Iran's Condensate Exports up 18% Since March

Leader: Capable manpower Hollywood Reporter: can solve all problems ‘No Date, No Signature’ in country 2 beautifully shot drama 12 Number 5722 ● Monday September 4, 2017 ● Shahrivar 13, 1396 ● Zihijjah 13, 1438 ● Price 5,000 Rials ● 12 Pages ● www.irandailyonline.ir ran reported an 18-percent growth in exports of condensate to global markets, saying its exports of Iran confirms Ithe ultra-light fuel in the five months from March Iran’s condensate exports 21 exceeded 90 million barrels. Saudi delegation Announcing this, Masoud Hassani, the managing director of South Pars Gas Complex (SPGC), which is responsible for the bulk of Iran’s condensate produc- visit to Tehran tion and exports, added that SPGC condensate production over the same period had also increased by over Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman up 18% since March 13 percent to reach around 87 million barrels, IRNA Bahram Qassemi on Sunday con- reported. firmed a report that a Saudi delega- South Korea is a key importer of Iran’s condensate tion plans to visit Tehran in the com- purchasing an average of six million barrels per month ing days. — or 200,000 barrels a day — of the vital fuel from the The confirmation by Iran’s For- Islamic Republic. eign Ministry came after the Kuwaiti Last December, Iran announced that it was already daily Al Jarida said the Saudi offi- expanding the market for its condensate which can be cials would take the trip following used to make both fuel and plastic. the Muslim festivities of Eid al-Adha, Continued on Page 4 which will end on Monday. Qassemi said that Tehran had issued visas for the members of the Saudi delegation which is likely to fly to Iran af- BMW trainer: ter the Hajj rituals, IRNA reported. Exclusive “The Saudi delegation simply comes to visit their diplomatic build- Iran can produce ings because the buildings have been empty after the two countries broke low-price cars off relations. At the same time, we will visit our buildings in Saudi Ara- bia,” Qassemi said. for exports “This is a bilateral agreement under which Iranian and Saudi delegations will travel to each other’s countries to Shifting to electric cars in long run visit their diplomatic sites in Riyadh and Tehran,” he said, explaining that By Katayoon Dashti a date for the Iranian delegation’s visit has not yet been set. Professor Michael Höschl is a trainer in the “The visas for the Saudis were issued NNorthorth KKoreaorea ddeclareseclares training academy of BMW factory. Iran Daily in- long ago, but for reasons that concern terviewed him. He gave explanations regarding them, they have not come yet; their BMW. He gave recommendations to Iranian auto travel has likely been postponed until manufacturers. He also shared valuable informa- after the Hajj,” Qassemi said. HH-bomb-bomb ttestest ''perfectperfect ssuccess'uccess' tion regarding production, marketing and exports. Continued on Page 2 Excerpts follow: AP IRAN DAILY: Please tell us how BMW became a North Korea announced it detonated a ther- tercontinental ballistic missile. determination even harder. global brand? Furious Russia monuclear device Sunday in its sixth and Sunday's detonation builds on recent At the same time, the simple power of most powerful nuclear test to date, a big North Korean advances that include test the blast was convincing. Japan's Defense MICHAEL HÖSCHL: We started our production demands swift return step toward its goal of developing nuclear launches in July of two ICBMs that are be- Minister Itsunori Onodera said it might abroad in the US and later in China which is very weapons. The North called it a "perfect lieved to be capable of reaching the main- have been as powerful as 70 kilotons. successful. We of closed US facilities success" while its neighbors condemned land United States. Pyongyang says its North Korea's previous largest was thought learned that it Russia on Sunday demanded the US rethink its the blast immediately. missile development is part of a defensive to be anywhere from 10 to 30 kilotons. is profitable to shuttering of Moscow’s diplomatic premises, in- Though the precise strength of the effort to build a viable nuclear deterrent North Korea conducted two nuclear tests produce BMW sisting Washington bore sole responsibility for blast has yet to be determined, South Ko- that can target US cities. last year, the last nearly a year ago, on the where the mar- worsening ties after the “hostile act”. rea's weather agency said the artificial China's Foreign Ministry said in a state- Sept. 9 anniversary of the nation's found- ket is. “We consider what has happened as an openly earthquake it caused was five to six times ment that the Chinese government has ing. It has been launching missiles at a re- Big car plants hostile act and a gross violation of international stronger than tremors generated by its pre- "expressed firm opposition and strong con- cord pace this year. out of Germany law by Washington,” the Foreign Ministry in Mos- vious tests. It reportedly shook buildings in demnation." It urged North Korea to "stop The photos released earlier Sunday are in the US and cow said in a statement, AFP reported. China and in Russia, AP said. taking erroneous actions that deteriorate showed Kim talking with his lieutenants as China. We are “We call on the American authorities to come The test was carried out at 12:29 p.m. lo- the situation." he observed a silver, peanut-shaped device currently build- to their senses and immediately return the Russian cal time at the Punggye-ri site where North South Korea held a National Secu- that the state-run media said was a thermo- ing a factory in diplomatic properties or all blame for the continu- Korea has also conducted past nuclear rity Council meeting chaired by President nuclear weapon designed to be mounted on Mexico. ing degradation in our relations lies on the US.” tests. Officials in Seoul put the magnitude Moon Jae-in. National Security Director the North's "Hwasong-14" ICBM. We have sev- Russia on Saturday was forced to vacate its con- at 5.7, while the US Geological Survey Chung Eui-yong said Moon will seek eve- The North claims the device was made eral assembly sulate in San Francisco and two diplomatic build- said it was a magnitude 6.3. The strongest ry available measure, including new UN domestically and has explosive power that plants for BMW ings in New York and Washington after the US or- artificial quake from previous tests was a sanctions or the deployment of more US can range from tens to hundreds of kilo- cars in Malaysia, dered the move in the latest twist of a lengthy feud. magnitude 5.3. military assets, to further isolate Pyong- tons. Outside experts suggested the yield India, Russia and Brazil, but there is no full plant, US federal agents inspected a Russian trade North Korea's television broadcast a yang. of the device tested Sunday might be in there is no painting. mission in Washington to confirm its closure, a special bulletin Sunday afternoon to an- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that ballpark, though closer to the lower step that drew a fierce diplomatic protest Saturday nounce the test. It said leader Kim Jong- called the test "absolutely unacceptable." range. For context, the bomb dropped Which factors are considered in R&D sector of from Moscow. un attended a meeting of the ruling party's The North claimed the device it tested on Hiroshima by the United States had a BMW plant? The Foreign Ministry said Sunday that the “US presidium and signed the go-ahead order. was a thermonuclear weapon — com- 15-kiloton yield. intelligence services with the support of armed po- Earlier in the day, the party's newspaper monly called an H-bomb. That could be North Korea's nuclear and missile pro- Right now, a very little bit of R&D is done in lice were now in charge of the seized buildings.” ran a front-page story showing photos of hard to independently confirm. It said the gram has made huge strides since Kim rose Chinese factories, while 98 percent is done in Washington issued the closure order Thursday Kim examining what it said was a nuclear underground test site did not leak radioac- to power following his father's death in late Germany. in retaliation for Moscow ordering the US to slash warhead being fitted onto the nose of an in- tive materials, which would make such a 2011. Continued on Page 4 its diplomatic mission by 755 personnel by Sep- tember 1. The number of US diplomatic staff will now be capped at 455, the same number that Russia has in WWII bomb forces evacuation of 60,000 in Frankfurt the United States. The recent surge in tensions between the two At least 60,000 people were forced to leave a high-capacity explosive used in air raids by nuclear-armed powers was a diplomatic setback their homes in central Frankfurt on Sunday, as Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II for US President Donald Trump. Germany began an operation to defuse a huge and contains 1.4 tons of explosives. During his campaign for office last year and in unexploded World War II bomb dubbed “block- Although police have said there is no imme- the early days of his presidency he promised to buster”. diate danger, the bomb’s massive size prevents try to improve relations with Russian President The operation is the biggest evacuation of its them from taking any chances during the dis- Vladimir Putin.

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