean athletes paraded into Jakarta’s Saturday morning, hours before the 7pm new events, said Yamashita, a former Olympic champion Judoka. Gelora Bung Karno stadium. (1200 GMT) start to soak up the atmosphere. “We traditionally had high performance in judo, wrestling, It is the second such symbolic gesture Bani, who like many Indonesians goes by gymnastics and swimming. Looking back, we (also) find a good this year by the two Koreas, who also walked one name, arrived with his wife and two kids, foundation of team performance in badminton, table tennis, together at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics telling AFP he wanted “to feel the euphoria, fencing, sailing, weightlifting,” Yamashita said. opening ceremony - an event that heralded see the preparations”. “On top of that, in Tokyo, there will be new events like karate, an unprecedented warming of ties. “The people are also involved,” Bani, 36, softball, baseball, surfing and sport climbing and in those sports The North and South, still technically added. “You can see people are decorating we have very good athletes.” at war, are also joining forces in women’s their neighborhoods with the Games’ logos.” The 62-year-old also dismissed suggestions that Japanese basketball, canoeing and rowing during the Jakarta might be stealing the limelight but athletes might go easy in Indonesia, saying such a move would 40-sport, two-week regional Olympics. several thousand athletes, officials and VIPs are risk their selection for the Tokyo Games. The weeks and months leading up to the The Games website says the ceremony “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” also expected at a welcome evening Saturday staged “To becomes Olympic athletes, internally in Japan (there’s) a tournament have been dogged by worries will show the world Indonesia is capable Just a few hours before the opening on in the huge Sports City complex of Palembang. big competition among the athletes. Those who have come here over poor air quality, terrorism and Jakarta’s of hosting an international event - but the Saturday, national police chief Tito Karnavian As well as performances by local and to compete, they cannot reserve their best for the future. They notorious traffic. jury is still out. visited the GBK stadium, telling journalists international musicians, Jakarta’s opening have to fight hard and compete seriously here,” he said. But organizers insist they are ready, On Thursday the online ticketing system that more than 8,000 security officials would ceremony will be broadcast live on a huge “I’m looking forward to high performance by our athletes and 4,000 dancers and a 100-piece or- crashed, just days after the country admitted be deployed for the ceremony. screen outside the main stadium of the city here,” said Yamashita who took over as the chairman of the sports chestra got the party started in Jakarta at a series of malfunctions have been plaguing “We are giving special attention to secu- that will host 13 of the sporting events, includ- committee of the Japanese Olympic Committee last year. a ceremony which organizers said would the light rapid transit system in Palembang, rity,” he said at the arena, where more than ing shooting, bowling and beach volleyball. “Looking back to last one year, I found a lot to do. Now I must be watched by billions of people across which is co-hosting the games with Jakarta. 300 CCTV cameras with facial recognition About 18,000 athletes and officials from calm down and take a strategic approach to the Games in the Asia and beyond. A brutal police crackdown on petty crime technology have been installed. 45 Asian countries will be at the Asiad, or- remaining one year and 10 months.” The main Gelora Bung Karno stadium in the run-up to the Games has also caused Around 50,000 people are expected inside ganizers said, looking to make their mark While stressing the importance of doing well in the Asian will be transformed into a verdant mountain, alarm, with Amnesty International warning the stadium, Games organizing committee across a range of sports including bridge, Games ahead of a home Olympics, he also pointed out the coin- organizers said ahead of the ceremony, and at least 31 suspects had been killed under a INASGOC said Saturday, adding that tick- jetski, paragliding and sepak takraw, as well cidence that Tokyo last hosted an Olympics Games in 1964, two Indonesian celebrity singer Anggun Cipta “shoot first and ask questions later” operation ets - which range in price from to US$50- as nearly the full Olympic program. years after Jakarta hosted an Asian Games. Sasmi will take to the stage. in Jakarta and south Sumatra. US$350 - had sold out. (Source: AFP) (Source: Reuters) Prayer Times Noon:13:08 Evening: 20:08 Dawn: 4:56 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:27 (tomorrow) AUGUST 19, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 Art expert asks galleries to [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 lift ban on admitting children www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. Tel: 88911433 Webmaster: [email protected] ARTTEHRAN – Art expert Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 deskand owner of Golestan No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran Gallery in Tehran Lily Golestan who has P.o. Box: 14155-4843 asked her colleagues to lift the ban on Zip Code: 1599814713 children’s entry to art exhibitions. Speaking to the Persian service of MNA on Saturday, Golestan said, “I’ve never agreed with the ban on children and I have never prevented them from visiting art shows in my gallery.” “It’s no matter if children come to galleries to make noise and even scream, because their presence at galleries makes them familiar with art and artistic spaces,” she added. Golestan, 74, who is the mother of three children, noted that she was accustomed to Rouhani offers condolences taking her children to art shows at galleries during their childhood. over death of actor “I accept all the hardships resulting Ezzatollah Entezami from children’s presence in my gallery that the children of my country become ARTTEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has familiarized with art, and also to have deskoffered condolences over the death of Ezza- this cultural move be institutionalized, tollah Entezami, the veteran actor of stage and screen, who died therefore, I welcome children in my at the age of 94 on Friday. gallery,” she stated. Children conventionally are not allowed to go to galleries in Iran. Gallery owners argue that children may damage artworks by touching them. However, Nader Seyhun, the owner of Seyhun Gallery in Tehran, said last week that going to art galleries should be turned into a cultural tradition from childhood. “People should be familiarized with art Art enthusiasts visit an installation exhibition by Solmaz Lienhard at Ariana Gallery on August 3, 2018. (Honaronline/Ramona Mirian) and galleries from childhood and families art shows,” he told the Persian service childhood,” noted Nader who has been born painter and his mother, Masumeh Seyhun, should familiarize their children with the of MNA. into an artist family. His father, Hushang was a painter and the former owner of culture of going to galleries and visiting “I grew up among artworks from Seyhun, was an architect, sculptor and Seyhun Gallery.

Hushang Moradi Kermani wins IIDCYA Hamed Soleimanzadeh on panel In a message published on Friday, Rouhani wrote, “The death of the veteran actor of our country, Ezzatollah Entezami, filled nomination for Astrid Lindgren Award of Dytiatko festival in Ukraine our hearts with grief and sorrow. This popular, hardworking and stylistic actor of stage and screen played a key role in elevating the art of our dear country, Iran. “I offer my condolences upon the death of this popular artist to the Entezami family, the Iranian theater and cinema commu- nity, and all art enthusiasts. May God have mercy on his soul.” Many other top officials such Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi, First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri and Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani also offered their condolences over the death of Entezami.

“The Blind Owl” published in Kazakh

CULTURE TEHRAN — Iranian writer Sadeq Hedayat’s desk“The Blind Owl” has recently been published in Kazakh. Ainash Kasymkyzy is the translator of the book, Hedayat’s nephew, Jahangir Hedayat, told Writer Hushang Moradi Kermani poses beside his picture signed by a number of Hamed Soleimanzadeh in an undated photo the Persian service of ISNA on officials and artists during his 72nd birthday celebration at the Imam Ali (AS) Re- Saturday. ARTTEHRAN – Iranian Karamitsanis from the ASIFA Hellas ligious Arts Museum on September 10, 2016. (Honaronline/Mojtaba Arabzadeh) desk Kasymkyzy’s translation of stage director and and Natalia Morozova from the Hedayat’s “The Stray Dog” was ARTTEHRAN – Best- program were nominated for the award film critic Hamed Soleimanzadeh has international children’s festival of desk previously published in several selling Iranian au- several times over the past few years. been selected for a jury of the 10th cinema and television – KINOSVET. parts in a Kazakh newspaper thor Hushang Moradi Kermani has been Moradi Kermani, whose works also ap- Dytiatko International Children’s Several Iranian films will also be in Almaty. nominated for the 2019 Astrid Lindgren peal to adults, is the author of numerous Television Festival. competing with over 170 works from Sadeq Hedayat (1903-1951) Memorial Award by Iran’s Institute for bestsellers such as “You’re No Stranger Zoya Alfiorova from the Faculty of 47 countries during the festival. was Iran’s foremost modern Intellectual Development of Children and Here”, “The Water Urn” and “A Sweet Jam”. Film and Television Arts of the Kharkiv “Secret of Butterflies” by Ali Tanhai writer of prose fiction and short Young Adults (IIDCYA). Iran’s nominations for the Astrid Lind- State Academy of Culture, and Peter and “Peace Carpet” by Ziba Arjang will stories. The institute has also selected its mobile gren Memorial Award are selected every Ahn from the Seoul Guro International be screened in the Animation Film for “The Blind Owl” (1936) is library program that promotes reading in year by the IIDCYA, the Iranian Association Kids Film Festival are other members of Children category. about a painter who sees the remote regions and villages as a nomina- of Writers for Children and Youth, and the the jury of the international competition “Are You Volleyball?!” by presence of death in his mur- tion for the award, which is presented by Children’s Book Council of Iran. of the festival, which will take place Mohammad Bakhshi, “Saad’s Olive Front cover of a Kazakh copy of derous, feverish nightmares. Swedish government to promote children’s Earlier last week, the association in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from Tree” by Ahmad Zayeri and “Bachi” Sadeq Hedayat’s “The Blind Owl” The book has so far been and youths’ literature in the world, the nominated writer Jamshid Khanian and September 5 to 8, the organizers have by Mohammad-Javad Heidari will translated into numerous languages including French, German, IIDCYA announced on Saturday. children’s literature expert Ali-Asghar announced. be competing in the Short Film for Japanese, Chinese, Polish and Hindi. Moradi Kermani and the mobile library Seyyedabadi for the award. The jury also includes Vassilis C. Children category.

Marvel Comics mogul Stan Lee Slovenian comedian gets new role: Aretha Franklin funeral set for wins renewal of protect order prime minister August 31 in Detroit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Marvel Comics mogul Stan Lee LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA (Euro News) NEW YORK (Reuters) — A funeral for won renewal of a protective order on Friday against a onetime — A comedian who used to impersonate the the late recording star Aretha Franklin business manager accused of subjecting the 95-year-old “Spider- former Slovenian prime minister will now has been scheduled for Aug. 31 in Detroit, Man” co-creator to elder abuse after taking charge of his affairs get a chance to play the part for real. following a two-day public viewing of her earlier this year. Marjan Sarec, a veteran stand-up comic casket, and her body will be entombed at Keya Morgan, a New York-based memorabilia collector who and actor, was appointed prime minister a family gravesite, relatives announced became involved with Lee following the death of Lee’s wife designate on Friday after his party finished on Friday through a publicist. last year, must stay least 100 yards (91.4 metres) away from second in Slovenia’ parliamentary election. Franklin, the preacher’s daughter who the Marvel magnate for the next three years, the restraining Sarec, 40, who is expected to propose a became the long-reigning “Queen of Soul” order states. minority government made up of five center- with such hits as “Respect” and “Chain left parties, was chosen by a 55-31 vote in fondness for old Latin words and his shaky of Fools”, died at her home in Detroit on The order further requires Morgan, also known as Keyrash A crown and flowers were placed on Aretha Parliament. grasp of English. Thursday at the age of 76, after a battle Mazhari, to stay away from Lee’s daughter, Joan Celia “C.J.” Franklin’s star on Hollywood Boulevard The country’s leftist parties allied to sideline Sarec was also well known for portraying with pancreatic cancer. Lee, 68, and his 86-year-old brother, Larry Lieber. in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August the top party in the June 3 parliamentary vote, a fictional character modeled on traditional The Grammy-winning vocalist, who was “Stan Lee and the Lee family are happy that the court saw fit to 16, 2018. (Reuters/Mike Blake) try to prevent further intrusion into the personal life and affairs the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party peasants from northeastern Slovenia. born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up in of Mr. Lee,” his lawyer, Jonathan Freund, told Reuters by phone. led by former Prime Minister Janez Jansa. But he told NBC News that he will take Detroit after moving there as a youngster family and friends, the announcement said. Lee is co-creator of “Spider-Man”, “Iron Man”, “The Hulk” “We are a new party, [a] new generation his new role seriously. He said that is what with her family from Buffalo, New York. Her coffin is to be “entombed” along and dozens of other superheroes that have become mythic in politics that is not burdened with the past,” he has done since he became a small-town She got her start as a singer touring in her with the remains of her father, the figures in U.S. pop culture with soaring success at the movie Sarec told NBC News. “We are here to work.” mayor, when he made a “promise to conclude father’s gospel show when she was a teenager. Reverend C.L. Franklin, and her brother, box office. Recognized by fans for his cameo appearances in But analysts have predicted that Sarec’s with the profession of actor.” A lifelong friend and musical Cecil Franklin, and sisters Carolyn and each of Marvel’s live-action films, Lee has an estate worth some minority government could be unstable — “I kept this promise and assumed the compatriot, Motown great Smokey Erma Franklin. $50 million, according to previous court documents. and probably would not last long. position of a mayor with a great responsibility,” Robinson, recalled in a Reuters TV Before the funeral there will be a public Freund said Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Laura Sarec, who had served as mayor of the small Sarec said. “Today, I assume the function of interview that he met Franklin when viewing of Franklin’s body Aug. 28 and Hymowitz granted the restraining order on the basis of evidence Slovenian town of Kamnik since 2010, rose to the prime minister with a great responsibility she was just 5 or 6 years old, and heard Aug. 29 at the Charles H. Wright Museum outlined in an earlier petition and a brief presentation he made political prominence when he unexpectedly towards all citizens.” her sing and play the piano “almost like of African American History in Detroit, in court on Friday. He said neither Lee or Morgan were present forced incumbent Borut Pahor to a second Sarec also did stints as a volunteer she did as an adult.” according to the schedule. for the proceedings. round of votes in the October presidential firefighter and a journalist, working for the Franklin’s body will be laid to rest at Gwendolyn Quinn, a spokeswoman A previous restraining order issued in June against Morgan election. public broadcaster RTV Slovenia. He was Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit on Aug. for the family, said she believed that the was dismissed in July over confusion about Lee’s legal representa- But his roots are in comedy. He won fame among 571 journalists who signed a petition 31 following a funeral that morning at viewing would be open-casket but that tion. Freund said Friday’s action essentially renews and extends as a popular impressionist who mimicked against censorship in 2005, during Jansa’s the Greater Grace Temple nearby, but those arrangements had not yet been that order. Jansa, mocking the former leader’s apparent tenure. attendance at the service will be limited to finalized.