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12 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12587 Wednesday JUNE 29, 2016 Tir 9, 1395 Ramadan 23, 1437 New Cold War would Rouhani praises Judiciary Iran’s not be productive for quarterly anyone: Robert Hunter for maintaining security exports of gas EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW condensate up By Javad Heirannia POLITICAL TEHRAN — Presi- “Security will not be maintained in week. deskdent Hassan Rouhani any country unless the people are un- He also called on the judicial and ex- 57% yr/yr TEHRAN — Robert E. Hunter, the former U.S. ambassa- said on Tuesday that the efforts being der the shelter of an impartial and ef- ecutive bodies to expand cooperation dor to NATO, says a new Cold War between the West and made by the Judiciary to maintain secu- ficient judiciary,” Rouhani told a gather- in line with boosting the economy. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s desk Russia would not benefit any side. rity in the country is praiseworthy. ing held to commemorate the Judiciary 2 Pars Especial Eco- “A new Cold War would not be productive for anyone,” nomic Energy Zone (PSEEZ) exported Hunter tells the Tehran Times as NATO staged its largest $1.687 billion of gas condensate in the war game in Eastern Europe since the end of the Cold first quarter of the current Iranian cal- War earlier this month. endar year (March 20-June 20, 2016), The 10-day military exercise involved 31,000 troops Leader names new chief of staff showing a 57 percent growth compared and thousands of vehicles from 24 countries including to the same time last year,” the CEO of Germany. the PSEEZ organization Mehdi Yousefi German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has told Shana news agency on Tuesday. broken ranks with NATO allies, accusing the alliance of According to him, PSEEZ exported “warmongering” against Russia. In his interview with Bild 4.178 million tons of gas condensate am Sonntag newspaper, Steinmeier said, “The one thing in the said time, which registers 107 we shouldn’t do now is inflame the situation with loud sa- percent rise, compared to the same bre-rattling and warmongering.” period in the previous year. The statement by the chief German diplomat shows The official expressed hope that the serious differences with the alliance. country will witness a hike in its exports Hunter says, “Given that there are some differences of gas condensate after getting new of view within the Alliance underscores the importance development phases of South Pars gas of NATO’s striking a balance in regard to policies toward field as well as those of different petro- Russia and also seeingeeing if a revivalrevival ofof diplomacydiplomacy isis possiblepossible chemical complexes operational. anytime soon.” PSEEZ is located in the port city Following is thehe full text of Assaluyeh, southwestern Bushehr of the exclusive iinterviewnterview Province. The petrochemical complex- with Hunter: es in the zone receive gas and gas Recently NATNATOO condensate feedstock from South Pars staged large scalee militarmilitaryy gas field, which Iran shares with Qatar exercises in Polandland near in the Persian Gulf. the borders with RRussia.ussia. DDoo The giant gas field is estimated to the war games indicatendicate the contain a significant amount of natural emergence of a nnewew gas, accounting for about eight per- Cold War? cent of the world’s reserves, and ap- proximately 18 billion barrels of con- See page 9 densate. Leader.ir

Academic lauds Imam POLITICAL TEHRAN — Su- will be serving as advisor to the Leader. to the fledging 1979 Islamic Revolution. deskpreme Leader of the According to the Iranian constitu- Initially accepted into an engineer- PERSPECTIVE Khomeini’s Quds Day initiative Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali tion, the post is deiced upon by the ing program at the University of Tehran, By Heydar Soheyli Esfahani Khamenei on Tuesday officially named Leader, commander-in-chief of the Ira- soon Baqeri joined Iranian armed forc- political analyst POLITICAL TEHRAN — A Lebanese academic has Major General Mohammad Hossein nian Armed Forces. es resisting the invading Saddam Army. deskhailed the late founder of the Islamic Re- Baqeri as the new Armed Forces chief The younger brother of Martyr Has- His brother had already formed the first public Imam Khomeini for declaring the last Friday of the of staff. san Baqeri, Hossein Baqeri joined the ever operation intelligence unit in the holy month of Ramadan as International Baqeri replaced Major General Has- Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) battleground. The one who always Quds Day, saying the initiative stymied san Firouzabadi who had held the posi- in 1981, when riots in Kurdistan, western Previously, Baqeri served as deputy plans by some countries for normaliza- tion since 1989. Hereafter Firouzabadi Iran, broke out, posing a major threat chief of staff. said ‘No’... is gone! tion of relations with Israel. In an interview with the Tasnim pub- ast week, one of British networks lished on Tuesday, Mohammad Tai, a Lhad a discussion with three Brit- professor at the University of Beirut, said Audio version of Parvin Etesami’s Iran condemns suicide ons regarding ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote Imam Khomeini’s historical move made to stay in the European Union, better it difficult for certain parties that sought to establish normal divan released in Armenian attacks in Lebanon known as Brexit. ties with the Zionist regime of Israel. CULTURE TEHRAN — An POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ira- The comments of one of the partic- deskaudio version of desknian Foreign Min- ipants revolved on the outcomes that the divan of Iranian poet Parvin Ete- istry spokesman Bahram Qasemi the EU had for Britain as an EU mem- Natiq Nouri asks sami (1907-1940) has recently been on Tuesday strongly condemned ber state and not the quality of the Rouhani to appear tough released in Armenia. suicide attacks by the Takfiri terror- membership. But the other two mainly Recited in the Armenian lan- ist groups in Lebanon. focused on the quality and the advan- on inflated salaries guage by famous reciter Aida Asa- “Once again, the Islamic Repub- tages of EU membership for London turian, the audiobook contains a se- lic of Iran highlights the necessity of and were keen to stay in the European POLITICAL TEHRAN — Head of the Supreme Lead- lection of Etesami’s poetry published awareness and unity by the regional Union. desk er’s Special Inspection Office has asked by Iran’s Cultural Office in Armenia in collaboration with governments and people to fight terrorism,” Qasemi said Subconsciously, I realized that the President Hassan Rouhani to appear tough on the case of the Mehr, an Iranian-Armenian Cultural Club. in the statement. emotional aspect of the pro-EU mem- inflated salaries. The producers believe that the audiobook helps Ar- He added, “Iran is on the belief that the international bership discussion was forced on the Speaking on Sunday evening, Ali Ak- menian scholars to become more familiar with Persian community must be more serious in fighting terrorism and logic of it. bar Natiq Nouri said however that such culture and civilization and get to know the deep culture its supporters.” However, now that 52 percent of cases of corruption are not something of Iran. Parvin Etesami was one of the most prominent The official also said Iran supports the Lebanese gov- Britons voted to leave the EU, Europe new, citing examples in previous gov- Persian poets of the 20th century. Her first anthology of ernment and people in fighting terrorism. According to is shocked that suddenly the balance ernments too, the Javan daily newspa- poems was published in 1935. Her poetry is themed upon the Guardian, eight suicide bombers attacked a Christian went in favor of the emotional aspect per reported. social, humanitarian and mystical concepts, and contains village in Lebanon on the border with Syria on Monday versus logic. On another front, some decisive action no allusions to romantic love or feminine sentiments. She which left five people killed and almost 30 people in- The opposition insists that in the is being taken to tackle the corruption. died from Typhoid fever in 1940 in Tehran and was buried jured. There has been no claim of responsibility, but suspi- new situation, new opportunities will The Majlis Research Center, General Inspection Organization, near her father in Qom. cion has fallen on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. arise for Britain and the way will be Supreme Audit Court, and Majlis Article 90 Committee held a paved for its development. They be- meeting on Monday to address the case. First Vice President lieve that the freedom of British people Es’haq Jahangiri the same day said salaries should be first India’s Essar May oil imports from Iran jump 50% y/y to vote and decide for more effective confirmed by the Council on Wages and Salaries. policies as well as a decrease of Brit- India’s Essar Oil, the top Indian buyer rels per day (bpd) of oil from Iran last der pressure from western sanctions ain’s commitments and responsibilities of Iranian crude, imported 49.7 percent month, an increase of about 4.6 percent against Iran’s nuclear program, the data regarding the crises plaguing coun- Tycoon’s death would mean more Iranian oil in May compared with from April, the data showed. showed. tries in Europe will bring them back the loss of black box: oil minister a year ago, according to tanker arrival Essar’s oil imports from Iran aver- Iran’s share in overall imports by Es- EU membership fee. data obtained from trade sources and aged at about 149,500 bpd in the first sar Oil in the January-May period rose Despite the right or wrong side of POLITICAL TEHRAN — The Iranian oil minister has ship-tracking services on the Thomson five months of 2016 compared with to 41 percent from about 23 percent in the decision to leave the EU, it seems deskmade an analogy between death of oil ty- Reuters terminal. 76,000 bpd of a year ago, when the the year-ago period. that the early economic signals has coon Babak Zanjani and a missing airplane black box. Essar shipped in about 187,300 bar- private refiner had to cut imports un- (Source: Reuters) made economic analysts to think the “He is like a black box. We are not looking for him to be majority vote to leave the EU was a put to death because that would mean the black box will Iran, Russia security officials discuss Syria, bilateral ties catastrophe, at least for the British be lost,” Bijan Zanganeh said on Modnay, the Etemad daily economy. newspaper reported. Therefore one should be hopeful A senior Iranian security official has met exchanged viewpoints about devel- opments and cooperation and the that the decision will be fruitful in po- TEHRAN TIMES with high-ranking Russian authorities in opments in Syria and bilateral coop- exchange of information between litical domain and worth the scratch. Moscow, discussing developments in eration for a political solution to the SNSC and SCRF. One of the first outcomes was the Iran’s Leading International Daily Syria and the Middle East as well as bi- foreign-sponsored crisis in the Arab Additionally, the top Iranian official reaction of the Scotts. The little ma- lateral cooperation. country. met with Russia’s special envoy on Syria, jority of keeping Britain and Scotland Advertising Dept Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Shamkhani also held a separate Alexander Lavrentiev. The two discussed integrated had proven that the logic Te l : 021 - 430 51 450 Iran’s Supreme National Security Coun- meeting with Nikolai Patrushev, the the status quo in Syria, potential future behind the vote won over the emo- cil (SNSC), met with Russia’s Defense secretary of the Security Council of developments there and strategies to tional aspect and the negative conse- Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow late the Russian Federation (SCRF), dis- resolve the Syrian crisis. 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MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Jaberi Ansari meets Hezbollah Larijani pays tribute to Sardasht chemical chief in Beirut attack victims POLITICAL TEHRAN — Hossein blocking of one hundred bank accounts deskJaberi Ansari met on linked to Hezbollah members and legislators TEHRAN — The Majlis speaker has paid homage Tuesday in Beirut with Hezbollah leader influenced by the U.S. threats that it would to the victims of a 1987 chemical bombing on the Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the first by the impose sanctions on banks or financial insti- northwestern city of Sardasht by the Iraqi army Iranian official in his capacity as deputy for- tutions that do business with Hezbollah. under former dictator Saddam Hussein, saying it eign minister for Arab and African affairs. In December, the U.S. Congress voted marked one of the most catastrophic chemical at- NASIM The two sides discussed the latest re- to impose sanctions on banks that deal tacks in history. gional developments with a focus on the with Hezbollah. In a message on Monday, Ali Larijani said the Syrian crisis, according to Al-Manar. Dismissing the financial restrictions as “inhumane offensive” against the defenseless peo- Hezbollah has been backing President unimportant, Hezbollah said it won’t be ple of Sardasht was one of the most catastrophic Bashar al-Assad ever since the Syrian cri- hurt by the financial restrictions, citing fi- and tragic chemical attacks that left a permanent sis broke out in 2011, losing forces in the nancial backing by Tehran. scar on the city’s psyche, Nasim reported. Syrian battleground. “We are open about the fact that Hez- Only in June, 26 Hezbollah resistance bollah’s budget, its income, its expenses, Iran’s armed forces fighters were martyred as well as one everything it eats and drinks, its weapons reaffirm support for missing and one taken captive, Nasrallah and rockets, are from the Islamic Republic said in an address on Monday. of Iran,” Nasrallah said on Monday. Palestine Nasrallah called it a psycho war that “As long as Iran has money, we have his forces have suffered heavy losses money... Just as we receive the rockets fighting alongside Syrian government that we use to threaten Israel, we are re- The meeting took place as a group of Minister Tammam Salam and Nabih Berri, TEHRAN — On Tuesday, the Iranian Armed Forc- forces against insurgent groups. ceiving our money. No law will prevent us suicide bombers detonated their explo- the Lebanese parliament speaker. es released a statement on the occasion of Inter- “The defense of Aleppo is the defense from receiving it,” Nasrallah added. sives’ vests in a northeastern Lebanese vil- Coupled with the recent visit to Mos- national Quds Day, emphasizing that support for of the rest of Syria, it is the defense of Da- Also on Monday, Jaberi Ansari met lage near the border with Syria on Monday, cow by ranking Ali Shamkhani, the meet- Palestine and the Palestinian Intifada will remain on mascus, it is also the defense of Lebanon, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil killing five people and wounding at least 15. ings in Lebanon seem to be an attempt Iran’s agenda. and of Iraq,” he was quoted as saying. in Beirut, exchanging views on develop- Jaberi Ansari also held separate meet- by Tehran to adopt a more harmonious “The Islamic Republic’s support for Palestine, The meeting came two weeks after the ments in Syria and Lebanon. ings on Monday with Lebanese Prime policy toward the Syrian crisis. the Intifada discourse and the Islamic resistance is

AFGS QUDS AFGS based upon the values and beliefs… and is in line with rationality and the Islamic world’s national in- terests,” the statement said. Velayatiati defends post-dealpost deal negotiationsn between Iran and 5+1 POLITICAL TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Velayati, VelayatiVelaya said Leader of the Islamic Rev- to cite instances of the U.S. refusal to fulfill its obli- Iran chair NAM deskthe senior fforeignoreign policy adad-- olutionolution AyatollahA Ali Khamenei has asked gations, saying, “The opposite side’s task was to lift monthly meeting in visor to the Leader, has defendednded post-nucle-post-nucle- thethe JCPOAJCPO monitoring committee police the sanctions, but it has not fulfilled this duty. Some New York ar deal negotiations between Iran and the 5+1 thethe implementationimp of the deal. sanctions have been lifted in some way, but in prac- group, highlighting that Tehrann will remain comcom-- DuringDurin a meeting with the heads tice the sanctions have not been [generally] lifted.” mitted to the pact. ofof threthreee branches of the government While expecting to gain benefits from the deal, TEHRAN — Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations That the other side starts fighting on JuneJune 14, the Leader said, “Primarily, Tehran seems to have grown more unsatisfactory, cit- Gholamali Khoshroo on Monday chaired a monthly shy of implementing the deall is a thethe IslamicIslam Republic will not violate the ing that removal of sanctions has been more of “word meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned different story, according to Ve- JCPOAJCPO because keeping pledges is a on paper”. Movement (CoB-NAM) in New York, which focused on layati. QuranicQu instruction, but if the U.S. Particularly, Tehran has complained that international “For our part, we won’t vvi-i- presidentialp candidates’ threat banks are reluctant to resume or establish correspond-

IRNA the past and future activities of the movement. During the meeting held at the UN headquar- olate the agreement, and ne-e- tot tear up the JCPOA materi- ent banking relationships with it, linking the hesitance to ters in New York, Khoshroo briefed the participants gotiations to implement thee alizes, the Islamic Republic will fearing foul of fines by the U.S. over deals with Iranian on his activities over the past month, including his JCPOA should continue,” torch the JCPOA. It is again a partners. efforts to reflect NAM’s positions in various interna- said Velayati in an interview Quranic instruction about mu- The banking issue appears as a major blow to Iran’s tional meetings, IRNA reported. with the Iran newspaper tual disloyalty.” post-deal expectations, a possible source of future griev- published on Tuesday. Ayatollah Khamenei went on ances if the two sides fail to fix it.

INTERNATIONAL First Announcement IRGC smashes terrorist group in western Iran TENDER NO 95/K-151 Central Bank of I.R.Of Iran POLITICAL TEHRAN — A top activities, mainly influenced by weak 19 that some suicide attacks had been deskIRGC commander border monitoring of neighboring foiled in Tehran during the holy month Tender Holder : Security Paper Mill of the Central Bank of I.R.Of Iran. said on Tuesday that an anti-revolu- countries, including Pakistan, Afghani- of Ramadan. tionary group has been smashed in stan, and Iraq. Tender subject: purchase of 50,000 Kms of Holographic Partial demetallized window Sarvabad County in the Western prov- On June 13, the IRGC announced clear text of security thread. ince of Kurdistan. that its forces had killed five members The IRGC identified and killed 11 of the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan Tender deposit: an unconditional and extendable bank guarantee for the amount of members of the anti-revolutionary (PJAK) in the northwestern border city group, Mohammad Hossein Rajabi, of Sardasht. 43,000 Euro or 1,480,000,000 Iranian Rials. commander of the IRGC in Kurdistan In another clash in southern city of province, told Tasnim news agency on Khash on June 13, police forces killed Deadline for receiving tender documents: Tuesday. five members of a terrorist group The members of the terrorist group which is an offshoot of Jaish ul-Adl. Maximum ten days after second advertisement were killed in an operation after 10 Intelligence Ministry issued a state- days of manhunt, he said. ment on June 20 announcing it has -How to get document: Bidder can receive the tender documents by sending their written He also said that three local mem- foiled one of the “biggest terrorist inquiry to Fax: +98 11 4313 2566 or sending letter to email address [email protected] or refer bers of the IRGC in Kurdistan were plots of Takfiri-Wahhabi groups” in martyred in the operation. Tehran and some other cities. to national basic of tenders of Iran with address http://Iets.mporg.ir Western and eastern borders of Supreme National Security Council Iran have been a hotbed for terrorist Secretary Ali Shamkhani said on June Deadline for submitting offers: Maximum until dated 13.August.2016 (95/5/23) Rouhani praises Judiciary for maintaining security Time of opening of technical offers: 1 Maximum Three week after deadline submitting offer The president said the Iranian and foreign investors do economic activities in the country by trusting the Judiciary, Validity period of financial offers: he said. The more the people trust in the judicial system, the more security will be established in the society, he stated. The offers must be valid for ninety days after 13.August.2016 (95/5/23) The president also said the people are waiting to see how the judiciary will deal with those who illegally “or- The offers no sign, conditional, altered and the offers that submit after the expiration of dered” and “carried out” attacks on the Saudi embassy the period of bid submission will be considered as null and void. in Tehran. Elsewhere, he said that the government has sought to -Tender Holder reserves the rights to reject some or all of the offers. improve the economic situation by holding nuclear nego- tiations which its result was the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, adding that support of the judicial and the ex- The winner of tender must be submitting an unconditional and irrevocable performance ecutive bodies are required to help his administration to bond guarantee equal to %10 of value of the contract. flourish the economy. Iran and the 5+1 group - the United States, Britain, al power, the scholar-turned politician pointed out. All the cost of published advertisement must be paid by the winner of tender France, China and Russia plus Germany - finalized the text Elsewhere, he said that the U.S. has been seeks to pre- of the JCPOA in Vienna in July 2015. The nuclear agreement vent the rise of Iran as a powerful nation while it has been went into effect in January 2016. supporting the Saudis. Place for receiving and submitting tender documents: Crises in Middle East will not be settled in short The parliament speaker also said the U.S. is not taking time: Larijani any action to alleviate the tension between Iran and Saudi 7th km Chamestan Road, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran, Security paper Mill -department of the Speaking at the same ceremony, Ali Larijani, the head of Arabia. commercial department building the legislature, said crises in the Middle East region will not Judiciary chief says Iran and the West have be settled in a short time. different views on human rights Larijani also said the terrorist movements cannot be de- Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani also told Delivery time : 3 month after signing the contract feated through the “current mechanisms”. the forum that Iran and the Western countries have differ- He also said that the Judicial and the security bodies ent standards in regard to human rights, saying Iran’s basis For further information, prospective bidder may contact us via the following should pay attention to the fact that the terrorist groups are for upholding human rights is Islam. seeking to undermine Iran’s security. Elsewhere, he said that some have turned into “opposi- Tel : +98 11 43132630 , 43132739 - Fax : +98 11 43132588 Larijani also said that the Judiciary is following a “posi- tion” groups and “disappoint” the people. web site : http://www.takab-cbi.ir - E-mail : [email protected] tive” path and is resisting against the pressures. “There are some shortcomings, but some make the Such an approach will lead to a strengthening of nation- people disappointed,” the top judge remarked. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Lebanon cabinet declares state of alert NEWS Turkey denies apology to after Al-Qaa attacks Russia over downed jet

The Cabinet Tuesday said it will remain “came as no surprise as security forces Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkey has only expressed in a heightened state of vigilance; one were anticipating a new terror attack, but regrets to Russia over a downed jet in Syria, denying reports day after multiple suicide attacks hit the the surprise was the “ calling for a gener- of an apology. northeastern border village of Al-Qaa. al mobilization that isn’t sectarian. Yidirim also reversed an earlier offer of compensation to “The Cabinet considers itself in a con- “Terrorism doesn’t differentiate be- Russia for shooting down one of Moscow’s military jets in stant state of alert to deal with any secu- tween a sect and another or an area and November, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. rity situation and announces that all state another,” the PM said at the beginning of “Compensating Russia agencies will remain on full alert,” Infor- the session. is not on the table, we mation Minister Ramzi Joreige said as he Soon after the second wave of bomb- have only expressed our briefed reporters after a special session ing in Al-Qaa Monday night, mayor regrets,” CNN-Turk cited held at the Grand Serail. Bashir Mattar called on residents to take him as saying, hours after Ministers renewed their support to up arms and defend their village. he said Ankara was ready the Lebanese Army and security forces Al-Qaa residents were seen Tuesday to offer compensation for “that are carrying out their national duty morning holding rifles, calling on the the incident. by protecting its security and preserving government to help defend the Christian The Kremlin said on stability.” village. Monday that Turkish “The attack on the national security “Al-Qaa is a Christian area and was President Recep Tayy- and the unprecedented way announce targeted today, but we have seen other ip Erdogan had apolo- the beginning of a new stage of confron- Muslim areas under attack,” Salam said, gized to Russian leader tation between the state and terrorism,” adding that people should deal with the side streets facing its entrances. act,” State Minister for Parliamentary Af- Vladimir Putin in a letter. Joreige read. suicide attacks in a unified national man- Several ministers told reporters as fairs Mohammad Fneish said, holding Erdogan’s spokes- The multiple attacks on the village of ner rather than sectarian. they arrived at the Grand Serail that the “the states that support terrorists” re- man confirmed the letter, but said the Turkish president had Al-Qaa, involving eight suicide bombers, The PM said that the series of attacks Cabinet is compelled to discuss Mon- sponsible for the attacks. only expressed regret and asked the family of the pilot killed were the latest in the bloody spillover of on the village were unprecedented, and day’s suicide attacks. Some 1.1 milllion Syrian refugees are after the downing to “excuse us.” the 5-year war in Syria into Lebanon, and could be indicative of a change of tactics “The government cannot meet with- registered in Lebanon, but the govern- The denial came just as the Kremlin said on Tuesday that revived fears of a return to suicide blasts by extremists. out tackling the security situation,” Tele- ment estimates the total number to be President Putin will hold a phone conversation with Erdogan that had targeted the Lebanese Army “What is new about the bombings communications Minister Boutros Harb over 1.5 million. on Wednesday. and Hezbollah areas in the past. is the way the criminal act was carried said earlier as he entered the meeting Security forces upped their measures Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, told a Four suicide bombers struck Al-Qaa out and the number of the terrorists (in- chaired by Salam. against militant cells across Lebanon after conference call with journalists that Russia did not ex- Monday night, wounding 13 people, 18 volved),” he said. “Maybe this is an indica- The minister’s remarks were echoed double suicide bombings ripped through pect strained relations with Turkey would mend in a few days. hours after four suicide bombings killed tor of a new and different wave of terror by State Minister Nabil de Freij, who said Beirut’s southern suburb of Burj al-Bara- Putin has said an apology from Erdogan is the condition five people and wounded 19 others in the attacks.” state security is a “priority.” jneh. Those measures are expected to be for repairing relations between the two countries, which were same village, security and military sourc- Salam stressed that investigations are “We are required to increase our se- increased after Monday’s attacks. More shattered when the Russian jet was shot down by Turkey es said. ongoing, revealing that initial information curity measures, unity and conviction than 100 suspects have already been de- at the Syrian border. Ministers stood for a moment of si- has been obtained on the identity of the such that we are in a state of war with tained in raids on Syrian refugee camps Ankara said it shot down the plane because it en- lence for the victims of the attacks at the terrorists. terrorism,” Industry Minister Hussein Hajj in northeastern Lebanon. tered Turkish airspace, an allegation Moscow denies. The beginning of the session. Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk Hasan told reporters. Meanwhile, the director general at the Russian pilot ejected from the plane but was killed by gunfire The Cabinet was set to discuss Leb- and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi called on Ministry of Finance, Alain Biffani, who ar- from militants on the ground in Syria as he parachuted down anon’s finances during Tuesday’s special didn’t attend the meeting as they were the state to return Syrian refugees to rived at the Grand Serail to discuss coun- to earth. session, but security concerns following in Yarze for a security meeting with Army their homeland and to control their “ran- try’s financial situation, left shortly after Yildirim also told reporters in parliament that legal pro- multiple suicide attacks the day before Commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi, General dom spread” throughout the country. security developments were prioritized. ceedings were underway against an individual allegedly re- topped the agenda. Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, Minister for the Displaced Alice Shabti- Salam said last week that the Cabinet, sponsible for the killing of the Russian pilot. Discussions on the financial situation Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. ni said that Lebanon should demand the in addition to normal sessions, will hold Moscow, which imposed economic sanctions on Anka- and state budget were later announced Ibrahim Basbous and head of the Central presence of international forces along its “regular extraordinary sessions to discuss ra over the downed plane, had said that apart from official postponed. Security Council Brig. Gen. Elias Khoury. border with Syria. emergency matters that need quick solu- apologies it also wanted Turkey to pay compensation for the Prime Minister Tammam Salam said The Interior Ministry is beefing up se- “They are targeting Lebanon’s vari- tions.” incident. at the session that the attacks in Al-Qaa curity with additional concrete blocks on ous... areas. What happened is a barbaric (Source: The Daily Star) After writing to Putin to voice his regret over the incident, Erdogan said he now believed that Ankara would normalize relations with Moscow “rapidly” but the Kremlin advised cau- tion on Tuesday. “One should not think it possible to normalize Kerry raises harassment of U.S. diplomats in Moscow with Putin everything within a few days, but work in this direction will continue,” Peskov said. Russian harassment and surveillance of U.S. diplomats of provoking Russian diplomats in the United States (Source: Press TV) in Moscow has increased significantly and U.S. Secretary and elsewhere. of State John Kerry raised the issue recently with Russian Honorary consuls are typically U.S. citizens or green President Vladimir Putin, the State Department said. card holders who perform consular services on behalf Kerry last raised the matter with Putin on March 24 of a foreign government, a U.S. official said, saying the this year, a State Department official said. five were located in California, Florida, Minnesota, Utah Israeli siege on Gaza hurts “He has raised it with President Putin,” State Depart- and Puerto Rico. ment spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau told a news brief- Asked whether harassment of U.S. diplomats oc- people: UN ing earlier, adding: “We see an increase and we take it curred only in Moscow, Trudeau said: “We can’t rule out seriously.” such harassment that could occur elsewhere. I just don’t United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has con- Trudeau said harassment by Russian security agents have specifics on other countries.” demned the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, saying the and traffic police had been an issue over the past two Despite cooperation between Moscow and Wash- siege inflicts pain on people and damages the economy of years, but did not give details of incidents nor why it was ington on the Iran nuclear deal, tensions between the the Palestinian coastal enclave. raised with Putin. Washington stripped five of the six Russian honor- two countries have escalated since Russia annexed the Ban made the criticism on Tuesday during his trip to Gaza in a Other Western embassies had reported the same ary consuls of credentials in January to retaliate for Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and Moscow’s press conference at the al-Zaytoun school run by the UN Relief and behavior toward their diplomats stationed in Moscow, harassment of its diplomats in Moscow. In response, increasing backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Trudeau added. Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused the United States (Source: Reuters) Tel Aviv’s blockade of Gaza “suffocates its people, stifles its economy, and impedes construction,” he said, warning that the siege fuels tensions between the Palestinians and Israelis. The UN chief further highlighted the UN support for the people Brexit: Increase in racist attacks after EU referendum of Gaza, saying that the world body “will always be with you.” The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli siege since June Britain “will not tolerate intolerance”, the mix of diversity and tolerance. 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standards of office of Prime Minister David Cameron “I’ve asked our police to be extra living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and has said, after a series of racist incidents vigilant for any rise in cases of hate unrelenting poverty. were reported following its decision to crime, and I’m calling on all Londoners Meanwhile, UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Kra- leave the European Union. to pull together and rally behind this henbuhl, who accompanied Ban in his trip to Gaza, stressed Number 10 Downing Street came out great city.” that the visit “comes at a time of deep despair in Gaza,” call- on Monday with the warning, less than a Mark Hamilton, the head of the Na- ing on the world community “to pay far more attention” to week after the country voted to leave the tional Police Chiefs’ Council, said: “We the situation in the blockaded coastal sliver. EU in a referendum. are seeing an increase in reports of hate The pair are expected to visit a UN-run center for recon- “We should be absolutely clear that crime incidents to True Vision, the police struction works in the Gaza Strip. this government will not tolerate intol- online hate crime reporting site. Ban is also scheduled to speak at a news conference in the Tel erance ... intimidating migrants, telling “This is similar to the trends follow- al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City and meet with Palestinian them they need to go home,” Cameron’s ing other major national or international President Mahmoud Abbas in the West bank city of Ramallah. spokeswoman told journalists. events. In previous instances, crime levels Israel has waged three wars on Gaza since 2008, including The Polish Embassy in London earli- returned to normal relatively quickly but the 2014 offensive, which left more than 2,200 Palestinians er said it was “shocked and deeply con- we are monitoring the situation closely.” dead and over 11,100 others injured. cerned” by incidents of abuse directed at ’90 incidents’ Ban had visited the Gaza Strip in late 2014 in the wake of Poles and other eastern Europeans living Other incidents were reported on the deadly Israeli onslaught. in England. social media. Many used the #postrefra- In a relevant development on Tuesday, a senior official They include the posting of laminated cism tag and account to call out exam- Allah, who the f*** is Allah?”. Police later Human Rights Watch said authorities of the resistance movement of Hamas and deputy speaker cards reading “Leave the EU - no more ples of intolerance, both to EU citizens made two arrests. “should take strong action to curb xeno- of the Palestinian parliament released a statement, urging Polish vermin” to members of the Pol- living in England and non-white Britons. John O’Connell, from anti-racism phobic attacks and abuse in the United Ban and the UN to “work seriously” towards ending the dec- ish community in Huntingdon, near the One Twitter user, Ben Zen, wrote that group Far Right Watch, said they had Kingdom in the wake of the referendum”, ade-long siege imposed on Gaza. eastern city of Cambridge, on Saturday. two Britons waved an English flag to- recorded more than 90 incidents in the as it encouraged people to report xeno- Ahmad Bahar criticized Ban’s visit as “part of the ongoing There were also reports of racist graf- wards him and, having heard him speak past three days, ranging from “verbal phobic acts to the police. efforts to resume negotiations to reach a compromise that fiti scrawled on a Polish community cen- in Romanian, said: “We voted you out. abuse up to physical violence”. “A failure by the authorities and po- serves occupation and to contain the Al-Aqsa Intifada.” tre in Hammersmith, west London. The Go home you f*****g immigrants.” Rights groups called on people to re- litical leaders to address - and be seen The UN has “remained silent towards the Gaza siege Metropolitan Police Service said it was Another, Carlos from London, post- port incidents as they promised action. to address - these initial attacks risks crime for ten years” by trying to “treat the victim and the investigating the claim. ed images of a Polish father and son who “Now we are witnessing the shocking creating a permissive climate for further executioner evenly,” he added. “We would like to thank people for all had been severely beaten, reporting that extent of this with reports around the attacks and exacerbating divisions within The occupied territories have also witnessed heightened the messages of support and solidarity the family members had said Englishmen country of hate speech and minorities society,” the group warned. tensions since August 2015, when Israel imposed restric- with the Polish community expressed by were behind the attack. being targeted,” said Shuja Shafi, sec- A few days before the referendum, tions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa the British public,” the embassy said. On Facebook, Ai Sha shared a video retary general of the Muslim Council of the far-right, anti-immigrant UKIP par- Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in an alleged London mayor Sadiq Khan on Mon- showing members of the far-right Eng- Britain. “I will be writing to the Home Sec- ty was accused of racism after un- bid to change the status quo of the holy Muslim site. day placed the city’s police force on alert lish Defence League gathering outside retary to ask what measures are being veiling a poster showing a queue of Nearly 220 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands following the incidents. a mosque in Birmingham waving a flag taken to step up security and policing in refugees with the slogan “Breaking of Israeli forces in what is regarded as the third Palestinian Khan said he took “seriously my re- that read: “Rapefugees Not Welcome”, as areas where such incidences have been point” and a plea to leave the EU. Intifada (uprising) since the beginning of last October. sponsibility to defend London’s fantastic they shouted “f*****g p**dos” and “Allah, reported.” (Source: Al Jazeera) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JJUNEUNE 229,9, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy

NEWS Negotiation with Georgia, Armenia to NFC to launch Iran services on July 28 export oil products priority for Iran Oman’s National Ferries Company (NFC) announced on Monday that it will start operations to Bandar Abbas and ECONOMY TEHRAN — Holding product, to neighboring countries and Qeshm Island in Iran from July 28. desktalks with Georgia and the Middle East region has been put on Mehdi bin Mohammed al Armenia is among top priorities of Iranian the agenda. Abdawani, CEO of NFC said Oil Products Distribution Company (NI- According to NIOPDC Managing Di- that the launch will be held OPDC) to increase exports of the coun- rector Seyed Naser Sajjadi, replacing to mark sultanate’s celebra- try’s oil products, an official in the compa- more gasoil with natural gas as the feed- tions of the Renaissance Day. ny told Shana news agency on Monday. stock of power plants and industrial units, Abdawani said that the Amir Vakilzadeh, the manager of ex- due to upsurge in the country’s natural service will start from the Port ports and imports department of NI- gas output, and also implementation of Khasab in the Governorate OPDC, noted that Georgia, which stands of fuel consumption management pro- of Musandam to Bahonar among the customers of Iranian oil, can grams count for the upturn in the exports Port in Bandar Abbas via the be Iran’s gateway to European market. of gasoil, Mehr news agency reported in Port of Bahman in Qeshm He added that negotiations with Arme- late April. Island, twice a week for six nia to enter the Georgian market are “Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iraq, months as an experiment. underway. Iraqi Kurdistan, and some countries in He added that the said Vakilzadeh said that NIOPDC seeks Central Asia and the Caucasus are among date was approved for the new markets for its products, while pre- the buyers of Iran’s gasoil”, the senior of- regional line between the sul- serving the market of its neighboring ficial said adding, “Moreover, several tanate’s and Iranian ports following a meeting of all interested countries. shipments of gasoil have been sailed to parties and official bodies in Oman and Iran. Abdawani said Exports of gasoil, as Iran’s strategic oil international markets.” that the executive management of NFC is working to ensure that all concerned parties fully coordinate with various govern- ment agencies to facilitate the travel of citizens and residents to Iran. Abdawani said that people can travel visa free to the U.S. extends ZTE reprieve for alleged Iran sanctions violations Qeshm Island while a visa is required from the Iranian Embassy The U.S. government has extended government. like Microsoft Windows - or even pro- the government's investigation. The re- in Oman for visits to the city of Bandar Abbas. through August 30 a reprieve to ZTE Experts had said U.S. export restric- viding updates. prieve will allow ZTE to maintain its "re- He said that talks are on with Iran’s Hormozgan Province Corp on tough export restrictions im- tions were some of the toughest ever But soon after imposing the restric- lationships with hundreds of American for issuing visas to Omani visitors upon their arrival at Bandar posed on the Chinese smartphone applied and would have caused disrup- tions in March, the agency offered the companies and our continued invest- Abbas port. Abdawani said that the journey from Khasab to maker in March for allegedly breaking tion across ZTE's sprawling global sup- company a three-month relief from ment in the U.S," he said. Qeshm Island takes an hour and a half while it takes two hours sanctions against Iran, the Commerce ply chain. the restrictions, which was set to expire The Commerce Department inves- to reach Bandar Abbas. Department said on Monday. The restrictions would have banned June 30. The Commerce Department tigated ZTE for alleged export-control He said that the ferries will only carry passengers and goods The renewed Commerce Depart- U.S. companies from exporting to ZTE announced the extension in a notice violations following Reuters reports in until the completion of the construction of a bridge for vehicle ment license allows ZTE to continue any technology, software or equipment posted Monday. 2012 that the company had signed con- shipment in some Iranian ports. (Source: Muscat Daily) exporting equipment containing U.S. such as chips and processors made in In an emailed statement, ZTE Chair- tracts to ship millions of dollars worth of technology. The agency said in March the United States. The decision would man Zhao Xianming said the extension American-made hardware and software that its first reprieve could be extended also have prevented software makers shows that the company is improving to Iran's largest telecoms carrier. if the company cooperated with the from selling typical office applications its compliance and cooperating with (Source: Reuters) Italy said to seek opening to fund lenders with $44b Doubts grow over Airbus A380 sale to Iran: sources Italy, which failed to gain European Union approval for a bad bank just months ago, is considering ways to inject funds into some of As Western plane-makers seek to finalize lucrative lease 109 jets to Iran Air. its lenders after the UK’s vote to leave the trade bloc sparked a deals to sell some 200 jets to Iran, doubts are growing Those uncertainties have also raised questions fresh selloff, according to people with knowledge of the talks. over the sale of a dozen Airbus A380 superjumbo jets over the timing of the payment of deposits to Airbus The government is weighing measures that may add as much to the country's national flag carrier, several people on the wider order. as 40 billion euros ($44 billion), said one person, asking not to familiar with deal said. "Following the preliminary agreement for 118 air- be identified because the talks are private. The government may Iran's return to the international market for new air- craft signed in January with Iran Air, negotiations are support lenders by providing capital or pledging guarantees, said craft after decades making do with an antiquated fleet progressing, and as with all agreements, it takes time the person. The amount is still under discussion and no final deci- is one of the biggest business opportunities opened for them to be firmed up and finalized," an Airbus sion has been taken, according to the people. by the lifting of sanctions after a deal to rein in its spokesman said. Italy’s government earlier this year was forced to water down nuclear program. Iran Air was not immediately available for com- plans for a publicly funded bad bank on EU resistance, instead The order for the double-decker superjumbo jet- ment. creating a smaller fund backed by lenders and investors to help liners grabbed attention in January as part of a provi- Discussing the Airbus order in February, its chair- stabilize the financial system and speed up consolidation. Gov- sional deal for 118 Airbus jets worth $27 billion signed less interested in taking the A380s, ordered in part man told Reuters the A380 would not arrive for an- ernments are able to provide funds directly to banks under excep- in Paris in the presence of Iranian President Hassan for political reasons. other five years and that the airline would in the tional circumstances of systemic stress without breaching state-aid Rouhani. Another Iranian official said main obstacles to meantime monitor the expansion of Tehran's Imam rules, a scenario that may apply to Brexit, the people said. The inclusion of the world's largest jetliner was completing the full order were remaining U.S. finan- Khomeini airport. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has been pushing a package of hailed as a symbol of thawing relations and a sign of cial sanctions. While Airbus faces uncertainty over the A380 part reforms to modernize Italy and spur growth since he took office Iran's determination to compete economically with Others said the A380 part of the order, worth $5.2 of the deal, Boeing appears to have won a slight re- in February 2014. He has pressed lenders to become joint-stock political rivals on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf that billion at list prices, can be canceled or amended prieve for the latest version of its 747 jumbo. companies, encouraging mergers to help reduce duplication fly the jet. without penalty under the contract before Airbus A person familiar with Boeing's own provisional and boost profitability and pushed the creation of Atlante, which The order also threw a lifeline to the A380 itself, starts building the jets. deal with Iran Air said it included four 747-8s. can invest in bank capital and their bad loans and reduce bad following a slump in orders that has left the future One industry source acknowledged "the A380 Both the A380 and 747-8 have seen production debt. of one of Europe's highest profile industrial projects part is less solid" than the remaining 106 aircraft, de- cuts as airlines switch to smaller two-engined models (Source: Bloomberg) in doubt. spite the fact that Airbus had pressed Tehran to in- like the Airbus A350 or Boeing 777. But people familiar with the deal say there are in- clude the slow-selling model. But regional sources say Boeing's 747 has a more creasing signs that Tehran is having second thoughts Financing questions naturally receptive audience in Iran given the experi- about whether to take delivery. Before any of the deal can be completed, Airbus ence of its pilots and engineers in keeping old 747s "We always made clear this is an option," an Ira- must obtain U.S. export licenses due to U.S. technol- flying during sanctions. Oil prices rise on looming nian official told Reuters, asking not to be identified. ogy on board its jets. Eager to prepare for projected transport growth Norway strike, but Brexit "It is possible to switch to other models," he added. Problems in financing must also be resolved as post-sanctions, Iran has ordered a total of seven dif- An industry source familiar with the region said some banks have shied away from financing either ferent types of Airbus and Boeing jet. still weighs Iran was committed to the rest of the order, but was the Airbus deal or a similar order for Boeing to sell or (Source: Reuters) Oil prices rose on Tuesday as a looming strike in Norway threat- ened to cut output in western Europe’s biggest producer, al- though Britain’s vote to leave the European Union was still weigh- ing on markets. World stocks, sterling fight back after Brexit beating About 755 Norwegian workers on seven oil and gas fields World stocks rose for the first time in leaders, including soon-to-be-ex UK $1.3122 on Monday. global economy." could go on strike from Saturday, hitting output from the North three days and sterling and the euro Prime Minister David Cameron, headed "After a few days of a lot of volatility, The major concern for investors -- Sea’s top producer, if a new wage deal is not agreed before a climbed on Tuesday, as investors made for their first post-vote meeting in Brus- it looks like we have found some stabil- aside from the political ramifications of Friday deadline. a rush for Brexit-bashed assets ham- sels. ity," said TD Securities' European Head a split EU -- is whether already strug- A final round of mandatory talks will be hosted by a state me- mered by some of the biggest falls since Battered sterling also got a reprieve. of Currency Strategy Ned Rumpeltin. gling banks can survive if Brexit prompts diator on June 30 and July 1 in an effort to avoid disruption that the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. It rose 0.8 percent to $1.3335 following "People will now need to see a bit central banks in Europe, Switzerland, could start the following day. Bargain hunting trumped still wide- the biggest two-day slide in the post- more on the big questions such as what Scandinavia and Japan to cut interest The affected fields account for nearly 18 percent of Norway’s spread uncertainty over Britain's vote to 1973 era of floating exchange rates, is the timeline for the UK withdrawal and rates even more deeply into negative oil output and a little more than 17 percent of its natural gas, Reu- leave the European Union, as the bloc's which saw it slump to a 31-year low of what are the effects going to be for the territory. (Source: Reuters) ters calculations show. Combined oil output was about 285,000 barrels per day in the first four months of the year, with natural gas output at 48.5 million EU referendum: VW U.S. emissions Bangladesh central cubic meters (mcm) per day. London Brent crude futures were trading up around 1.5 per- German carmakers settlement reported bank ends FireEye cent, or 70 cents, at 0651 GMT at $47.86 per barrel. warn on free to cost $15b investigation into U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were up 78 cents, movement cyber heist or 1.68 percent, at $47.11 a barrel. But the price rises came after oil fell to 7-week lows in the Bangladesh's central bank has ended a contract previous session on the back of market turmoil over Britain’s vote German carmakers have said that the UK will Volkswagen has reportedly reached a $15bilion with U.S. cyber security firm FireEye to investigate to leave the EU, reducing investor appetite for volatile commodi- have to accept the free movement of EU citizens in (£11.3billion) settlement with U.S. car owners after ad- February's online theft of $81 million, turning down ties like oil. return for access to the single market. mitting it cheated emission tests. a proposal to extend the agreement, a senior official “Crude oil led the sector lower as investors continued to dump Matthias Wissmann, from the German Automo- The deal would offer to repair or buy back the af- said on Monday. risky assets,” ANZ bank said on Monday. tive Industry Association, said the UK would have fected diesel vehicles and pay owners compensation, More than four months after hackers broke into Consultancy Energy Aspects said Brent was “under pressure as to accept the "bitter pill" of free movement. according to sources close to the talks. the computer systems of Bangladesh Bank and timespreads continued to weaken amidst a complete collapse in Restricting access to the UK was a key promise Last year, U.S. regulators discovered that VW cars transferred money from its account at the Federal bids for crude”. of the Leave campaign. were fitted with software that could distort emissions Reserve Bank of New York, investigators in Bangla- It added that refinery run cuts in Asia, which use physical crude Leave campaigners also argued that, to help car tests. desh and the United States are still trying to identify oil as their main feedstock and crude futures for hedging pur- exports, Germany would push for a generous trade The German giant subsequently said 11 million cars them. poses, were also dragging on markets. deal with the UK. were affected worldwide. FireEye's Mandiant division had asked for 570 Markets were also weighed by news that a successful ceasefire However, the German carmakers appear to be The U.S. settlement is still pending approval by a hours of additional work to complete its investiga- in Nigeria had allowed repairs to oil pipelines that had restricted taking a tough line. judge, but it would be the largest car scandal settle- tion into the biggest cyber heist in history, sources the country’s ability to export oil, ANZ Bank said. ment in the country's history. The details are expected NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF at the bank had said earlier. (Source: Reuters) to be announced on Tuesday. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com JJUNEUNE 29,29, 20162016 HISTORY & HERITAGE 5

Rediscovering the elegance of modern Iran A CLOSER LOOK

By Lee Siew Hua Iran s pulsating metropolis: Tehran. While the capital is the political and economic UK tourism set to benefit Travel Correspondent centre of the country, it is also filled with from weak pound Fresh off the plane in Iran, in the elegant places of cultural significance. city of Shiraz which is admired for its gar- The National Museum of Iran, a modern The UK s tourism industry is poised to benefit from Britain s dens and poets, we are photo-bombed by building designed with art-deco and Persian vote to leave the EU, as the crashing value of the pound at- a young local man in aviator shades. elements by a French architect, and complet- tracts an influx of international visitors and encourages Britons That morning, my group of travellers ed in 1928, houses national treasures. to take staycations . has been languidly arranging ourselves for I like its carvings from Persepolis, winged British leisure companies and foreign tourists could gain from the a picture in the 13th-century Eram Garden lions and terracotta bulls, and a ceram- market turmoil following the outcome of the EU referendum last week when the prankster leaps in front of us. His ic thermos flask from the first millennia. that has led sterling to fall to a 30-year low against the dollar and to two female friends, wearing denim and We also head over to the Saadabad Pal- drop faster against the euro than it has since the financial crisis. head scarves, laugh out loud from the side. ace, set in a park. In earlier dynasties, it was The shrinking value of pound against the euro and dollar rep- This light-hearted encounter is one of a summer royal palace, including for the last resents an opportunity for domestic leisure companies, accord- several surprises that reveal a modern, mul- Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, until ti-layered Iran during my 10-day journey to his pro-Western regime was toppled in 1979. four Iranian cities in April. Since the Islamic Revolution, the palace Iran is safe and friendly and rewards the has been converted into a museum featur- wanderer with hidden gardens, echoes of ing Persian arts and relics of royal life. great civilizations past and a stylish lifestyle The Pink Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, and a wall tile in the mosque depicting churches and crosses, It still contains portraits of the deposed that is still affordable. showing that Iran has long been a cosmopolitan society Shah and his queen, and the toys in the Sanctions were lifted on January 16 this year While much of what I see in Iran is on than the Red Square in Moscow, I delight in bedrooms of their four children, now exiled. after the nation reached a historic nuclear deal an epic scale, there are also lots of intimate the littler places. Finally, for some unabashed splendor we with world powers last July and the country of experiences. In the evening, we walk on the Khaju and go to the Treasury of National Jewels, which 80 million is re-emerging on the global stage. The food, for instance, such as the lamb Siosepol bridges when they are tinged with is said to contain the most expensive jewels World leaders and industrialists are now kebab, fresh pomegranate juice, or an un- romantic sunset colors. in the world, amassed over centuries. rediscovering Iran, as are travelers. forgettable dark chocolate ice cream in the It is lovely to see Iranians enjoying life Most eye-popping of all is the Peacock Yazd hip Hermes restaurant that serves Mediter- - roller- blading, texting, singing, picnicking Throne, a lavish raised platform with a sun sym- Persian carpets and pistachios, the One ranean food in an Armenian quarter of Isfa- and relaxing by the landscaped river banks. bol. It is made of gold and precious stones and ing to Nick Varney, the chief executive of Merlin Entertainments, Thousand And One Nights anthology and han (Jolfa Alley, Nazar Street). There is also the 300-year-old Ali Gholi ornamented with verses set in blue enamel. the UK-based operator of Legoland and Madame Tussauds, and ice cream, the first Human Rights Charter and The scents as well, especially of narenj or Agha bathhouse (Ali Gholi Agha Alley, off There is also the dreamily named Sea of the chair of the British Hospitality Association. polo: These are some of the creations, or re- orange blossoms, small flowers exuding a Masjed-e Sayyed Street, Isfahan), for men Light, a colossal diamond in a rare pale-pink Holidays in Europe will be a little more expensive and encourage finements, of Iran s 7,000 years of heritage. jasmine-like perfume in many gardens. and women at different hours. hue that weighs 182 carats. It is reputedly Brits to take more holidays in their home country, he said. The country s desert technology is part The mosques too, many of which are It is a museum now, and we gaze at the the largest uncut diamond in the world. We ll get more eurozone visitors coming in as it will be rela- of a long line of inventions, and I get a contemplative yet dazzling spaces, with fine mosaics and reflect on the social role No wonder the museum has to be set tively cheaper than to holiday in the UK. My view is that this scenario glimpse of Iranian design ingenuity in the colour, soft illumination and elegant callig- played by bathhouses as places for relaxa- within the fortified Central Bank. It is a will endure and the pound will settle at a more competitive rate. desert city of Yadz in the centre of Iran. raphy. tion and hygiene. shame, though, that the jewels seem to be Widespread international news coverage of the UK could also It is filled with wind towers or wind-catch- In Shiraz, the Pink Mosque glows like a We drive out to Tehran and stop by the lumped higgledy- piggledy in a cramped, provide a boost to a tourism industry that has grown steadily since ers , four- or eight- sided towers that direct the kaleidoscope when sunlight spills through village of Abyaneh, which is set in a valley. nondescript vault, when it may outshine the 2010. According to the UK s Office for National Statistics, the coun- airflow into houses for cool comfort in summer. stained-glass windows onto wall-to-wall The houses are made of red-brown collections in the Tower of London or the try saw 36.12m international visits in 2015, an increase of over 5 At the bottom of Iran s tallest wind- prayer carpets. earth, and its 150 elderly dwellers are Hermitage in St Petersburg. per cent compared with the previous year. Expenditure by overseas catcher, which is 33m high, I relax in the But the most intimate and refined city, I dressed traditionally, the women in flowery The pomp and bling are an eye-opener. tourists was #22.07bn last year, a 1 per cent rise from 2014. Dolat Abad Garden, and it is so cool it feels find, is Isfahan in central Iran. Cherished as garments and the men in satiny, balloony But for me, the loveliest moments in Iran It s certainly been great to see how much cheaper things have air-conditioned although it is a blazing day. the Pearl of Persia, the 1,500-year-old city, pants. are still the more reflective ones. I think become since last Thursday, said Denis Fourey, a banker from Gua- Another clever Iranian invention is the qanat, twice a capital, showcases the best of Iran: Our guide says the village is part of a about the lush secret gardens, introspective daloupe, who was coming to the end of a three-week visit to the UK. an elaborate system of underground water tun- Islamic architecture, Persian carpets and disappearing world. Young people have left poetry and a solitary stroll to a bridge in We got a taxi from London to Southampton. Your taxis are nels. You access the water from wells that pop miniature paintings in its bazaars, teahous- to work in the cities. Isfahan. a rip-off. It cost us #400. But the favourable rate means it wasn t up on the desert landscape like mini-volcanoes. es, libraries and gardens. Their elderly parents, left behind, peddle This is the hidden Iran that lingers in as expensive as it could have been. There are also ice houses, or yakhchal, Isfahan is half the world, as the Irani- village products such as dried apple slices memory and, hopefully, even as the repub- Analysts warned that UK travelers to Europe could be hit with shaped like domes, which store snow and ans say in reference to its importance. and roasted chickpeas, which we buy. lic rouses from its days of isolation, its great higher charges for travel insurance, as British citizens may no longer ice for the hotter months. While there are grand sites here, nota- Tehran beauty will never fade. be entitled to public healthcare when travelling to EU countries. Isfahan bly the Naqsh-e Jahan Square that is bigger From the countryside, we head into (Source: Straits Times) (Source: Financial Times) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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What’s next for Hamas’ Meshaal? COMMENT A close associate of Abbas who has By Adnan Abu Amer Darkening skies over met with Meshaal on several occasions haled Meshaal has long been a told Al-Monitor on condition of ano- Bahrain for human rights K leading Hamas figure, heading nymity, “Despite our dispute with Ha- its political bureau since 1996. mas, led by Meshaal, no one can deny When Bahrain announced a decision last Monday to strip the However, according to recent media his ability to show balance in his politi- citizenship of a leading Shia cleric, Sheik Isa Qassim, it ac- reports, Meshaal will not participate in cal stances on Palestinian internal rela- cused him of “creating an extremist sectarian environment” the movement’s internal elections that tions. It is no secret that there is chem- and claimed he had “encouraged sectarianism and violence.” may be held in late November or early istry between Meshaal and Abbas, In fact, Bahrain’s ruling monarchy and government are the December. more than the rest of Hamas' leaders. ones fomenting division. In recent weeks, they also dissolved It may seem early to talk about re- We hope that any changes that will be the main Shia opposition group, al-Wefaq, of which Sheik placing Meshaal, as Meshaal himself brought about within Hamas in the fu- Qassim was the spiritual has remained publicly silent. ture take the same national path that leader. On June 16, Mahmoud al-Zahar, a Meshaal has taken.” These and other repres- member of Hamas’ political bureau in Hamas' relationship sive measures taken lately Gaza, told the New Arab newspaper The Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV re- are likely to backfire. Bahrain, that Meshaal will not run for re-elec- ported on June 2 that the next Hamas a Sunni monarchy in the Per- tion as head of the political bureau. leadership will be kept busy with such sian Gulf that hosts the U.S. The London-based Rai al-Youm re- important matters as Hamas' relation- 5th Fleet, has been cracking ported on June 13 that Meshaal had ship with regional countries including heads of the opposition ever confirmed to unnamed close associ- Israel, its relationship with the Muslim since the Arab Spring broke 1995 on charges of transferring money ization that abides by its own regu- ates that he will not run, but did not Brotherhood and the reconciliation out five years ago and has to the fighters of Hamas' military wing, lations. Its leaders reach leadership reveal whether he will support any with Fatah. harshly repressed those who Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and posts through periodic elections within particular Hamas leader for the post. Raed Enairat, a professor of political sought a greater political was deported to Jordan in 1997. Palestinian areas or abroad. Each of Ahmed Youssef, political adviser to science at An-Najah National University voice for the country’s Shia Haniyeh, now the deputy head of the Hamas leaders has a role, regard- former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, in Nablus and the head of the Contem- majority. The latest actions Hamas’ political bureau, is another im- less of his organizational position, that told Al-Monitor, “Meshaal has a charis- porary Center for Studies and Policy take the ruling al-Khalifa portant candidate with wide popular is subject to change. Hamas’ insistence matic leadership style, political gump- Analysis, told Al-Monitor, “This time, family still farther down the support. March polls by the Palestinian on holding internal elections is an tion and strong ties with Arab and Is- Meshaal will not run for head of Hamas, road of despotism and could trigger new waves of protest. Center for Policy and Survey Research achievement and a role model to be lamic countries. Yet it is perhaps time since he has been leading it since 1996. Bahrain’s decision means that Sheik Qassim could be de- in the West Bank revealed that had followed by other Palestinian factions.” for him to leave the post of head of It is a credit to Hamas that its leader ported. Human Rights Watch said the authorities have pro- presidential elections been held then, Under Meshaal’s leadership, Hamas the political bureau to someone else steps down voluntarily via elections. duced no evidence to support the charges against him. Haniyeh would have beaten out Pales- has witnessed important milestones, without compromising his standing.” Yet I do not think that a big change will Since July 2014, according to the United Nations High tinian President Mahmoud Abbas. most notably the 2000 Al-Aqsa intifa- This way, Youssef said, Meshaal could be brought about to its general policy Commissioner for Human Rights, Bahrain has stripped more Israel's Channel 2 reported June da, the 2006 legislative elections from leave but retain his ability to create a [governing] Palestinian, Arab and inter- than 250 people of their citizenship, a pernicious form of 17 that Hamas military leader Yahya which Hamas came out victorious, new position of secretary-general, for national relations, as Meshaal’s succes- punishment. Sinwar will succeed Meshaal with sup- three Israeli wars on Gaza and the es- which he could run uncontested. sor is already a part of Hamas’ political At the same time, on May 30, a court in Bahrain more port from al-Qassam Brigades. He was tablishment of new regional alliances If Meshaal did withdraw from the leadership. Meshaal [will not run de- than doubled the prison sentence imposed by a lower court freed in a prisoner-swap deal between between Hamas, Qatar and Turkey. movement’s leadership, the vacancy spite having] political wisdom in dealing on opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, from four to nine Hamas and Israel in 2011 after serving Meshaal was able to manage these would create room for a number of with political files, has a great deal of years. As secretary general of the now-defunct al-Wefaq, 22 years in jail. dossiers with relative success, though other political figures who view them- pragmatism and is viewed by many de- which was the country’s largest legally recognized opposition Speaking to Al-Monitor, Husam there were some setbacks. The most selves as qualified to succeed him in a cision-making circles as a safety valve political group, he had given speeches explicitly repudiating Badran, the Qatar-based official serious challenges included the ouster critical period for the Palestinian cause. for Hamas in the most trying times.” the use of force and calling for nonviolence, but he was none- spokesman for Hamas, refused to of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in Possible successors to If Meshaal does step down from the theless found guilty of having “justified acts of violence and speak of the possible candidates. He 2013 and Egypt closing the tunnels be- Meshaal Hamas leadership at the organizational sabotage, provoking regime change and calling for Jihad as said, “Hamas is an institutional organ- tween Gaza and Sinai. Among those emerging as possible and executive levels, he seems unlikely a form of religious duty.” Human Rights Watch said the court successors to Meshaal include Mousa to stay out of decision-making circles, ignored videos of his speeches and may have relied instead Abu Marzouk, who likely has the best If Meshaal did withdraw from the movement’s given his extensive experience and in- on a government report that misrepresented what he said. chance to win the election. He was the leadership, the vacancy would create room for fluence among a number of the move- Also alarming, the authorities on June 13 detained the first head of Hamas' political bureau, a a number of other political figures who view ment's current leaders. And who knows, prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab and on June 21 position that granted him a wide net- themselves as qualified to succeed him in a maybe sitting out the next elections extended his imprisonment for eight days, on charges of work of regional and international ties. could be just a break before resuming “spreading false news .?.?. in a bid to discredit Bahrain.” He was arrested in the United States in critical period for the Palestinian cause. his role. (Source: Al Monitor) 9 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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HAVE YOUR HERB Painless breath test could Black seed ‘The remedy for everything but death’ replace daily finger prick for diabetics The seeds have been prized for their healing properties since time immemorial. While frequently referred to among English- A painless breath test could replace the about dangerously low blood sugar levels.” speaking cultures as Roman coriander, black sesame, black daily finger prick check for diabetics after Low blood sugar cumin, black caraway and onion scientists found a chemical which rises Hypoglycaemia – low blood sugar – can seed, it is known today primarily when blood sugar is too low. cause problems such as shakiness, disori- as black seed. Researchers have known for some time entation and fatigue; if the patient does not Well over 40 health condi- that dogs can be trained to notice when receive a sugar boost in time, it can cause tions may benefit from the use their owners are about to suffer a hypogly- seizures and lead to unconsciousness. of this humble, but immensely caemic attack because of lack of glucose. In some people with diabetes, these powerful herb, and yet too few But now Cambridge has managed to episodes can occur suddenly with little even know it exists. The herb isolate the chemical which they are actu- warning. helps prevent and heal the fol- ally sniffing. Called isoprene, the discovery To find out what chemical the dogs were lowing illnesses: means they could screen for it in a breath smelling, researchers lowered blood sugar 1. Type 2 diabetes test meaning the 400,000 people in Britain levels under controlled conditions in eight 2. Helicobacter Pylori living with Type 1 diabetes would not need women, then tested the presence of mol- 3. High blood pressure to draw blood daily. ecules in the blood. 4. Asthma “Isoprene is one of the commonest The researchers found that levels of 5. Acute tonsillopharyngitis natural chemicals that we find in human the chemical isoprene rose significantly 6. Chemical weapons injury breath, but we know surprisingly little about at hypoglycaemia – in some cases almost 7. Colon cancer where it comes from,” says Dr. Mark Evans, doubling, which would present a disturb- 8. MRSA Honorary Consultant Physician at Adden- ing change for a pet with sensitive smell 9. Opiate addiction/withdrawal brooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge. receptors. “We suspect it’s a by-product of the pro- Claire Pesterfield, a paediatric diabetes duction of cholesterol, but it isn’t clear why specialist nurse at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Swap fizzy drinks for herbal levels of the chemical rise when patients Hypoglycaemia -- low blood sugar -- can cause Cambridge has a golden Labrador dog juice in Ramadan, says get very low blood sugar. problems such as shakiness, disorientation and that has been trained by the charity Medi- nutritionist “Humans aren’t sensitive to the pres- fatigue; if the patient does not receive a sugar cal Detection Dogs to detect when her ence of isoprene, but dogs with their in- boost in time, it can cause seizures and lead to blood sugar levels are falling to potentially credible sense of smell, find it easy to iden- dangerous levels. MEDICAL TEHRAN — A nutritionist at Iran’s Food tify and can be trained to alert their owners unconsciousness. (Source: The Telegraph) deskand Drug Administration (FDA) has recom- mended Muslims observing the ritual of fasting to substitute herbal juice or herbal teas for soda pops. Huge cache of ancient helium Study documents live In a report published by IRNA Sunday, Shahrzad Behrouzi said discovered in Africa’s Rift valley Zika virus in urine and saliva that in the scorching hot days of summer season when body res- piration soars, devout Muslims are best to drink concentrated herbal juice like chicory and fumaria to lessen the sense of thirst and dehydration. Adding the recommended amount of concentrated herbal juice to water, Behrouzi stressed, make sure the herbal juice is produced by reliable companies. Rose water and concentrated form of mint, musk willow, and chicory juice are very popular in Iran, as they come from medici- Researchers in the United Kingdom gen) just bubbling out of the ground in In findings that hint at other possible nal plants and have medicinal properties, she noted. Samples of urine and saliva and Norway say the newly discovered the Tanzanian East African Rift valley,” person-to-person Zika transmission Live virus was found in two samples helium gas field, found in the East Chris Ballentine, a geochemist in the routes, a research team from Brazil’s from different patients, one from urine African Rift Valley region of Tanzania, Department of Earth Sciences at Ox- Fiocruz Institute said they have iso- and one from saliva. For patients who Small-brained has the potential to ease a critical ford University, said in a statement. “By lated live virus from the urine and submitted both types of sample, urine vi- elephantnose fish can global shortage of helium, a gas that combining our understanding of helium saliva of acutely ill patients in Rio de ral loads were higher than in saliva. is vital to many high-tech applica- geochemistry with seismic images of Janeiro. The authors said their finding in sa- think big like humans tions, such as the magnetic resonance gas-trapping structures, independent In other Zika developments, the U.S. liva seems to confirm a case report of imaging (MRI) scanners used in many experts have calculated a probable re- Department of Health and Human Ser- live virus isolated from the saliva of a Fish may be smarter than we thought. Not only can some rec- hospitals. source of 54 billion cubic feet (1.5 bil- vices (HHS) announced two efforts to patient who got sick in January after ognize human faces, but others can use their senses in a way The researchers say the discovery is lion cubic meters) in just one part of the support eventual immunization, one to returning from the Dominican Republic that it was believed only humans and other mammals could the result of a new approach to search- rift valley.” develop a new vaccine and the other to to Italy, reported in March in Eurosur- manage. A team of zoologists at the University of Bonn has dis- ing for helium that combines prospect- Pete Barry, a geochemist at the Uni- help Brazil -- the hardest-hit country -- veillance. covered that, despite lacking a complex brain, the African ele- ing methods from the oil industry with versity of Oxford, takes gas samples boost capacity to make vaccine. In April, French researchers in an ear- phantnose fish can swap between its electrical and visual senses scientific research that reveals the role of from a thermal pool at a helium pros- The Fiocruz Institute scientists ini- ly-online letter to the New England Jour- in the same way a person can switch between sight and touch. volcanic heat in the production of pockets pecting site in Tanzania operated by tially announced their findings in Bra- nal of Medicine reported a sexual Zika The ability to recognize objects across different is senses is of helium gas. Norwegian geoscience company He- zil in early February and published transmission case in which they couldn’t regarded as an evolutionary plus because it provides the animal By one estimate, the newly discovered lium One. the full results on Jun 24 in Public rule out the possible of saliva as one of with greater sensory flexibility in different environments. How- helium field in the geothermally active Pete Barry, a geochemist at the Uni- Library of Science (PLoS) Neglected the ways the infected man passed the vi- ever, it’s been thought that this ability was confined to certain East African Rift Valley may contain more versity of Oxford, takes gas samples from Tropical Diseases. rus to his female partner. highly developed mammals, including monkeys, dolphins, rats, helium than the U.S. Federal Helium Re- a thermal pool at a helium prospecting Of nine patients sampled, 6 were The importance of both body fluids as and humans, because the information processing was thought serve near Amarillo, Texas, which holds site in Tanzania operated by Norwegian from a group of pregnant women with transmission routes isn’t clear and needs to require a cerebral cortex. That is, until the elephantnose fish about 30 percent of the world’s helium geoscience company Helium One. rash, and 3—2 men and 1 woman— more study, the authors wrote. They came along. supply. Meanwhile, the Federal Helium Re- had sought care for their Zika symp- noted that the acidic pH of urine might Peters’ elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii) is common The Tanzania discovery was made by serve currently holds just 24.2 billion cu- toms at a Fiocruz acute care clinic. restrict viral spread. to the slower rivers of West Africa, where it hunts for insect lar- researchers from the University of Ox- bic feet, and the total known reserves in Nine urine samples and five saliva For saliva, the isolation of viable virus vae just before dawn and after sunset. It’s also one of a number ford and Durham University, both in the the U.S. contain about 153 billion cubic samples were collected from the pa- doesn’t always prove that the virus can of fish equipped with an electrical organ that allows it to gener- UK, working with Helium One, a helium feet (4.3 billion cubic m), Ballentine said, tients. Tests on the samples included transmit orally, because saliva typically ate a weak electrical field that allows it to sense its immediate exploration company headquartered in while global consumption of helium is reverse-transcriptase polymerase contains antiviral molecules and is rela- environment like a living motion detector. It also has eyes that it Norway. about 8 billion cubic feet (0.23 billion cu- chain reaction (RT-PCR), quantitative tively hypotonic, meaning it can lyse en- uses to navigate as well as to track and catch its supper. (Source: Gizmag) Helium gas bic m) per year. RT-PCR, nucleic acid testing (NAT), veloped viruses. “We sampled helium gas (and nitro- (Source: Live Science) and Vero cell inoculation. (Source: CIDRAP)

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Britain faced angry calls from other Euro- For Britain, the outlook is bleak. Fitch pean leaders to act quickly to resolve the Europe presses Britain for quick joined other major credit ratings agencies political and economic chaos unleashed in downgrading its sovereign debt Mon- by its vote to leave the European Union, day, making the promises by leave cam- NEWS which the IMF said could put pressure on exit to limit global fallout paigners that Britain’s economy would be global growth. stronger outside the EU appear empty. Iraqi court dismisses Financial markets recovered slightly “We are absolutely going to have to parliament’s reshuffle approval Tuesday after the result wiped a record provide fiscal security to people, we are $3 trillion off global shares and sterling going to have to show the country and A federal court in Iraq has invalidated a parliamentary ses- fell to its lowest level in 31 years, but the world that the government can live sion on April 26 in which changes in the cabinet proposed by trading was volatile and policymakers within its means,” Osborne, who, like Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi were approved. vowed to take all necessary measures to Cameron campaigned to stay in the EU, “The federal court decided to invalidate the parliamentary protect their economies. told BBC radio. sessions of April 14 and 26,” higher judicial council spokes- British finance minister George Os- Asked if that meant tax rises and man Abdelsattar Bayraqdar said in a statement Tuesday, re- borne, whose attempt to calm markets spending cuts, he said: “Yes, absolutely.” ferring to sessions in which lawmakers first sacked Parliament fell on deaf ears Monday, said he would After Cameron has addressed EU Speaker Salim al-Juburi and then approved the changes in have to cut spending and raise taxes to leaders Tuesday evening, they will meet the cabinet. Bayraqdar said the April 14 session, which led secure fiscal stability after a third credit the next day to discuss Brexit without him. to the dismissal of Juburi, lacked the necessary quorum, with ratings agency downgraded the coun- Leave campaigners in Britain, among only 131 lawmakers present. try’s debt. them Cameron’s possible successor, for- He said the second meeting of the lawmakers on April 26 Firms have announced hiring freezes Cameron, who resigned after it be- be a frosty dinner to discuss what has be- mer London Mayor Boris Johnson, have took place in an atmosphere “inconsistent with freedom of and possible job cuts, dashing voters’ came clear he had failed in his efforts to come known as Brexit. suggested Britain can retain access to opinion.” Bayraqdar said the vote for endorsement of Aba- hopes the economy would thrive outside persuade the country to stay in the EU in EU lawmakers have made clear they the European single market and curb di’s nominees in the meeting was invalid as guards entered the EU. the referendum, which he called, says he hope he will trigger the exit process at the immigration – goals which are mutually the session and some parliamentarians were prevented from European countries are particularly will leave it to his successor to formally dinner, but an EU official said Monday that incompatible under EU rules. attending. The verdict could be viewed as a serious blow to worried about the impact on the rest of declare Britain’s exit. was unrealistic given the political chaos in But German Chancellor Angela Merkel Abadi’s efforts for introducing a reform-minded cabinet in the European Union of the uncertainty His party says it aims to choose a new London, where both Cameron’s party and said Britain would not be able “cher- Iraq. The push came after mass protests in the capital, Bagh- created by Britain’s vote to leave, with lit- leader by early September, but those opposition Labour are deeply divided. ry-pick” the parts of the European Union dad, and elsewhere with hundreds of thousands, mostly fol- tle idea of when, or even if, the country who campaigned for Britain’s leave vote The ruling Conservative Party in it wants, such as enjoying access to the lowers of the prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, taking will formally declare it is quitting. have made clear they hope to negotiate parliament is split into pro and anti EU single market, without accepting princi- to the streets on a weekly basis to demand changes. European Commission President a new deal for the country with Europe camps and the leader of the opposition ples like freedom of movement when it The demonstrations escalated last month when the par- Jean-Claude Juncker told the European before triggering the formal exit process. Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, faces a no negotiates its exit from the bloc. liament resisted changes, prompting protesters to break into Parliament he would be urging British European leaders have said that is not an confidence vote on Tuesday from parlia- “I can only advise our British friends the heavily-fortified Green Zone, where the parliament and Prime Minister David Cameron to “clarify option. mentarians who accuse him of lukewarm not to fool themselves ... in terms of government offices are located. Sadr has vowed to call for as soon as possible” the British position, “No notification, no negotiation,” support for the EU. the necessary decisions that need to be a fresh round of protests after the holy month of Ramadan, but did not expect him to launch the Juncker said. “The 27 other members of the EU made in Britain,” she said. which ends next week. He has repeatedly criticized the gov- two-year withdrawal process “today, or No cherry-picking should not wait for the disorientated Tory Reflecting deep concern over the ref- ernment for its failure in carrying out the reshuffle, saying it tomorrow morning.” Cameron arrived in Brussels Tuesday (Conservative) party to get its act togeth- erendum result in London, where a ma- bows to pressure by powerful political parties. “We cannot be embroiled in lasting and went into a meeting with Juncker er,” former Belgian PM Guy Verhofstandt, jority voted to stay and people fear job Iraq is engaged in a massive battle against the ISIL (Daesh) uncertainty,” he said in a speech which he without exchanging any words in front of leader of the liberal group in the Euro- losses if the city loses its status as a global Takfiri terrorists. The military and allies declared the full liber- interrupted to ask British lawmakers who the media. He will also meet other Eu- pean Parliament, said Tuesday, denounc- financial center, Mayor Sadiq Khan said ation of the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, earlier in the campaigned to leave the EU why they ropean counterparts one-on-one before ing what he called the “lies” of the Leave access to Europe’s market was key. (Source: Reuters) week. Abadi has warned that the political stalemate could were there. addressing them all at what promises to campaign. hamper the operations against Daesh. (Source: Press TV) New Cold War would not be productive for anyone: Robert Hunter The one who always said 1 A: The NATO military exer- ration of Ukrainian sovereignty over con- ern neighbors. Perhaps the “truth” of his Erdogan tries to reshape Turkish society, ‘No’... is gone! cise was designed to be sure that Russia tested territories (though not Crimea). At motives, to the extent he knows them, even to the point in some respects on a (Vladimir Putin) understands that further the same time, the government in Kiev himself, likes somewhere in between. It pre-Kemalist basis. You will see the efforts 1 This means that the British should pin their hope Russian or Russian-condoned military needs to do several things, some func- should be clear that no one has anything by European countries to gain Turkish co- on a lavish and colorful economy to keep all parties satisfied. actions, either deeper into Ukraine or in tional for its own effectiveness, notably to gain from an expansion of the conflict operation in slowing the flow of refugees This is while most Scottish people had voted in favor of any of the other Central European coun- reducing corruption; and some practi- (except perhaps for the Russian popu- from the Middle East, and especially from staying in the European Union to take advantage of it; howev- tries will be unacceptable to the West and cal for a potential resolution of conflict lation in Ukraine); and that even a new Syria, into Europe. This is now tied up er now they have lost their motive and desire to be integrated will have negative consequences, though in Russian-speaking and Russian-ethnic Cold War would not be productive for with the broader agenda of Turkish-EU with Britain. The development follows as even some Britons these have not been directly specified. parts of the country, and that probably anyone – and especially not for Russia. relations and at the moment does not find it interesting to have an Irish identity. Perhaps Putin has no such intention. means some form of autonomy. At the (Russia does need us more than we need seem to be leading toward an effective In this case the threat of separatists to have another ref- But many conflicts have begun because same time, there needs to be a ma- it; but this is not a point to be made in resolution. In regard to Syria, I do not erendum is really a serious threat and most analysts share the of a lack of clarity about what will hap- jor infusion of economic resources into public, since it plays into a sense of Rus- see NATO’s getting directly involved, as same view that with no doubt they will be the winner of any pen if one side begins taking steps that Ukraine, coupled with reduction of cor- sian wounded pride, given that the Soviet NATO – there would not be a consensus kind of referendum. conflict with the legitimate security and ruption. As happened in the latter part Union /Russia “lost” the Cold War and su- for acting and that would be required – No one can give an appropriate and good explanation or defense requirements of others. In my of the Cold War, such economic devel- perpower status.) although a few of the NATO allies might interpretation of the recent political act of the British people, judgment, NATO does need to strike a opments can send a message to Moscow Given that there are some differences choose at some point (not now) to be- who consider themselves as the men of logic among all, and balance, however, between, on the one that is potentially “stronger” than a West- of view within the Alliance underscores come more deeply involved. Obvious- the mind of each analyst or expert wanders around sociolog- hand, “sending a message” to the Rus- ern military buildup. the importance of NATO’s striking a bal- ly, the tensions within the alliance over ical reasons behind the move. sians and reassuring vulnerable countries German Foreign Minister Stein- ance in regard to policies toward Russia Syria, the Kurds, and the evolution of However one thing is almost absolute that no one can be like the three Baltic States and, on the meier has strongly criticized NATO and also seeing if a revival of diplomacy Turkish government, politics, and society optimistic regarding the British political and economic do- other hand, enabling Putin to argue with war games in Eastern Europe, calling it is possible anytime soon. But I do not are quite serious, though I do not believe main, at least in mid-term period. his population (his domestic politics) that “warmongering” against Russia. What believe that these differences within the that they will lead to a basic breakdown NATO and the West are somehow trying is your assessment of such a state- alliance are ultimately crippling for it. of overall alliance cooperation. Too much to “surround” Russia and also not give it ment? Considering the existing differ- is at stake for each of the allies to permit what Russians believe is their proper sta- A: Minister Steinmeier’s comments ences within NATO, Turkey’s differenc- this to happen. Iran, Russia security tus as a “great power.” illustrate the need to “strike a balance” es with the alliance regarding its pres- Will there be any changes in officials discuss Syria, What would be the possible re- in what NATO and the West do, along ence in the Black Sea to stop the flow the alliance, especially if Trump, who sponse of Russia to the recent NATO with emphasis on diplomacy – assuming, of refugees to Europe, and NATO’s role talks about the necessity of changes bilateral ties activities in Eastern Europe? of course, that Putin is also prepared to in Syria, what is your prediction of the in NATO, takes the helm at the White A: It is of course not possible to judge see a value in diplomacy in the course of future shape of the alliance? House? 1 Shamkhani traveled to Moscow for the high-level what Russia might do in response to which he will need to change some of the A: Even more complicated is what is A: I do not believe that Trump will win meetings on Monday. Before departing the Russian capital this and other NATO activities which, of things he has done. We do need to test happening in the southeast of the Alli- the U.S. presidency, but if he did, it is not for Tehran, he elaborated on the topics of discussions he had course, are the product of what Putin did whether he is largely seeking a “place in ance, with Turkey’s position as both a Eu- really possible to predict what he would had with Russian authorities. He said common areas of in- by seizing Crimea and promoting military the sun” for Russia or whether he is, at ropean and a Middle East country, with do: he has said so many contradictory terest, including regional issues, mutual security cooperation, actions, including by Russian forces, in the extreme, trying to reestablish the old difficult relationships in both directions, things and he has had no experience in regional terrorism, the situation in Syria as well as continued other parts of southeastern Ukraine. This Soviet Union and to intimidate his West- as well as its “identity crisis” as President facing real foreign policy and national se- contacts between SNSC and SCRF, were discussed. fact underscores the need for diplomacy, curity issues. Having said that, I do be- On June 9, Iranian, Russian and Syrian defense ministers met in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to coordinate and step up to begin with to try clarifying the inter- “The government in Kiev needs to do lieve there NATO is going through anoth- ests on all sides and, without condoning er period of redefinition. In particular, it their efforts in the anti-terrorism fight. “We made decisions anything that Russia has done, to begin several things, some functional for its own has to work out how to balance difference for what must be done on the regional and operational levels exploring possible ways out of the cur- effectiveness, notably reducing corruption; challenges, especially those coming from and in a consensual and coordinated manner,” Iranian De- rent crisis. It does appear that there will and some practical for a potential resolution the direction of Russia with those coming fense Minister Hossein Dehqan said back then after meeting be no serious Western attempt to regain from North Africa and the Middle East with his Syrian and Russian counterparts. Crimea for Ukraine; but there do need of conflict in Russian-speaking and Russian- (especially refugee flows), along with the Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since to be efforts to get Russia to change is ethnic parts of the country, and that probably need to develop effective relations with March 2011. United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan policies and practices in other parts of means some form of autonomy.” the European Union, which continue to de Mistura estimates that over 400,000 people have been Ukraine, and that includes a formal resto- lag far behind what is necessary. killed in the conflict. The UN has stopped its official casualty count in Syria, citing its inability to verify the figures it receives from various sources. BSI unveils special credit package to support medical community Iran and Russia are Syria’s main allies against the various for- eign-backed armed groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad, including Daesh terrorists. Russia launched an aerial ECONOMY Bank Saderat Iran (BSI) unveiled spe- BSI will grant facilities to medical community includ- documents are submitted to the concerned bodies. military campaign against terrorist groups in Syria last Septem- desk cial credit package to support medical ing general physicians, pediatricians, dentists, high- The interest rate of the bank facilities is notified by ber upon a request from the government in Damascus. The air community for funding workplace, procuring consuma- ly-specialized doctors and surgeons who hold Medical Central Bank of Iran (CBI) within the framework of envi- raids have expedited the advances of Syrian forces against the bles and office & professional equipment in compatible Council Number and also license for setting up office. sioned rules and regulations. militants on the ground. (Source: Press TV) with the subject of activity within the framework of rent- In addition, expert physicians in Laboratory Sciences, For further information, applicants willing to receive ing with ownership option (lease-purchase) contract for Radiology, Sonography, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Im- facilities of the bank are cordially requested to refer in buying office or workplace as well as other cases of civil aging), Physiotherapy and the like, licensed by the Med- person to the bank branches across the country. partnership contract. ical Council Org. or the Ministry of Health and Medical It is worth mentioning that BSI has also devised cred- Darkening skies over Granting facilities in the form of loan to medical com- Education and also veterinarians licensed and confirmed it package special of publishers, development of sports Bahrain for human rights munity has been cited as the main objective of the bank by the State Veterinary Medical Organization, can take places and attorneys, etc. in order to create dynamicity in this respect, the report added. advantage of facilities of the bank once well-grounded and boom in various economic sectors in the country. 7 The kingdom had promised reforms after the crack- down of 2011 but largely failed to deliver. A report by the State Department just sent to Congress says that Bahrain did Sarmayeh Bank holds direct talks with cultural officials to broaden interaction establish some institutions of accountability and oversight but has fallen down on the vital issues of allowing free speech and ECONOMY A get-together meet- meeting held on Tuesday June 21 be- Sarmayeh Bank Dr. Mohammad-Ali Moreover negotiating with industri- assembly, and establishing due process. Last year, the Obama desking was held in the tween Member of Board of Directors Hadi, Board Members of the Bank Dr. alists and large industrial - economic administration lifted some holds on military sales to Bahrain. presence of senior managers of Sar- and Deputy Managing Director of Khani and Dr. Bahman Khadem as well enterprises to attract optimal financial Perhaps this sent a signal to the king and his regime that there mayeh Bank and Iranian Artistic Develop- Sarmayeh Bank Dr. Mohammad-Reza as representative of Iranian Artistic De- resources, Sarmayeh Bank has presently would be no further consequences from Washington if they ment Group in order to explore avenues Khani and Minister of Culture and Is- velopment Group in order to explore entered into direct talks with cultural of- pummeled the opposition again. At the very least, it is time for broadening cooperation in artistic lamic Guidance Dr. Ali Jannati., a get-to- ways for broadening and enhancing ficials of the country in order to play an to send a different signal — if necessary by holding up U.S. and cultural field. gether session was held in the presence joint cooperation in the field of art and active role in art field along in tandem military sales — that Bahrain’s contempt for dissent and basic Following the organization of a of Chairman of Board of Directors of culture. with fulfilling social responsibility. human rights is intolerable. (Source: The Washington Post) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 SOCIETY JJUNEUNE 29,29, 20162016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Iran’s first pediatric subspecialty hospital to be built SOCIETY TEHRAN — The first “We have figured out that some of the deskpediatric subspecialty deaths in this center are resulted from hospital in Iran will be built in the near shortage of NICU beds which are es- future in association with the Health Min- sential for pre and post operation cares,” istry and with the financial support of phi- Mar’ashi explained. lanthropists. Therefore, Zanjireh Omid has allo- The 540-bed hospital will be con- cated some 100 billion rials (nearly $2.8 structed on a land stretching 26,000 million) for 10 neonatal intensive care unit square meters in Javadiye district, south- (NICU) beds and now the death rate for ern Tehran, Maryam Mar’ashi, CEO of children has dropped to 9 to 7 percent in Zanjireh Omid, a charity organization Children’s Medical Center, Mar’ashi not- which coordinates the project’s activities, ed. told Mehr news agency. Commenting on the pediatric spi- The constructions project of the hos- nal surgeries she regretted the fact pital carries a cost of 3 trillion rials (near- that due the lack of appropriate People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights. ly $85 million) as well as a 5-trillion-rial equipment 60 percent of such surger- Indira Gandhi (nearly $142 million) that must be spent ies wound up in the patients’ paralysis on equipping the hospital and will be all and now owing to the newly imported covered by the Health Ministry, Mar’ashi equipment the number has decreased explained. A group of children suffering from blood cancer playing at Tabriz Children’s Hospital playroom. to 20 percent. LEARN ENGLISH “For the construction costs of the hos- current situation,” she suggested. in Children’s Medical Center in Tehran is There are only seven pediatric ortho- pital we need philanthropists’ financial “Unfortunately we are short of suf- about 23 to 25 percent while the amount pedic surgeons and six pediatric cardiol- Preparing a Speech support in order to decrease the death ficient subspecialty centers for kids in must be less than two percent based on ogists in Iran which is not enough, she rate among children and improve the Iran and the death rate for the children global standards,” she highlighted. lamented. Lourdes: I need help. Valery: Sure, what’s up? Over 3,300 transplants carried out in Man arrested in Brazil for attempt to Lourdes: I’m supposed to give a speech at the start of the conference next month and I don’t know what to do. Iran last calendar year douse Olympic torch Valery: It’s not that hard to plan out a speech. You start SOCIETY TEHRAN — More other organs as well.” RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — A telephone. He declined to give his with an attention getter using humor or telling a personal deskthan 3,300 trans- Last year some 800 patients were man has been arrested for trying name as he is not permitted to talk story. plants were performed in Iran over the diagnosed with brain death and they to extinguish the Olympic torch by publicly. Lourdes: Okay, I guess I can do that. last Iranian calendar year (March 21, donated 2,300 organs of which 1,400 throwing a bucket of water over it as Local Olympic organizing com- Valery: After that, in your introduction, you should tell 2015- March 19, 2016), the director for were kidneys, he added. it passed through his farming town of mittee Rio 2016 did not imme- the audience what your speech is about in a thesis state- transplant management department of Currently, he said, there exist 29 kid- Maracaju in central Brazil, an officer at diately respond to a request for ment. Along the way, you should establish your credi- Health Ministry has said. ney transplant centers as well as seven the local police station said on Mon- comment. bility by mentioning why you’re qualified to talk about this “Iran is in quite a good situation regard- centers for liver, eight for heart and two day. The video, available on YouTube, topic. ing the transplants surgeries,” Mohammad for lung transplant. Police arrested the 27-year- showed a heavy spray of water thrown Lourdes: All right. Kazemeini told ISNA news agency. He further mentioned the consid- old at the scene on Sunday for indiscriminately over the group around Valery: Then, in the body of your speech, you want to Some 2,500 of the surgeries are per- erable costs of transplant surgeries in- damaging public property, the the torch bearer by someone out of state your main points, using supporting ideas, giving taining to kidney transplants, Kazemeini cluding the equipment, the treatment officer said. The Olympic flame view. examples, and maybe using visuals. said, adding, 716 liver and 102 heart process and the medications which are continued to burn, video footage The man was freed on bail after Lourdes: Okay. transplant surgeries were performed mostly provided by the government. showed. paying 1,000 reais ($294.74). Valery: And finally, in the conclusion, you restate your over the same period. Inquired about insurance companies’ The crime can carry a sentence of The torch is on a 20,000 km main points and make some closing remarks. Simple, right? 57 percent of kidney donors were share in transplant surgeries Kazemeini between six months and three years in (12,400 mile) voyage through Lourdes: Yeah, simple. One last question. brain dead, he noted, “We are planning noted that these companies only offer prison. about 300 Brazilian cities before Valery: Shoot. on increasing the number of the trans- coverage for kidney transplants and that “He said it was a joke, a dare on arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the Lourdes: What are you doing the morning of June 20th, plants from the brain dead patients as the rest of the transplant surgeries are Facebook,” the officer in the state Games’ opening ceremony on and how do you feel about standing in for a coworker who in addition to kidney we can procure covered by the Health Ministry. of Mato Grosso do Sul said by Aug. 5. plans to be deathly ill? (Source: eslpod.com) Words & phrases plan out: to plan something carefully, considering all the Stopping the crime of torture will benefit whole societies:Ban possible problems attention getter: a sentence or a story grab the audi- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his conflict or when national security is under threat. On Fund for Victims of Torture is a lifeline of last resort. Es- ence’s attention message on the International Day in Support of Victims this International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, tablished by the UN General Assembly 35 years ago, thesis statement: the sentence or group of sentences of Torture said assisting victims of torture and stopping we express our solidarity with and support for the hun- the Fund supports hundreds of organizations that pro- which state what the main idea of a speech or essay this crime will benefit whole societies and help provide a dreds of thousands of victims of torture and their family vide legal, social, psychological and medical assistance along the way: during a process future of safety and dignity for all. members throughout the world. to some 50,000 victims every year. establish: to make people accept that you can do some- The full text of his message reads: The Convention Against Torture, ratified to date by The Fund requires a minimum of US $12 million in thing, or that you have a particular quality Around the world, in every region, men, women and chil- 159 UN State Parties, stipulates that States have to en- annual voluntary contributions. I strongly urge States credibility: the quality of deserving to be believed and dren are still being tortured by non-State actors and under sure that a victim of torture under their jurisdiction ob- to stand by victims by supporting this UN Fund, and to trusted direct State policy. Despite its absolute prohibition under in- tains redress, including the means for as full rehabilita- remain fully engaged in the fight against torture and body: The part of an essay, report, or speech that ex- ternational law, this dehumanizing practice remains pervasive tion as is possible. When States neglect their obligation impunity. Assisting victims of torture and stopping this plains and develops a main idea and, most disturbingly, is even gaining acceptance. to prevent torture, and fail to provide torture victims crime will benefit whole societies and help provide a fu- main point: important information that tells more about The law is crystal clear: torture can never be used at with effective and prompt redress, compensation and ture of safety and dignity for all. the overall idea of speech or text any time or under any circumstances, including during appropriate forms of rehabilitation, the UN Voluntary (Source: UNIC) supporting idea: facts, statements, examples-specifics which guide us to a full understanding of the main idea IN FOCUS Mehr/ Aryan Nasrollahi Dad who placed ad visual: something such as a picture or the part of a film, video etc. that you can see, as opposed to the parts that you for a wife for his hear restate: to say something again in a different way, so that son gets it is clearer or more strongly expressed closing remark: closing remarks, or conclusion, of a 12 prospects speech emphasize the primary message that the speaker wants to convey; these final words help the audience remem- COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — ber the main points that were made The father of a Salt Lake City business- shoot: go ahead and ask your question man who placed an Idaho newspaper stand in for: to do the job or take the place of someone ad seeking women interested in mar- else for a short time rying his 48-year-old son has received deathly: very; utterly about a dozen inquiries. Arthur Brooks had planned to meet potential candidates at a Coeur d’Alene resort, but son Baron Brooks told the Spokesman-Review on Sun- QUIZ OF THE DAY day that its managers asked his father not to conduct interviews there after 175) She’s been married ____ her husband for twenty years. getting barraged with media requests. a) to The younger Brooks previous- b) with ly called the $900 ad in the Coeur (Quiz No. 174 answer: c) d’Alene Press “embarrassing” but said he’d let his 78-year-old father go for- ward. He says about 12 women from PHRASAL VERB around the U.S. expressed interest in the ad. Arthur Brooks will interview Tire out them in the coming weeks. Baron Brooks says his father wants a Meaning: exhaust completely Kohkamar village in northern province of Golestan is a mountainous area with a sparse population of 150. grandchild to carry on the family name. For example: The children tired out their grandmother. LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION

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http://www.tehrantimes.com/sports JJUNEUNE 29,29, 22016016 SPORTS 11 IIranran bbasketballasketball tteameam ddefeatsefeats NNewew ZZealandealand inin ffriendlyriendly Iceland 'should have beaten SPORTS Iran basketball team deskdefeated New Zea- the English by a bigger land 75-72 in a friendly match as part score' - Ragnar Sigurdsson of its preparation for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Iceland defender Ragnar Sigurdsson says that England underes- Hamed Haddadi and Sajjad Mash- timated his side and could have lost Monday's round-of-16 game ayekhi could not play in this match due by a bigger score. to minor injury. Sigurdsson, 30, was named man of the match after an excellent The Iranian team will play host Lat- display in the heart of defence during Iceland's stunning 2-1 win via in its second friendly match. over England in Nice on Monday. Dirk Bauermann’s team will travel And the scorer of Iceland's equaliser believes that England went to Turin, Italy after its training camp to into the game with the wrong attitude. participate at the FIBA World Olympic "It's important to say it -- the English thought it was going to Qualifying Tournament which will be be an easy match," Sigurdsson said. "But we really have confidence held at the multi-purpose Pala Alpitour in ourselves. indoor sports arena from July 4 to 9. "I dreamed of taking on England a few years ago. I'm happy Iran, Greece and Mexico will trade that my wish has come true and above all to have beaten them." blows in Group A, and the top two France will start as favourites to win Sunday's quarterfinal at the sides will advance to the Final Round Stade de France, but Sigurdsson has called on Iceland to raise their to meet the top two sides from Group game once more. B, which includes Tunisia, Croatia and "They're a good team who are quite like England," the Krasnod- Italy. ar central defender said. "France have not played their best football The first-place team in Group A will for the moment. take on the second-place team from "The quarterfinal could be like tonight's match. Group B in one semi-final, and the side "We'll have to be a bit more dominant and more effective in that comes top of Group B will go up attack -- we should have beaten the English by a bigger score." against the second-top team in Group (Source: ESPN) A in the other semi-final. The winners will them meet in a do-or-die showdown for a spot in the Olympics. Wayne Rooney: Why I will not retire from England despite Luciano signs for Tractor Chamanian replaced Alidoosti at Iran disappointing Euro 2016 exit Sazi – official U-17 football team The Three Lions captain put his country ahead from the penalty spot but the lead didn’t last long as Iceland were quickly back on level terms. And an 18th minute effort from Kolbeinn Sigthorsson which somehow found its way through England keeper Joe Hart gave Iceland the most unlikely of victories. "I feel disappointed, gutted, it's a hard one to take. We had a good chance of going through and after such a good start, con- ceding two sloppy goals, we're disappointed," Rooney said in after the final whistle. Rooney also revealed how Roy Hodgson told the players he would be leaving his post as England manager after the humiliating display. He added: “He told us after the game, he went round all the players and as a group of players we appreciate what he's done, SPORTS Brazilian striker Eder “I’m very happy to be back here in SPORTS The Iranian football previously worked in Payam he gave a lot of these players their debut and you can't forget that. deskLuciano has officially Tabriz. When I heard about Tractor Sazi’s deskfederation has Mashhad football club and has good “I said before the tournament I'm proud to play for England, joined Iranian side Tractor Sazi from offer I didn’t need to think for the answer. announced the appointment of knowledge of youth football. I'm interested and excited to see who the next manager is and if Qatar Stars League club Al Sailiya on a With this strong squad I believe we can Abbas Chamanian as the new head The Iranian team is preparing for selected I'm available to play.” one-year contract. win the IPL title next season,” Eder Luciano coach of country’s U-17 team on the 2016 AFC Championship which Iceland will now face France in the quarter-finals on Sunday as (Source: DailyStar) This is the 34-year-old second spell at told reporters. Tuesday. will be held in India from September they look to cause another upset. the club as he spent 2014-15 season with Edinho has also played in Iranian Chamanian replaced Hamid 15 to October 2. Tractor Sazi. He became Iran Professional football club Mes Kerman. Alidoosti who was sacked following The tournament acts as the AFC League top scorer after scoring 20 goals Tractor Sazi finished in fourth place in the team’s poor results. qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World in 30 matches. Iran Professional League last season. The 53-year old coach has Cup. Seven candidates to take over from Roy Hodgson as Azadi a difficult stadium to play: Julio Velsaco England boss SPORTS Argentina volleyball “Our players have earned good mentor from 2011 to 2014 and played fans always support their team but England’s humiliating 2-1 defeat at the hands of Iceland at Euro 2016 deskcoach Julio Velasco experience during the FIVB World a key role in transforming Iran into we’re looking forward to gaining has seen Roy Hodgson step down as manager. Who will the Football says that to play Iran team in Tehran’s League. We’ve beaten Russia and strong teams. experience,” former Iran coach Association turn to take over? Azadi Stadium will be tough. France and we’ve learned a lot from Heaping praise on the atmosphere added. Here we look at some leading contenders: The Argentinian volleyball team the strong teams in this edition,” at Azadi, Velasco said,”There's a “I am happy to be back to Iran. 1. Gareth Southgate has been scheduled to face Iran on Velasco said. different atmosphere here to other The Iranian people will stay in my Highly thought of by the decision-makers at the FA, the former July 3 in Pool I1 - Group 1 of the FVB The Argentine-born Italian stadiums and I know we have a heart forever. I’d like to stay here for Middlesbrough boss was brought into the fold to coach the un- World League. volleyball coach worked as Iran difficult task ahead of us. The Iranian a long time,” Argentina coach added. der-21s with an eye on future progression. Faltered at last year’s Un- der-21 European Championship but led the team to victory at the Toulon tournament just weeks ago. 2. Alan Pardew Seemed to be a new man after swapping Newcastle for Crystal President, Maradona want Messi to reconsider decision Palace and some fine early-season results saw him seriously linked Lionel Messi arrived back in Argentina on Monday and is departing the national team prematurely. with the England job for the first time in his career. But results tailed off avoided commenting on his abrupt resignation from Messi shocked Argentina and the whole world badly as the campaign progressed and the window of opportunity the national team after losing the Copa America final with his unexpected resignation after Chile defeated may be closing. to Chile. Argentina 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw on Sunday. 3. Gary Neville Dozens of emotional fans wearing the white and “The national team is over for me,” Messi Told the Seemed a heavy favourite to progress from his role as Hodgson’s sky-blue striped jerseys of the national team, adorned Argentine network TyC Sports. “It’s been four finals, it’s assistant until his ill-advised stint with Valencia saw his stock plummet. with Messi’s number 10, waited in the rain for the team not meant for me. I tried. It was the thing I wanted the It may yet be decided that that was a case of the wrong job but the to arrive back from the tournament in the United most, but I couldn’t get it, so I think it’s over.” right man and although his involvement in the current set-up gives States. Messi lifted Argentina’s first penalty kick over the him a link to the squad, the fact he stepped down along with Hodg- Some followed the team bus along the road leading crossbar, setting the stage for another loss in a final. son may rule him out. from the airport to the Argentine Football Association Messi and Argentina lost to Brazil in the 2007 Copa 4. Eddie Howe complex. They waved flags, chanted “Messi is not final and to Germany in extra time in the 2014 World A smart, erudite and tactically savvy coach who, at 38, looks to leaving!” and carried banners. One of them read: Cup final. They lost last year’s Copa final to host Chile have a bright future at the top of the game. The FA must surely be “Messi- I love you more than I love my mom.” on penalty kicks after a 0-0 draw. monitoring the Bournemouth boss, though they may want to see Although Messi could not be seen on the bus, AFA Some fans, players, and even Argentina’s president “I imagine it was a very hard blow,” Barcelona him move to a bigger club before handing him the reigns of the na- spokesman Ernesto Cherquis Bialo confirmed to The and the country’s greatest player Diego Maradona teammate Gerard Pique said. “I know how competitive tional side. Associated Press that he had arrived in Buenos Aires asked Messi to reconsider. Other supporters on he is. He will recover from this.” 5. Sam Allardyce with the rest of the team. Monday were simply sad that one of the all-time greats (Source: AP) Has always coveted the post and has spoken confidently about the qualities he would bring to it. Keeping Sunderland in the Premier League last term was another impressive achievement for his CV but Persepolis striker Taremi on Nikkhah Bahrami joins Chinese he may be viewed as a retrograde appointment. 6. Arsene Wenger Turkey’s Rizespor Radar basketball club Foshan Long-Lions The prospect of the cultured, technically minded Frenchman with Anglophile tendencies overseeing a Three Lions revolution is a highly Turkish football club Caykur Rizespor Professional League last season with 16 Iranian international small forward already played in Chinese clubs attractive option. After 20 years with Arsenal, might he finally be per- has shown interest in signing Iranian goals. Samad Nikkhah Bahrami has joined Fujian SBS Sturgeons and Zhejiang suaded to seek a new challenge? international and Persepolis striker The Turkish club also wants Bursaspor Chinese basketball club Foshan Golden Bulls. 7. Rafa Benitez Mehdi Taremi. target Ramin Rezaeian. Long-Lions. Nikkhah Bahrami started his Another foreign candidate but, like Wenger, the Spaniard is well Taremi has not extended his contract The Persepolis and Iran national team Foshan Long-Lions is a professional career with Iran Nara in 2001 and has versed in all things English. After stints with Liverpool, Chelsea and with the Iranian giant and the Turkish winger has not extended his contract basketball team which plays in the also played for Iranian clubs Sanam, now Newcastle he qualifies as suitably ‘assimilated’ in the way Fabio media suggest that he has reached an so far and it’s said he is in Turkey to Chinese Basketball Association, and is Saba Battery, Petrochimi, Mahram Capello was not. Was not hurt by Newcastle’s relegation, almost do- initial agreement with Caykur Rizespor. negotiate with the Caykur Rizespor based in Foshan, Guangdong. and French clubs Cholet and Pau- ing enough to avert it, and would surely fancy the job. Taremi finished as top scorer of Iran officials. (Source: Tasnim) The 33-year-old player has Orthez. (Source: Tasnim) (Source: irishexaminer) b

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ARTTEHRAN — Iranian ARTTEHRAN – U.S. writer Megan desktheaters are renewing deskWhalen Turner’s “The Queen of their schedules today with three Attolia” has recently been published in Persian by movies to improve box office receipts Tehran-based Aamout Publications. that declined due to the off-season The young adults’ fantasy novel is set in a during the month of Ramadan. Byzantine-like imaginary landscape, reminiscent “The Daughter” by Reza Mirkarimi, of ancient Greece and other territories around the “Spare” by Borzu Niknejad and “Dracula” Mediterranean. The story takes place in the ancient by Reza Attaran area scheduled to countries of Eddis, Attolia and Sounis. begin public premiere at movie theaters The book rendered into Persian by Roya Behnam across the country today. is the second novel of Turner’s series, which began Starring Farhad Aslani and with “The Thief” in 1996. Merila Zarei, “The Daughter” is “The King of Attolia” and “A Conspiracy of Kings” set in the southwestern Iranian are the third and forth books of the series. city of Abadan, where Mr. Azizi, an engineer for the Abadan Oil Refining Company, is making arrangements Iranian director for an engagement party for one his preparing “Hamlet” for daughters while his other daughter, Polish festival Setareh, plans to leave Abadan to attend her friend’s goodbye party in Tehran. “Spare” tells the story of a local ARTTEHRAN – Iranian director This combination photo shows posters for “The Daughter” (L), “Spare” (C) and “Dracula”. desk football coach who is opposed to his Arash Dadgar is preparing his daughter’s plan to marry an injured The comedy drama “Dracula” from nowhere. He is thirsty for blood night screenings during Ramadan troupe Quantum to perform “Hamlet” at the 20th amateur soccer who is unable to starring Attaran, Levon Haftvan, Vishka however by bad luck he bumps into an every year to lessen the loss of box Gdansk Shakespeare Festival, which will be held in play anymore. Amir Jafari and Rima Asayesh and Siamak Ansari is about a addicted person. office receipts in the off-season during the Polish city from July 29 to August 7. Raminfar star in the drama. vampire who recently arrived in Tehran Some Tehran theaters hold late- the month. The play is a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece “Hamlet” by Shahram Ahmadzadeh. Amin Tabatabai, Mehran Emambakhsh, Khosro Abbas Kiarostami leaves Iran to receive treatment at Paris hospital Shahraz and Shabnam Farshadju are the members ARTTEHRAN — World-renowned should be pursued in Paris, the report added, but of the cast. desk The play has previously won the grand prize filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who gave no name for the Parisian hospital. in the international competition at the 32nd Fajr is suffering repercussions from several operations Kiarostami, 76, was hospitalized in mid-March International Theater Festival in Tehran in 2014. for his severe gastrointestinal disease, left Iran on at Tehran’s Jam Hospital and underwent several Monday to receive additional treatment at a hospital World- operations. Although he didn’t recover fully, he left in Paris. renowned the hospital late in April. Belgian musicians An air ambulance owned by MK2, the producer of filmmaker The filmmaker is famous as an artist who stayed to duet in Tehran Kiarostami’s latest film, transferred him to Paris, the Abbas in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, while Persian service of ISNA reported on Tuesday. Kiarostami others chose to live abroad. in an Earlier last week, he was admitted to Tehran’s Arad undated Kiarostami achieved international recognition for Hospital and underwent an operation, but he and photo Iranian cinema after his “Taste of Cherry” won the his family decided that further medical treatment Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1997. ARTTEHRAN – Violin virtuoso Ann desk Vancoillie and pianist Liselotte PICTURE OF THE DAY ILNA/Mostafa Safari Sels, both from Belgium, will perform a duet at Publisher buys back Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center on July 13. Violin Sonata No. 21 by Mozart, Violin Sonata books to promote No. 5 by Beethoven, Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano by Cesar Franck and other pieces have been selected for the performance. reading, environment CULTURE TEHRAN — The Iranian painters to raise deskTehran-based Ofoq funds for children with Publications has announced its plan to buy back its publications from autism readers to promote reading and the environment. Readers can receive new books ARTTEHRAN – A group of top or cash instead, the publisher has deskIranian painters will showcase announced. their latest works at an exhibition in Tehran to raise The publisher will buy back the funds to build a special school for children with books, if they are clean and in good autism. condition, for one third of the original The exhibition titled “Art for Autism” will be price, and resell them to other readers held from July 1 to 5 at the Niavaran Cultural for half of the original price. Center located on Pasdaran Ave. in the Niavaran The idea of buying back books neighborhood. that have been sold with the aim of keeping the environment green was initiated by Ofoq last year under the title “This Time You Sell Us Books” and was warmly welcomed by people. Italian Actor Bud Spencer The book sellers can also receive dies at age 86 cash instead of books, the publications says, adding that the previously sold NAPLES (Reuters) — Italian actor and filmmaker Bud books bearing a green label will be Spencer died on Monday at age 86, national media reported. offered on two separate bookshelves “My father died peacefully at 18:15 and did not suffer from at the bookstore. pain, he had all of us next to him and his last words were The program also aims to support book readers in the society. Ofoq 'Thank you',” his son and film producer Giuseppe Pedersoli Mohammad Hatami (R) and Mona Farjad act in a scene from “The Story of the Sacrifice”, a play about the martyrdom of Imam Ali (AS), at said in a note to media. Pedersoli could not be immediately Shahrivar 17 Hall in Tehran on June 27, 2016. Hatami is also the director of the play. Publications is located on Enqelab St., reached for additional comment. next to Sepideh Theater. A post on his official Facebook page read, “With our deepest regrets, we have to tell you that Bud is flying to his next journey”. EU regulators to decide on Sony’s Drake’s “Views” holds on to Billboard Born Carlo Pedersoli in the southern city of Naples, he was Michael Jackson deal by Aug. 1 top spot for eighth week known to his public as the “big friendly giant” of the screen due to his height and weight. BRUSSELS (Reuters) — EU antitrust rivals. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — streams equal one album). He played in action and comedy films in the 1970s and authorities will rule by Aug. 1 whether Sony signed a deal in March to Streaming activity kept Canadian “The Getaway”, the 11th studio 1980s, mostly working at the side of his friend Terence Hill. to allow Sony Corp (6758.T) to buy acquire the stake that the deceased R&B singer Drake on top of the album from California rockers Red Often cast as a cowboy or policeman, his biggest out the Michael Jackson estate’s stake pop star held in Sony/ATV Music weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album Hot Chili Peppers, debuted at No. successes included “They Call Me Trinity”, a parody of in its music publishing joint venture, Publishing, the world’s largest music chart on Monday for an eighth 2 on the chart with 118,000 units Spaghetti Western movies, the “Flatfoot” films and “A friend a move which rivals such as Warner publisher, which owns copyrights consecutive week, holding off the sold. is a Treasure”. Music Group say gives Sony too to most of the Beatles’ songs and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Other new albums in the top ten He had many fans abroad, especially in South America much power. songs by the Rolling Stones, Taylor Drake’s “Views” sold another of the Billboard 200 chart include where he lived at various times in his life, and in Germany. Sony requested approval on Swift, Pharrell Williams and Kanye 124,000 units in the week ended rapper YG’s “Still Brazy” at No. 6 and Speaking to channel SKY TG24, Osvaldo De Santis, June 24, according to a filing on the West. June 23, comprising album and British folk-pop group Mumford & president of 20th Century Fox in Italy, said, “He was an actor European Commission website. The Warner Music Group has conveyed song sales and more than 105 Sons at No. 9 with “Johannesburg”. whom Italian cinema needs to thank because he brought EU competition enforcer can clear its concerns to the Commission, a million streams, according to On the Digital Songs chart, Italian movies around the world.” the deal unconditionally or demand person familiar with the matter told figures from Nielsen SoundScan. which measures online single Before turning to acting, Spencer was a professional concessions. Reuters, while lobbying group Impala The Billboard 200 album chart sales, Justin Timberlake’s summer swimmer and the first Italian to swim the 100 meters freestyle It can also open a five-month long which represents independent labels tallies units from album sales, song song “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” in less than one minute. He twice participated in Olympic investigation if it has serious concerns and national trade associations, has sales (10 songs equal one album) held steady at No. 1 with another Games. the deal may harm consumers and also done the same. and streaming activity (1,500 118,000 copies sold.