The French Government Will Not Germany Says It Is “Extremely Concerned” About Iran’s Trigger the Iran Nuclear Deal’s Announcement That It Will Dispute Resolution Mechanism for Break the Limit on Uranium Now, Instead Giving Itself One Week Enrichment Set by the 2015 To Try to Get All Parties Talking Again Nuclear Deal With World Powers

VOL. XXV, No. 6717 TEHRAN Price 20,000 Rials www.irannewsdaily.com MONDAY, JULY 08, - TIR 17, 1398 2 4 8 DOMESTIC 3 DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL SPORTS European JCPOA Greece Goes Magnificent Federer Parties Expected to Trade Balance Cruises Into Support Iran Stance Becomes Positive To Polls Wimbledon Last 16 > SEE PAGE 2 > SEE PAGE 3 > SEE PAGE 4 > SEE PAGE 8 France Admits EU’s Failure to Tehran Starts Enriching viewPoint Make Up for U.S. Sanctions By: Hamid Reza Naghashian..... TEHRAN (IFP) - President of France has admitted to Uranium Beyond 3.67% Level IAEA’s Board of Governors his Iranian counterpart that the European Union has failed to take sufficient and effective measures to make Under U.S. Pressure up for the American sanctions against Iran after the U.S. The official website of the U.S. Mission to the withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. International Organizations in a statement claimed, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his French “On July 5, in accordance with Rule 11 of the counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed a range of Provisional Rules of Procedures of the IAEA Board of bilateral, regional and international issues in a telephone Governors, U.S. Ambassador to International conversation on Saturday. Organizations in Vienna Jackie Wolcott requested a In their talks, Macron said France concedes that special meeting of the Board to discuss the IAEA Europe’s measures to make up for the US sanctions on Director General’s latest, concerning report on the Iran have been unsuccessful and ineffectual, but Iran’s nuclear program. The United States strongly pledged that the Europeans will do their utmost to supports the IAEA and its verification efforts in Iran. compensate for the American pressures against Tehran. As Ambassador Wolcott has previously stated to the The EU has been strongly opposed to the U.S. IAEA Board of Governors, the Director General’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of thorough and factual reporting on Iran’s activities – and Action (JCPOA) from the beginning, Macron noted, any changes in those activities – is essential for the saying the EU wants the nuclear deal to be saved and Board to exercise its authority to accurately assess has put efforts into it. Iran’s implementation of its safeguards obligations and Stressing the need to control the situation and carry nuclear commitments. The international community out new plans and measures to salvage the JCPOA, must hold Iran accountable.” Macron warned that a collapse of the nuclear deal It should be noted that the U.S. government on May would be tantamount to a confession of collective 8, 2018, unilaterally pulled out of the JCPOA which failure and a deplorable incident. See Page 7 had been endorsed by the United Nations Security Council. Almost one year after the U.S. illegal pullout of the JCPOA and on July 1, Iran in response to the IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK U.S. pullout and Europe’s lack of commitment Iranians Will Not Compete regarding to its undertakings to the JCPOA announced TEHRAN - Iran on Sunday officially announced the beginning of the second phase of the reduction of its that the amount of its uranium enriched to 3.67 percent Against Israeli Athletes commitments under the Iran nuclear deal, boosting the level of its uranium enrichment to a level beyond the purity has surpassed 300 kilograms. 3.67% limit set by the JCPOA. Surpassing the permitted ceiling of enriched TEHRAN (Dispatches) - President of the Iran National The decision was announced by Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei in a press conference also attended uranium happened just days before the legal warning Olympic Committee Syed Reza Salehi Amiri said that by Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi and the spokesman for the Atomic Energy and the deadline by Iran’s Supreme National Iranian athletes will not compete against Israeli athletes, Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi. Security Council to the remaining signatories to the despite Iran claiming in a letter addressed to the International “Today we will surpass the 3.67% limit on uranium enrichment. The purity level will be based on our need, and JCPOA, in other words, UK, France, China and Judo Federation (IJF) that things might change. that will be officially realized today,” Rabiei said. Russia, in order to fulfill their undertakings The Judo World Championship will take place at the Araqchi said the second phase begins as the 60-day deadline Iran had given the other JCPOA parties is over especially in the oil and banking sectors. end of August, where the most anticipated encounter without Iran’s demands being fulfilled. Iran, also in an important statement addressing will be between Iranian Saeid Mollaei, who is ranked “As we announced in the first phase, we will longer remain committed to the uranium enrichment level, and the world, said that its move was a response to No. 1 in the 81 kg. weight group, and second ranked this will be announced to EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini in a letter by Foreign Minister Mohammad injustice and to protect its national pride and Israeli Sagi Muki. Javad Zarif today,” Araqchi said. dignity and based on the paragraphs 26 and 36 of At the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in October, the Iranian Araqchi also said that the United States can take part in the meetings of the signatories to the Iran nuclear deal — from the nuclear deal. See Page 7 Judoka faked an injury to purposely lose a fight that which Washington has withdrawn — on the condition that it lifts sanctions against the country’s oil and banking sectors. would have led directly to an encounter with Muki. The Along with two other senior officials, Araqchi detailed Iran’s latest move in scaling back its commitments under Israeli went on to win the gold medal. the deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), after the European signatories The IJF said in a letter to Iran that: “The international missed a 60-day deadline to offset the adverse impacts of the unilateral US pullout. UK Ambassador Calls Trump’s judo community witnessed several times a disturbing “The U.S. has withdrawn from the JCPOA and cannot use any of its mechanisms, but it can attend the the P4+1 meetings phenomenon, which involves the sudden “injury” or on the said conditions. Our first condition [for the U.S.] is [the lifting of] oil and banking sanctions. Other sanctions would Iran Policy “Incoherent” failure of weigh-in of Iranian athletes... [because of] the be considered as well,” Araqchi, who was a senior negotiator in the talks that led to the JCPOA, said in his Sunday remarks. possible obligation of the given athletes to compete He stressed, however, that the deal would under no circumstances be renegotiated and that it should be LONDON (Dispatches) - Britain’s ambassador in the against certain countries.” See Page 7 implemented precisely as it is. Araqchi said there would be diplomatic visits in the coming days, including in the United States has described President Donald Trump form of a JCPOA ministerial meeting. See Page 7 and his administration as “inept” and criticized his policies on Iran as “chaotic,” according to leaked Iran Accuses U.S. of Disrupting diplomatic memos published by the Mail on Sunday. Ambassador Kim Darroch reportedly said Trump’s presidency could “crash and burn” and “end in Its Bitcoin Mining Operations Oil Declines as Global Economic Woes Outweigh Standoff With Iran disgrace,” in the cache of secret cables and briefing LONDON (Dispatches) - Oil declined as concerns that slowing economic growth will stymie energy demand notes sent back to Britain seen by the newspaper. TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran in recent months has been outweighed worries that a confrontation with Iran may threaten supplies. “We don’t really believe this administration is going to flooded with Chinese bitcoin miners. Now, an Iranian Futures lost as much as 1.5 percent in New York as anxieties over demand resurfaced this week following a slew of become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; politician believes the U.S. is looking to stop them. sluggish economic indicators from the U.S., China and Europe, even as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting less unpredictable; less faction riven; less diplomatically Iran’s Assistant Minister of Industry, Trade and Countries and its allies agreed to extend output cuts. On Thursday, British special forces seized a supertanker off clumsy and inept,” Darroch allegedly wrote in one dispatch. Supply, Saeed Zarandi, said that Trump’s administration Gibraltar carrying Iranian oil to Syria, triggering a diplomatic row, but the tensions weren’t enough to lift prices. The paper said the most damning comments by is working to block bitcoin mining in the country, Oil is down for the week after plunging 4.8 percent on Tuesday, its worst decline right after an OPEC meeting Darroch described Trump, who was received by Queen according to local news outlet Fars. in more than four years. While the group’s Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo described the drop as an Elizabeth II during a state visit to Britain just last After lobbying to get the country out of the SWIFT “anomaly,” Bank of England Governor Mark Carney warned of dangers from rising protectionism around the month, as “insecure” and “incompetent.” system, the U.S. now seems to have its eyes set on the recent world and said there could be a “widespread slowdown” that may require a major economic-policy response. A memo sent following the controversial visit said the interest of Iranian citizens in crypto-mining as a productive “You have these very real concerns that demand growth is weakening,” Daniel Ghali, a TD Securities president and his team had been “dazzled” by the visit activity capable of evading the financial sanctions imposed commodities strategist, said by phone from Toronto. “We do think there is still a significant amount of upside but warned Britain might not remain “flavour of the against their country. The U.S. is making it difficult for Iran risk in prices considering that Iran-U.S. tensions are at a boil.” month” because “this is still the land of America First.” to get its economy off the ground. West Texas Intermediate oil for August delivery declined 37 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $56.97 a barrel on the He reportedly wrote that the “vicious infighting and Iran is one of the countries with the cheapest electricity in New York Mercantile Exchange as of 11:37 a.m. The contract gained $1.09 on Wednesday, recovering some chaos” inside the White House — widely reported in the world. Statistics from Global Petrol Prices reveal that ground after slumping the most since May 31 in the previous session. Because of the Independence Day holiday the U.S. but dismissed by Trump as “fake news” — while 1kWh costs on average $0.14 in the U.S., Iranians in the U.S. on Thursday, settlement of the day’s trades will only happen on Friday. was “mostly true.” pay about $0.03 thanks to a government subsidy. Brent for September slipped 29 cents to $63.53 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe Exchange, after adding 2.3 Darroch is one of Britain’s most experienced diplomats Low energy costs make mining extremely profitable. percent on Wednesday. The benchmark global crude traded at a premium of $6.48 to WTI for the same month. whose posting in Washington D.C. began in January, 2016, In the latest months, the activity has grown so much U.S. crude inventories shrank by 1.09 million barrels last week, according to the Energy Information prior to Trump winning the presidency. The Mail on that the country’s infrastructure is suffering the Administration. A Bloomberg survey of analysts had predicted a loss of 3 million barrels. Gasoline Sunday said the memos, likely leaked by someone within consequences of a growth in consumption higher than stockpiles fell by 1.58 million barrels, compared with a forecast for a 2.4 million-barrel loss. U.S. oil Britain’s sprawling civil service, cover a period beginning the power generation capacity. production remains near a record. in 2017 until the present. See Page 7 See Page 7 2 IRAN NEWS DOMESTIC MONDAY, JULY 08, 2019

TEGHRAN – Government Spokesman yesterday deplored the UK Navy’s wrongful act to seize Iranian supertanker on the high seas. Ali Rabiei made the remarks in a press conference to announce Iranian new decision on uranium enrichment. He dismissed the UK government’s statement that the seizure Iran Deplores UK Wrongful Act to Seize Supertanker was to enforce the EU sanctions on Syria, saying that the UK Navy’s act is the outright violation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 lifting sanctions on Iran, on one hand and the UK is a state party to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, on the other. European JCPOA Parties Expected to Websites Review Homegrown Tactical Support Iran Stance Communication System TEHRAN (IRNA) - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif MEHR* - IRGC unveiled ‘Sepehr 110’ tactical communications system for voice and data transmission said on Sunday that the European signatories to the nuclear deal in the presence of its Commander Major General Hossein have no pretext to strongly counter the U.S. unilateral moves Salami and other IRGC high ranking officials on Sunday. Domestically designed and manufactured, the system is against the international issues. expected to enhance the mobility of command and control systems used by IRGC forces. “Having failed to implement their obligations under JCPOA—incl after US The system is meant to meet the communication withdrawal—EU/E3 should at minimum politically support Iran’s remedial measures needs of commanders at different strategic, under Para 36, incl at IAEA,” Zarif wrote on his Twitter page after Tehran announced operational, tactical and martial levels and in various its second series of measures in the face of the US unilateral withdrawal from the defensive or offensive conditions as well as in crises nuclear deal, and the European failure to cover the resulted loss on Iran. and unexpected incidents. “E3 have no pretexts to avoid a firm political stance to preserve JCPOA & counter Sepeher-110 can be mounted on various military U.S. unilateralism,” he added. equipment on the ground, in the sea and in the air, U.S. President Donald Trump, in a unilateral move, pulled Washington out of the JCPOA. We reserve the right to continue to exercise legal remedies within JCPOA to particularly in offense operations and can work on nuclear deal that is also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). protect our interests in the face of U.S. #EconomicTerrorism. All such steps are different bandwidths to transmit voice, images and data. Following the withdrawal, European signatories to the deal pledged that they would reversible only through E3 compliance,” he wrote. The Iranian system is also invulnerable to compensate the loss, but they failed to fulfill their promise. Iranian officials have affirmed that the measures do not mean withdrawal from the deal, hacks, eavesdropping, radio jamming, and “Today, Iran is taking its second round of remedial steps under Para 36 of the rather the steps are taken to save it. electromagnetic pulse (EMP).

U.S. Asks Iran to Let Enemy Gradually Understanding Police Seize 327kg of Opium It Conduct Limited, MEHR* - The police forces of Yazd province of Iran Face-Saving Operation Iran’s Real Power have seized 327kg of illegal drugs in Yazd, central TEHRAN (IFP) - Chief Commander of the Islamic province of Iran. Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Police Chief of Yazd province General Ali Afkhami Salami says the enemies are gradually understanding the real said on Sun. that the police forces traced the haul of power of the Islamic Republic. opium consignment in Yazd province, which was Addressing a Sunday ceremony, General Salami said destined for Tehran. the enemy’s perception of one’s power is more important Two smugglers have been arrested in addition to than the power itself. confiscating 327kg of opium during two separate “In the past, the others’ perception of Iran’s power used to be much lower than the real power, and [Iran’s] operations, he added. perception of others’ power was much more than their real power,” he noted. The Islamic Republic has been actively fighting However, he added, the others’ perception of our power is gradually getting closer to the reality. drug-trafficking over the past three decades, despite its Once they know how powerful we are, no one will decide to get engaged in a war with a powerful country, he noted. high economic and human costs. The war on drug trade General Salami said the enemy has already acknowledged Iran’s military power, and thus, they have shifted their originating from Afghanistan has claimed the lives of focus now on the economic war, psychological operations, and political pressures. nearly 4,000 Iranian police officers over the past four TEHRAN (IFP) - A senior Iranian general has decades. The country has spent more than hundreds of revealed that Washington, through diplomatic millions of dollars on sealing its borders and preventing channels, recently asked Tehran to allow it to the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and conduct a small-scale operation in the Iranian Oil Tanker Seized by UK Not Bound for Syria Central Asian countries. airspace in order to save its face following the IRGC’s shoot-down of a U.S. spy drone. TEHRAN (IFP) - Iran says the supertanker carrying its He said the country will legally pursue the issue Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, the Head oil sailing in international waters in the Strait of and test any path in order to secure its interests, but GC Spokesman’s Demand of Iran’s Civil Defence Organization, said Iran Gibraltar was not bound for Syria, and the UK was not it is hopeful that the problem is resolved through vehemently rejected the U.S. request, saying that it allowed to seize Iran. diplomatic channels. FARS* - Spokesman of Iran’s Guardian Council Abbas will respond to any act of aggression. “The oil tanker (seized in Gibraltar) was not Iranian supertanker Grace 1 was boarded and Ali Kadkhodayee blasted Washington’s call for a special “The Islamic Republic of Iran responded that it bound for Syria. The Syrian port they mention impounded by Gibraltar police and customs agencies, session of the International Atomic Energy Agency board views any operation as a war and will give a basically is not suitable for such type of tanker to aided by a detachment of British Royal Marines, on of governors on Tehran’s new nuclear decisions, saying crushing response to it. You may initiate a war but dock,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Thursday at the US request in the Strait of Gibraltar. that the IAEA should hold a meeting to study the US this is Iran which will finish it,” he said Sunday. Abbas Araqchi said Sunday. Later in the day, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned violation of the nuclear deal. The official underlined that the U.S. image as a “The oil tanker carrying Iran’s oil was a supertanker Britain’s ambassador to the country to express its strong “The (IAEA) board of governors should hold a meeting super power was tarnished by the downing of its with 2 million barrels of oil, and with such a huge protest at the move. on Donald Trump’s violation of the nuclear deal and not spy drone in Iranian airspace. capacity it could not cross the Suez Canal,” Araqchi Naqavi Hosseini, a spokesman for the Iranian on Iran’s move in line with exercising its inalienable On June 20, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards added, speaking to reporters in a press conference. Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy right,” Kadkhodayee wrote on his twitter page on Sunday. Corps (IRGC) shot down an advanced US-made “No law allows the UK government to do such a Commission, said on Saturday that the UK’s move was He added that the U.S. always pursues a policy of RQ-4 Global Hawk that had intruded into Iranian thing,” Araqchi said, protesting the UK Navy for a “crime against humanity” and an encroachment into deception to distort the realities. airspace. In a tweet early the next day, US President seizing the oil tanker. the Iranian nation’s assets. His reaction came after the U.S. called for a special Donald Trump said he had initially approved meeting of the IAEA board of governors following military strikes against Iran but had called them off Iran’s last Monday announcement that it had exceeded just 10 minutes before they were launched. Tehran- Luxembourg Deal Prevents U.S. From Seizing Iran Assets the cap on its low-enriched uranium stockpile under Elsewhere in his remarks, General Jalali said last the nuclear agreement. year, the U.S. strategy was focused on using TEHRAN (IFP) - A joint investment agreement signed between Iran and Luxembourg amounts to a proper legal cyberspace to create chaos in Iran but the strategy mechanism to counter the seizure of Iranian assets as ordered by U.S. courts. was foiled by Iranian officials’ vigilance. When the agreement was being concluded, perhaps few people would have imagined that the deal might have “That’s why in this current Persian year, they have any benefits for Iran, especially when the agreement was signed with a country that had no privileges in any major ‘Leader’s Narrative’ resorted to military options. They have come to this industry and as the situation remains unclear amid Iran sanctions. Book Unveiled conclusion that through military options they can make Still, in spite of the fact that maybe no joint venture will take place within the framework of this agreement, divisions within the Iranian society. But with the lawyer and trade rights instructor Farshid Farahnakian has spotted a fine advantage in the provisions of the deal IRANPRESS* - In a book unveiling ceremony, the ‘Leader’s downing of the American drone, the plot was foiled and with regards to legal cases on Iran as well as U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Narrative’ book, published by the Institute for Preserving and the Iranians came to understand the hollowness of the In fact, this agreement has set the stage for dealing with the seizure of Iranian assets based on Publishing works by Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei U.S. military power,” he noted. U.S. court verdicts. was officially unveiled on the occasion of the anniversary of Ayatollah Khamenei being chosen as the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. The ceremony was held on Sunday in Tehran with the IAEA Board of Governors Is Not Arbitration for JCPOA Iran Among Top 11 Space Powers in World attendance of the member of the Assembly of Experts, Mohsen Qomi and some officials from the Office of the TEHRAN (IRNA)- Majlis Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy said TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran’s National Space Center Manouchehr Manteqi praised his Leader of the Islamic Revolution. in a statement that IAEA the Board of Governors is not the arbitration to examine the country for standing atop space powers in West Asia and among the 11 countries of the The book, written by Yasser Jebraeili comprises 620 complaints about the JCPOA, adding that US itself has withdrawn from the nuclear world with advanced space technology. pages and narrates the different important incidents deal in May 2018. Manteqi said that Iran has been ranked as the 11th country in the world with advanced regarding Iran’s leadership in the history of the Islamic Fifteen reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have so far space technology in the past two years, adding that had there been no problems in terms Revolution, Iran Press reported. verified Iran’s no deviation from Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Iran nuclear of financial resources and U.S. sanctions, the country would have even advanced in the The subjects include ‘officialization and deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Member of international standing in the last year ranking. Iranian aerospace industries and centers legalization of Imam Khomeini’s leadership with the Parliament Alireza Rahimi wrote in his Twitter account on Sunday. have suffered from sanctions since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 to block legislation of Iran’s Assembly of Experts for Earlier, Iran’s diplomatic mission in Vienna berated U.S. for a bid to convene Board Iranian entities’ progress on the international scene, he said, but meantime added that the Constitution’, ‘choosing Hussein-Ali Montazeri as of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran. very same problem has helped the country to be 100% self-sufficient. the prospective Leader and his subsequent demotion’, “The Permanent Mission of the I.R. Iran was informed of the Media Note of the US Because of sanctions our space technology is quite indigenous and accordingly and ‘choosing Ayatollah Khamenei as the Leader of mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, about requesting a special immune to further sanctions on the country, reiterated Manteqi. the Islamic Revolution’. meeting of the BoG of the IAEA to discuss the IAEA DG’s latest report on the On Wednesday, Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari said that his Some important and exclusive memoirs of Ayatollah implementation of the JCPOA,” Iran diplomatic mission in Vienna wrote in its country will soon send 3 new satellites into orbit, boasting that the US sanctions against Khamenei are published in the book for the first time. official Twitter account. Tehran have failed to block Tehran’s access to the complete cycle of space technology. MONDAY, JULY 08, 2019 DOMESTIC IRAN NEWS 3

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Trade Balance Non-Oil Exports Can Meet Becomes Positive National Forex Demands IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK

IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK TEHRAN – The CEO of Export Development Bank says non-oil exports could meet national demands TEHRAN – Caretaker of Trade Promotion Organization says to the foreign currency and it can compensate the fall in oil sale revenues. volume of imports has fallen in the first quarter as the trade Addressing the 2nd conference on exports, insurance balance has become positive. and investment, Dr. Ali Akbar Salehabadi pointed to the enemies’ efforts for reducing Iran’s oil export last Addressing a conference in Tehran, Mr. Mohammad-Reza Modoudi said that the year and even this year, adding, “even our oil sale is volume of imports in the first quarter of the year has been $10.2b and the figure shows zeroed, non-oil exports are able to provide the country the imports have decreased by 8.7 percent comparing to the same period last year. with its necessary foreign currency and all related He went on to say that due to growth in exports, the trade balance has become bodies to the exports along with the Central Bank can positive in the first quarter and devaluation of the national currency against the dollar Modoudi went on to say that only 130 items of exporting goods worth over $50m play their role by supporting the exports.” has boosted the exports. are exported. He said that these 130 items account for $37b of national exports and He went on to say that financing export is an important He added that Iran has exported some $11.5 billion of commodities in the first 81 percent of total exports belong to those 130 items of goods, adding that in Turkey, factor and it can make goods be competitive in the quarter of the current Iranian year (started on March 21). there are 1600 companies whose exports are over $10m but in Iran the number of international market. He said that although the Central Modoudi, who was addressing the 2nd conference on exports, insurance and companies whose exports are over $10m is 400 and it is unsatisfactory. Bank has allocated a credit-line for supporting the investment, said that the figure is like figures from the same period last year. Modoudi reiterated that if exports of the country are not diversified and the number exports, and National Development Fund has earmarked Noting that Iran’s imports during the three-month period stood at $10.2 billion of exporting goods does not increase, it will be difficult to reach the exports target of some sources, it is still not enough. Salehabadi asserted which shows an 8.7% decrease compared to the preceding year, he concluded that $120b which has been set. that Export Development Bank of Iran finances exports Iran’s trade balance remained positive in the mentioned period. On the smuggling goods, he said when statistics show that goods worth $15b are through its domestic and foreign sources. He admitted all indexes have been affected by the sanctions, adding that but non-oil smuggled in annually, it means borders have potentials for illegal exports of goods. He added that financing petrochemical project by the exports which were the main target of the sanctions have not been harmed and the He also called for reform in the national forex policy which is the major factor for EDBI worth 2.2b euros will be operational by September. performance of exporters was favorable. smuggling and hike in prices. He added that the bank’s major finance will happen in the petrochemical project worth 2.2b euros and it is to become operational by September and it can earn the country $1b annually. Salehabadi reiterated that the bank has used over 50m Chabahar of Great Iran Daily Export to Iraq Averages $25m euros through refinancing for imports of the raw materials. IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK He reiterated that the total amount of Iran’s trade with Europe is less Importance to India TEHRAN - The Secretary-General than one-tenth of Iran’s trade with of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Iraq and it make ill-wishers envy it. said Iran’s daily export to Iraq He went on to say despite enemies Iran Ranks 1st in Global stands at 25 million dollars. and ill-wishers’ efforts, Iran and Addressing a seminar in presence Iraq’s relation will be expanded and Registration of Products in 2018 of Iranian and Iraqi businessmen on officials of both countries are Saturday, the Secretary-General of Iran-Iraq Chamber of determined to boost trade ties. TEHRAN MNA) – The Director General of Office to Commerce Sayed Hamid Hosseini said Iran has exported Meanwhile Iraq’s Ambassador to Iran Saad Abdul Wahab Support Industrial Ownership of the Ministry of Industry, $2.5b worth of goods to Iraq over the past 100 days. Jawad Qandil addressing the seminar highlighting the Mine and Trade Seyed Mehdi Mir-Salehi revealed Iran’s “Iran has put on its agenda broadening of cooperation in losses incurred by Daesh terrorists in Iraq, adding first rank in the global registration of products in 2018. industrial sectors with Iraq,” he said according to IRNA. that raq is in need of Iran to reconstruct the country He made the announcement late on Saturday and He urged Iraqi ambassador to Iran to facilitate the in post-Daesh era. reiterated, “with the registration of 18 export products of issuing of long-term visas for Iranian businessmen to Saad Abdul Wahab Jawad Qandil said such the country, the ministry managed to stand at the first ease trade exchange between the two countries. bilateral meetings between Iranian president and rank in the world in the field of registration of products.” Hosseini also referred to clearing contractors’ debts, Iraqi prime minister have paved the path for Turning to the cooperation of the Ministry of Industry, CHABAHAR (IRNA) - Ambassador of India development of the Customs Infrastructure Section and achieving bilateral agreements. Mine and Trade with the United Nations Industrial in Tehran Gaddam Dharmendra says Chabahar organizing health tourism as other suitable grounds for He referred to dlrs. 12 billion worth of trade exchange Development Organization (UNIDO), he said, “in addition, is of great importance for New Delhi, given expansion of cooperation between the two countries. between Iran and Iraq and said the figure is now the ministry is going to establish cooperation with Iranian the strategic location and connection to the He also confirmed a credit-line worth $200m for increased by $20b. Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Indian Ocean, and the Indian government and Iranian and Iraqi contactors, adding that the credit- Issuance of visa is now started for pilgrims and will be Organization (IMIDRO) for the registration of 10 mineral private sector are keen to attend and invest line helps Iran to be more active in investment continued for businessmen as well, he said. products of the country in international arena.” in this zone. projects in Iran, expressing hope that Iraqi Launching of industrial towns in common borders Elsewhere in his remarks, Mir-Salehi referred to some “The trade between Iran and India have government would settle the account for the previous help expand economic relations and cooperation programs of this Office and added, “ratification of a bylaw to grown well over past year, and thus the ports projects which have been accomplished to open the between the two countries, he said. support industrial ownership is followed up in the Parliament of India and Chabahar will have better way for the new projects. Elsewhere in his remarks, Jawad Qandil referred to strictly.” With regard to some UNIDO’s programs in the Islamic cooperation in the future,” Dharmendra said He also said that long term visa is one of the priorities dredging Arvand River, saying that reviving the river Republic of Iran, he stated, “implementation of fisheries project on Saturday in a meeting with Chabahar for Iranian businessmen to cooperate in Iraq and talks dated back to Alegria Agreement in 1975. is underway in Chabahar port using most modern technologies, executives and officials. are progressing well. It paved the path for resuming activities of industrial observing requirements of international standards.” Referring to the capacities, investment Meanwhile head of Ira-Iraq Chamber of Commerce units and promoting economy, he noted. Generation of employment opportunities in Iran is the opportunities and transportation of transit Yahya Al-e Eshaq said that the trade volume between both Emphasizing the fact that Iran has stood by Iraq another project which is followed up by UNIDO in the goods in the Chabahar port, the diplomat said, countries stood at $13b last year and this year the ground during Daesh invasion, he said Iraq will also stand country, he said, adding, “in addition, UNIDO has invested “This city is significant more than a target for is being paved for a 20-billion-dollar trade volume. shoulder to shoulder by Iran in the sanction era. $2 million for helping improve startups in the country.” the Indian government in relation to the issues that it is pursuing.” Ambassador of India to Iran noted that there Iran Eyes Exporting Nano needs to be a clear dialogue about the commitments in regard to Chabahar, and said, “We need to Golestan Province Ready to consider the short and long term credit line in the Carpets to Persian Gulf States form of a single package.” TEHRAN (IFP) - A carpet weaving company in Iran is seeking to export to regional countries its nano-carpets Attract Foreign Investments Darmandera underscored that Tajikistan, which have anti-bacterial, anti-odor and anti-radiation features. GORGAN (IRNA) - Governor of Golestan province Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and other Commonwealth The carpet-weaving company started the mass production of its nano-products last year, and now these carpets Hadi Haqshenas said on Sunday that the province of Independent States (CIS) can cooperate in this are being sold inside the country. enjoys extensive capacities for foreign investments in port and transport their goods with the best Considering the attractiveness of the products, the company has a special program to export its nano-carpets. advanced technology and tourism and that the way of transportation. On this basis, Iranian nano-carpets were presented at Turkey’s “DEMOTEX” in 2019, ISNA reported. provincial administration has made preparatory works Expressing that India and Afghanistan repeatedly In view of the innovations made in these carpets, negotiations have been conducted with distributors in the to welcome foreign investors for implementing small pursued the exclusion of the Chabahar port from Persian Gulf states including Oman and the UAE. and big projects in various sectors. the sanction regime, but still the banks issue poses Currently, nano-carpets account for 10 percent of the company’s products, and with further development the Speaking in a meeting with a delegation from a challenge, he pointed out that during the past owners are trying to increase the share of nano-products. Guangzhou, Haqshenas said that natural night-seeing year, Iran and India’s trade grew by 30 percent and Primary nano-materials of these carpets are supplied by domestic companies. These nano-materials were and historical monuments are among the grounds for reached about 17 billion dollars a year. used in the warp and woof of the carpets to create anti-bacterial properties. The company uses zinc oxide to attracting foreign investments in Golestan province. The high-ranking Indian figure described India as create anti-bacterial properties on acrylic fibers. He also pointed to visa waiver for China by Iran as one of the main suppliers of basic goods to Iran, The nano-made carpets do not cause skin and respiratory problems and are a good choice for people part of the preparatory works the government made for and added, “We created a special bank in India with allergies. attracting the Chinese tourists. Elsewhere in his connected with the Iran-India Chamber of For a brief review of Iran’s achievements in various fields of science and technology, check the book “Science remarks, Haqshenas hailed signing sister city agreement Commerce to carry out a commodity exchange.” and Technology in Iran: A Brief Review – 2019” between Gorgan and Guangzhou, saying there is no The Ambassador of India in Iran emphasized Also, since children are more in touch with carpet surfaces and given the weakness of their immune system, the limitation for economic cooperation with China. that “given the growth that exists in our use of such carpets reduces the risk of skin diseases and allergies. No country will be able to put negative impacts on Iran- business, Indian ports and Chabahar port are In addition, its anti-odor properties make the carpets suitable for crowded and public places such as mosques, etc. China relations. Meanwhile, deputy secretary general of important ports, and we certainly do what we The nano-particles placed in the carpet fibre do not change the texture and natural sense of the carpet. Guangzhou said due to the fact that Guangzhou is the are committed to”. In fact, by using the nanotechnology, the properties of the carpet can be changed in such a way that its basic second biggest port in China which has exported “Though there are still problems with third-party properties, including the comfort and softness of the carpet, are maintained, and no changes are made to the 22 million containers goods to other countries, Golestan produced items, this will not stop our commitments, appearance of the carpet. will also be able to be one of its destinations. and all our commitments will be prioritized,” ”, Moreover, with the addition of anti-radiation and anti-static materials to the carpet, the durability of the carpet is He added that Golestan and Guangzhou enjoy the required Dharmendra stated. increased and the colour of the carpet stays constant for a longer time. capacities for signing cooperation and sister city agreement. 4 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JULY 08, 2019 Qatar’s Emir to Meet Turkey Says Second Ship With Trump on July 9 Set to Drill Of Cyprus DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar’s ruling emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will ANKARA (Reuters) - A second Turkish drillship will begin drilling for oil meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on July 9 to exchange and natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean within a week, Turkey’s energy views on the latest regional and international developments, Qatar’s state news minister said, in a move which that could strain ties with Cyprus over agency said on Saturday. The White House said in June the visit would deal jurisdiction rights for exploration. with economic and security ties as well as counterterrorism issues. Last month, European Union leaders warned Turkey to end its gas drilling Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed ties with in disputed waters or face action from the bloc, after Greece and Cyprus Qatar in 2017, in one of the worst diplomatic disputes in the region in years. pressed other EU states to speak out. Turkey already has a ship off Cyprus They accused Doha of support for Islamist militants and Iran, charges it denies. and Cyprus issued arrest warrants for its crew in June. Ecuador to Join Market-Friendly Greece Goes to Polls Pacific Alliance Under Moreno LIMA (Reuters) - Ecuador will likely become a member of the ATHENS (AFP) - Greek voters cast their ballots on market-friendly regional trade Sunday in the country’s first national election of the bloc the Pacific Alliance next post-bailout era, with leftist Prime Minister Alexis year, the president of Peru said Tsipras’s Syriza party expected to be ousted by the on Saturday, the latest sign of conservative opposition. the South American country’s Polling stations opened at 07.00 am local time (0400 GMT) rightward shift under President and will close at 07.00 pm with 9,903,864 Greeks having the Lenin Moreno. right to vote, according to the Athens News Agency. The Pacific Alliance was After nearly five years in power, Greece’s formed by Peru, Mexico, longest-serving crisis premier -- as well as the youngest Colombia and Chile in 2012 to promote free trade and in more than a century -- is battling to overcome a strengthen ties in the Asia-Pacific region, drawing a 10-point deficit in opinion polls amid widespread contrast with Latin American groups such as ALBA and dissatisfaction after years of high taxation. CELAC which were led by the region’s leftist presidents. As a trio of new opinion polls predicted a clear victory Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa, a leftist who for the conservative New Democracy party, Tsipras has governed from 2007-2017, had said Ecuador would not vowed that he can make “the biggest comeback in join the Pacific Alliance as long as he was in office. modern Greek history”. But Moreno, a former political ally of Correa, asked the “The Greek people must not only vote, they must avert a bloc if Ecuador could join after he replaced Correa in 2017. theft of their sacrifices, a great crime against future That was one of several moves to reverse his predecessor’s generations,” the 44-year-old premier told a crowd in Athens positions, which also include starting trade talks with the on Friday. But the polls have consistently forecast that New United States, signing a $4.2 billion deal with the International Democracy headed by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a former banker Monetary Fund and kicking Julian Assange, the co-founder and scion of a leading Greek political family, will win an of WikiLeaks, out of Ecuador’s London Embassy. absolute majority in Sunday’s legislative elections. “We welcome Ecuador and have committed to According to the latest polls, New Democracy is accelerating procedures for its incorporation as a full expected to gain between 151 to 165 seats in the 300- member, hoping that in the course of 2019 Ecuador will seat parliament. Syriza meanwhile is forecast to fall be a member of the Pacific Alliance,” Peruvian from 144 seats to between 70 and 82. President Martin Vizcarra told journalists at the Pacific Tsipras called the snap election in June after losing Mitsotakis, who took over New Democracy three years thousands of job losses and business failures. Alliance summit in Lima, the capital. both European and local elections to Mitsotakis’ New ago, has pledged to create “better” jobs through growth, The Greek premier has also touted his party’s track record Chilean President Sebastian Pinera welcomed the presence Democracy in the space of two weeks. The man tipped foreign investment and tax cuts and to “steamroll” in reducing unemployment and raising the minimum wage of Moreno at the summit as a special guest and said Ecuador be Greece’s next prime minister is a 51-year-old obstacles to business. Tsipras has accused Mitsotakis -- for the first time since 2012. His government also rolled out “should have always been a part of the Alliance.” Harvard graduate and former McKinsey consultant who was part of a 2012-2014 crisis government -- of a batch of last-minute tax cuts in May. “For well-known reasons it hasn’t been. But today the with controversial civil service job cuts on his resume. “disastrous” mismanagement that brought hundreds of But the majority of the electorate seem unmoved. conditions are right,” Pinera added. Pacific Alliance members currently account for 37% of gross domestic product in Latin American and the Caribbean, thanks largely to Mexico, the second Bolsonaro Defends Child Labor U.S., Taliban Take a biggest economy in Latin America. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador In Brazil, Sparking Outcry did not attend the summit in Peru, sending his Foreign Break From Peace Talks Minister Marcelo Ebrard instead. KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. and Taliban officials decided on Saturday to put their ongoing peace talks on hold for two days to allow for a meeting between rival Afghan groups Hundreds Protest in Paris Against to be held in Qatar, Taliban and U.S. officials said. The warring sides started a seventh round of peace Deadly Domestic Violence talks last week, aiming to hammer out a schedule for the withdrawal of foreign troops in exchange for Taliban guarantees that international militant groups will not use Afghanistan as a base for launching attacks. U.S. officials are demanding a ceasefire agreement The U.S. peace envoy leading talks with the Taliban and on direct talks between the Taliban and the Afghan to end the war in Afghanistan said the latest round of government before a peace deal is finalised. discussions were the “most productive session” to date. Sohail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban’s In a tweet, Zalmay Khalilzad said substantive progress had political office in Qatar’s capital, Doha, said the BRASILIA (Dispatches) - Brazilian President Jair been made on all four parts of a peace deal: counter-terrorism A previously planned meeting between Afghan Bolsonaro, no stranger to controversy, sparked a new assurances, troop withdrawal, participation in intra-Afghan representatives in April collapsed before it started amid brouhaha this week by repeatedly defending the dialogue and negotiations, and a permanent and comprehensive disagreement over the size of the proposed 250-strong practice of child labor. ceasefire. “There is still important work left to be done before Afghan delegation as well as over its status as a “I’ve been working since I was eight years old... and we have an agreement,” he said, adding the ongoing peace representative body. today I am what I am,” the far-right leader said during talks will resume on July 9 after the intra-Afghan dialogue. This time, about 40 high-profile Afghan figures and PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in his weekly live forum on Facebook. An agreement on the timetable has been elusive so far, activists will fly to Doha but will not have any official central Paris on Saturday to raise awareness and “Look, when a child of eight or nine years old works but in a sign of progress the Taliban agreed on the status — a condition made necessary by the Taliban’s demand tougher action on femicides in France. somewhere, many people denounce it as ‘forced sidelines of the peace talks to hold separate discussions refusal to deal directly with the Western-backed Yelling “Enough” and carrying signs reading “Stop labor’ or ‘child labor,’” he said on Thursday. “But if with a group of Afghan delegates. government in Kabul. femicides” or “The planet needs women alive”, the that child smokes coca paste, nobody says anything.” crowd took to the Place de la Republique square as part “Work brings dignity to men and to women, no of the demonstration organised by various women’s matter their age,” he added. Dozens of Protesters Arrested at Rallies on Kazakh Leader’s Birthday rights NGOs to protest the rate of femicides, the killing He then repeated the remarks over the following days, of a woman by a man because of her gender. saying at an official event on Friday that, “I worked ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakh police detained dozens of protesters who took to the streets of major cities on Saturday to The women of all ages and a few men also observed from the age of eight planting corn, picking bananas... mark the 79th birthday of veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev by demanding he cede power, Reuters witnesses said. 74 seconds of silence in tribute to the 74 women while studying at the same time. “And today I am what A former steelworker-turned-Communist apparatchik, Nazarbayev ruled the oil-rich Central Asian nation from 1989 allegedly killed in France so far this year, according to I am. This is not demagoguery, it is the truth.” until his resignation in March, when he installed a loyal successor while retaining sweeping powers for himself. data collected by Facebook group “Femicides par On Saturday, he republished a 2017 AFP video Nazarbayev’s new title is Yelbasy, or national leader, and he is also head of the influential security council. compagnons ou ex” (Femicides by partners or exes). showing Frank Giaccio, the 11-year-old owner of a His July 6 birthday is a public holiday officially linked to the inauguration of the former Soviet republic’s capital, It said four were killed this week. lawn mowing business and admirer of U.S. President which was renamed Nur-Sultan after his resignation. Protesters gathering near a square in Nur-Sultan on Saturday According to Interior Ministry figures, 130 women Donald Trump, trimming the White House lawn. were met by hundreds of police officers in riot gear who quickly dispersed the rally, detaining dozens of people were allegedly killed in 2017 by their husband or partner, Bolsonaro added the words, “Work ennobles.” and taking them away in buses, said a Reuters correspondent at the scene. up from 123 in 2016. “It’s a massacre,” Julie Gayet, a His comments provoked strongly critical reactions. In Kazakhstan’s biggest city, Almaty, hundreds of riot police awaited protesters gathered near the main football arena. French actress and partner of former French President “He is the best example to incite a child not to work -- A Reuters correspondent at the scene saw them detain Francois Hollande, said at the protest. “We need to raise to keep him from growing up to become an adult like dozens of people, some of whom shouted “Wake up awareness on what’s happening today, which means that (Bolsonaro), with so much hatred and such incompetence,” Kazakhstan!” and “Old man, go away!”, a commonly despite society’s evolution, there’s a step backward, and said Marcelo Freixo, a socialist politician. used anti-Nazarbayev slogan. Police also detained a even more women are dying today.” Meanwhile Brazil’s media seized on a 2015 interview handful of people each in Almaty and Nur-Sultan on the In an interview with weekly Journal du Dimanche, in which Bolsonaro’s brother contradicted the head of eve of the protests, which were organised by supporters of French Gender Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa state. “My father had his bohemian style, but he never Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive former banker and said the government in September will launch a broad let one of his sons work, because he thought they had to government minister who lives in France. consultation to draft new measures to prevent femicides. study,” Renato Bolsonaro told Crescer magazine. Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry said in a statement police The consultation will involve the interior and justice Brazilian law prohibits children younger than 16 had acted “to prevent disturbances of public order”. Public ministers, advocacy groups and other NGOs. She said from working, except in the case of apprentices, who protests are illegal in Kazakhstan unless they are agreed in the government will also launch campaigns to make can begin work at 14. advance with the authorities, who rarely allow them. sure domestic violence cases are reported. MONDAY, JULY 08, 2019 PROMOTIONAL ITEM IRAN NEWS 5 6 IRAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JULY 08, 2019

MOSCOW (Dispatches) - Prime Minister Imran Khan has been invited by Russia President Vladimir Putin to attend an economic conference in Vladivostok in September. According to local media reports, the prime minister has been invited to attend the Eastern Economic Forum which is scheduled to be held from September 4 to September 6 in Vladivostok, local media reported. Putin Invites Imran Khan to Attend Conference Last month, the premier and Putin met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. Both the leaders had informal meetings several times during the summit. Reportedly, the invitation was extended by the Russian president during the SCO meeting. Mexico, U.S. Try New Trade India’s Budget Targets Investment-Led Growth Fix to Win Over Democrats MUMBAI (Dispatches) - More infrastructure spending, an easier environment for foreign investors MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is working closely with U.S. Trade Representative and a clean-up of public bank debts. Those were the Robert Lighthizer to close a loophole in the new North American trade deal, aimed promises India’s new Finance Minister Nirmala at satisfying demands of U.S. Democratic lawmakers for tougher labor and Sitharaman made in her first budget speech on Friday, environmental provisions, a senior Mexican official said. moves that analysts say India desperately needs, but The United States, Mexico and Canada signed the United States-Mexico-Canada that the government may not be able to afford. Agreement (USMCA) last November, to replace the North American Free Trade Backed by a solid mandate following a resounding Agreement that governs more than $1.2 trillion (£956.2 billion) of mutual trade, but victory in recent elections, Sitharaman said the government implementation is subject to ratification by lawmakers in all three countries. is “determined to take India to new heights” as she Mexico’s deputy foreign minister for North America, Jesus Seade, said the proposal presented the budget in Parliament, the first of Prime he was working on with Lighthizer was focussed on closing a loophole in the trade Minister Narendra Modi’s second-term government. deal’s dispute resolution mechanism. Sitharaman raised import tariffs on nearly 75 items Democrats in the U.S. Congress, largely in the Democratic-controlled House of including gold and car parts in the budget and increased Representatives, have threatened to stall on ratification until their concerns are met. taxes on the rich to help pay for recapitalising banks and The new trade deal to replace NAFTA had come at the behest of Republican U.S. supporting small business in a bid to revive sagging President Donald Trump. growth. While her proposals focused on how the Henry Connelly, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, did not comment government will increase revenues and attract private on the substance of negotiations. He said labour and enforcement provisions of the investment amid signs of an economic slowdown - it USMCA are a key concern of House Democrats. “The speaker continues to work was not the bumper spending package many analysts with her caucus and the USTR to strengthen these critical areas of the proposed had predicted. Modi has set a target of growing India agreement,” Connelly said. into a $5 trillion economy by 2024-2025, up from $2.7 Seade said as the deal now stands, the United States could start a formal trade trillion. The government’s annual economic report dispute if Mexico was exporting a product made under labor conditions it considered he said, the gap could be closed through supplementary measures, “to make sure that published on Thursday said it will try to achieve that unfair and contrary to the rules in the pact. However, he said, a loophole meant if the United States government wants to initiate a panel against Mexico on labour through higher investments, savings and exports in the Mexico could theoretically block a dispute panel from being created. standards,” it can do so. way China’s growth was propelled. “There is a gap in the dispute resolution system,” he told Reuters in an interview on Canada also opposes reopening the deal. Compared with February’s interim budget in which Wednesday. “We are trying to find a way to plug that gap.” Last week, senior U.S. Democratic lawmaker Earl Blumenauer said Canada and a host of new policy measures were announced Earlier this year Mexico passed a law that strengthens the rights of trade unions, Mexico may be open to a limited renegotiation of aspects of the agreement to satisfy (which critics described as populist vote-winning partly to comply with requirements in the USMCA. Mexico’s weak labor laws meant U.S. lawmakers’ concerns. strategies), Friday’s budget proposals revealed more that for decades the country has had few independent unions, leading to low wages Blumenauer, who chairs the trade subcommittee of the House of Representatives fiscal prudence within the Finance Ministry. that both Trump and Democrats blame for excessive offshoring and a loss of U.S. Ways and Means Committee, said the trade agreement could be modified to address India’s fiscal deficit - the excess amount it spends jobs under NAFTA. specific concerns, but he was sceptical about using side agreements, saying they had compared with how much it receives in revenues - will Seade said Mexico did not want to, and was not going to, re-open USMCA. Instead, proven problematic in the current NAFTA pact among the three nations. be brought down to 3.3 percent of the size of India’s economy from 3.4 percent, Sitharaman said, surprising many who had expected a loosening of purse strings as India embarks on an aggressive investment-driven growth plan. “If you look at the figures though, there’s Erdogan Fires Central Bank Chief as Policy Rifts Deepen little fiscal space for increased government spending given the current revenue shortfall,” Manan Sabnavis, ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip monetary policy at a July 25 meeting. Chief Economist at CARE Ratings, told Al Jazeera. Erdogan sacked the governor of the central bank on However, Cetinkaya’s sacking comes just days before “The government currently needs to raise [$21bn] Saturday as differences between them deepened Turkey is expected to take delivery of Russian air total revenue - a considerable sum - so I was not expecting over the timing of interest rate cuts to revive the defense systems, triggering likely U.S. sanctions which any significant stimulus announcement”. As the recession-hit economy. could put the lira under renewed pressure. government attempts to further diversify its funding Governor Murat Cetinkaya, whose four-year term was Two other government sources told Reuters sources, India has announced that it will start borrowing due to run until 2020, will be replaced by his deputy disagreement between the government and the in foreign currency in a move some analysts have Murat Uysal, a presidential decree published early on governor over monetary policy has intensified in the described as “radical” but one that comes at the right time. Saturday in the official gazette showed. past few months. No official reason was given for the sacking, but Cetinkaya hiked the benchmark interest rate by a total government sources cited Erdogan’s frustration that the of 11.25 percentage points last year to support the lira, Trump Again Calls on Fed to Boost bank has kept its benchmark interest rate at 24% since pushing it to the current 24%. last September to support the ailing lira currency. Erdogan, whose son-in-law is the finance and treasury An Already-Strong Economy The Turkish economy shrank sharply for the second minister, repeatedly criticized the central bank for straight quarter in early 2019 as a punishing currency keeping rates high. WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - President Donald crisis, persistent double-digit inflation and high interest “The president and the finance minister demanded his Trump on Friday continued his public pressure rates took a toll on overall output. government official told Reuters, speaking on condition resignation, but Cetinkaya reminded them of the bank’s campaign on the Federal Reserve to cut interest Erdogan wants lower rates to kick-start the economy. of anonymity. independence and declined to resign,” one of the rates to juice the U.S. economy. The irony is he “President Erdogan was unhappy about the interest “Erdogan remains determined to improve the government sources said. already has the economy that he wants. rate and he expressed his discontent at every chance. economy, and for that he made the decision to remove In a statement on Saturday, the central bank said it will New job numbers for the month of June came in The bank’s decision in June to keep rates constant Cetinkaya,” the official added. continue to operate independently and that the new stronger than expected at 224,000, a sharp rebound added to the problem with Cetinkaya,” a senior Analysts think the central bank could start easing governor will make maintaining price stability the key goal. from a dip in May, and the report also showed Americans continuing to come off the sidelines of the economy to look for work. Yet Trump said Friday that he still wants a cut in interest rates, which he argued Europe Needs to Find Candidate to Head IMF German Refinery Halts Russian Oil Imports Again On Poor Crude Quality would “skyrocket” America’s economy. “If we had a AIX-EN-PROVENCE (Reuters) - European finance ministers need to find a BERLIN (Dispatches) - Just days after Russia said it had fully resumed oil flows to Fed that would lower interest rates, we would be like a compromise candidate to replace Christine Lagarde as the head of the International Europe via the Druzhba pipeline after a major disruption in supplies due to crude rocket ship,” Trump said before heading to Bedminster, Monetary Fund, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday. contamination in April, a Shell oil refinery in Germany halted imports via the pipeline New Jersey, for the long holiday weekend. He added, European leaders nominated Lagarde last week to succeed Mario Draghi as because, again, slightly higher concentration of organic chlorine was found in the “We don’t have a Fed that knows what it’s doing.” president of the European Central Bank, raising the question of who would in turn crude, a Shell spokesman told Germany business daily Handelsblatt. The President has repeatedly bashed Jerome Powell -- replace her at the IMF. At the end of April, Russia halted supplies via the Druzhba oil pipeline to several his pick to lead the U.S. central bank -- for raising rates last Speaking on the sidelines of an economics and business conference in southern European countries due to a contamination issue, which the Russians said was deliberate. year just as Republicans were trying to goose the economy France, Le Maire said that European finance ministers would discuss the issue at a The oil was contaminated with organic chlorine, a substance used in oil production to boost with tax cuts. The central bank, however, has long been meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. “We need to find a compromise at the European output but dangerous in high amounts for refining equipment. The amounts of the chemical concerned with avoiding inflation, which could be level... I hope that we will find a compromise about the best candidate, the best were found to be at levels much higher than the maximum allowable amount. triggered by lower rates. Policymakers have also been European candidate for the IMF,” he told journalists. Shell’s refinery PCK in Schwedt, eastern Germany, has stopped importing Russian oil pushing to slowly raise rates from their historic lows, “If we have a good European candidate we might have a good candidate for the via the Druzhba pipeline again, the company spokesman told Handelsblatt today, just where they’ve remained since the 2008 financial crisis, in IMF,” he added in response to a question about whether Bank of England governor two weeks after normal supply of oil from Russia resumed to the refineries in Schwedt order to provide more cushion in case of another recession. Mark Carney could be fielded as Europe’s candidate. and Leuna in eastern Germany. The PCK refinery is in contact with suppliers and In recent months, though, Powell has reversed Though born and raised in Canada, Carney, who is also a former governor of pipeline operators to clarify what the cause of the higher organic chlorine level is and course, indicating he’s open to a rate cut later this the Bank of Canada, holds British and Irish passports in addition to his how to remedy the situation, Shell’s spokesman told the Germany daily. year -- though he’s indicated that’s because of Canadian citizenship. A French official said that Le Maire was due to discuss The refinery continues to operate as alternative crude supply has been sourced from global uncertainty created by Trump’s trade wars, the issue with President Emmanuel Macron this weekend and that he was the port of Rostock, the spokesman said. The Russian oil supply contamination not because of the President’s demands. likely to speak with Carney beforehand. seriously disrupted the refinery operations of some companies in May. Total, for Last month, Powell said the case for a rate cut had France was aware that example, halted some of the units at its 230,000-bpd Leuna refinery in Germany to strengthened without offering a guarantee, pointing to the support was building for conduct technical checks. At the end of May, a month after Russian oil flows through elevated risks that had reemerged with “greater uncertainty” Carney, the official added, the Druzhba pipeline were over progress made in trade talks and renewed concerns saying that if Paris decided suspended due to the over the strength of the global economy. “The question my to back him it would be contamination, and despite colleagues and I are grappling with is whether these sooner rather than later. Russia’s assurances that uncertainties will continue to weight on the outlook and However, there is clean oil would resume thus call for additional policy accommodation,” Powell concern about the flowing through the pipeline said at a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York. precedent backing Carney westward to Europe in the Trump’s drumbeat has been adopted by his top would set since he is second half of May, analysts economic advisers, Larry Kudlow, director of the National “basically a Canadian” and traders said the progress Economic Council, and Peter Navarro, the President’s top even though he is highly was very slow while costs trade adviser, who preempted Trump on Friday with their regarded, the official said. could be very high. own calls for lower rates despite the strong jobs report. MONDAY, JULY 08, 2019 WORLD NEWS IRAN NEWS 7

TEHRAN – A five-day international training course on nuclear security detection architecture started at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Saturday, with senior Iranian and foreign nuclear officials in attendance. The event, co-organized by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Int’l Course on Nuclear Security Architecture (AEOI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), focuses on the strategies and solutions for nuclear safety, security, and safeguarding.

World Bank Recognized Malaysia’s Effort IAEA’s Board of Governors... In Uplifting Telecommunications Sector FROM PAGE 1 JCPOA signatories had undertaken in 26 paragraphs PUTRAJAYA (Dispatches) - The progressive efforts of the Malaysian government to stop return of sanctions in uplifting the country’s telecommunications sector have been recognised by the or imposition of more World Bank in its latest report on Malaysia Economic Monitor: Re-energising the sanctions which are against Public Service. the JCPOA agreement. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in a In the deal, the signatories statement today said, one of the articles in the report entitled “Malaysia’s need for had accepted that the U.S. speed: How regulatory action is unleashing ultrafast internet” acknowledged the with good will would do its initiatives undertaken by the commission in support of Communications and best to save the deal and it would prevent any action Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo who minted the ‘Double the speed, half the which deprives Iran from its benefits from the deal price’ mantra as the guiding principle in providing affordable fixed broadband and all had been stipulated in the enclosed No.2. services with faster internet connections. In return in paragraph 37, it has been stipulated that in MCMC Chairman Al-Ishsal Ishak said, the World Bank report was a testament of case sanctions either partially or fully are reimposed, the effectiveness of initiatives, policies, and actions implemented by MCMC. Iran could consider it an end to the agreement for its “As a regulator of the communications and multimedia industry, our aim is to complete or partial halt of its undertakings. ensure that the standard of connectivity nationwide can unlock added-value to the Regarding this issue, Permanent Mission of the people as well as catalyse strong and sustainable economic growth for the country,” Russian Federation to the United Nation Mr. Mikhail he added. Ulyanov in a message offered his surprise of U.S. “The implementation of Mandatory Standard on Access Pricing (MSAP) by recent request to convene IAEA Board of Governors’ MCMC in October 2018 produced an average of 49 per cent reduction in the prices special meeting. “International relations are full of of high-speed broadband services,” the statement added. surprises which contradict common sense. The U.S. Prior to the price reduction, said MCMC, prices of entry level packages ranged MCMC further said, in terms of accessibility, the World Bank article outlined that withdrew from JCPOA and tries to ruin it completely from RM119 to RM129 for 10 Megabits per second (Mbps). With MSAP, the prices Malaysia was well poised in closing the gap between leading countries with respect in violation of international law,” Ulyanov wrote in of entry level packages ranged from RM79 to RM89 for 30Mbps. to internet speed. his Twitter account on Friday night. In addition, the number of fixed broadband subscriptions with download speeds of It was worth to note that Malaysia’s average fixed broadband speed had accelerated Having infiltrators and clandestine agents in more than 100 Mbps grew by a factor of eight to 1.2 million subscribers in 2018, more than three-fold in 17 months, from 22.5 Mbps in January 2018 to 68.5 Mbps organizations and planning detrimental plots against from 150,000 in 2017, it added. in May 2019, above the global average of 59.6 Mbps. the nations, creating media hype and pressure, and threats and hypocrisy, and under the table payments Electric Scooters: are all the tools which are used by the big powers in Weightlifting Better at Reducing Heart Fat Than Aerobic Exercise weakening the countries; and today definition for Not So Eco-Friendly After All? justice and abiding by the law in the world is just a LONDON (Dispatches) - In the small study, researchers epicardial adipose tissue, which has also been linked definition for making the books colorful and it has no determined that a certain type of heart fat, pericardial with heart disease. role in action or to the interests of human beings. adipose tissue, was reduced in patients who did weight “We were surprised by this finding,” said the study’s Today the world is administered by the law of the lifting, but not in those who worked on increasing their lead author, Dr. Regitse Hojgaard Christensen, a jungle and anybody in this jungle is after feeding endurance with aerobic exercise, according to a report researcher at the Center of Inflammation and itself by eating the corpse of an unarmed creature at published in JAMA Cardiology. Both forms of exercise Metabolism and the Center for Physical Activity expense of injustice, and pushing the board of resulted in the reduction of a second type of heart fat, Research at the Copenhagen University Hospital. governors of the IAEA is not out of this context.

France... Tehran Starts Enriching... FROM PAGE 1 FROM PAGE 1 PARIS (AFP) - E-scooters touted as zero-carbon “We do not want trips that serve as political shows; urban transport are flooding city streets worldwide, The French president also called for the selection of the great efforts it has been making over the past 14 months we want ones that get things done toward rectifying but just how green they are remains an open question. the “second path” to save the JCPOA and contribute to to keep the nuclear agreement alive despite a whole host of the present situation regarding the JCPOA,” he said. The companies -- from multinationals to local start-ups de-escalation of tensions, voicing Paris’ readiness to American pressures and sanctions. He went on to say that the government has told all Iranian -- distributing them insist the omnipresent two-wheel double down on its efforts to serve Iran’s demands, President Rouhani reiterated that Iran’s new decision organizations not to pin hope on the European financial vehicles are a boon for the environment and a curb on namely a ceasefire in the U.S. economic war. to reduce certain commitments under the JCPOA has mechanism, known as INSTEX, which was meant to global warming. For his part, President Rouhani denounced the U.S. been in conformity with the deal and meant to save it. facilitate trade with Tehran under the US sanctions. “Bird was founded to help create a cleaner and more economic war on Iran, warning that its continuation could He also called on the European Union to honor its He further noted that the Islamic Republic has pinned hospitable world that prioritizes people over cars,” the have far-reaching effects on the other parts of the world. commitments to the international treaties and the no hope and reliance on any special country, but it will American firm, one of the global leaders in e-scooters, Slamming the U.S. sanctions against the Iranian United Nations’ resolutions and also to step up efforts use every opportunity and capacity in the present says on its website. “Scooters cut the use of vehicles and nation as an act of terrorism and an economic war, to save the JCPOA by taking a series of measures. situation. “In this economic warfare launched by Donald reduce the volume of traffic on the road,” it said. President Rouhani said, “The continuation of this President Rouhani finally made it clear that ending the Trump, we will try every path and our main channels are “They also help reduce pollution and improve air quality.” economic war could result in other threats to the region whole sanctions against Iran would open up a new China, Russia, Turkey, India, and neighbors.” Shared scooters that do not require docking ports can and the world.” opportunity for interaction between Iran and the Group 5+1 Araqchi said Iran has new economic interactions be driven door-to-door, avoid stressful searches for He also reminded France of Iran’s “strategic patience” and (Russia, China, the U.S., Britain, France and Germany). and plenty of initiatives with all of them. “One of parking spaces, and have zero-emission motors. these routes is Europe and one of them is INSTEX.” On paper, they have the potential to radically reduce “We have worked very well in foreign policy and urban car traffic: 70 percent of car trips between home Iranians Will Not Compete... we have good partners. So many good things have and work in France, for example, are five kilometres FROM PAGE 1 been carried out in the neighborhood, and we would (three miles) or less, according to the French National not let the United States reach its goals. We will Institute for Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE). In the same letter, the federation set a March 15 deadline to have discussed the matter with IJF chairman Marius certainly make the U.S. disappointed, and this time “Micromobility could theoretically encompass all for the Iranian government to present to “The Vizer in Lausanne, Switzerland, with Amiri explaining they will be disappointed through our economic and passenger trips of less than eight kilometres (5 miles), International Judo Federation... a governmental letter that Iranians will not be competing with Israeli athletes. defense capabilities and Washington will have to back which account for as much as 50 to 60 percent of today’s which guarantees that all athletes from Iran will compete “Refraining from participating in competitions with off at the end,” concluded Araqchi. total passenger miles travelled in China, the European in IJF competitions, regardless of the nationality of the athletes of the Zionist regime is an issue of the Muslim Kamalvandi also noted that the country needs Union, and the United States,” consulting firm McKinsey athletes they oppose, and that they will participate in the world, and athletes from 20 countries refrain from doing enriched uranium for its power plants, research, and said in a report. In the U.S., riders made nearly 40 million medal ceremonies, regardless of the nationality of those so. I said that we are acting within the framework of the propulsion, which need various levels of enrichment. trips on shared scooters last year, according to the who share the podium with them.” Iranian regime’s policy – and for this reason, we are not “What we’re doing today is meant to provide the National Association of City Transportation Officials. In an interview with Fars News Agency, Amiri claimed competing with athletes of the Zionist regime,” Amiri said. enrichment level we need for the fuel of our power Lime, a major player financed by Uber and Google-parent plants, and the level of enrichment can go up based on Alphabet, found that roughly one in every three Lime rides Iran Accuses U.S... the orders we get,” he noted. in 26 cities around the world replaces a trip by car. “The amount of our enriched uranium stockpiles is “From this shift, we estimate that our riders have FROM PAGE 1 also increasing and the pace of increase is growing,” avoided 15 million miles (24 km) of car travel and he added. He also noted that the country “does not prevented 6,220 metric tons of carbon emissions” over Speaking to Mehr, Ali Akbar Karimi, a member of mining, according to Iran’s Minister for need the fuel of Tehran research reactor for now, but a two-year period, the company noted. Iranian Parliament’s Economic Committee, shared his Communications and Information Technology, it can go to that point whenever it wants. But do e-scooters live up to all the hype? concerns while urging the government to redouble its Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, on PressTV. Iran’s announcement came after its 60-day deadline to With regard to Lime’s claims, a survey by research efforts to regulate this activity: “A major part of cryptocurrency mining used to be done Europe to compensate for the US’ withdrawal from the group 6t of 4,500 commuters in Paris, Lyon and “Mining cryptocurrencies has become a common and in China before Iran became attractive for miners …The accord came to an end. Tehran says the decision has Marseilles revealed that only 19 percent used scooters widespread activity in Iran, and it consumes Chinese government has no plan to be present in the field of been enshrined in the nuclear deal and is in accordance to go to work or school -- more than 40 percent of considerable power which has caused problems for the cryptocurrency mining in Iran; however, China’s private with articles 26 and 36 of the nuclear deal. usage was by out-of-town visitors. Without access to country, especially in the hot season.” sector and people may have been involved in this area.” e-scooters, 44 percent of respondents said they would This problem has led Iranian officials to combat have walked, 12 percent said they would have biked, mining with measures such as power cut-offs and UK... direct confiscation of mining equipment and 30 percent would have used public transport. FROM PAGE 1 Cars barely entered into the picture. “Rajabi said the power for mining each Bitcoin “But this doesn’t mean that we should get rid of equaled the power used by 24 residential units for an In one of the most recent reported dispatches filed on June 22 Darroch criticized Trump’s fraught foreign policy e-scooters -- absolutely not!”, said Jeremie Almosni, entire year”, Bitcoin is not just a dystopian project in on Iran, which has prompted fears in global capitals of a military conflict, as “incoherent” and “chaotic.” head of mobility at the Ademe, the French government its premise. It’s also an active participant in bringing “It’s unlikely that U.S. policy on Iran is going to become more coherent any time soon. This is a divided Administration,” agency for energy efficiency. about that dystopia via climate change. he wrote, according to the Mail. He allegedly said the president’s assertion, that he called off retaliatory missile strikes “The fact that half of usage is recreational is If Mr. Zarandi’s suspicions are correct, Iran may be just against the Iranian regime after a U.S. drone was shot down because it risked killing 150 Iranians, “doesn’t stand up.” “It’s striking,” he acknowledged. “But at least this favours a piece in the geopolitical and commercial chess game the more likely that he was never fully on board and that he was worried about how this apparent reversal of his 2016 campaign a more mixed use of transport. It’s definitely a way to United States and China are playing right now. promises would look come 2020,” Darroch reportedly stated, referring to the next presidential election. get people out-and-about more, and perhaps a way of China’s government has not shown official interest in Britain’s Foreign Office did not dispute the veracity of the memos. “The British public would expect our ambassadors encouraging them to give up cars.” There is also a lot promoting BTC mining. The Chinese private sector, to provide ministers with an honest, unvarnished assessment of the politics in their country,” a spokeswoman said. of uncertainty as to the lifespan of shared e-scooters, however, migrated to Iran to take advantage of its low “Their views are not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed the government,” she added, noting “we pay which varies with hardware and intensity of usage. energy costs and enjoy better benefits from crypto them to be candid”. 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8 IRAN NEWS SPORTS MONDAY, JULY 08, 2019 South Africa Stun Egypt Magnificent Federer Cruises Sharma Hits Record In Africa Cup of Nations Fifth Century AIRO (Dispatches) - Thembinkosi Lorch scored Into Wimbledon Last 16 ONDON (Dispatches) Con 85 minutes to give South Africa a stunning L- Opening batsman 1-0 victory over Africa Cup of Nations hosts Egypt Rohit Sharma became the after a pulsating last-16 clash in Cairo Saturday. first player to hit five After three woeful group performances, South centuries in a single World Africa were rank outsiders against the record seven- Cup as he put India on time African champions, whose line-up included course for a comfortable Liverpool star Mohamed Salah. win against Sri Lanka at A seesaw struggle was settled when a swift counterattack Headingley on Saturday. allowed Lebo Mothiba to send Lorch through and he Sharma reached the fired past goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy. milestone with a boundary The winners were unrecognizable from the team off Kasun Rajitha to pass that struggled in the group stage as they displayed the mark set by Sri Lanka’s sharpness and desire not previously evident. Kumar Sangakkara, who South Africa will face arch-rivals Nigeria, who scored four hundreds at the 2015 tournament. eliminated defending champions Cameroon in He reached his century off 92 balls with 14 fours and Alexandria earlier Saturday, in the quarter-finals. two sixes but was dismissed shortly afterwards, caught Salah, who missed some midweek training due to a by Angelo Mathews off the bowling of Rajitha for 103. cold, was generally well policed by a superbly organized Sharma, known as the “hitman”, now leads the South African defense. Egypt changed three of the side tournament’s run-scoring charts with 647 runs in eight that defeated Uganda to complete Group A with a 100 matches after hitting his third successive century. percent record, five goals scored and none conceded. He is only the fourth batsman after Sachin Back came defender Mahmoud Alaa, midfielder Tendulkar, Matthew Hayden and Shakib Al Hasan Tarek Hamed and forward Marwan Mohsen with to score more than 600 runs at a single World Cup. Baher Elmohamady, Nabil Donga and Ahmed Hassan The attacking batsman put on 189 runs for the dropping to the bench. South Africa made two changes, ONDON (AFP) - Eight-time Wimbledon singles Andy Murray’s hopes of men’s doubles glory ended opening wicket with KL Rahul to put India well on both in midfield, from the team that lost to Morocco Lchampion Roger Federer posted yet more early as he and French partner Pierre-Hugues Herbert course to reach their target of 265. and squeezed into the second round with the worst landmarks on Saturday as all the main contenders went out in the second round. However, he was to end record of the best four third-place teams. encountered few problems in reaching the last 16. the day on a celebratory note as his star partnership In came South African Premiership Player of the Season Federer registered a record 350th win in Grand Slam with Williams eased into the second round of the Rapinoe Slams FIFA Over Lorch and fit-again Dean Furman for Thulani Serero and matches in his 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) victory over Lucas mixed doubles beating Germany’s Andreas Mies and suspended Themba Zwane. Bafana Bafana (The Boys) Pouille of France and in the process reached the fourth Alexa Guarachi of Chile 6-4, 6-1. had been woeful in all three Group D matches, barely round for an unprecedented 17th time. Neither would claim who was running the show. Schedule, Prize Money troubling rival defences, and the public and media “It’s a nice number to achieve. I’ve enjoyed my time Serena said there was no “I in team” while Murray YON (Reuters) - United slammed the negative tactics of coach Stuart Baxter. at the Slams,” said Federer, who next plays Matteo said they were both used to being told what to do. LStates co-captain Megan Berrettini of Italy, of his Grand Slam record. On the women’s side Barty and Williams could meet Rapinoe launched a scathing “It’s been nice winning that much.” in a blockbuster quarter-final if they win their last 16 attack on world soccer’s Nigeria Topple Earlier, his great rival and two-time Wimbledon matches on ‘Manic Monday’. governing body FIFA, on champion Rafael Nadal had a much more enjoyable Two of the top 10 seeds did bow out, Dutch fourth the eve of the women’s experience than his previous match as he eased into seed Kiki Bertens and American ninth seed Sloane World Cup final, saying the Holders Cameroon the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 romp over French Stephens losing to Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova organisation did not respect AIRO (Dispatches) - Odion Ighalo scored twice veteran Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. and Britain’s French Open semi-finalist Johanna the female game. Cand teed up Alex Iwobi’s winning goal as The ease with which Nadal made the fourth round Konta respectively. While Barty will be in new Rapinoe said FIFA’s Nigeria eliminated defending Africa Cup of Nations for the ninth time was replicated on the women’s side territory playing singles at Wimbledon in the second decision to allow the Copa champions Cameroon after a thrilling 3-2 victory in by Ashleigh Barty, who will be breaking new ground week for the first time, for Williams it is the 16th. America final and the Gold Alexandria on Saturday. in appearing in the last 16 for the first time. Barty overwhelmed British wild card Harriet Dart Cup final to take place on China-based forward Ighalo bundled home a Seven-time women’s champion Serena Williams is 6-1, 6-1 while 37-year-old, seven-time champion the same day as the women’s final was “unbelievable”. scrappy opener but Clarence Seedorf’s Cameroon also into the second week for the 16th time. Williams produced her most convincing display in “It is terrible scheduling for everyone. As people who hit back through Stephane Bahoken and Clinton Nadal, who embraced Tsonga fondly at the end in dispensing with German Julia Goerges 6-3, 6-4. work in football, play in football, that is a terrible idea Njie with two quick-fire goals before half-time. stark contrast to the chilly handshake he had with Barty, bidding to become the first Australian Wimbledon to put everything on the same day. In every way,” she Nigeria drew level as Ighalo volleyed in his fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios in the previous round, women’s champion since Evonne Goolagong Cawley said during the pre-final news conference. second just past the hour and he then turned said he was delighted with the manner of his victory. won her second title in 1980, will play unseeded “Obviously there are two other finals going on but provider to play in Iwobi to steer home three “I was very happy. I played a great match from the American Alison Riske for a place in the last eight. this is the World Cup final – this is like, cancel minutes later and set up an unexpected quarter-final beginning to the end,” said Nadal. She is also the first Australian woman to make the everything day. So no, I don’t know how it clash with South Africa, who stunned hosts and He next plays Portugal’s Joao Sousa who ended second week since 2010. Williams goes on to face Spain’s happened, I read somewhere that they said they just favourites Egypt 1-0 in Cairo. British hopes with a five-set win over Dan Evans. Carla Suarez Navarro for a place in the quarter-finals. didn’t think about it – that’s a bit of a problem.” Kawhi, George Join Messi Sent Off Clippers in NBA As Argentina Blockbuster Deal Beat Chile EW YORK (Dispatches) - Kawhi Leonard and IO DE JANEIRO (Dispatches) - Lionel Messi was NPaul George are joining the Los Angeles Clippers Rharshly sent off as Argentina secured third place at the and the NBA balance of power has shifted to a club that Copa America with a 2-1 victory over Chile on Saturday. has never even reached a conference final. In a niggly and fractious match, five-time Ballon d’Or As NBA teams began signing contracts Saturday with winner Messi and Chile captain Gary Medel were free agents negotiated over the past week, spinning given their marching orders eight minutes from half- heads were still trying to cope with a talent shakeup time after tangling on the goalline. detailed in media reports all week that could reset the Sergio Aguero and Paulo Dybala scored the first half league’s top teams for several seasons to come. goals that ensured victory for Argentina. Leonard agreed early Saturday to a four-year deal But the match will be most remembered for the worth $142 million with the Clippers, but only after they sent five NBA Draft picks, plus Italian Danilo Gallinari double sending-off and the melee it sparked. and Canadian guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, to the Oklahoma City Thunder to get George. In what seemed an innocuous clash, a frustrated Messi shoved Medel in the back as the center-back shepherded ESPN reported Leonard sought to have Kevin Durant join him with the Clippers but the Golden State star, who the ball out of play. A furious Medel responded by chest-bumping Messi twice in an incident that probably merited will miss next season rehabilitating from a ruptured right Achilles tendon, had already agreed to a deal sending him no more than a single yellow card for the Chilean. to the Brooklyn Nets along with Boston’s Kyrie Irving. Leonard then sought out George, who stunned the Thunder Incredibly, Paraguayan referee Mario Diaz de Vivar showed the two captains the red card. by asking for a trade. The Clippers had enough draft picks stockpiled to deal away future talent to create an instant Medel in particular reacted even more angrily as players from both sides squared up to each other and the referee, contender without losing the nucleus of a team that reached the playoffs in 2019. who lost complete control of the situation. “This has been the craziest NBA summer ever!!!” tweeted free agent swingman Jamal Crawford. The Clippers It took fully five minutes to calm the situation and get Messi and Medel to leave the field. were pushed into the deal because they risked losing Leonard to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he would have At this point, already 2-0 down, Chile were in danger of losing their heads and Erick Pulgar was lucky to receive joined LeBron James and Anthony Davis in a “Big 3” Superteam lineup that would have been clear title favorites. only a yellow card for a stamp on Leandro Paredes that looked a far worse offence that either Messi’s or Medel’s.