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16 Pages Price 10,000 Rials 38th year No.12644 Wednesday SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 Shahrivar 17, 1395 Dhul Hijjah 5, 1437 Tehran backs Old alliances falling any decision by apart and new ones Swift implementation of deals will oil producers to being formed: professor Farhang Jahanpour says certain regional improve Tehran-Paris ties: Rouhani stabilize market: and global powers use terrorism as a POLITICS TEHRAN — Irani- ence, and culture. nomic agreements were signed. During Zanganeh means to achieve their ‘geopolitical goals’ deskan President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks during the trip Iran agreed to buy 118 Airbus Rouhani said on Tuesday that a “quick” a meeting with President of the French aircraft worth around $25 billion. ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW and “precise” implementation of the National Assembly Claude Bartolone “We are noticing a progress in implemen- deskOil Minister Bijan By Javad Heirannia agreements signed between Iran and who arrived in Tehran late on Monday. tation of some these agreements; a complete Namdar Zanganeh said on Tuesday France will improve relations in various Rouhani visited France in January implementation of them can create a reform that Iran will support any decision that TEHRAN — Farhang Jahanpour, a former senior research areas including politics, economics, sci- during which a number of major eco- in Tehran-Paris ties,” Rouhani remarked. oil producers take for stabilizing the oil fellow at Harvard University, believes that certain regional market, Shana reported. and global powers are using terrorism as a tool to achieve Zanganeh made the remarks ad- their “geopolitical goals”. See page 2 dressing the press after a meeting In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, Jah- with Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, the anpour also says, “Old alliances are falling apart and new secretary general of the Organization alliances are being formed.” of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Following is the text of the interview: (OPEC), in Tehran on Tuesday. There have been many unpredictable develop- According to Shana, mentioning the ments in the Middle East during the past few months. oil price in the world markets the minister They have included tense relations between Turkey noted that most OPEC members favor a and Russia followed by reconciliation, the failed coup price of $50 or $60 per barrel for OPEC in Turkey followed by a cooling of relations with the basket. He went on saying that $55 per United States, and of course the continuing conflicts barrel would be fair since with oil at this in Syria and Yemen. How do you assess the current price the OPEC members could benefit situation in the Middle East? economically and also their competitors A: The situation in the Middle East was complexp cannot raise production. enough, but the latest developmentsevelopments Elsewhere in his remarks, Zanganeh that you have referred to have pointed to Barkindo’s first visit as general made the situation evenen mmoreore secretary to Iran and said, “We will contin- complex. In fact, it can bee ararguedgued ue supporting him in his new position.” that since the end of thethe First Barkindo, for his part, expressed his World War the situation iinn appreciation for Iran’s support and its the Middle East has nev-- positive role in the global oil market er been as complex or ass and said that Iran has been his priority critical as it is today. Oldd among OPEC member states to visit. alliances are falling apart Barkindo’s visit is ahead of a meeting between OPEC members to be held in Al-

and new alliances are President.ir being formed. geria on September 26-28 on the sidelines French National Assembly Speaker Claude Bartolone (left) shaking hands with President Hassan Rouhani. See page 3 of the International Energy Forum.

Austrian bands to The clergy should use cyberspace to exhibit real Islam: Leader ASEAN leaders open perform in Tehran At the start of his Dars-e of “knowing one’s duty”, as regional summit in Kharij of Fiqh speech, as the well as “knowing the situa- ARTTEHRAN — Duet BartolomeyBittmann Laos capital new school year for the Haw- tion” in promoting religion deskand trio Square Waltz, both from Vienna, zas commenced, Ayatollah and expressing religious is- will perform concerts at Tehran’s Sadabad Cultural Historical Leaders of the Association of Southeast Khamenei, Leader of the sues. Complex. Asian Nations (ASEAN) have kicked off Islamic Revolution, reflect- He added: “If one does BartolomeyBittmann composed of cellist Matthias Barto- a regional summit with different topics ed upon multiple expansive not know their duty proper- lomey and violin virtuoso Klemens Bittman will give a perfor- on their agenda, including the South plots to deviate the minds ly, their knowledge, piety or mance on September 15. China Sea dispute. and hearts of the young, and even courage would not be Square Waltz featuring The 10 ASEAN leaders attended the the people from the essence efficient or bear the expect- Maria Salamon on violin, opening ceremony on Tuesday in the of religion; ed outcome.” Hannes Laszakovits on bass, Laos’ capital, Vientiane, with the host Ayatollah Khamenei not- The Leader of the Revo- and Marc Bruckner on clari- country’s President Bounnhang Vora- ed the key responsibility of space, in order to grasp and concepts.” lution described “insight” as net and percussion is sched- chith delivering a speech at the event. the clergy was in “confront- this opportunity to elabo- Ayatollah Khamenei put understanding the society’s uled to perform on Septem- Following the one-day summit, the ing plots that aim to remove rate on Islamic knowledge emphasis on the significance requirements and realities. ber 20. ASEAN leaders are scheduled to hold religious orientations and “Insight means we should BartolomeyBittmann did talks with regional players - China, Ja- modesty”. know what the young indi- Austrian duet Bartolomey Bittmann a gig at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall “The seminary schools (hawzas), pan, South Korea, Australia, India, Russia, The Supreme leader viduals of our time need and performs in an undated photo. on August 15. as well as the clergymen should be New Zealand and the United States. stressed: “The seminary what has been or should be The duet’s fusion of rock and pop jazz was warmly re- ASEAN is a regional organization schools (hawzas), as well familiar with cyberspace, in order to bedded in his/her keen and ceived by concertgoers in Tehran during the 31st Fajr Inter- comprising 10 Southeast Asian states, as the clergymen should enthusiastic heart.” national Music Festival earlier in February. grasp this opportunity to elaborate namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Phil- be familiar with cyber- on Islamic knowledge and concepts.” 2 ippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. Iran condemns Syria The bloc seeks to promote inter- governmental cooperation and facili- terrorist attacks FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake tate economic integration amongst its member nations. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the recent FAO signed an agreement on Tuesday through the implementation of the The summit is expected to be over- string of terrorist attacks that killed over four dozen people (6 September 2016), with the Urmia Programme, the concerned stakehold- shadowed by the issue of the South and injured many others in Syria. Lake Restoration Commission (ULRC) ers will be empowered with tools and China Sea. The deadliest of the Monday strikes saw two bombs rip- in Tehran at Sharif University of Tech- methodologies to monitor water con- While China claims almost all of ping through the entrance to the western port city of Tartus, nology to lend substantive technical sumption, agricultural water productiv- the South China Sea, most of the located 220 kilometers (136 miles) northwest of the capital, assistance for the execution of an inte- ity and drought, while enhancing their group’s 10 members, including Vi- Damascus, killing at least 36 civilians. As many as 13 other grated programme that aims ultimately capacity to disseminate Good Agricul- etnam and Malaysia, have also been to secure sustainable water resources tural Practices (GAP) in agricultural wa- people were killed in attacks elsewhere in the Arab country. Lotfi Somayeh competing claims to the waters, which The Takfiri Daesh militant group later claimed responsibility management in the Urmia Lake basin. ter management. are believed to be rich in oil and gas. for all of the terrorist attacks. At the ceremony, Mr. Serge Nakouzi, ments in the presence of His Excellency The joint FAO – ULRC Programme The maritime dispute pushed the Remarking on Tuesday, Bahram Qassemi, the Iranian For- the FAO Representative to the Islamic Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Ambassador of Ja- that entitled “the Integrated Pro- ASEAN into deadlock in July, when eign Ministry’s spokesman, said such bloodletting signaled Republic of Iran and to the Economic pan to Iran. gramme for Sustainable Water Re- Cambodia foiled all attempts by oth- desperation on the part of the terrorists and their patrons. Cooperation Organization (ECO), and “The project will accelerate halting sources Management in the Lake er member countries to issue a joint “The actions taken by the criminal Takfiri terrorists and Dr. Issa Kalantari, Adviser to the Iranian and inverting the lake’s drying-up pro- Urmia Basin” also comprises a so- statement against China. their Wahhabi supporters to target civilian citizens indicates President on Water, Agriculture and En- cess by targeting reduction of water cio-economic component that seeks Earlier in July, The Hague-based their dejection and defeat in military warfare and the defeat vironment and Secretary of Urmia Lake consumption within the Urmia Lake ba- to promote sustainable alternative in- Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled of their political pipe dreams in the region,” he said. Restoration Commission (ULRC) signed sin” the FAO Representative said. come-generating solutions. that China’s claims to sovereignty over Qassemi was referring to the widely-reported ideolog- the agreement and the project docu- Mr. Nakouzi underscored that 2 the disputed areas in the sea or its re- ical and financial support provided to the terrorists oper- sources “had no legal basis,” in a case ating in Syria and Iraq by Saudi Arabia, where Wahhabism brought by the Philippines. originates from. Cameroon seeks Iran’s aid in its economic projects Beijing, however, rejected the ver- Such despondency, Qassemi said, leads to the dai- dict, arguing that the tribunal has no ly recurrence of such horrible crimes in Syria, Iraq, and ECONOMY TEHRAN — Cam- pressed his country’s tendency for jurisdiction over the issue desk Ye m e n . eroonian Minister of taking advantage of the Islamic Re- According to a draft of the agen- Saudi-backed militants have been fighting elected gov- Foreign Affairs Lejeune Mbella Mbella public’s aid in its energy, electricity, da of the ASEAN summit, obtained ernments in Syria and Iraq, and Saudi Arabia has been wag- in a Monday meeting with Mansour transport and urban development by the Associated Press on Monday, ing war on Yemen since March 2015, killing about 10,000 Shakibmehr, the Iranian accredited am- projects. Southeast Asian leaders are likely to lives, according to the United Nations. bassador to the region, asked the Is- Referring to Iran’s potentials in var- avoid any official statement about “International conventions and the international commu- lamic Republic to assist his country with ious economic areas, Shakibmehr, for the ruling. nity have to stop remaining indifferent toward those ordering, economic projects. his part, showed Iran’s inclination for The draft pointed out eight issues supporting, and perpetrating these reprehensible crimes,” the As IRNA reported, underscoring enhancing bilateral ties, cooperating in related to the disputed sea; but there Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Iran’s pivotal role in the Middle East projects, and transferring knowledge to was no mention of the July ruling. (Source: Press TV) and the world, Mbella Mbella ex- the African country. 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Iranian lawyers denounce Saudi improve Tehran-Paris ties: Rouhani Arabia over Mina 1 and we should make efforts in cultural Rouhani also pointed to the conclu- area to prevent the youth from being disaster sion of the nuclear deal between Iran trapped by the terrorist groups,” the pres- POLITICS TEHRAN — A group of Iranian and great powers which France was also ident pointed out. desklawyers, judges, professors, law a party, saying, “The nuclear agreement He said that restoring peace to the students and activists have issued a statement un- created a new atmosphere for cooper- Middle East region depends on cutting derscoring Saudi government’s incompetence in ation which should be used in the best support for terrorism. management of hajj, urging authorities to restore way.” Pointing to the conflicts in Syria and the rights of victims of the deadly crush. He added, “Iran and France have Iraq, he said that Iran is helping the two The statement was signed by 648 legal profes- many capabilities and capacities that can countries in their war on terrorism upon sionals, ISNA reported. be used in line with expansion of coop- requests by the Iraqi and Syrian govern- Part of the statement read as follows: “We are eration between the two countries and ments. ready to take legal actions against Saudi Arabia in benefits of the two nations.” For his part, Bartolone said Iran and order to restore rights of the families who lost their Iran and the 5+1 group [the five per- France share close views on international loved ones in Mina disaster. We also call upon Iran’s manent members of the UN Security issues and cooperate with each other in Foreign Ministry as well as the Hajj and Pilgrimage Council plus Germany] finalized the text resolving many problems. Organization to pursue the rights of the victims of the nuclear agreement (the Joint Com- Bartolone also said that “collective ef- through legal channels.” prehensive Plan of Action) in Vienna in forts” are required in fighting terrorism. July 2015. The agreement went into effect He also highlighted Iran’s role in in January 2016. restoring peace to the Middle East Claude Bartolone, speaker of France’s National Assembly(L) , and his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani Meeting will be held “In the prolonged and important ne- region. holding a press conference. on JCPOA gotiations with the 5+1 group, the Islam- The president of the French National tolone, Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani opportunities will not remain forever”. ic Republic of Iran sought to prove the Assembly also said that Iran has abided said that Iran and France share similar The countries should not ignore implementation peaceful nature of its nuclear activities by its nuclear commitments, noting that views on how to settle conflicts in the each other’s interests under a pressure and its determination to interact with the all parties of the deal must fulfil their ob- Middle East. by other countries, Shamkhani said in world constructively,” noted Rouhani who ligations. He also said the two countries have an indirect reference to the U.S. pres- POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Velayati himself acted as chief nuclear negotiator Bartolone: We back big French good parliamentary ties. “Mr. Bartolone’s sure on Paris not to increase its ties with desk said on Tuesday that the supreme from 2003 to 2005. banks trying to do business with Iran trip to Iran will be a turning point in par- Tehran. committee monitoring the JCPOA implementation The Iranian president added that a Bartolone also said the French Na- liamentary relations,” Larijani added. He also said that prolongation of the will hold a meeting in coming days to consider “full” and “immediate” fulfilment of the tional Assembly will back efforts by big The top French lawmaker said that his Syrian crisis is harmful to the European Washington’s failure to honor the nuclear deal, IRIB obligations under the nuclear agreement French banks for transactions with Iran trip will help promotion of ties. countries. reported. is important to boost mutual trust. and also doing investment in the coun- On Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister He urged France to take more “serious “We’re watching the other side’s actions closely Under the agreement Iran is obliged try. Mohammad Javad Zarif also met sepa- actions” in helping to cut intelligence and and studying how the United State is impeding the to slow down its nuclear activities and in- He also said during the nuclear nego- rately with Bartolone during which bilat- financial aid to the terrorist groups. implementation of the JCPOA,” said Velayati, a top stead all the economic and financial sanc- tiations the French parliament strongly eral ties and cooperation at international For his part, Bartolone highlighted the advisor to the Supreme Leader. tions against the country are removed. supported the talks and today is seriously level were discussed. necessity of constant campaign against The official added that Americans will not meet Elsewhere, Rouhani highlighted the pushing for a full implementation of the ‘Economic opportunities will not terrorism. their part of the deal until considerable pressure is importance of increase in Iran-France co- agreement by all sides. remain forever’ He also called for expansion of re- exerted upon them. operation in fighting terrorism. Larijnai says Iran, France share In a separate meeting with Bartolone, lations with Iran and said that France is “Undoubtedly, terrorism is a serious common views on regional crises Supreme National Security Council Sec- determined to meet its obligations under London hails new threat against all the counties in the world In a joint press conference with Bar- retary Ali Shamkhani said that “economic the JCPOA. opening with Tehran Russia so far delivered over half of Iran condemns terror acts in Iraq,

POLITICS TEHRAN — Britain has expressed agreed number of S-300s to Iran Afghanistan deskdelight in the improvement of dip- lomatic ties with the Islamic republic of Iran. On Monday, new British Ambassador to Tehran Nicholas Hopton wrote on twitter: “Delighted to be the new UK Ambassador to #Iran. I look forward to the next phase of cooperation between our countries.” Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson also wrote: “Pleased to announce upgrade of relations with #Iran to Ambassador level.” Defense Ministry requests amendment to bill to join child protection protocol POLITICS TEHRAN — The Iranian Defense deskMinistry has called for an amend- ment to a bill under which Iran would join the Op- tional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed Russia has delivered over half of the signed in 2007. In 2011, Iran sued Rus- POLITICS TEHRAN — Irani- “The violent terrorist actions will conflict, the IRIB reported on Tuesday. agreed number of S-300 air defense sia in the Geneva Arbitration Court af- deskan Foreign Ministry continue as long as the international The bill, which had been proposed to the Maj- systems to Iran, Russian presidential ter Moscow suspended the contract in spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Tues- community lacks the true and neces- lis by the ministry earlier, would enable Iran to join aide Vladimir Kozhin told Sputnik on 2010, citing a UN Security Council res- day condemned deadly terrorist at- sary determination to identify the roots the protocol which supports the rights of children Tuesday. olution that placed an arms embargo tacks in both Iraq and Afghanistan. of the Takfiri-Wahhabi terrorism and in armed conflicts. In August, Iranian Defense Minister on Tehran. “The Takfiri-terrorist groups’ root make the supporters of the terrorist The bill has been temporarily put off the Majlis Hossein Dehghan said that Tehran was Russian President Vladimir Putin lift- and ideology have targeted the re- groups accountable and cut backing agenda for amendment by the ministry. expecting Moscow to fulfill its com- ed the S-300 delivery ban in April 2015, gional countries’ stability and security,” these groups,” he stated. mitments on the deliveries of S-300 shortly after the 5+1 group of interna- Qassemi said as car bomb explosions Qassemi called on the international Ex-chief of Bank air defense systems within September, tional negotiators and Iran reached a on Monday took the lives of at least 24 community to fulfil its legal and moral adding that the main part of the batch framework nuclear agreement to re- people in Kabul, and nine in Baghdad. duties in fighting terrorism which is a Day arrested: Tehran had arrived in Iran. move all economic sanctions against In the terrorist attack in Kabul, which “threat against humanity”. Prosecutor “We have delivered half already, Tehran in exchange for its pledge to Taliban claimed responsibility for, 91 Elsewhere, he called terrorism a “se- even more,” Kozhin said. ensure that all nuclear research in people were also injured. The attack in rious disease” which will spread over The $800-million Moscow-Teh- the country should serve exclusively Baghdad also left more than 20 people the world and cause more “serious” POLITICS TEHRAN — Tehran Prosecutor ran contract to deliver Russian-made peaceful purposes. injured. Daesh took responsibility for and “dangerous” challenges if it is not deskGeneral Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi S-300 air defense systems to Iran was (Source: Sputnik) the bomb explosion in Baghdad. cured at the proper time. confirmed on Tuesday that the former chief exec- utive of Bank Day has been arrested for charges against him, Mehr reported. Without referring to the accusations against the former banker, the prosecutor said the Bank Day case Iran’s intelligence minister in Germany will be sent to the Government Employees Court. An investigative parliamentary team had also POLITICS TEHRAN – The Irani- ministry’s official website vaja.ir report- diplomats in Berlin, where he stressed at- Iranian embassy in Berlin to prioritize released a report from the Foundation for Martyrs deskan intelligence minis- ed on Tuesday. tention to the needs of Iranian nationals “introducing the capacities of the Islamic and Veterans Affairs on the case, which was deliv- ter is in Germany upon a formal invi- Besides meeting German officials, in Germany. Republic”. ered to the court, he added. tation from the European country, the Mahmoud Alavi sat down with Iranian In the same event he also urged the Leftover landmine kills Iranian child The clergy should use cyberspace to exhibit real Islam: Leader 1 certain promoters of religion, who lack knowledge of simultaneously, has both countless advantages and nu- Tapping upon the excessive expenses, as well as the new digital facilities, as well as some officials--who lack merous disadvantages; the opportunities that it offers many plots against the people’s faith and beliefs, his Em- proper understanding of the significance surrounding should be taken up, in order to widely promote Islamic POLITICS TEHRAN — An Iranian child was inence said: “By producing and promoting skepticism the issue of cyberspace. concepts; and in this regard, the High Council of Cy- deskkilled in a landmine explosion towards religion, and producing anti-modesty and an- In regards to his concerns, he added: “Cyberspace, berspace has been established, aimed at focusing on near the city of Sardasht in the northwestern prov- ti-decency contents, the enemy seeks to deviate decent, thought, decision and other measures.” ince of West Azerbaijan, IRNA reported on Tuesday. believing, young individuals from religion; thus, causing “The seminary schools Ayatollah Khamenei allocated identifying doubts and The incident happened on Monday as three them to transgress the boundaries of modesty. Today (hawzas), as well as the suspicions of our time as key task to be carried out by the children found a landmine remaining from the this is done through cyberspace.” Hawzas. “This task does not contradict jurisprudence (fiqh) Iran-Iraq war near the border with Iraq and started Ayatollah Khamenei called confronting such plots as clergymen should be familiar in any way or by any means; as jurisprudence is not limited playing with it, said Mir Ashkan Mahdavi, a local the primary and most important responsibility of the with cyberspace, in order to to rules of performance. In fact, the Islamic jurisprudence is official. clergy. He held that “hawzas and those knowledgeable grasp this opportunity to about Islamic teachings and the measures that should be As a result of the landmine explosion, an 8-year- in religion should develop capabilities for confronting taken--just like accurate and precise investigations of fiqh-- old boy was killed, while two others were wounded. the enemy’s massive army”. elaborate on Islamic knowledge on doubts and suspicions regarding religion. The Supreme Leader expressed discontentment over and concepts.” (Source: khamenei.ir) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

http://www.tehrantimes.com/international SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 7,7, 20162016 INTERNATIONAL 3 Syrian army troops deal major Philippines scrambles to soothe tensions after insult blows to terrorists to Obama UN must punish state sponsors of terror: Syria Syrian government forces have carried tions,” Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs out a string of military operations against and Expatriates said in a statement on foreign-backed militants across the con- Monday. flict-ridden country, inflicting heavy loss- The statement further read that ter- es on them. rorist crimes and massacres will not dis- On Tuesday, Syrian army soldiers, courage the incumbent Damascus gov- backed by fighters from allied Popu- ernment from continuing the anti-terror lar Defense groups, raided two militant campaign and seeking a political solution hideouts in the Dara’a al-Balad district of to the Syrian conflict through Syrian-Syr- the southwestern city of Dara’a, located ian dialog. about 90 kilometers (56 miles) south of “The Syrian government calls on the the capital, Damascus, killing and injuring UN security Council to immediately con- an unspecified number of Takfiri extrem- demn the bloody crimes perpetrated ists in the process, Syria’s official SANA by terrorist groups, and to assume its The Philippines scrambled to defuse a row with the United news agency reported. responsibility in preserving international States on Tuesday and its new president, Rodrigo Duterte, Syrian army soldiers also engaged peace and security.” voiced regret for calling President Barack Obama a “son of foreign-backed militants in the villages The statement also called on the Se- a bitch”, comments that prompted Washington to call off a of Khan Tuman and Kafr Hamrah and in curity Council to take punitive measures bilateral meeting. the town of Haritan in the northwestern “against the countries which support ter- The tiff between the two allies overshadowed the opening province of Aleppo. rorism, particularly Saudi Arabia, Turkey, of a summit of East and Southeast Asian nations in Laos. The developments came a day after Moreover, Syrian military aircraft Meanwhile, Syria has called on the Qatar and France.” It also soured Obama’s last swing as president through a Syrian troopers killed more than 30 ter- pounded terrorists’ positions in the towns United Nations Security Council to adopt Two bomb explosions ripped region he has tried to make a focus of U.S. foreign policy, a rorists and destroyed a battle tank, five of Nasiriyah, Soran and Latamenah punitive measures against countries that through the entrance to the western strategy widely seen as a response to China’s economic and sport utility vehicles and a car rigged in Aleppo Province, destroying their support terrorism, in the wake of a string port city of Tartus, located 220 kilom- military muscle-flexing. with explosives in the town of Dayr Hafir, ammunition and several tanks. Syrian of bomb explosions that killed over four eters (136 miles) northwest of the cap- He said in a speech as the summit got under way that his situated 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of soldiers thwarted a militant offensive dozen civilians in the country. ital, Damascus, on Monday, claiming push to make the United States a key player in Asia-Pacific Aleppo. against the al-Ameriyah district in the “These bloody explosions are part of over 30 civilian lives. was not some “passing fad”. Additionally, Syrian fighter jets struck province as well. a systematic mechanism, and perpetrat- Syria has been gripped by for- However, diplomats say strains with longtime ally the Phil- militant positions in the west-central city Elsewhere in the northwestern prov- ed by terrorist organizations like Jabhat eign-backed militancy since March 2011. ippines could compound Washington’s difficulties in forging of Hama, located 213 km (132 miles) ince of Homs, Syrian jets bombed mil- Fateh al-Sham (Front for the Conquest of UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de a united front with Southeast Asian partners on the geostra- north of Damascus, on Monday, killing at itant bases in the town of Talbiseh and the Levant), Jaish al-Fatah (Army of Con- Mistura estimates that over 400,000 peo- tegic jostle with Beijing over the South China Sea. least 50 extremists. Deir Ful village, killing and injuring tens quest), Ahrar al-Sham (Free Men of the ple have been killed in the conflict. Duterte has bristled repeatedly at criticism over his “war Also on Monday, Syrian army units man- of terrorists. Levant), and many others. Such groups The UN has stopped updating its offi- on drugs”, which has killed about 2,400 people since he aged to establish control over the Mazrah UN must punish state sponsors have no respect whatsoever for the UN cial death toll for Syria. took office two months ago, and on Monday said it would Hills in the northern suburb of Hama. of terror Charter and relevant law and regula- (Source: agencies) be “rude” for Obama to raise the question of human rights when they met. Such a conversation, Duterte told reporters, would Abbas: No meeting with Netanyahu in Moscow planned prompt him to curse at Obama, using a Filipino phrase “pu- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says a Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Netanyahu in will not happen, but I am ready and I declare again that tang ina” which can mean “son of a bitch” or “son of a whore”. meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Moscow on September 9 and planned to travel to the I will go to any meeting.” After Washington called off Tuesday’s bilateral meeting which had been proposed by Russia, has been delayed Russian capital directly from Warsaw. On Monday, Abedel Hafiz Nofal, the Palestinian am- between Obama and Duterte in response, the Philippines and will not be held for now. “Unfortunately, yesterday in Jerusalem (al-Quds) bassador to Moscow, said that Abbas had accepted the issued two statements expressing regret. Abbas made the announcement during a joint press President Putin’s representative and … Netanyahu’s rep- Russian initiative for a meeting with Netanyahu, noting, President Duterte explained that the press reports that conference with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, in resentative held a meeting and … Netanyahu’s repre- however, that “the Israelis are evading the requirements President Obama would ‘lecture’ him on extrajudicial killings Warsaw on Tuesday. sentative proposed to postpone the meeting for later,” of the meeting.” led to his strong comments, which in turn elicited concern, Abbas added that he had agreed to a proposal by the Palestinian president said, adding, “So the meeting (Source: Press TV) the Philippines government said in one statement. “He regrets that his remarks to the press have caused much controversy,” it added. “He expressed his deep regard Old alliances falling apart and new ones being formed: professor and affinity for President Obama and for the enduring part- 1 theless true, that contrary to Iran that stood with Pres- if they did not withdraw to the east of the Euphrates Riv- nership between our nations.” Added to this mix is the scourge of terrorism that is ident Erdogan and condemned the coup while it was er, as Turkey had demanded. He said: “We have made it The White House had earlier said Obama would not pull cynically used by some global and regional powers as a still in progress, Western leaders were rather slow and absolutely clear ... that they must move back across the any punches on his concerns about human rights abuses in means of achieving geopolitical goals. hesitant in condemning it. river.” He added: “They cannot, will not, and under no the Philippines, its treaty ally, when meeting Duterte. Let us look at some of these developments in more President Erdogan has openly accused Fethullah circumstances get American support if they do not keep Instead of the Duterte meeting, Obama plans to hold talks detail. Before the start of the so-called “Arab Spring”, Gulen who lives in the United States and his extensive that commitment. Period.” with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, said Ned Price, some old military and dynastic regimes, including some network in Turkey of having organized the coup, and he However, as Turkey has pushed further against the spokesman for the White House National Security Council - a hereditary presidents, had remained in power in the has called for Gulen’s extradition to Turkey. Even before Kurdish forces in Syria, American officials have expressed meeting where the response to North Korea’s latest missile Arab Middle East for decades. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the coup attempt, President Erdogan had patched up their opposition to those moves. The American special tests is expected to be on the agenda. Hosni Mubarak, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Hafiz al-As- his ties with Russia, but the coup has pushed Erdogan envoy on Syria, Brett McGurk, has openly condemned A Philippines official who declined to be named said there ad and his son Bashar al-Asad, and Ali Abdullah Saleh closer to President Vladimir Putin of Russia. This explains those attacks, stating “We want to make clear that we would be no formal meeting rescheduled in Laos but a short ruled as virtual dictators over Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria the recent overtures to Russia about the use of Incirlik find these clashes -- in areas where ISIL is not located ‘pull-aside’ conversation between the two presidents was still and Yemen respectively. There were also a number of Airbase by the Russians, while at the same time stopping -- unacceptable and a source of deep concern.” Turkey possible. tribal chieftains and warlords that later on formed he- the flight of American fighter planes from that base. would like to establish an IS-free zone, some 70 miles Moves to soothe tensions reditary monarchies and adopted the titles of Emirs or Some analysts have even argued that the failed coup long and 30 miles deep, on the Syrian side of the border. Obama arrived in the city of Vientiane late on Monday kings. Most of them became extremely wealthy as the has forced Turkey to revise its alliances and to collaborate Therefore, there has been a serious divergence in Turk- for the first visit by a sitting United States president to Laos, result of the discovery of oil or gas in their countries, with Iran, Iraq and Russia over Syria. There have been clear ish and American policies towards Syria. where he wants to begin to address the legacy of U.S. bomb- which they used as personal or family assets. signs that Turkey has softened its stance towards the Syrian Meanwhile, while it is important to make sure that ing during the Vietnam War. The Arab Spring produced violent revolutions that president. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said that military coups do not succeed and do not subvert Turk- He announced on Tuesday that Washington would pro- swept away most Arab dictators. Nervous monarchies President Bashar Assad can remain in power at least during ish democracy, it is equally important to ensure that the vide an additional $90 million over the next three years to tried to find some excuses to divert the attention of the transition period. China has also declared its interest in measures that are taken against the coup plotters do not help Laos, heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, clear their populations from their democratic demands and getting involved in the war against the terrorists in Syria. So, go too far and do not undermine democratic principles unexploded ordnance, which has killed or wounded more to prevent their own downfall. Instead of embracing there have been some major changes in relations between in Turkey. While the plotters deserve to be dealt with in than 20,000 people. democratic change and reform, they have fanned the various states in the region and beyond. accordance with the law, opposition voices must also be The unusually open tensions between the United States flames of religious sectarianism, resulting in vicious ter- Had there been any coordination between An- heard. Turkey’s lasting stability requires the involvement and the Philippines, its former colony, threaten to overshad- rorist groups that are now endangering their own sur- kara and Washington and Moscow before Turkey’s of all political parties that are prepared to take part in ow the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and vival. These upheavals have also resulted in major shifts military presence in Jarablus? democratic opposition to the government, without re- East Asia Summits in Laos from Tuesday to Thursday. in the geopolitical map of the Middle East and have also A: Not only had there not been any coordination sorting to force. At the same time, Turkey’s future stabili- The 10-member ASEAN will also meet leaders of other involved Western and Eastern powers in incoherent and between Ankara and Washington prior to Turkey’s mil- ty is dependent upon reconciliation with its large Kurdish regional powers: China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, shifting alliances with local powers, seemingly without itary operation in Jarablus, Turkey moved against the minority. It was unfortunate that the pro-Kurdish political Russia and the United States. any long-term strategic outlook. forces that America had supported. Although ostensi- party, HDP or People’s Democratic Party, was not includ- Duterte won the presidency in May as he promised to Meanwhile, only Iran and Turkey, heirs to powerful bly fighting on the same side as the Western coalition ed in the post-coup alliance of political parties. suppress crime and wipe out drugs and drug dealers. empires, and the only two countries that had not been against the Syrian government, the United States and The present situation provides an opportunity for About 900 people linked to drugs have been killed in police colonized and that had a tradition of political reform Turkey were backing different groups in Syria. While the Iran and Turkey as two long-lasting friends and allies operations since July 1 and a further 1,500 have been classed as and democracy going back to the end of the nineteenth United States has for many years been funding, organ- to get closer together and to form a common policy “deaths under investigation”, a term human rights activists in the century, have remained relatively unscathed by the lat- izing and training the so-called Free Syrian Army that towards Syria. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Philippines say is a euphemism for extrajudicial killings. est upheavals. has performed miserably in Syria, Turkey had provided a travelled to Ankara shortly after the coup and declared Duterte has repeatedly poured scorn on critics, usually The Turkish PM has announced that Russia can conduit for Al Qaeda-affiliated groups, such as Al-Nusra Iran’s solidarity with the Turkish government, and there larding it with curses. use Incirlik Air Base if necessary. Doesn’t this harm Front, that had also been supported by Saudi Arabia are some reports that President Erdogan will visit Iran He lambasted the United Nations after it criticized the Turkey’s strategic partnership with NATO? and other Persian Gulf states. While the United States shortly. These contacts can lay the grounds for finding a surge in killings and he turned down a meeting with UN Sec- A: Before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Turkey was has been trying to fight against DAESH, Turkey has been common solution to the Syrian conflict, putting an end retary General Ban Ki-moon at the Laos summit. firmly an ally of the West and a key member of NATO. more concerned with the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces to the unspeakable suffering of the Syrian people. In May, he called Pope Francis a “son of a whore”, although Under Prime Minister and later President Recep Tayy- that have been successful in purging most of the Kurdish he later apologized, and called U.S. Ambassador Philip Gold- ip Erdogan and his government’s policy of zero tension areas in Syria of DAESH. The Arab Spring produced violent berg a “gay son of a whore”. with its neighbours, Turkey experienced a period of un- Starting on 24th August, Turkish tanks and special On Tuesday, Duterte met the leaders of Singapore, Japan precedented economic growth. However, after Turkey’s forces crossed into Syria and took Jarablus almost with- revolutions that swept away and Vietnam. decision to side with the anti-government forces in out any fighting. Turkey is pursuing two goals by its re- most Arab dictators. Nervous Manila has been aligned with the United States in its dis- Syria, including some pro-Al Qaeda forces such as the cent actions in Syria, one is to push DAESH forces away monarchies tried to find some pute with China over the South China Sea, in which Washing- al-Nusra Front, Turkey itself became a target of many from the Turkish borders, while also preventing Kurdish ton blames Beijing for militarizing a vital global trade route terrorist attacks. forces from joining up in a continuous belt of territory in excuses to divert the attention and jeopardizing freedom of movement at sea and in the air. The failed coup in Turkey has complicated U.S.-Turk- Turkey’s southern border that would link a Kurdish-dom- of their populations from their China rejects those accusations and accuses the United ish relations. Some Turkish officials have accused the inated belt stretching from Iraqi Kurdistan through Syria democratic demands and to States of ratcheting up tensions unnecessarily. China claims United States of involvement in the coup, and Labour to the Mediterranean. Turkey considers all Kurdish forces prevent their own downfall. most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 Minister Suleyman Soylu publicly charged the United as terrorists aligned to the PKK, and does not want a trillion of trade moves annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philip- States with responsibility for the coup. Although there is Kurdish belt along the entire 910-kilometer Turkish-Syri- Instead of embracing democratic pines, Taiwan and Vietnam have rival claims. no evidence of U.S. involvement in the coup, it is never- an border that would block the link between Turkey and change and reform, they have An arbitration court in The Hague in July invalidated Chi- anti-Syrian forces in Syria, and that would further en- fanned the flames of religious na’s territorial claims after a case was brought by the Philip- courage Kurdish groups to secede from Turkey. pines, a ruling Beijing refuses to recognize. “Turkey’s future stability is During his visit to Turkey, Vice-President Biden tried sectarianism, resulting in vicious Duterte said last month he expected all ASEAN members dependent upon reconciliation to show solidarity with Turkey in its attack on Jarablus, terrorist groups that are now to support the arbitration court’s ruling, but that the Philip- with its large Kurdish minority.” saying that Kurdish forces would lose American support endangering their own survival. pines would not raise the issue in Laos. 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NEWS Iran’s 4-month exports to Tehran to host ‘Iran Hospitex’ in mid-Oct. Oman up 181% yr/yr ECONOMY TEHRAN — The 2nd International Exhibi- desk tion of Hospital Building, Infrastructure, In- ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran’s sultanate, Abdolkhani commented. stallation, Equipment, and Related Industries (Iran Hospitex) deskCommercial Attaché He put emphasis on the importance is set to be held at the Tehran Permanent International Fair- to Oman Abbas Abdolkhani announced of planning to reach the annual trade of grounds on October 17-20, Tasnim news agency reported on that his country’s exports to Oman rose $4 billion between the two countries, and Tuesday. 181 percent in the first four months of the said that a roadmap has been drawn up current Iranian calendar year (March 20- to materialize this goal and will be un- July 21) compared to the same period of veiled in the 16th meeting of Iran-Oman time in the previous year. Joint Economic Committee which is due The official put the worth of Iran’s ex- to be held next month in Tehran. ports to Oman at $375 million in the past Oman is planning to hold its first ex- Iranian calendar year, saying that the fig- clusive exhibition in Iran concurrent with ure is anticipated to double in the current the Joint Economic Committee meeting, year, the portal of Iran’s Trade Promotion the official added. Organization (TPO) announced on Tues- Abdolkhani also announced that ac- day. cording to Oman’s Ministry of Commerce, Iran should increase its share in the the country will issue one-year visas for Omani market through exports of food- 2,000 Iranian traders and businessmen stuff and constructional materials to the introduced by the TPO.

Participant companies from various countries across the globe will attend the exposition, according to the executive IAG Cargo quick on the uptake as trade with Iran grows, with KLM on the runway manager of the exhibition Mahmoud Sediqi. “70 Iranian and 13 foreign companies from Germany, the As trade between Iran and the EU grows, IAG Cargo has government is also keen to boost infrastructure and it is United States, Taiwan, Italy, Turkey, England, and France will become the latest airline to launch services to the Middle anticipated that $1trillion of investment will be needed. present their recent products in Hospitex,” he said. Eastern country, while KLM is due to start flights in October. Key opportunities will also include the energy, automo- “Two delegations from Afghanistan and Lebanon will also Air France resumed services in April. tive and airline manufacturing sectors. There may be an pay a visit to the exhibition,” he added. Iran, which has the second-largest population in the increased demand for consumer goods such as electronics Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO), Iran Interna- Middle East, also has its second-largest economy after and clothing. tional Exhibitions Company, and Sepantas Kish Exhibition Con- Saudi Arabia, with an estimated nominal GDP of $397 bil- IAG Cargo said it anticipated “that commodities on the sulting Company are the organizers of this exhibition. lion in 2015. route will include perishables, spices and confectionery, EU trade with Iran stands at some $8 billion and is ex- foodstuffs like pistachios and caviar as well as building ma- pected to quadruple in the next two years. Non-oil exports terials and Iranian carpets”. from Iran rose to $16.3 billion in the first quarter, up 21 The value of Iranian handicrafts exports rose 36 percent percent. in the first four months of the Iranian calendar year, to $92 Switzerland’s economy According to German financial data, exports to Iran million. grows at fastest pace jumped 15 percent in the first six months of this year to panies wish to expand and modernize, we expect to see “The country’s predicted economic growth over the €1.13 billion, as Iran imported machinery and equipment, demand increase for businesses looking to trade in the re- coming years means that connecting Iran via our London since 2014 as well as chemicals and electrical engineering. The renew- gion,” said a spokesperson for IAG Cargo. hub to the rest of the world will be of real benefit to our able energy sector is also seeing growth. German exports “Therefore we have put ourselves in the best possible customers,” said David Shepherd, IAG Cargo’s head of com- Swiss economic momentum accelerated in the second quarter, to Iran are expected to rise by about 25 percent this year position to compete effectively and deliver what shippers mercial. exceeding that of the euro area and hitting its fastest pace since and by 30 percent in 2017. and forwarders need.” IAG Cargo is the cargo handling division of International 2014. Iran’s economy in 2016 and 2017 is expected to grow by Sanctions against Iran eased in January following talks Airlines Group. It uses the freight capacity of its sister air- Gross domestic product rose 0.6 percent in the three months 4.8 percent and 5.4 percent respectively. last year, although some remain. Companies still need to line’s passenger flights and therefore maintains two global through June, after gaining a revised 0.3 percent in the prior IAG Cargo is offering six flights a week to Tehran with exercise caution and understand the remaining restrictions. hubs located at London Heathrow and Madrid-Barajas quarter, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in Bern said a 777- 200 aircraft, providing forwarders with belly-hold The main imports to Iran are non-electrical machinery, Airport and offers freight transportation to more than 350 on Tuesday. That jump, helped by government consumption and capacity of six pallets and up to 20 tons of lift on each flight. iron and steel, chemicals and related products, transport destinations in over 80 countries. foreign trade, beats the 0.4 percent increase forecast by econo- “With Iran’s economy predicted to grow, as new com- vehicles, electrical machinery, tools and appliances. The (Source: The Loadstar) mists in a Bloomberg survey. A year after suffering an exchange-rate shock, the export- oriented Swiss economy appears to be finding its footing again. Australia central bank holds rates Korea’s economic recovery still Demand in countries such as Germany is recovering and local companies are finding ways to cut costs and improve produc- as economy lopes along remains stuttering: think tank tivity. Unemployment is low Australia’s central bank held interest The South Korean economy is experienc- by European standards and rates steady on Tuesday, a month after ing feeble recovery momentum in recent the strong franc, which the cutting to a record low of 1.5 percent, months as exports and facility investment central bank says is overval- and left open the question of further continue to falter amid a slowdown in ued, is buttressing domestic easing as the country gets ready to domestic consumption, a state-run think consumption by lowering toast 25 years without a recession. tank said Tuesday. the cost of imports. The decision by the Reserve Bank “Other than the rapid increase in con- “We have strength in of Australia (RBA) came as no surprise struction investment, overall economic certain sectors like pharmaceuticals -- this has also showed up given easings in August and May are activities have shown little signs of im- in our export data recently -- but still struggling in areas like yet to percolate through the economy. ing elsewhere in the world. provement,” the Korea Development In- posted a 1.6 percent growth in July, machinery,” Oliver Adler, head of economic research at Credit “The Board judged that holding Growth forecasts edge higher stitute said in its monthly evaluation of the up from a 0.8 percent increase in June, Suisse, told Bloomberg Television’s Anna Edwards. “But overall the stance of policy unchanged at The steady decision comes a day country’s economic conditions. but the figure excluding the informa- the big shock of 2015 is sort of waning and that is showing up in this meeting would be consistent with before government data is expected “With the expiry of the excise tax cut, tion and communication technology these GDP numbers.” sustainable growth in the economy to show Australia notched up a 25 retail sales moderated, and facilities in- sector plunged to a 2.4 percent on- According to the SECO, contributions to growth came from and achieving the inflation target over years of economic expansion in the vestment and exports remained sluggish, year drop. foreign trade and government consumption, while household time,” said RBA Governor Glenn Ste- June quarter. indicating no signs of a spread in the eco- Retail sales, which have lent big support spending stagnated and investment in construction and equip- vens, who retires this month after a Indeed, analysts were nudging nomic recovery.” to the South Korean economy for months, ment declined. Concerning exports of goods, the chemicals and decade in the top job. up their growth forecasts after data The value of construction completed rose 4.3 percent in July, slowing down pharmaceuticals category “provided the strongest contribution Stevens will be replaced by his cur- showed the conservative government rose 21.4 percent in July, on a 17.5 per- from a 9 percent jump tallied in June, as to growth,” the SECO said. rent deputy, Philip Lowe, who in turn is of Malcolm Turnbull went on a mini cent gain in civil engineering and a 23.3 the government-led tax cut program on Companies in the machine, electrical and metals sectors being replaced by another career RBA spending-spree last quarter, in the percent jump in building construction. passenger cars finished on June 30. were particularly hit by a surge in the Swiss currency that fol- banker, Guy Debelle. Both are well re- run-up to a federal election in July. The sharp increase is partly led by the Moreover, facility investment re- lowed the central bank’s decision to scrap its minimum ex- spected in financial markets. Forecasts were now clustered government’s policies to boost the local treated 12.3 percent on-year in July, change rate in early 2015. The sector shed 9,200 jobs in the All 33 economists polled by Reu- around 0.5 percent to 0.6 percent for real estate market, causing a recent spike with the manufacturing capacity utili- wake of that policy switch, but employment is now stabilizing ters expected a steady outcome and gross domestic product (GDP) growth in housing prices and mounting house- zation rate remaining low at 73.8 per- and exports “started to turn around in the second quarter” due financial markets had priced in a van- in the second quarter. That would be hold debt. cent, indicating continuing weakness to better European and U.S. demand, industry body Swissmem ishingly small chance of a cut. a step down from the first quarter’s The KDI report, however, said the oth- in overall production activities and in- said last week. Most respondents looked for rates unusually strong 1.1 percent increase, er side of the economy is facing a bumpy vestment. Yet some see dark clouds ahead. While there have so far to stay on hold to the end of the year, largely due to a pullback in net export road. Exports rose 2.6 percent in Au- been few signs that the U.K’s June 23 vote to leave the European though many favored one final easing to earnings. July’s industry production advanced gust, marking the first positive on-year Union has weighed on momentum in Switzerland, the Interna- 1.25 percent in the first quarter of 2017. Yet annual growth was still seen 3.2 percent on-year, down from a 4.8 growth in 20 months. But experts antici- tional Monetary Fund has warned the lion’s share of the impact The recent cuts were driven largely accelerating to around 3.5 percent, percent gain in June, with services pro- pate that the upbeat mode will unlikely of Brexit will be felt by advanced European economies. by a surprisingly sharp slowdown in the fastest pace in four years and well duction growth decelerating to 2.7 per- continue further as the August turna- The strong export showing in the second quarter was chief- inflation and the need to prevent the ahead of most of Australia’s peers in cent in July from 5.4 percent the previous round is driven by one-off factors like ly due to feeble import growth and therefore reflected “the local dollar from climbing too far in re- the rich world. month. increased business days. bad shape of the domestic economy,” ING economist Julien action to hyper-aggressive policy eas- (Source: Reuters) Mining and manufacturing output (The Korea Herald) Manceaux said in a note to clients. “With the risks from the Brexit vote only starting to emerge and consumer confidence still at very low levels, this was likely the last strong quarter of 2016.” Lego profit slips as Japanese companies Agriculture SNB decision investment yields The Swiss National Bank, whose quarterly policy announce- toy maker ramps up could pull investment ment is scheduled for Sept. 15, is using a deposit rate of minus investment out of UK over Brexit growth and nutrition 0.75 percent coupled with a pledge to intervene in foreign-ex- gains for Africa change markets to prevent the franc from appreciating. It admit- ted to buying up foreign currency to stabilize the franc in the Danish toy company Lego A/S said Tuesday that Japanese businesses might pull investment African countries that took early action in wake of the Brexit vote. its half-year net profit declined slightly as it accel- out of the UK if their “requests are not met” dur- the past decade to invest in agriculture have The franc stood at 1.09263 per euro at 9:10 a.m. in Zurich. erated investment and because of flat sales in the ing ‘Brexit‘ negotiations, warned the country’s reaped the rewards, enjoying higher economic Katja Mueller of Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg last month Americas. ambassador in Britain during an interview with growth and a bigger drop in malnutrition, a put the purchasing power parity level of the exchange rate at The privately-held Danish company, which doesn’t the BBC on Monday. major farming development organization said 1.36 francs per euro. release quarterly results, said net profit for the first Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka warning comes af- on Tuesday. As a result of the surging franc, Swiss consumer prices half slipped to 3.49 billion Danish kronor ($520 mil- ter a strongly-worded memo was issued by Ja- In a report, the Alliance for a Green plunged the most since 1950 last year. The SNB, whose man- lion) from 3.55 billion kronor in the same period last pan’s foreign on Sunday. The 15-page document Revolution in Africa (AGRA) said: “After decades date is to maintain price stability, forecasts an inflation rate of year. Revenue increased 11% to 15.69 billion kronor spelled out Japan’s worries for its companies op- of stagnation, much of Africa has enjoyed minus 0.4 percent for this year, improving to 0.3 percent in from 14.14 billion kronor. erating in Britain and called for British Prime Min- sustained agricultural productivity growth since 2017 and 0.9 percent in 2018. It will update those forecasts Lego said it was making “considerable invest- ister Theresa May and the EU to negotiate a deal 2005.” next week. ments in capacity and capabilities” in Asia, where it that safeguarded almost all of the UK’s rights in That has helped push down poverty rates in Consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in August, compared with reported double-digit growth, with a new factory the single market. places like Ghana, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Burkina both a month and a year earlier, a separate release from the under construction in Jiaxing, China. Faso, it added. NEWS IN BRIEF

Federal Statistics Office showed on Tuesday. NEWS IN BRIEF (Source: Bloomberg) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 7,7, 20162016 TECHNOLOGY 5

Deputy ICT Minister stresses National Mobile NEWS IN BRIEF Messaging Apps with Iran’s management Huawei-made 7-inch Google Pixel tablet with By Shataw Naseri ers into the country is not concerned and given the global information networks, it echnology and Innovation Deputy is useless. What is momentous is Iran’s 4GB of RAM on the way of ICT Ministry Amir Hossein Davaei, managing the servers,” Davaei said. T Nevermind the upcoming Pixel and Pixel XL phones, stressed the necessity of Iran’s man- Moreover, Hussein Hajj Hassan, Leba- Google could be adding a second Pixel-branded tab- aging National Mobile Messaging Apps. non’s Industry Minister, who was present let to its roster soon, to complement the 10-inch Pixel He said, private sector’s role in creating at the ceremony, stressed that Beirut is C launched last year. the network is crucial and the knowledge- eager to expand ties with Tehran, adding, From Evan Blass (a.k.a. @evleaks) comes news of based companies with international experi- “our major goal in participating at the ex- an in-development Huawei-made Google tablet with ence shall be able to serve tens of millions hibition is to remove obstacles to trade a 7-inch screen and 4GB of RAM. This should appar- of users, reported Public Relations and In- relations with Iran.” ently be in stores by the end of the year. formation Center of ICT Ministry. He said that IT issue in Lebanon is so No additional details are provided, but because he At the opening ceremony of the 19th crucial and myriad of the Lebanese living doesn’t call it a Nexus tablet, we assume the Nexus Mashhad Int’l Exhibition of Computer, E- abroad are active in this field. “We are brand really is dead after all and Google will focus all commerce, Internet and Office Machine ready to expand ties with Tehran in this of its mobile hardware on the Pixel name as previously (IranCom), he noted that the young pri- area,” he noted. rumored. The long-awaited successor to the second- vate sector’s role to implement local and The 19th Int’l Exhibition of Computer, gen Nexus 7 tablet from 2013 could have intriguingly native computer and network-related E-commerce, Internet and Office Ma- been trademarked by Huawei already, as the “7P”. So systems is vital. chine plus the 7th Int’l Specialized Exhi- its final name might end up being Google Pixel 7P. The already-existing domestic mobile bition of Smart City under “IranCom 95” messaging apps have to be competitive (2-6 September, 2016) opened Friday with their foreign counterparts in quality evening in city of Mashhad. Huawei Mate 9 to have as well as in speed, according to Davaei. 116 domestic companies as well as “Also, the users shall be ensured of pro- the allocated budget support of 22 bil- the budget of 30 billion rials in managed 6 foreign representatives from Germa- Leica-branded dual rear viding their information to the mobile lion rials to Khorasan Razavi Province’s IT funds would be allocated to the prov- ny, China, Lithuania, Taiwan, Australia messaging apps,” he added. industry for the current year. ince’s private sector.” and Thailand are participating at the camera with OIS Deputy ICT Minister, also, announced He remarked, “we hope that next year, “The transmission of Telegram serv- exhibition. Huawei will launch the Mate 9 at some point before this year ends, and when it does we’ll see yet another Brazilian government could Making Google a little bit FASTER across dual rear camera arrangement on it. However, unlike what happened on the P9, P9 Plus, and Honor 8, it ban Waze Asia by boosting fiber optic connectivity looks like the Mate 9’s dual rear cameras will also have optical image stabilization. Apparently this is also something Apple will bake into its upcoming iPhone 7 Plus’ dual rear camera. All of the information comes from a well known Chinese analyst, but that obviously doesn’t mean you should take it for granted. He goes on to say that the Mate 9’s main camera assembly will come with Leica branding, following in the footsteps of the P9. The difference between Hua- wei’s dual camera setup and Apple’s for the iPhone 7 Plus is that the former company will still use one color sensor and a monochrome one for the Mate 9, while Apple will go with two color units. Galaxy Note7 will no

Traffic and navigation app Waze could Before it becomes law, the Bill still has Google has begun improving con- of Google’s established data centers longer pack in Sam- face trouble in Brazil as proposed leg- to be voted by the Chamber of Depu- nectivity speeds across Taiwan with the on the island. The tech giant chose islation could make tools that enable ties’ Committee on Transportation and introduction of a new high-speed fiber- Changhua County, Taiwan to host the sung SDI batteries alerts of traffic blitzes and speed ra- the Committee on Constitution, Justice optic undersea cable. largest Google data center in Asia, and dars illegal. and Citizenship. On Tuesday, Yan Tang, Network Re- with the introduction of fiber-optic con- The faulty battery packs that caused some Samsung Gal- By connecting drivers to each other, Who watches the watchmen? source APAC Regional Lead at Google nectivity, the company says that resi- axy Note7 units to explode during charging, forcing Sam- Google-owned Waze allows motorists The debate on whether the pub- said in a blog post that fresh investment dents can now enjoy speeds of up to sung to announce a global recall, were manufactured by to warn one another of car crashes and lic can monitor the police and to what in network cables which now connect 26 terabits per second when accessing the South Korean company’s own SDI subsidiary. traffic backups, but also if there are po- extent this can be done grabbed the Taiwan to the FASTER cable from Japan Google tools and services, such as You- Reports out of Samsung’s home country are sug- lice officers or radars nearby. headlines late last year, when Los An- should give Taiwanese residents better Tube and Google Apps. gesting that the tech giant has now decided to stop The bill introduced by Brazilian con- geles police chief Charlie Beck wrote a performance when browsing the web. “You may not notice right away, using Samsung SDI’s batteries in the phablet. gressman Major Fabio was originally public statement linking the killings of The FASTER cable, which Google but this new cable should help Goog- “As a follow-up of the battery issue, we decided submitted in 2013 and intends to alter two New York police officers to Waze calls the “world’s fastest fiber-optic ca- le products and services load more to temporally stop using Samsung SDI’s battery for national traffic laws to ban any Waze- use by the shooter at some point before ble to date,” began its online duties in quickly across the region,” Tang notes. Galaxy Note 7,” several Korean media outlets quoted like tools. It was approved by the Cham- the crime. June this year. The cable operates by “It should also improve the reliability sources from Samsung Electronics as saying. ber of Deputies’ Committee on Science Writing to Google chief executive beaming light to transfer data, result- and consistency of this speedier expe- Samsung SDI is claimed to have supplied up to and Technology, Communication and Larry Page, Beck says that Waze “poses ing in speeds of up to 60TB. rience, since the cable was strategically 70% of batteries used in the Galaxy Note7, while the Informatics last week. a danger to the lives of police officers in As one of the cable’s six FASTER Con- built outside of tsunami zones to help remaining were supplied by Hong Kong-based Am- The changes - which are partly based the United States.” sortium members, Google has access to prevent network outages related to perex Technology, which is a unit of Japan’s TDK Corp. on the Marco Civil da Internet, Brazil’s The company has since responded, 10TB of this capability. The other mem- natural disasters.” For its part, Amperex has made it clear that it only “Internet Constitution” - would also re- saying that “police partners support bers of the consortium are China Mo- Google says that increased rates of supplied batteries for Galaxy Note7 units sold in Chi- quire that social networks like Facebook Waze and its features, including reports bile International, China Telecom Global, Internet adoption -- and thereby data na, the only region which is unaffected by the recall. remove any content that users might of police presence, because most users Global Transit, KDDI and SingTel. demands -- across Asia has prompted In case you missed, Samsung smartphone business post to inform others of where radars tend to drive more carefully when they The cable connects the United the company to invest more heavily in head Koh Dong Jin recently said that the recall will cost the are or if there are any police operations believe law enforcement is nearby.” States and Japan, and now, Taiwan is the region’s Internet infrastructure. company a “heartbreaking amount,” with analysts saying happening on roads or highways. (Source:Business insider) also on the grid largely thanks to one (Source: zdnet) that the figure could be somewhere around $1 billion.

BisPhone Plus new version coupled with native MINISTRY OF ENERGY GUILAN REGIONAL ELECTRIC COMPANYGILREC protocol to be launched First Announcement Invitation for Prequalification, International Tender No 95120033

Guilan Regional Electric Company (GILREC), intends to prequalify bidders for engineering, procurementt andd financefi By Shataw Naseri of a package of projects comprising Transmission and Sub Transmission Substations, Dispatching Center and Transmission Lines and Underground Cables at 63 and 230 kV voltage levels, during 18 calendar months and through ehdi Davari Langeroudi, BisPhone Com- a limited two stage tender. pany CEO, said that with the launch of M Interested applicants can receive prequalification documents, with due consideration of the following points: IXPs as well as Iran’s National Information Network, the infrastructure barriers to develop do- 1- The proposed finance shall be approved by Central Bank of Iran (CBI). mestic social networks have almost been removed. 2- The law of maximum use of Iranian Technical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Industrial and Executive Capability, BisPhone is a paramount communication solution shall be observed. provider on mobile network in Iran. Langeroudi added that the new version of BisPhone’s The eligible applicants may obtain documents on the submission of a written application during working office hours messaging app called BisPhone Plus would be launched from Sept. 10th, 2016 to Oct. 10th, 2016 in the following addresses: in the late September or October, serving 50 million 1- Guilan Regional Electric Company, office of the finance deputy managing director, Imam Khomeini Ave. Ghods users. Crossroad, Rasht, I.R.Iran He noted, “some native protocol was designed formation. But if we appreciate the value of informa- and implemented by BisPhone Co. for BisPhone Plus,” tion, certain percentage of our national security will 2- Ghods Niroo Engineering Company, No. 82, Motahari Ave., Tehran, I.R.Iran remarking that the protocol is unknown, is less likely be kept, at least.” Meanwhile, the above information is available at: Internet web sites of Guilan Regional Electric Company: www.gilrec.co.ir Telegram boasts accurate statistics as well as ro- to be attacked and is highly secure. or Tavanir Company: www.tavanir.org.ir and National database portal of Iran tender’s information at: http://iets.mporg.ir. “We are endeavoring to get the necessary permits bust analyses of the Iranian users and their condi- for stickers and channels and we would try to make tions. The authorities are so busy that they don’t per- Applications for prequalification received in soft copy shall be filled in, printed and signed and sealed and be submitted in the channels free, like Telegram,” Langeroudi stated. ceive the importance of social networks, according sealed envelopes to the above address item 1, against a written receipt, up to saturday Dec. 10th, 2016 2:00 P.M (14:00) and BisPhone CEO remarked that 30% of the coun- to Langeroudi. be clearly marked as: “Engineering, procurement and finance (EPF) of Transmission and Sub Transmission Substations, try’s bandwidth is consumed by Telegram, WhatsApp “We are better to provide certain services, for Dispatching Center and Transmission Lines and Underground Cables at 63 and 230 kV voltage levels”. and other messengers. “Here, we have to purchase example, e-government services, to the domestic Note that: applications received after that date will be considered disqualified. bandwidth, however, if using domestic messaging messaging apps which the foreign ones lack” he said, apps, we could provide the service, a good deal of stressing that BisPhone app as well as its protocol are Guilan Regional Electric Company will scrutinize the received documents in accordance with rules and regulations and exchange might be saved,” he said. essentially native and they are to maintain the users’ will conduct prequalification of the applicants through procedures and qualified firms will be invited to receive tender “The foreign messengers’ revenue is in two ways, private security. documents. firstly, through selling information and secondly, “Messaging apps have to belong to the private It shall be taken for granted that providing and presenting above mentioned documents will grant no rights to the through spy agencies’ supports,” the CEO noted, sector as their affiliation with any government or- applicants to be invited to tender. The cost of this tender notice shall be borne by successful bidder. adding, “the foreign messengers don’t seek our in- ganization renders the entire project fail,” BisPhone Guilan Regional Electric Company formation, but we simply provide them with our in- CEO claimed. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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FEATURE G20 a success for China, Resuming war against illegal immigrants but hard issues kicked down the road By Wesley Pruden

onald Trump resumed his war on immigrants with a Dvengeance last week, broadening his mass deporta- tion plan for illegal Hispanics and promising to build a massive wall along our border with Mexico. After much speculation that he would be “softening” his fiery anti-immigration policies, Mr. Trump doubled down on the issue to reassure supporters who feared he was about to pull back from his get-tough agenda. “There will be no amnesty,” he declared at a rally in Phoe- nix, adding that “no one will be immune or exempt from en- forcement.” He would force Mexico to pay for the 2,200-mile wall whose estimated costs would be in the tens of billions of dollars. He would cut off federal funds to any “sanctuary city” in the U.S. that seeks to protect illegals. He would create a “new special deportation” police force, triple the number of federal agents who enforce immigration laws, and sharply reduce all existing legal immigration levels. By Ben Blanchard “In order to build an inclusive, rule- official said. together to address excess steel capacity. There would be tough new regulations on businesses hina is lauding its successful host- based and open world economy, protec- A big concern for foreign investors in For countries like Britain, whose steel in- to more tightly screen employees for any illegals on their ing of the G20 summit in scenic tionism must be prevented from eroding China is what they see as the increasing dustry crisis has been directly blamed on a payroll. And while he focused going after any illegals who C the foundation for a faster and healthier difficulty of doing business in China, driv- flood of cheap Chinese imports, the issue Hangzhou, with open confronta- committed crimes, he made it clear he will also go after tion largely avoided and broad consen- economic recovery.” en by concern that new laws and policies is key. undocumented migrants who had never been in trouble sus reached over the fragile state of the In the run-up to G20, China has been are seeking to effectively shut out for- Importance of working together with the law. global economy and the need for a wide particularly upset by what it sees as un- eigners or make life very hard for them. An official from British Prime Minister “If we only enforce the laws against crime, then we have range of policies to fix it. warranted suspicion of its overseas in- “President Xi accurately raised the alarm Theresa May’s office said they and the an open border to the entire world,” he said. There was even a joint announce- vestment agenda smacking of protec- on the need to counter the increase in pro- United States had pushed for language He isn’t going after just the adult illegals who snuck ment by China and United States that tionism and paranoia. tectionism around the world,” said James in the communique on the importance of across the border, but also parents of children who were they would ratify the Paris climate change A few weeks before the summit, Aus- Zimmerman, chairman of the American working together at G20 to tackle excess born here and thus are legal citizens, and the dreamers agreement, a significant step for the tralia blocked the A$10 billion ($7.63 bil- Chamber of Commerce in China. production. who were on their high school honor roll and planned to world’s two biggest emitters of green- lion) sale of the country’s biggest energy “But actions speak louder than words “We have, despite resistance from go to college. house gases. grid to Chinese bidders, while Britain de- and the ball is in China’s court to imple- some countries, secured some language Clearly, Mr. Trump’s change in tone from a week ago, when But scratch beneath the surface, and layed a $24 billion Chinese-invested nu- ment its own needed domestic reforms on the importance of doing that,” the of- he and top aides talked of a less severe approach toward il- the gathering of the world’s most power- clear project. and to provide greater market access for ficial said. legal immigrants, was an attempt to reassure his legions of ful leaders was not all plain sailing - from Behind the scenes, Western countries foreign goods, services and technology.” Asked if China was one of those resist- fans as polls showed him losing support in key states. the distraction of a North Korean missile have been accusing China of not sticking And calls to utilize innovation as an ing, she just repeated “in the face of some But there were huge holes in Mr. Trump’s presentation that test to the failure of the United States and to its own goals. economic driver should reflect policies that resistance”. raised profound questions about delivering on his plan to Russia to reach agreement over Syria, Before the summit, European G20- encourage an environment promoting fair Another shadow over the G20 has been deport between 11 and 12 million illegal migrants and build and diplomatic faux pas to double speak sources doubted that the Chinese agen- and market-driven innovation that is open the rise of popular opposition to free trade his Berlin-style wall. over protectionism. da would mark a real new chapter to to all participants, and not just a few do- and globalization, embodied by phenom- First and foremost, he ignores Congress’ role in all of this. Basking in glory of summit create more sustainable growth for the mestic champions, Zimmerman said. enon like Britain’s summer vote to leave Not only does it have sole Constitutional authority to reform Chinese state media, while largely global economy. Several diplomats familiar with the the European Union and Donald Trump our immigration laws, it has repeatedly attempted to legis- basking in the glory of a summit that China, asking in public for more open- summit said China had resisted the idea becoming the Republican presidential can- late a path to legalization for law-abiding migrants, though it happened without being too overshad- ness and steps to counter protectionism, of putting steel on the final communique, didate in the United States. failed to muster a majority in either chamber. owed by disputes such as the South Chi- is still giving Western investors only very though it did make an appearance in the “We agree with the G20’s analysis Is Mr. Trump planning to impose his get-tough immigra- na Sea, also let slip Beijing’s frustrations at limited access to their market, a European end with G20 leaders pledging to work that the benefits of trade and open tion plan through an executive order or decree, like some what it sees as Western efforts to stymie markets must be communicated to the Latin American dictator, ignoring Congress? He doesn’t say its economic ambitions. Another shadow over the G20 has been the rise of wider public more effectively,” said John Danilovich, Secretary General of the so, but it sounds like he sees Capitol ill as an irrelevant. “For the world’s major developed popular opposition to free trade and globalization, What about Mr. Trump’s repeated pledge to build a wall economies, they should curb rising pro- Paris-based International Chamber of across our southern border and force Mexico to pay for it? tectionism and dismantle anti-trade embodied by phenomenon like Britain’s summer Commerce. Costly barrier measures as economic isolationism is not vote to leave the European Union and Donald “It’s vital that business and govern- “And who’s going to pay for this wall?” he asks his fans at a solution to sluggish growth,” China’s Trump becoming the Republican presidential ments work together to explain how and all of his rallies. “Mexico,” they reply in lockstep, without ques- official Xinhua news agency said late on why trade matters for all.” (Source: Reuters) tioning how he’s going to force a sovereign nation to pay for Monday. candidate in the United States. such a huge and costly barrier that it opposes. There’s an old saying that if a claim sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and that certainly applies to Mr. Trump’s German caution, French decisiveness: How Brexit affects EU defense policy preposterous boast that Mexico will do what he tells them to do. should also know that if they give up on shaping the After Mr. Trump’s hasty, one-hour meeting Wednesday ARTICLE world, the world will shape them -- and that should with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a reporter asked By Jean-Marie Guéhenno be of particular concern to Europe given its neighbor- the bombastic billionaire at a joint news conference if they hood. had talked about his plan to make Mexico foot the bill for The EU will not flourish if the world fundamentally di- the wall. verges from the model it has created. How, without the “We didn’t discuss that,” Mr. Trump replied. full participation of the UK, it can acquire the strategic That isn’t exactly true. After their meeting, Mr. Pena Ni- hat’s next for the European Union after Brexit? clout to prevent such an evolution, is its most pressing eto tweeted “At the beginning of the conversation with WWhen it comes to defense policy, Germany strategic challenge. Donald Trump I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for and France need to step up to the plate. For 2. What might a solution look like? the wall.” Germany this will mean greater spending -- and more The negative consequences of Brexit are obvious, Later, Mr. Trump confessed, well, yes, “We did discuss the foreign deployments. but the EU must seize the opportunities it offers. Too wall. We didn’t discuss payment of the wall. That’ll be for a How should the European Union reform itself after often, Britain has served as a convenient excuse for later date.” the shock of Brexit? As part of a loose series, we asked the lack of progress of European institutions, including But it did enter the discussion because Mr. Pena Nieto said economists, researchers and intellectuals three ques- A German soldier in Afghanistan in 2013 in the area of defense. UK opposition to the develop- he brought up the wall and Mr. Trump’s payment claim right tions: ment of the EU’s defense dimension has provided an off the bat. 1. What is the problem? opment aid and economic ties to ensure its security. For alibi, allowing Europeans to minimize the hard securi- The national news media hasn’t delved into Mr. 2. What might a solution look like? a while, the EU had convinced itself that soft power alone ty component of the “comprehensive approach” which Trump’s payment threat in any detail, but the former 3. Who would need to do what? could be enough to export stability and create a peaceful is rightly a centerpiece of the German white paper on reality TV star has the screwy idea of seizing billions of Today’s contribution comes from Jean-Marie Guéhen- and stable neighborhood. But in today’s world, hard power defense and High Representative for Foreign Affairs dollars that many illegals regularly send to their families no, the head of the International Crisis Group. matters. Certainly it needs to be deployed in support of and Security Policy Federica Mogherini’s recently-is- back home. 1. What is the problem? a well-thought-through political strategy -- the chaos in sued global strategy. And he would continue doing so, until Mexico agreed to Can the European Union (EU) be a strategic player with- Libya tells a cautionary tale of European countries willing to NATO has been another excuse -- as if a strong pay for the wall. I think it’s called extortion. out the United Kingdom? In 2015, Britain had the largest use hard power without focusing on the political aftermath. NATO could exist without a strong EU. The remain- “We will build a great wall along the southern border,” Mr. military budget of the European Union, followed by France In a recent report, the International Crisis Group warned ing members of the EU must stop hiding behind such Trump declared once again at Wednesday night’s rally to and Germany. It has first-rate defense companies using cut- against such a narrow approach to security and stressed alibis, and demonstrate that they are getting seri- thunderous cheers and applause. “And Mexico will pay for ting-edge technology. It is one of only two European pow- the importance of a political strategy built on field-based ous about defense as a necessary complement to a the wall.” ers in possession of a nuclear deterrent, and has significant knowledge and effective diplomacy. But a political posture broader political approach. Effectively implementing a Package of issues force projection capacity. On the soft-power side, the UK that is not backed by hard power is hollow. Putin’s actions in few well-chosen projects will not address all the chal- Before Mr. Trump declared his presidential candidacy last has been one of the few European countries to meet the Ukraine, the Islamic State’s (the terrorist group) activities in lenges faced by Europe, but can help create momen- year, he sought out a small band of hardcore conservative 0.7 percent target for official development aid. the Middle East and North Africa, and the spreading insta- tum and lay the foundations for a credible European strategists to come up with a package of issues that would Whichever way you look at it, there is no doubt that Brit- bility in the Sahel, with its attendant risks of unmanageable strategic posture. Some should be chosen for their catapult him to the frontrunner in the race. ain makes a considerable contribution to the strategic clout flows of migrants into Europe should be heard as wake-up long-term implications, some for the shorter-term No issue tested more strongly than illegal immigration of Europe. There is also no doubt that Britain’s departure calls. Moreover, this more threatening environment is taking message they will send that Europe is a provider of among the GOP’s conservative base and that has become and the risk of further disintegration of the EU deals a po- shape as uncertainty grows over the future of U.S. engage- security and not a source of insecurity. his dominant issue throughout this campaign. tentially devastating blow to one of the pillars of European ment in Europe and the world at large. Among the longer-term projects, the integration But among the American electorate at large, every poll soft power: its own example of successful integration. While Donald Trump may not become the next presi- of Europe’s defense industry is a top priority. Govern- still shows that the overall economy, jobs, government mis- At the same time, Britain as a member of the EU has dent of the U.S., his discourse reflects a changing mood ments need to stop supporting national champions, management and a $20 trillion national debt remain the made a point of limiting as much as possible the devel- among Americans, who -- just like Europeans -- are tempt- and instead back the creation of European defense leading concerns of most Americans. opment of a European defense identity. It has prioritized ed to hunker down behind borders, wary of foreign en- companies with the resources to build genuine centers There are new signs that Mr. Trump’s over-the-top NATO and bilateral cooperation with France (the Lan- gagements and focused on their own domestic challenges. of excellence. Such consolidation will be less difficult if focus on illegal immigration isn’t the winning issue he caster House treaties of 2010) at the expense of the EU, It’s unclear to the West and Europe how they can the European Defense Agency is empowered to play thinks it is. and has obstructed the development of the European make the world stable and democratic. However, they a greater role in defense procurement -- harmonizing Those signs came in Tuesday’s Republican primaries Defense Agency. And it has not always used its own de- procurement cycles, avoiding the proliferation of costly where Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. John McCain fense capacities wisely. As the two EU nations with national specifications, supporting a European defense of Arizona — each of whom were challenged by Republican In the Iraq war, it sided -- with disastrous results -- with market with effective protection of strategic capacities, hard-liners — handily won their renomination contests. Both the United States. In Libya it joined France to push the U.S. the strongest militaries once and managing a Europe-wide export policy. of them are pro-immigration reformers who have kept their into a war that eventually toppled Moammar Gadhafi, but Britain leaves, France and Among the shorter-term projects, an integrated Eu- distance from Mr. Trump. with an end-result that is also highly problematic. So, while Germany will have a decisive ropean border force, going beyond the coordination When all the votes are tallied in November, exit polls will the UK is undoubtedly a critical component of the Europe- and support role of Frontex and with a coast guard com- show that hard-working illegal immigrants were not the win- an strategic equation, it has rarely been a useful contributor role to play in shaping the ponent, would demonstrate to the European public that ning issue Mr. Trump thought they would be. to a European strategic posture. (Source: The Washington Times) strategic posture of the EU. the EU can secure its external borders while keeping its And yet, the EU cannot rely only on dialogue, devel- internal borders open. 13 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 7,7, 22016016 ENERGY http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy 7

Iran eyes generating 7GW NEWS Azerbaijan, Iran discuss renewable electricity by 2030 technical gas purchase Azerbaijan’s state energy giant SOCAR, is in talks with ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran plans to generate 7 Iran on the purchase of technical gas to fill Azerbaijan’s deskgigawatts (MW) of electricity from re- underground gas storage facilities, President of SOCAR newable sources by 2030, IRIB news agency quoted Iranian Rovnag Abdullayev told reporters on September 5. Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian as saying on Monday. Abdullayev mentioned that the issue was high on According to the report, Chitchian who was speaking agenda during the visit of Iran’s President Hassan Rou- at the 3rd international conference and exhibition of solar hani to Azerbaijan. energy in Tehran, also mentioned that the country plans The gas purchase will enable us to increase the vol- to add 100MW of electricity generated through renewa- ume of its injection into reservoirs, as well as to test the bles to the grid by the end of the current Iranian calendar capacity of our gas storage facilities, he said earlier, add- year (March 20, 2017), of which 70 MW will be from solar ing that currently, capacity of storages nears 3.5 billion energy. cubic meters (bcm), but in theory, it is possible to in- Touching upon the guaranteed purchase of electricity crease it to more than 5 bcm. generated through renewable energy, the minister said Iran’s gas production in winter is less than the con- that to support the producers and private sector inves- sumption in the country. But in summer Iran produces tors, the government has offered various programs in- several billion cubic meters of surplus gas. The country cluding guaranteed power purchasing, holding tenders, stores some of the surplus gas in Shoorijeh and Sarajeh and welcoming private sector investors in a variety of gas storage facilities. areas. Moreover, Azerbaijan also needs technical gas to Further in his remarks Chitchian assured investors and check capacity of its storages. producers about financial support and noted that the En- Two underground gas storage facilities (Garadag and ergy Ministry has no problem regarding the payments and Kalmaz), which belong to SOCAR’s Azneft syndicate play finance related to the renewable contractors. a major role in ensuring a steady year-round supply He also said that there will be no change in the power of gas in Azerbaijan. Kalmaz storage is located 75 km purchase prices at least not until the end of Iranian calendar southeast of Baku and was put into operation in 1955, year of 1396 (March 2018). cent for those companies that use local technologies domestic production and explained that the ministry while Garadag storage is located 25 km southeast of The minister also emphasized the importance of and equipment. will raise guaranteed purchase price by up to 30 per- Baku and it was launched in 1954. Abdullayev also mentioned that such negotiations [testing of capacity of storage facilities] were also held Iran plans to complete new oil export terminal by year-end with the Russian Gazprom company, however SOCAR was not satisfied with conditions of the Russian side. Iran expects to complete a pipeline and ar program. Tehran’s moves to recoup market ports to Europe without the facilities, He added that SOCAR already sent its offers to Gaz- a terminal to export a new grade of “As soon as (the pipeline and termi- share, lost under international sanc- Ghamasari said. Low freight rates have prom, but no talks are being held currently. crude by year-end, boosting the coun- nal are) completed, we will be able to tions, have paid off in Asia with July also reduced the cost of shipping Irani- Director General of the Gazprom Transgaz Makhachka- try’s drive to ramp up oil production to segregate and export this crude,” Seyed crude imports up 61 percent at 1.64 an crude to Europe, he added. la OJSC Alexander Astanin earlier said that his company pre-sanctions levels. Mohsen Ghamsari, director for interna- million bpd from a year ago. In Iran, NIOC will reduce its gasoline was holding talks regarding the supply of 3-5 bcm of gas A senior official from the National Ira- tional affairs at the National Iranian Oil Still, crude exports to Asia and Eu- imports and condensate exports once per year to Azerbaijan. nian Oil Company said late on Monday Company, told Reuters. rope, Iran’s key markets, are expected the first phase of its Persian Gulf refin- Abdullayev earlier said that gas swap with Gazprom that the terminal near Kharg Island in the Initial production of the new grade to stabilize in September after sharp ery starts up by end-March 2017, he would enable Azerbaijan to ensure the gas supply to Persian Gulf would be ready to export may be just under 300,000 barrels per rises in the first half. said. southern regions of Russia and to test its own gas stor- the new grade of crude, known as West day, making it key in boosting Iranian For Iranian crude exports to Asia Gasoline imports have fallen this age facilities as well as, in case of a consistently high Karoon, after the facilities were complet- production, he said. The grade was “there won’t be significant change from year as Iran uses more compressed level of injection into them, to reduce the volume of ex- ed “sometime by the end of this year”. originally expected to be introduced to July”, Ghamsari said. He expects Sep- natural gas to fuel cars, Ghamsari said traction of associated gas at the Azeri -Chirag- Guneshli, Iran oil officials have said it will be the market earlier this year. tember exports to Europe to rise to without providing volumes. and to pump it to the maximum extent to reservoirs to ready to enter talks on a possible oil The crude blend will be of similar 500,000 bpd, up 100,000 bpd from July. Separately, NIOC increased fuel oil increase oil output at the block. supply freeze with other OPEC mem- quality to Iraq’s Basra Heavy crude, Iran remains in talks with Arab Pe- exports this year to meet robust de- Gas production forecast for 2016 stands at the level bers once it returns output to levels with an API gravity of between 22 and troleum Pipelines Company (SUMED) mand, especially for the straight-run of 5.6 bcm while the level forecast for 2017-2018 is 5.8 before sanctions were imposed on its 26 degrees and a sulfur content higher to lease storage tanks, although the 280-centistoke grade, he said. bcm. crude imports over the country’s nucle- than 2 percent. producer has been able to increase ex- (Source: Reuters) (Source: Azernews) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Fast full body circuit workout HAVE YOUR VEGGIE Feel the burn with these 6 moves and build strength and endurance Bell pepper By Elizabeth Quinn Work the abs and core with this unique leg lift and sit up combination. Beginners This moderate to advanced circuit work- can do short repetitions and try to lift up out routine can give you a full body work- and hold for a quick touch, and as you out that gets your heart pounding and get stronger, you can attempt to hold the your muscles burning. You’ll need a bit of position longer. Holding the position also floor space, a few dumbbells, an exercise requires balance and stability. Practice ball, a pull up bar and a timer. controlling to movement in a slow, steady Start with a short warm up, and then pace and avoid bouncing or jerking up do 60 second intervals of each exercise and down. with a 10 second gap for transitioning to Side planks the next exercise. Aim for a 20 minute Finish the routine with side planks. workout for beginners and then ramp This really counts as two exercises, be- it up to 30 or more minutes as you get cause you’ll need to hold the position more fit. for up to 60 seconds on both sides. Be- For the more ambitious, add a 30-60 ginners may need to take little breaks second round of rope jumping between to fill the whole minute, but as you get Bell peppers are mild and can jazz up a salad in an instant, each exercise and you will keep you heart stronger, hold the position longer until lend a perky crunch to your pizza, and taste fantastic when rate elevated the whole time and boost you can do 60 seconds. You can also roasted. Here is a list of its health benefits: your endurance. make this harder by holding the posi- Low in calories Finish with a nice relaxed foam roller tion while on your elbow rather than on Contain plenty of vitamin C, particularly the red bell pepper session and you will have a complete you hand. 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You can keep you can and slowly lower you self to start and rebound back to the ground and used, the number of repetitions you Reduce bad cholesterol it basic b holding one position, or make building strength. right back up again. It all depends on complete, the speed that you perform Control diabetes it far more difficult by doing small rolling As you get stronger, you can vary your your ability so do what works for you. each exercise and a variety of other Bring relief from pain circles, rolling left and right or rolling for- hand position from wider to narrower, Progress over time. factors. The key to getting a good cir- Ease inflammation ward and back. To make it a bit easier, you and hand grip from overhand to under- Lat rows cuit workout is to maintain your form can spread your feet wider, and to make hand. 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For beginners, more fit and more comfortable, raise your one-minute interval. save it for the next workout. pets’ drugs start with a basic hang—use assistance (a the box height, and change the pace of V sits (Source: verywell.com) A small percentage of Americans take their pets’ medication, according to a study published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 10 major types of diseases The study, which measured how many Americans take antibiotics without a prescription, came across the disturb- By Diane Helentjaris stream with wide-ranging effects. For example, diabetes ing information by accident. When asked where they got the occurs when insulin from the pancreas can no longer non-prescribed drugs, 4 percent of participants skipped past More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek doctor Hippo- effectively regulate glucose. Cushing’s disease of the the family and old prescription options and wrote in that they crates began categorizing diseases in a scientific way. adrenal glands and hyperthyroidism are also endocrine got them from their pets. This practice continues into modern times. The World disorders. Dr. Barbara Trautner, a co-author of the study, told CNN Health Organization’s current disease classification sys- Infectious and parasitic diseases she understood why some would take their pets’ medicines, tem can be summarized in 10 broad areas. Historically, infectious diseases such as tuberculosis given the high cost of prescription drugs. But she empha- Heart, lung and other organ diseases have played a major role in human health. Even today, sized that it’s a bad idea. The No. 1 killer of Americans, according to the Cent- according to the National Institutes of Health, more peo- “We metabolize things differently than animals do, and ers for Disease Control and Prevention, is heart disease. ple die worldwide of infectious diseases than any other these drugs are formulated for animals,” she said. Heart attacks, coronary heart disease and conges- cause. Bacteria, viruses and parasites all contribute to The study found that of the 400 people surveyed, 5 per- tive heart failure are all common. Lung diseases, such this toll. cent said they had taken off-prescription antibiotics in the as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, also cause Pregnancy and childbirth-related diseases past year, and more than 25 percent said they intended to many deaths. Causes of these ailments, as well as those The number of babies, out of those born alive, who take some in the future. is the top cause of cancer deaths in both sexes. of other organs, include inherited conditions, infections survive to age 1 is a critical health measure. The U.S. in- (Source: The Daily Beast) and trauma. Injury fant mortality rate lags behind other industrialized coun- Blood and immune system diseases Injury ranks first as a killer of persons age 1 to 44, ac- tries. More than one-third of these deaths, according to In a CDC report, anemia was named the leading rea- cording to the CDC. The risk for injury varies with age. For the CDC, are related to premature birth, which is often son for more than 200,000 emergency room visits and example, poisoning is a particular hazard for toddlers while related to other problems during pregnancy. nearly 400,000 hospitalizations. The National Institutes of older adults are at a higher risk of fall-related injuries. Motor Inherited Diseases Prevent carbon monoxide Health noted that about 5 to 8 percent of Americans are vehicle crashes, while decreasing in frequency at the time of Inherited diseases can be the result of a single gene (CO) poisoning affected by an autoimmune disease. Among the most publication, continue to threaten all age groups. abnormality -- such as sickle cell disease or Down’s syn- prevalent are type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and Brain and nervous system diseases drome -- or from the interplay of multiple genes. Neural With the fall season right psoriasis. Immune system problems may be congenital Brain and nervous system illnesses can appear at any tube defects and hip dysplasia involve multiple genes. around the corner, re- or, as in the case of AIDS, acquired. age. Spina bifida, which is associated with inadequate Environmentally-acquired diseases member to check the bat- Cancer folic acid intake in a pregnant woman’s diet, is present at Environmental health effects can be immediate, such teries in your carbon mon- The CDC lists cancer in second place as a cause of birth. Alzheimer’s dementia, like schizophrenia, arises in as heat wave-related deaths or carbon monoxide poi- oxide (CO) detector. If you death in the U.S. Although breast cancer is the most adults, has a genetic component and is associated with soning. Others, such as skin cancer, take years to evolve. don’t have a battery-pow- common cancer found in women, and prostate cancer physical changes in the brain. And others, such DES-related tumors, may only show up ered or battery back-up the most common in men, lung cancer is the deadliest. Endocrine system diseases in later generations. CO alarm, now is a great Lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, Endocrine glands secrete hormones into the blood- (Source: livestrong.com) time to buy one. At least 430 people die each year in the United States from Homemade facial masks: 9 recipes that work unintentional, non-fire re- lated CO poisoning. By Taylor Shea enough water to form a thick paste. Thor- CO is found in fumes oughly coat your face with the mixture, let produced by furnaces, ve- Forget spending time and money at dry completely, and then rinse with warm hicles, portable generators, your local spa. The secret to great skin is water. Your face will feel fresh and reju- stoves, lanterns, gas ranges, or burning charcoal or wood. CO as close as your kitchen! Pamper your- venated. from these sources can build up in enclosed or partially en- self with these simple, homemade facial Oatmeal closed spaces. People and animals in these spaces can be poi- masks. If you’re looking for a quick pick-me- soned and can die from breathing CO. Banana up that will leave you feeling and look- When power outages occur during emergencies such as Who needs Botox when you have ba- ing better, give yourself an oatmeal facial. hurricanes or winter storms, the use of alternative sources of nanas? That’s right: You can use a banana Combine 1/2 cup hot—not boiling—wa- power for heating, cooling, or cooking can cause CO to build as an all-natural, homemade facial mask ter and 1/3 cup oatmeal. After the water up in a home, garage, or camper and to poison the people that moisturizes your skin and leaves and oatmeal have settled for two or three and animals inside. it looking and feeling softer. Mash up a minutes, mix in 2 tablespoons plain yo- You can prevent carbon monoxide exposure medium-sized ripe banana into a smooth gurt, 2 tablespoons honey, and 1 small Do paste, then gently apply it to your face egg white. Apply a thin layer of the mask Have your heating system, water heater and any and neck. Let it set for 10 to 20 minutes, to your face, and let it sit for 10 to 15 min- other gas, oil, or coal burning appliances serviced by a quali- then rinse it off with cold water. Another utes. Then rinse with warm water. (Be sure fied technician every year. popular mask recipe calls for 1/4 cup plain to place a metal or plastic strainer in your Install a battery-operated CO detector in your home yogurt, 2 tablespoons honey (a natural sink to avoid clogging the drain with the and check or replace the battery when you change the time acne remedy), and 1 medium banana. granules.) on your clocks each spring and fall. If the detector sounds, Apple cider vinegar Mayonnaise leave your home immediately and call 911. Using vinegar as a skin toner dates Why waste money on expensive it sit for about 20 minutes. For a revital- moisturizes by mixing the juice from 1 Seek prompt medical attention if you suspect CO back to the time of Helen of Troy, and creams when you can treat yourself to izing facial mask, mix 1 teaspoon plain lemon with 1/4 cup olive oil or sweet al- poisoning and are feeling dizzy, light-headed, or nauseous. it’s just as effective today. After you wash a soothing homemade facial mask with yogurt with the juice from 1/4 slice of mond oil. Don’t your face, mix 1 tablespoon apple cider whole-egg mayonnaise from your own orange, some of the orange pulp, and Egg Run a car or truck inside a garage attached to your vinegar with 2 cups water as a finishing refrigerator? Gently spread the mayon- 1 teaspoon aloe. Leave the mixture on For a little pampering, head to the re- house, even if you leave the door open. rinse to cleanse and tighten your skin. naise over your face and leave it on for your face for at least five minutes before frigerator and grab an egg. If you have Burn anything in a stove or fireplace that isn’t vented. You can also create a homemade facial about 20 minutes. Then wipe it off and rinsing it off. dry skin that needs moisturizing, separate Heat your house with a gas oven. mask by mixing 1/4 cup cider vinegar with rinse with cool water. Your face will feel Mustard the egg and beat the yolk. Oily skin takes Use a generator, charcoal grill, camp stove, or other gasoline or 1/4 cup water. Gently apply the solution to clean and smooth. Pat your face with mild yellow mustard the egg white, to which a bit of lemon or charcoal-burning device inside your home, basement, or garage or your face and let it dry. Yogurt for a bracing facial that will soothe and honey can be added. For normal skin, use outside less than 20 feet from a window, door, or vent. Milk You don’t have to go to a spa to stimulate your skin. Try it on a small test the entire egg. Apply the beaten egg, re- CO poisoning is entirely preventable. You can protect Here’s another way to give yourself a give your face a quick assist. To cleanse area first to make sure it won’t irritate. lax and wait 30 minutes, then rinse. You’ll yourself and your family by acting wisely in case of a power fancy spa facial at home. Make a mask your skin and tighten the pores, slather Lemon love your new fresh face. outage and learning the symptoms of CO poisoning. by mixing 1/4 cup powdered milk with some plain yogurt on your face and let Create a facial that both exfoliates and (Source: www.rd.com) (Source: cdc.gov) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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By Maryam Azish ollowing the removal of sanc- Ftions against Tehran, the trades between Iran and other coun- Iran-ASEAN ties tries have been thrived and this new economic development presents enormous opportunities for the Is- lamic Republic and its trade allies. From mid-January 2016 onwards, flourishing the huge frozen assets of Iran in other countries are flowing back ful economic bloc, Foreign Minister inside the country; undoubtedly Mohammad Javad Zarif is slated to fuel the trading activities for mega visit Laos on Sept 6 to sign a docu- infrastructure development spill- ment on Iran’s accession to the ing across all sectors of industries Treaty of Amity & Cooperation (TAC) including like oil and gas, railways, in ASEAN which is considered as a minerals, etc. peace treaty among Southeast Asian In a meantime, in the current sys- countries established by the found- peaceful settlement of differences joined to make the members 36 tems, intentional organizations are ing members of this geo-political and the principle of noninterference. countries. creating stability and paving the way and economic organization. The purpose of this Treaty is to pro- Iran’s Request for Acceding for fostering relations among gov- The Islamic Republic of Iran has mote perpetual peace, everlasting to TAC ernments. been agreed to join to ASEAN’s TAC amity and cooperation among their In July, Iran’s request to accede to In this regard, Association of which highlights a step further to peoples which would contribute to TAC was approved by the ASEAN in Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) tackle Iranophobia. their strength, solidarity and closer the 49th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting plays a pivotal role as one of the TAC was signed by founding relationship. in Vientiane, Laos. foremost regional organizations in countries Indonesia, Malaysia, Thai- The signatories of the treaty ex- In their joint communique, the terms of political, economic and se- land, the Philippines, and Singapore tend cooperation in different fields ASEAN foreign ministers hailed curity trends and can offer economic in 1976. further especially in economics and the ‘growing interest of other non- and welfare goals in the region Other ASEAN members joined peace and stability, while respect- ASEAN Member States to accede to through achieving its basic goals. tal, Vienna, on July 14. with other non-member countries ing independence, territorial integ- the TAC’, adding the interest ‘reflects Following the nuclear deal Since its inception in 1967, ASE- and its ties with Iran, the role of the rity and national sovereignty, equal- their political will and commitment clinched between Iran and the P5+1, AN which is considered as the most organization in Iran’s foreign policy ity, and national identity of member to cooperate with ASEAN in the fur- all members of the Association of significant multilateral group in Asia is foreseeable for the economic and states. The Article 18 of the treaty therance of peace and security in Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the past forty-five years, has welfare needs and political influence provides the possibilities to other the region.’ have thrown their weight behind largely achieved its initial purpose of in the region. countries (than members) to join the In all, the economic relations be- Tehran over the Islamic Republic’s preventing Southeast Asia from fur- Thanks to its geopolitical posi- treaty; two amendments to Article tween Iran and the ASEAN countries nuclear energy program. ther outbreaks of war following the tion, Iran is considered as a major 18 in 1987 and 1998 were steps to could be considered as a step toward The foreign ministers of the ASE- Indochina Wars. regional country that enjoys amica- centralize ASEAN in regional and making a regional economic system, AN countries, along with Australia, The bloc that includes Brunei, ble relations with Asian countries. international developments, and hence, the Islamic Republic’s relations India, Japan, New Zealand and South Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malay- In a meantime, Iran always has made accession by other countries with the members of this largest un- Korea, in a joint statement hailed the sia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, announced its determination to provided that member states agree ion in Asia are considerable. move as an “important resolution” the Philippines and Vietnam has open a new chapter in cooperation the accession. Thanks to the cultural and reli- the finalization of the Joint Compre- also accomplished several notable with ASEAN and considers expan- In addition to 10 member states gious commonalities with Iran, the hensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by achievements in the economic and sion of ties with this economic bloc the TAC later to promote the treaty of ASEAN, 22 countries and the EU ASEAN members enjoy good op- Iran and the P5+1 – Britain, China, nonproliferation realms. as a priority for its foreign policy. to an agenda for ASEAN member has joined the treaty. In Laos meet- portunities for mutual interaction France, Russia and the United States Iran’s Foreign Policy In an indication of fostering rela- states to regulate their conduct ing in June 2016, 4 other countries with the Islamic Republic. plus Germany – in the Austrian capi- In spite of ASEAN relationship tions between Iran and this power- through a general emphasis on

NEWS Black lives matter and Palestine: a historic alliance UK G20 delegation By Hamid Dabashi warned against new generation of civil rights uprising has A now picked up where the Civil Rights Move- Chinese female spies ment of the 1960s left off. Two significant public events came together in UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s officials are being late August to turn this season of morbid political warned to avoid “honey traps” in Hangzhou, China, despair in the United States presidential election to where global leaders are convening for the G20 summit. highlight a far more significant social movement oth- The British paper the Daily Telegraph reported that erwise hidden to the outside world. the prime minister’s team One was when the American football team San will be targeted by Chinese Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick re- spies who will offer sex fused to stand for the national anthem before games during the international because he said the US oppresses African-Americans summit. and other minorities. Honey traps refer to a The other was when the widely popular pop sing- strategy, in which an at- er Beyonce brought a few mothers of police violence tractive person entices a victims to MTV Video Music Award ceremonies. politician to get informa- These two public events are predicated on a much tion from them. deeper and more enduring development in the US In the past, British gov- known as Black Lives Matter (BLM), a grassroots ernment advisors have civil rights movement that originated in the African- been caught in honey American community campaigning against system- the Israeli settler colony. muddying the water to pollute a global recognition traps on official trips to atic violence and racism towards black people. “The US justifies and advances the global war on of its world historic significance. China. BLM began in 2013, after the acquittal of George terror,” the document declared, “via its alliance with The most significant civil rights movement of the Government security Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-Amer- Israel and is complicit in the genocide taking place 21st century in the US has solidly sided with the Pal- chiefs want to ensure British intelligence is not stolen ican teenager Trayvon Martin, and increasingly as- against the Palestinian people.” estinian national liberation, denounced the Israeli like in 2008, when a Downing Street official accompa- sumed national significance following the 2014 In an equally significant statement, the manifes- killings of Palestinians, endorsed the non-violent nying then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown was seduced deaths of two African Americans: Michael Brown in to declared its support for the global Boycott, Di- civil disobedience of BDS, and with the stroke of one by a Chinese woman. Ferguson and Eric Garner in New York. vestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and con- historic manifesto rendered the entire Israeli propa- The UK official took the Chinese spy back to his ho- Palestine as a fact and a phenomenon demned the Zionist-led campaign against it. ganda machinery obsolete. tel room, but woke up to find out that his Blackberry Now in a magnificent manifesto published on Au- “Fight the expanding number of Anti-BDS bills be- This is the fact that the Israeli propaganda net- and documents from his briefcase were missing. gust 1, the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), a coali- ing passed in states around the country. This type of work cannot fathom or “allow” to happen, for they tion of more than 60 organisations, has pushed the legislation not only harms the movement to end the think they own the US. BLM movement forward and issued a comprehensive Israeli occupation of Palestine, but is a threat to the Historically, there has been an ideological division programme of action, which consists of “six demands constitutional right to free speech and protest.” of labour between hardcore Zionists who are violently aimed at ending all forms of violence and injus- The Zionist rage engaged in stealing Palestine and slaughtering Pales- tice endured by black people; redirecting resources Needless to say such a bold, brave, and unequivo- tinians, while their liberal contingency has offered a from prisons and the military to education, health, cal declaration in solidarity with the Palestinian cause false caring image vis-a-vis progressive movements in and safety; creating a just, democratically controlled by a robust national movement in the US has robbed the US. That sham is no longer working. economy; and securing black political power within a the Zionists the wrong way. A courageous, principled, and globally informed, genuinely inclusive democracy. Backing the demands At home in their settler colony in Israel or else generation of civil rights uprising has now picked up are 40 separate proposals and 34 policy briefs, re- commuting to their imperial habitat in the US, where the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s left plete with data, context, and legislative recommen- they are now furious with this statement and have behind. dations.” launched a concerted assault on it to make it “con- Among the ranks of this generation are liberated Now in a magnificent manifesto published on Au- troversial”. post-Zionist Jews shoulder to shoulder with a young- Damien McBride, who was previously Brown’s spin gust 1, the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), a coali- Making this aspect of the M4BL declaration “con- er generation of Muslim immigrants who denounce doctor, witnessed the incident, which he recorded in tion of more than 60 organisations, has pushed the troversial”, and thus by extension the whole move- Islamist violence, Christians who oppose the US’ his memoirs published in 2013. BLM movement forward and issued a comprehensive ment “controversial” is the key strategy now launched Christian imperialism, and equally principled people Security advisers are also warning staff not to keep programme of action, which consists of “six demands by Zionists to discredit their entire project. who no longer identify with any religion at all. gifts they receive and to stay clear of electronic de- aimed at ending all forms of violence and injus- In other words, the M4BL must either embrace the Rooted in the black suffering in the US but reach- vices, such as free computer memory sticks, mobile tice endured by black people; redirecting resources Zionist colonisation of Palestine as all good and dan- ing out far and wide into the larger communities and phone SIM cards or chargers which they are offered from prisons and the military to education, health, dy or else it is “controversial” and must be discred- countries around the globe the M4BL can no longer by their Chinese hosts. and safety; creating a just, democratically controlled ited. This is how self-delusional these Zionists are. be racially profiled or subjected to propaganda and As a precaution, May’s team has been given tempo- economy; and securing black political power within a There is, however, absolutely nothing controver- disinformation. rary mobile phones and email addresses. genuinely inclusive democracy. Backing the demands sial about calling the settler colony for the racist The Israeli propaganda machinery has successful- A Westminster official said security chiefs had are 40 separate proposals and 34 policy briefs, re- apartheid state that it is, nothing controversial to call ly convinced itself and its Zionist supporters world- warned them that hotel rooms used during the sum- plete with data, context, and legislative recommen- the systemic annihilation of Palestinians a genocide, wide that any Palestinians who resist the colonization mit were likely to be bugged. dations.” and nothing controversial about joining the global and theft of their homeland are “terrorists” precisely “We have been told that if you feel uncomfort- Progressive forces now gathered around this no- solidarity movement of BDS. on the blueprint that today white supremacist racists able about people seeing you naked, you should get ble movement for the dignity of black lives and be- If anything, progressive forces now gathered in the US are outraged against the M4BL movement. changed under your bedclothes,” the source said. yond are in fact late in joining the rest of the civilised around this noble movement for the dignity of black The historic solidarity between these two move- The 2016 G20 summit is May’s first one since she world denouncing the systemic violence at the core lives and beyond are in fact late in joining the rest of ments is all but inevitable, and its leaders are not the was elected as prime minister in July. She is due to of the Israeli settler colony. the civilised world denouncing the systemic violence corrupt US politicians that AIPAC can buy and recruit have her first face-to-face meeting with Xi Jinping, the Among the declarations of M4BL is the most un- at the core of the Israeli settler colony. to support one of the most vicious legacies of Euro- Chinese president, at the end of the summit on Mon- ambiguous position of the movement on the ques- A game changer pean colonialism, now sustained by US militarism, in day. tion of Palestinian national liberation, denouncing By fabricating this non-existent “controversy” the heart of the Arab and Muslim world. (Source: presstv.ir) the US government for its unconditional support for about this historic document, the Zionists are also (Source: www.aljazeera.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y

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Asian typhoons becoming NEWS more intense, study finds Bees buzz for their supper The familiar buzz of a bumble bee is one of those summer sounds that is easy to take for granted. But for the bees, The destructive power of the typhoons and 5 - doubled and even tripled in some buzzing has a purpose. They may buzz during courtship, or that wreak havoc across China, Japan, regions over that time and the intensifi- out of alarm if they are caught or trapped. Korea and the Philippines has intensified cation was most marked for those storms Another reason is to collect pollen. Some flowering plants by 50% in the past 40 years due to warm- which hit land. hide their pollen in structures called anthers, and to get it, ing seas, a new study has found. The intensity of a typhoon is measured bumble bees (and other bees) bite the anthers and then The researchers warn that global by the maximum sustained wind speed, hang on and buzz until the vibration causes the anther to warming will lead the giant storms to be- but the damage caused by its high winds, spill out a shower of pollen. come even stronger in the future, threat- storm surges, intense rains and floods The process is called son- ening the large and growing coastal pop- increases disproportionately, meaning a ication, or buzz pollination, ulations of those nations. 15% rise in intensity leads to a 50% rise in and although it is well known “It is a very, very substantial increase,” destructive power. to occur, it hasn’t been stud- said Prof Wei Mei, at the University of People take cover under a tree af- ied much in terms of wheth- North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who led ter strong winds brought by typhoon er it is learned or innate. the new work. “We believe the results are Rammasun, locally called Glenda, bat- Nectar feeding has been very important for East Asian countries tered Manila, the Philippines, in July studied much more, accord- because of the huge populations in these 2014. ing to Avery L. Russell, a doc- areas. People should be aware of the in- The researchers showed that the in- toral student in entomology crease in typhoon intensity because when tensification of typhoons making land- at the University of Arizona. they make landfall these can cause much fall occurred because warmer coastal Mr. Russell, Daniel R. Papaj more damage.” seas provided more energy to growing and two other colleagues Typhoons can have devastating im- storms, enabling their wind speeds to in- ran some experiments with pacts in East Asia. In 2013, typhoon crease more rapidly. Typhoons intensified differences in the way it had been collect- flowers that require sonication to release their pollen. Haiyan hit the Philippines, killing at Scientists are not yet able to deter- They wanted to find out whether bumble bees must learn least 6,300 people and affecting 11 In the new research, published in Na- ed, showed that typhoons in the north- mine whether manmade climate change ture Geoscience, the scientists took data west Pacific had intensified by 12–15% how to liberate hidden pollen. The amount of learning need- million. Typhoon Nina struck China in or natural cycles are to blame for the ed to get nectar from some flowers makes bees more likely 1975, dumping 100cm of rain in a day collected independently by centers in Ja- on average since 1977. The proportion warming seas in the region because 40 pan and Hawaii and, after accounting for of the most violent storms - categories 4 to stick to the same kind of flower, according to one theory, and leading to 229,000 deaths and 6m years is a relatively short time span for rather than to continually learn new methods for other flow- destroyed buildings. Last week typhoon such phenomena. But Wei is clear that The researchers showed that the intensification ers. Lionrock left 11 people dead in north- the future global warming, as projected That wasn’t the case with sonication. That seems to come ern Japan and caused power blackouts of typhoons making landfall occurred because by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on naturally to these bumble bees, Mr. Russell said. The bees in and property damage, while in July ty- warmer coastal seas provided more energy to Climate Change, would heat the oceans the experiment were raised in the laboratory. “They’d never phoon Nepartak hit Taiwan and China, in the region and lead to even more in- seen a flower before,” Mr. Russell said. killing at least nine people and leaving growing storms, enabling their wind speeds to tense typhoons. (Source: The Guardian) That is a mixed blessing, Mr. Russell pointed out. If their a trail of destruction. increase more rapidly. environment changes and new plants colonize the areas they inhabit, the bees should be able to adapt quickly. On the oth- The European Space Agency has Global-warming data not enough er hand, quick adaptability could make these bumble bees found its missing Philae comet lander to predict animal extinction successful as invaders of new areas. (Source: The NYT)

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) panels, but it probably didn’t receive a Current models used to predict the harder, but also much more interest- Rosetta mission has finally found its lot of sunlight in such a shadowed area. survival of species in a warming world ing.” Philae lander, nearly two years after Philae at strange orientation might be off target, according to new Body temperature Critical data from our the vehicle became the first ever to Plus, Philae is at a strange orien- research that enlisted the help of doz- Even a small change in body tem- land on a comet. The mission team tation. The lander looks to be nearly ens of spiny lizards in the New Mexico perature can dramatically affect an oceans is being collected has struggled to locate the lander since sideways on the surface, with one of its desert. organism’s well-being, like when a that historic touchdown, and commu- legs wedged inside a crack. That means Nearly 40 percent of the world’s person’s temperature rises 1 or 2 de- by drones from Saildrone nications with Philae have been sparse the lander’s antenna is pointing toward populations of lizards are expected grees. Their primary domain may be the air, but they’re taking the to non-existent. But less than a month the rocks rather than out into space. to become extinct by 2080, because Reptiles, including lizards, regulate seas by storm, too. The drones from Saildrone Inc. (shown in before the Rosetta mission was set to Given this position, it’s no wonder the the Earth is warming faster than these their body temperatures by moving the soundless video above) are in the business of collecting end, the Rosetta spacecraft — which is Rosetta spacecraft has had a hard time populations can adapt. between warm and cool areas within critical data from the oceans that cover 70 percent of our in orbit around the comet Philae land- picking up signals. And it could explain But a new study in Proceedings their home ranges. planet’s surface, which is to say, there’s a lot of data to be ed on — has at long last imaged the why the signals Rosetta has received of the National Academy of Science, It isn’t just the relative proportion of collected. And now, Saildrone has received a fresh injection little lander on the comet’s surface. from Philae haven’t been very strong. shows that to make accurate predic- warm and cool areas that affects how of cash to help process all this information. “It’s problematic if your signal is coming tions, study models must include much well a lizard can regulate its tempera- A new $14 million Series A funding round is slated to help out of the top of your head, but you’re more data about how shade is distrib- tures, Huey said, but also how they are When Philae Saildrone and its fleet of autonomous sailing drones continue lying on the floor in a ditch,” Matt Tay- uted throughout an animal’s habitat. distributed in space. its work in the oceans, work that includes protecting coastal descended to the lor, a Rosetta mission scientist, tells The The “real fear is that previous re- The spiny lizards in the study reg- borders, tracking ocean acidification, detecting oil spills, fol- comet’s surface on Verge. search has underestimated the risk ulated their temperatures much more lowing tagged marine life, and more. When Philae descended to the com- of extinction,” said Mike Angilletta, a efficiently when they had many small November 12th, “Data collected by the Saildrones will not only transform et’s surface on November 12th, 2014, it professor at Arizona State University’s patches of shade, which they could easily 2014, it was supposed the understanding of our oceans, but will also bring insight was supposed to deploy harpoons that School of Life Sciences and co-author reach to cool off, instead one large clump into issues like weather, fish populations, ocean acidification to deploy harpoons would help it anchor to the comet. But of the study. of shade in a wide-open space. and climate change — processes that will affect every per- those harpoons failed to fire and Philae “Most models assume that an ani- “Depending on the complexity of that would help it son on this planet,” said Richard Jenkins, founder and CEO of bounced off the comet instead. It then mal can be anywhere in its environment the environment, previous estimates anchor to the comet. Saildrone. “Understanding these processes, and their rates flew for an extra two hours before at any time, which doesn’t account for of extinction may be too high or they of change, is crucial to our economies and ultimately, our “This remarkable discovery comes at landing in the spot it’s in now. how much energy an animal spends to might not be high enough,” said Mike survival.” the end of a long, painstaking search,” Once it finally came to rest, Philae regulate its temperature. Animals have Sears, an associate professor of biology Saildrone’s machines were developed in a partnership Patrick Martin, ESA’s Rosetta Mission conducted a good bit of science for its to move and search for shade, which at Clemson University and lead author with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Manager, said in a statement. “We were first three days on the comet. But since makes cooling down more difficult of the study. tion (NOAA), and since launching in 2013, have sailed over beginning to think that Philae would it wasn’t receiving enough sunlight, when patches of shade are far apart,” Sears has spent 20 years studying 60,000 nautical miles, with missions in the Atlantic, Pacific, remain lost forever. It is incredible we the lander eventually exhausted its on- Angilletta said. lizards. He says the reptiles are espe- Gulf of Mexico, and Bering Sea. have captured this at the final hour.” board batteries and went into hiberna- “This is a breakthrough paper,” cially suited for climate-change studies The “most valuable technology companies of our gener- And now the ESA understands why tion mode. according to Raymond Huey, a pro- because “they’re like little thermostats ation are ones that collect massive and important data sets,” it’s been so hard to communicate with The ESA was hopeful that Philae might fessor emeritus of biology at the running around.” said Ted Maidenberg, co-founder and partner at Social Cap- Philae. The Rosetta images, taken on receive enough sunlight again once the University of Washington. “Scientists “It develops original and highly so- ital, one of Saildrone’s newest investors. September 2nd, show that the lander comet got closer to the Sun on its orbit, studying climate warming will now be phisticated computer simulations of (Source: Digital Trends) is in a particularly rocky patch of the and that seemed to be the case in sum- forced to evaluate the spatial distri- animal movement patterns in complex comet and in the shadow of a large mer of last year. The Rosetta spacecraft bution of sunny-shady patches, and thermal environments,” Huey said. “It boulder. That could also explain why picked up some sporadic signals from not just compute the fraction of an adds large-scale experiments of real Philae has had such a hard time func- Philae in June and July of 2015. area that is sunny or shady. Frankly, animal movement patterns in the field. tioning. The lander is powered by solar (Source: The Verge) that makes our research lives much (Source: Arizona State University) Scottish sea monster uncovered in national museum

200 Foreign IT Firms Take Part in “IRAN CONNECT 2016” Conference in Tehran The fossil of a toothy, dolphin-like predator which prowled ECONOMY IRAN CONNECT Conference kicked and collaboration with world’s large operators, he said, the oceans in the Jurassic era, when dinosaurs roamed the deskoff its work in Tehran yesterday with adding: “IRAN CONNECT 2016 Conference is held twice Earth, has been uncovered in a Scottish museum where it lay the participation of more than 200 foreign companies, a year in different countries in a way that Iran has taken buried for 50 years, scientists said Monday. 200 domestic firms in the field of communications and effective steps for organizing this prestigious Conference First discovered in 1966, the specimen has at last been information technology (ICT) and also representatives in the country.” freed from its prehistoric sarcophagus to reveal a chunky, of 400 domestic and foreign companies. Boosting capacities of telecommunications holding four-meter-long (13 feet) deep-sea killer -- its pointed mouth The two-day Conference was inaugurated in the network, attracting foreign capitals, updating telecom- bristling with hundreds of cone-shaped teeth. presence of Minister of Communications and Informa- munications network equipment and implementing “It is spectacular,” said paleontologist Steve Brusatte of the tion Technology (ICT) Mahmoud Va’ezi. development projects, etc. will be discussed in this University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences, who helped ICT Minister was the first speaker in this Conference Conference, the minister observed. expose the 170 million-year-old remains. who pointed to the programs devised by Iranian gov- In the end, ICT Minister said: “Strategic situation of Dubbed the Storr Lochs Monster, the reptile belonged to ernment in expansion of infrastructures and communi- tic content more than fivefold and also enhancing Iran for transiting a part of regional and international the ichthyosaur family -- scary-looking, finned hunters some- cations facilities and emphasized: “Taking advantage of research activities significantly are of the salient pro- data, Iran’s political stability and security, widespread times called sea dragons -- that died out shortly before the efficient and economical technologies along with ac- grams devised in this regard.” investment in the field of telecommunication infra- dinosaurs, to be replaced by dolphins and whales. cessing information freely were of the main objectives He put the investment made in ICT sector at €16 bil- structures, etc. are of salient characteristics that ICT Encased in rock, this set of remains was found by an am- which were followed up strictly in the past three years.” lion and said: “Of total investment, one fourth of which has expressed its readiness to cooperate with foreign ateur on a beach on the Isle of Skye 50 years ago, and pre- He also referred to the objectives taken by ITC in will be provided by government and the rest i.e. three parties and also with world’s large telecommunications sented to the National Museum of Scotland. the next five years in the field of communications and fourth of which will be invested by the private sector.” companies in order to take advantage of existing ca- “For half a century the museum kept the fossil safe and information technology and said: “Increasing domes- Suitable way was paved for enhancing cooperation pacities.” secure, but there wasn’t the expertise to free it from the very dense rock that surrounded it, or the expertise to study it,” Brusatte told AFP. 36% Boost in IKCO Production “But now we finally have that expertise … and have re- alized that this skeleton is the most complete fossil of a sea ECONOMY Iran Khodro could the highest volume rate in the past 5 by 36%. In the meantime, IKCO ering the local market demand, the reptile ever found in Scotland. desk successfully manage months. produced 244,265 sets of vehi- production of Tondar 90, Peugeot The fossil monster will go on display at the museum as to produce 57879 sets of sedans and Comparing to the same month cles in the first 5 months, showing 405, Arisun and Peugeot 206 has the “crown jewel” of Scottish prehistory, the scientist added. pick-ups in the last Iranian month i.e. previous year, the production 11,000 sets increase compared to accelerated by 91, 25, 14 and 11 Earlier this year, researchers said prehistoric global warm- July 22 to August 21, which indicates boosted from 42449 to 57879 sets the same period last year. Consid- percent respectively. ing had wiped out the ichthyosaurs after an impressive 157-million-year deep-sea reign. (Source: AFP0 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SOCIETY 12 SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 77,, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/society

NEWS Burden of multiple sclerosis Women and national production expo to highlight increasing in Iran female breadwinners SOCIETY TEHRAN — The prevalence of venting the disease, he suggested. desk SOCIETY TEHRAN — The 9th women and nation- multiple sclerosis, also known as He went on to say that “taking measures to deskal production exposition will bring together MS, has been rising in Iran over the recent years, tackle the problem of smoking among young- some 70 major Iranian producers, the director of Tehran Munici- the secretary of the 13th international MS congress sters particularly women can also contribute to pality’s female breadwinners empowerment committee has said. of Iran has said. fighting MS.” Opening on September 8, the exposition will last until Vitamin D deficiency, smoking cigarette and hook- The 13th international MS congress of Iran will be September 16 in Goftogu Park, northern Tehran, from 10 a.m. ah, infections and change of diet over the past 20 held on November 9 to 11 in Tehran. to 10 p.m., Fahimeh Firouzfar said, IRIB reported on Monday. years are known as the main contributory factor be- Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease in 50 percent of the stalls are set up by children of female hind developing MS, Tasnim news agency quoted which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain breadwinners, she added. Abdolreza Nasser-Moqaddasi as saying. and spinal cord are damaged. All the goods available in Iran is geographically situated in a high risk region This damage disrupts the ability of parts of the this exposition are domesti- where there are greater chances of developing MS, nervous system to communicate, resulting in a range cally produced and there will Nasser-Moqaddasi warned, adding, as the disease is of signs and symptoms, including physical, mental, be inspectors in the exposi- more likely to develop in youngsters it is really im- and sometimes psychiatric problems. Specific symp- tion who would check up on portant to address the disorder properly. toms can include double vision, blindness in one eye, that, Firouzfar noted. Thankfully, the distribution of vitamin D supple- muscle weakness, trouble with sensation, or trouble The goods which will be ment at schools has been a crucial step towards pre- with coordination. sold at the exposition are at much more reasonable prices than stores, she high- lighted, adding, 22 stalls are Iran’s pistachio farms are dying of thirst allocated to women’s wear, By Eric Randolph “We are slowly moving past a long-held illusion that we 12 to children’s wear, 23 have endless resources,” says Mohsen Nasseri at the Na- to men’s wear, two to hijab he pistachio trees at the village in southern Iran tional Climate Change Office in Tehran. wears, one to leather items, are long dead, bleached white by the sun -- the He says the government is finally looking at financial three to handicrafts and three to jewelries. T underground water reserves sucked dry by dec- incentives to encourage water conservation. One scheme Carrying the slogan “Iran, building up self-belief” the ades of over-farming and waste. offers funding for farmers to buy modern irrigation equip- producers have very well received the exposition last year The last farmers left with their families 10 years ago, and ment, but changing ingrained attitudes will take time. as they made some 7 billion rials (nearly $200,000) over the the village has the look of an abandoned Martian colony. “It’s late, but it’s happening,” Nasseri says. 10-day event. The dome-roofed, mud-walled homes are crumbling, ‘A crisis point’ once-green fields are now nothing but dirt furrows, and Some farmers have taken matters into their own hands. the only sign of life is a couple of drifters camping out in an The lushly green pistachio trees of Farhad Sharif’s farm old storehouse. near Sirjan are an oasis against the flat brown landscape. Pistachios are Iran’s biggest export after crude oil, with The family installed a drip-irrigation system eight years LEARN ENGLISH 250,000 tons of the nut produced last year -- a figure only ‘A long-held illusion’ ago that carefully controls the amount and quality of water Making a Will recently topped by the United States. Iran faces two key challenges -- dealing with a years- delivered to each plant. In Kerman province in southern Iran, cities have long nationwide drought that shows little sign of abating, “We get more quality and more quantity from our pis- grown rich from pistachios, but time is running out and trying to convince farmers to stop the uncontrolled tachio trees, and we use 70 percent less water,” says Sharif, Last week, I got a wake- up call. One of my oldest friends for the industry as unconstrained farming and climate pumping of water. who runs the business with his father. from high school died suddenly in an accident, leaving change take a devastating toll. Some 300,000 of Iran’s 750,000 water pumps are illegal They strictly limit the size of the farm to ensure the un- no will. With no estate planning at all, his assets went Near the city of Sirjan, a long line of enormous sinkholes -- a big reason why the United Nations says Iran is officially derground water levels can be replenished naturally. into probate and his dependents were left in limbo. like bomb craters mark the points where an underground aq- transitioning from a state of “water stress” to “water scarcity”. “Everyone should do it,” he says, but he knows the My friend was a young man, the same age as me. At our age, uifer was pumped completely dry, and the ground simply col- In 2013, Iran’s chamber of commerce carried out a problem is money. who thinks about estate planning? Well, he should have and lapsed.“Farming is being destroyed,” says Hassan Ali Firouzabadi, survey showing that Kerman province was losing about Sharif’s family had cash and connections in Tehran that I’m starting right now to put my affairs in order. who has lived in the nearby village of Izadabad for half a century. 20,000 hectares (49,400 acres) of pistachio farms every helped them secure a loan for the system, but even their I’ve already decided who will be my beneficiaries and how His business is barely clinging on. Some of his pistachio year to desertification. farm cannot avoid the wider problems in the area. much of an inheritance each family member will get. One trees are old enough to remember the golden age of Shah For centuries, Iran relied on one of the world’s most Each year, he says, they have to pull up the pipes big decision I’m still thinking about is who should be my ex- Abbas in the 17th century, but the leaves have turned yel- sophisticated irrigation systems -- a web of underground and shorten them as water tables deplete and the land ecutor. I want to make sure my bequests are carried out low-green from the salty water he now dredges up. canals known as “qanats” that carried water from under gradually sinks. and my assets are properly disposed of, so this person has “The well was six to 10 meters (deep) when I was a child, mountains to the arid plains. “The problem is more dangerous than people realize. to be trustworthy. but now it’s 150, and the water is bitter and salty,” he says. But then came the electric pumps and chaotic politics There is just not enough oversight,” Sharif says. After I make those decisions, I’ll write a holographic will. “This used to be a village full of people. Most have left of the last century. The need to preserve water was little “What is happening around here is a catastrophe -- it It’s the simplest way of drawing up a will and adding cod- to become laborers and drivers. Ten more years and there understood and secondary to self-sufficiency in food pro- has reached a crisis point.” icils without an attorney, and since I’m still of sound mind, will be nothing left.” duction -- an attitude that persisted into the sanctions era. (Source: France 24) there shouldn’t be any problems. I’ll ask my neighbors to be witnesses . YJC/ Before I start drawing up my will, though, I still have one IN FOCUS Alireza Farahani other important decision to make. Who should get custody of my eight cats? (Source: eslpod.com) Words & phrases wake-up call: an experience or event that shocks you and makes you realize that you must do something to change a situation will: a legal document that says who you want your money and property to be given to after you die estate planning: the process of anticipating and arranging, during a person’s life, for the management and disposal of that person’s estate during the person’s life and at and af- ter death, while minimizing gift, estate, generation skipping transfer, and income ta asset: the things that a company or someone owns probate: the legal process of deciding that someone’s will has been properly made dependent: someone, especially a child, who depends on you for food, clothes, money etc. be in limbo: a situation in which nothing happens or chang- es for a long period of time, and it is difficult to make deci- sions or know what to do, often because you are waiting for Around 500 couples living together for 50 years were honored in Tehran on Saturday in an event dubbed “I’ll call you with love”. something else to happen first put ones affairs in order: ensure that one’s financial and legal arrangements are properly organized, especially in preparation for one’s death ENGLISH IN USE beneficiary: someone who receives money or property from someone else who has died LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION inheritance: money, property etc. that you receive from someone who has died executor: someone who deals with the instructions in some- one’s will Transplant surgeries at no cost as of August 22: ﻫﺰﯾﻨﻪ ﺟﺮاﺣﻰﻫﺎى ﭘﯿﻮﻧﺪ از اول ﺷــﻬﺮﯾﻮر راﯾﮕﺎن :bequest money or property which you arrange to give to deputy minister ﻣﻌﺎون وزﯾﺮ ﺑﻬﺪاﺷﺖ از راﯾﮕﺎن ﺷﺪن ﻫﺰﯾﻨﻪ ﺟﺮاﺣﻰ ﭘﯿﻮﻧﺪﻫﺎى ﺑﯿﻤﺎران از اول ﺷﻬﺮﯾﻮر ﻣﺎه ﺧﺒﺮ داد. someone after your death holographic will: a will and testament that has been entirely All transplant surgeries will be conducted free of charge as of the next Iranian ﺑــﻪ ﮔــﺰارش روز ﭼﻬﺎرﺷــﻨﺒﻪ ﺧﺒﺮﮔــﺰارى ﺗﺴــﻨﯿﻢ، ﻣﺤﻤــﺪ آﻗﺎﺟﺎﻧــﻰ ﺑــﺎ اﺷــﺎره ﺑــﻪ ﺑﯿﻤــﻪ ﺷــﺪن و ﺗﻘﺒــﻞ .handwritten and signed by the testator calendar month, starting August 22, the deputy health minister has said draw up: ﺗﻤــﺎم ﻫﺰﯾﻨﻪﻫــﺎى ﺟﺮاﺣﻰﻫــﺎى ﭘﯿﻮﻧــﺪ ﺑﯿﻤــﺎران اﻇﻬــﺎر داﺷــﺖ: از اول ﺷــﻬﺮﯾﻮر راﯾــﮕﺎن ﻣﻰﺷــﻮد. ,to prepare a written document All the transplant surgeries’ expenses will be covered by the insurance companies codicil: در اﯾــﻦ راﺑﻄــﻪ اﯾــﺮج ﺣﺮﯾﺮﭼــﻰ ﺳــﺨﻨﮕﻮى وزارت ﺗﻮﺿﯿــﺢ داد: ﺑﺮﺧــﻼف ﮔﺬﺷــﺘﻪ ﮐــﻪ ﻗﺴــﻤﺘﻰ از .a document making a change or addition to a will Mohammad Aqajani said, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday of sound mind: not mentally ill Meanwhile, Health Ministry spokesman Iraj Harirchi stated patients are not obliged ﻫﺰﯾﻨﻪﻫــﺎى ﭘﯿﻮﻧــﺪ را ﺑﺴــﺘﻪ ﺑــﻪ ﻧــﻮع ﺟﺮاﺣــﻰ ﻣــﺮدم ﭘﺮداﺧــﺖ ﻣﻰﮐﺮدﻧــﺪ دﯾﮕــﺮ ﺑﯿﻤــﺎران ﻣﺒﻠﻐــﻰ witness: someone who is present when an official document to pay anything anymore unlike past when they’d have to pay for at least some of ﺑــﺮاى اﻧﺠــﺎم ﺟﺮاﺣــﻰ ﻫــﺎى ﭘﯿﻮﻧــﺪ ﭘﺮداﺧــﺖ ﻧﺨﻮاﻫﻨــﺪ ﮐــﺮد. is signed, and who signs it too, to say that they saw it being signed the expenses varying depending on the kind of surgery. get custody of: when someone is responsible for keeping and looking after something ENGLISH PROVERB PHRASAL VERB ENGLISH IDIOM Misery loves company Be after somebody/ Up/down your alley Every action has something a reaction. We Explanation: saying people who are unhappy like Explanation: if something is (right) up or down to share their troubles with others Meaning: your alley, it is exactly the sort of thing that will suit have one planet; For example: We’d both had fight with our par- to be looking for someone or some- your tastes or abilities thing For example: ents, so we decided to go see a movie together, mis- For example: Alex loves reading, so the job in the one chance. ery loves company. That boy’s always in trouble, the po- bookshop is right up his alley. lice are after him again. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/international WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Afghan officials say at least six civilians manitarian law is that parties to an armed have been wounded after armed men conflict must never deliberately attack ci- stormed a building housing of an inter- Afghanistan: Pamlarena vilians.” national aid organization in capital Kabul, The attack on Pamlarena’s offices JUMP provoking a deadly firefight with security commenced several hours after a dou- forces. siege ends in Kabul ble suicide bombing near the Afghan German caution, French Early on Tuesday, police Special Forces defense ministry killed at least 35 people decisiveness: How Brexit killed all three men involved in the over- and wounded more than 100 others. night attack in the Shar-e Naw district of An army general and two senior po- affects EU defense policy Kabul, said Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman lice commanders were among the dead, for the Afghan interior minister. a defense ministry official said. 6 The EU cannot, however, limit itself to the protec- The interior ministry initially said one Another official said the deputy head tion of its borders. If it wants to be a serious strategic player, it civilian had been killed but a later state- of President Ashraf Ghani’s personal pro- should build capacities to project force beyond its borders at ment said only the attackers died in the tection force was among those killed. short notice. Such capacities will be of little use if agreement gun battle. The Taliban later claimed respon- on their actual deployment cannot be reached quickly -- a Security forces blocked all roads lead- sibility for the attack on the defense case where ad hoc arrangements between willing countries ing to the Shar-e Naw neighborhood ministry. are the most practical option. A smaller group of like-minded while the siege last. The Taliban’s ability to conduct coordi- EU members should develop, in parallel, both the capacities The assault began late on Monday nated deadly attacks in Kabul has mount- and the decision-making institutions for effective force pro- night with a suicide car bombing close to ed pressure on Ghani’s government, jection. a building belonging to Pamlarena, the which has struggled to reassure the pop- Such efforts within the EU should be conceived in a way charity CARE International, after which ulation that it can guarantee security. that leaves the possibility, on a case-by-case basis, for the the attackers entered the building. Two weeks ago, fighters attacked the UK to participate. The best chance for the UK to eventually “Police special forces immediately American University in Kabul, killing 13 reconsider its decision to chart its own course outside Eu- reached the site of the attack and started people. ropean institutions is the development of a successful but rescuing people from the building. ... 42 At least 80 people were killed by a sui- non-antagonistic Europe. That is what convinced the UK to people who were trapped were evacu- cide bomber who targeted a demonstra- join in 1973, once the French veto had been lifted. The EU ated by the security forces,” the interior tion on July 23 in an attack claimed by the must keep the door open to Britain rejoining in the future, ministry statement said. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ while at the same time continuing to move forward. In a statement on Tuesday, CARE said that Daesh) terrorist group. 3. Who would need to do what? “an armed group launched an attack on what “All CARE staff have been evacuated, termed the attack a “war crime”. Outside Kabul, the fighters have As the two EU nations with the strongest militaries once is believed to have been an Afghan govern- are safe and are accounted for”. “The attack by an armed group on the stepped up their military campaign, Britain leaves, France and Germany will have a decisive role ment compound located close to the Kabul The area being home to several guest aid agency CARE International in Kabul threatening Lashkar Gah, capital of the to play in shaping the strategic posture of the EU. Other office of CARE International”. houses, many foreigners and diplomats is the deliberate targeting of civilians and strategic southern province of Helmand, member states are watching, and their own engagement will It said the incident continued through reside there. constitutes a war crime,” said Champa Patel, as well as Kunduz, the northern city they be determined largely by German and French actions rather to the early morning, “with damage sus- Amnesty International, the hu- Amnesty International’s South Asia director. briefly took last year. than by initiatives of the European institutions. But for any tained to the CARE compound”. man-rights advocacy group, on Tuesday “The cardinal rule of international hu- (Source: agencies) Franco-German initiative to succeed, France has to become more German and Germany has to become more French. Germany may be concerned that, as the largest economy China warns new Hong Kong lawmakers not to back independence in the EU, its defense spending will inevitably overtake French defense spending if both countries spends the same percent- Beijing has warned new Hong Kong lawmakers not to “We firmly oppose any activity relating to Hong Kong freedoms for 50 years. age of their GDP -- the 2 percent goal agreed at the 2014 back independence for the semi-autonomous city after independence in any form, inside or outside the Legis- Fears that Beijing interference is now threatening NATO summit. Since France has to bear the additional cost young anti-China activists won seats for the first time in lative Council, and firmly support the Hong Kong gov- those liberties in a range of areas, from politics to ed- of its nuclear deterrent, the gap between German and French key weekend elections. ernment to impose punishment in accordance with the ucation and media, have sparked the birth of the inde- conventional capacities will be even wider than the gap in Sunday’s vote saw young activists pushing for more law,” state news agency Xinhua cited a spokesperson of pendence movement. defense spending. But Germany should not shy away from autonomy from Beijing secure a crucial foothold in the the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Lawmakers will take up their seats on October 1 and a more proactive posture, including more frequent overseas city’s Legislative Council (LegCo), as fears grow that Chi- Council -- China’s cabinet -- as saying. will have to swear an oath to uphold the constitution, projections of force, provided it is grounded in the rule of law. na is tightening its grip. It said some candidates had used the election as a which describes Hong Kong as part of China. France should embrace a pragmatic but principled pos- It was the first major poll since pro-democracy ral- platform to “openly promote” independence, adding It is not yet clear what may happen if they go on to ture that allows for better burden-sharing among Europeans. lies in 2014 failed to win concessions on political reform that went against China’s constitution, as well as Hong advocate independence as an option for Hong Kong in French policy in Africa will need to pursue its positive evolu- from Beijing. Kong’s own mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law. the legislature. tion, further distancing itself from those leaders who show Some student protest leaders were among those “It is also against the fundamental interests of all The government has already taken steps to deter the little consideration for their people. winning seats in the landmark vote. Five candidates ad- Hong Kong residents,” said the statement, which was pro-independence camp. An emerging European foreign and security policy com- vocating independence or self-determination for Hong posted on the website of the Hong Kong and Macau It introduced a controversial new form before the bining French decisiveness and German caution could im- Kong are to sit in the 70-seat assembly. Affairs Office. LegCo election which required candidates to verify they prove on national policies: It would send a cautionary mes- In a statement late on Monday, China said that it The vote saw the highest turnout since Hong Kong understood Hong Kong was an “inalienable part of Chi- sage to Putin’s Russia, avoid the mistakes of Libya and share would not tolerate any talk of independence “inside or was handed back to China by Britain in 1997 under a na”. Many refused to sign it. the burden of stabilizing countries such as Mali or the Central outside” the legislature. “one country, two systems” deal that protected the city’s (Source: AFP) African Republic. (Source: The Spiegel)

Gabon justice minister resigns Black Lives Matter protest shuts Trump vs Clinton race heats over Bongo re-election London City Airport up with two months to go, Gabon’s justice minister has resigned in veteran diplomat, called for the general Activists of Black Lives Matter, the made.” Trump leads Clinton nationally protest over the re-election of President strike to force “the tyrant” out. campaign group, have chained them- The airport said in a statement that Ali Bongo, which has prompted accusa- “We cannot accept that our people selves together on the runway of Lon- it was “currently experiencing disruption by two points tions of fraud and street riots that have will be killed like animals without react- don’s City Airport, forcing all flights in to all flights due to protesters”. killed at least six people. ing,” Ping wrote on Facebook. and out of the business travel hub to All flights due to land at the airport The public holiday that kickstarts the home stretch of fran- Bongo has claimed victory by a slen- “I propose to cease all activity and begin be diverted. were diverted to Southend and Gatwick tic campaigning for the United States presidential election der margin of around 6,000 votes, but a general strike. We must use all means of Police officers were negotiating with airports near London. was dominated by two familiar questions - whether Donald the opposition leader has called a gen- resistance to topple this tyrant and believe nine protesters, who had “erected a Pictures from the airport showed Trump is stable enough, and whether Hillary Clinton is trust- eral strike in response to what he says is me, he is on the verge of falling.” tripod and have locked themselves to- the protesters lying down on the tar- worthy enough, to run the country. a fraudulent re-election. Ping’s appeal seems to have gone gether” on Tuesday morning, according mac beneath a wooden tripod, next Republican presidential nominee Trump and Clinton, his Seraphin Moundoung resigned on largely unheeded in the capital, Libre- to a statement from the Metropolitan to a sign reading: “Climate Crisis is a Democratic rival, both flew to the battleground state of Ohio Monday over the government’s failure ville, where banks and shops have reo- Police. Racist Crisis”. on Monday for a Labor Day holiday that signals the start of to organize a recount. pened after being shut for days due to “At 05:40hrs (0440 GMT) on Tues- London City Airport is located in two final months of handshaking and speech-making before Their protests undermined Bongo’s post-election violence, and taxis have day, 6 September, officers were alert- docks east of the city center, and close the November 8 ballot. attempts to project stability in the oil- returned to the streets. ed to a number of protesters who had to Canary Wharf, one of the two centers Trump met union members in Cleveland and attended rich African country following the elec- The AFP news agency says post-elec- made their way airside at London City of London’s finance industry. a state fair, while Clinton, speaking with reporters before tion’s violent aftermath, with Manuel tion chaos has claimed at least six lives Airport”. The airport offers short-haul flights marching in a Labor Day parade, said the race had become Valls, the French prime minister, propos- in Gabon, ruled by the Bongo family The Twitter page of Black Lives to locations in Britain and mainland Eu- a “mad dash” for the White House. ing a recount. since 1967. Matter UK claimed responsibility for rope, and served over four million pas- “I’m more than ready,” she added. “Having noticed that the govern- Gabonese authorities, however, say the protest, saying it was to highlight sengers last year, many of them travel- Though she leads Trump in an average of polls by some ment was not responding to concerns the death toll stands at three besides 105 the “UK’s environmental impact on ing for business. four percentage points, Clinton was on the back foot again about the need for peace and for the wounded, and that some deaths were pre- black people”. Its sole runway is surrounded by this weekend after the latest in a series of damaging revela- consolidation of democracy, I decided viously attributed incorrectly to the clashes. It said the airport was designed for water, but it was reported that the pro- tions over her use of private email while serving as secretary to ... step down from my functions as a Around 800 people have been ar- the wealthy while those who lived near testers were able to swim from land sur- of state. member of government,” Moundounga rested in recent days in Libreville ac- the site struggled on low salaries. rounding the airport, raising questions On Friday, the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) re- told Radio France Internationale. cused of looting. “7/10 of the countries most af- about security. leased 58 pages of notes from a probe that ended with the France had joined the European Un- Meanwhile, a high-level African Un- fected by climate change are in Activists from Britain’s Black Lives agency’s director James Comey declaring that Clinton and ion and the United States in calling for ion delegation, including heads of state, sub-Saharan Africa,” said another Matter blocked the main road into Lon- her staff had been “extremely careless” when handling clas- the results to be published according to is ready to be dispatched to Libreville Twitter post. don Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, sified information. each polling station but, until now, had to help calm the situation, AU chairman “We are awaiting the arrival of spe- last month as part of a nationwide day On Monday, Trump’s deputy campaign manager David stopped short of demanding a recount. and Chad President Idriss Deby said. cialist resources that are able to ‘unlock’ of protests against racism. Bossie decried Clinton’s “terrible judgment, incompetence Bongo’s defeated rival Jean Ping, a (Source: agencies) the protesters. No arrests have been (Source: agencies) and dishonesty” - targeting one of the former first lady’s cru- cial weaknesses in the eyes of voters. Trump still trails Clinton in many battleground states where World powers non-committal on ‘safe zone’ for Syria: Turkey the election will likely be decided, but he has drawn close to her in others. The forecaster FiveThirtyEight gives Clinton a 72.3 percent World powers have not ruled out Turkey’s idea for a Despite massive criticism, Turkey launched its military chance of winning, against Trump’s 27.7 percent. “safe zone” in Syria but they have not shown a clear operation into Syria almost two weeks ago, in a declared Trump’s rebound from a series of self-inflicted blows has will to implement the plan either, the spokesman for bid to engage ISIL and Syrian Kurdish forces. followed the hiring of new campaign managers. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tues- An estimated 3 million Syrian refugees are living in The coiffed property mogul is showing more discipline at day. Tu r k e y. rallies, reading from teleprompters rather than risking more Ibrahim Kalin also told broadcaster NTV that Er- Erdogan had proposed the no-fly zone idea during off-the-cuff gaffes. dogan was pushing for an initial 48-hour ceasefire in the previous G20 summit, which was held in the Turkish But Trump’s visit to a largely African-American church the northern Syrian city of Aleppo with the plan to city of Antalya last year. congregation in Detroit on Saturday highlighted how much extend that through the Muslim Eid al Adha (Feast of Ankara’s proposal, however, which required an in- work he still has to do with blacks, Latinos and other minority Sacrifice) holiday, due to start around Sept. 11, Reu- ternational police force to protect the area from aerial groups. Outside, scores of protesters chanted: “No justice, ters reported. bombardment, was no success. no peace.” Erdogan had said on Monday that he repeated Tur- “At the Antalya summit, we persistently told all Last week, Trump’s campaign team celebrated a success key’s proposal at a meeting of G20 leaders for a “safe of land that Turkey claims to have liberated from mili- leaders that we could solve the migrant crisis by set- after the New York businessman made a quick trip to Mexico, zone” from fighting in Syria to help curb the flow of mi- tants in its recent military operation in Syria. ting up a safe zone ... now at this summit too, we have appearing side by side with Mexican President Enrique Pena grants. “A no-fly zone could be set up there, and that was brought up this issue with all our friends,” Erdogan Nieto, after talks about Trump’s wall-building and anti-immi- “The Syrian citizens in our country and those [who] my suggestion to both Obama and Putin. This could be said on Monday. grant policies. would want to migrate from Syria can now find the op- achieved with the coalition forces. We are in an effort to The Turkish leader also commented on the escalated An immigration speech Trump gave after his trip to Mex- portunity to live more peacefully in their own land and take this step,” he said, referring to an alliance of West- fighting in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, saying ef- ico, however, drew criticism from some of his Hispanic sup- their own houses,” Erdogan said during a press confer- ern and regional armies claiming to fight the Islamic forts were underway to establish a ceasefire in the area porters and several backers advising him on the issue decid- ence after the closing of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) Takfiri terrorist before Eid al-Adha. ed to split from his campaign. (Source: agencies) adding that such a zone could be set up in a big stretch group in Syria. (Source: agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORT SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 77,, 22016016 http://www.tehrantimes.com/worldsport

TENNIS Bayern captain Philipp Lahm exclusive: Serena sails into US Open last eight as teen topples ‹Dortmund will be our number one rivals› Radwanska One of the Bundesliga›s all-time greats, FC Bayern (AFP) — Serena Williams broke through another barrier on München captain Philipp Lahm is looking to cement his Monday, her 308th Grand Slam match win taking her past Roger place in history by becoming the first man to lead his side Federer for the most in major tournaments and into the quar- to a fifth consecutive German title this season. ter-finals of the US Open. For Bundesliga Weekly - the Bundesliga›s international “Wow, it’s really exciting,” Williams said of moving out of a tie TV show - bundesliga.com sat down with the 32-year-old with Swiss great Federer for most Grand Slam match wins. to discuss Carlo Ancelotti›s first few weeks in charge, Bay- “This is where it all started so it’s always so magical out here ern›s challengers at the top this season and his own plans for me -- 308 sounds pretty good.” for the coming years... As Williams, never seriously challenged in a 6-2, 6-3 victory Lahm on his future plans... over 52nd-ranked Yaroslava Shvedova, sailed on, one of the two «For me, it›s been Bayern all the way and I want to bow players with a chance to topple her from the world number one out here at the peak of my career. I don›t fancy finishing spot in this tournament bowed out as fourth-seeded Agnieszka up in another league, just a bit short of the top, that›s not Radwanska was shocked by 18-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh. really my thing. I can’t imagine being a coach, still working The 6-4, 6-4 triumph avenged a bitter disappointment for to training schedules and fixture lists. I›ve done that long Konjuh, who held three match points against Radwanska in the enough. I just can›t see myself rolling up to the training second round at Wimbledon before falling 9-7 in the third round ground every morning. To take a bit of time out, spend it after stepping on a ball and turning her ankle. with the family and live to your own schedule: I›m looking “She’s an incredible player and I’m just happy to have the forward to all that at some point! At the moment, though, opportunity to play her again,” Konjuh said. “This time I got the the football is still pushing all the right buttons.» revenge.”The teenager showed remarkable poise throughout Lahm on Borussia Dortmund... the match that closed out the night session on the cavernous «I think they›ll be the main competition again. They lost Arthur Ashe stadium. some big players over the summer, but obviously they›ve “I just said to myself stay in the game don’t rush,” Konjuh also been busy in the transfer market. I think they›ll be put- said. “I remember at Wimbledon I had match points there and I ting out a very, very good team again. Dortmund have a thought I’m not going to do that here. I’m not going to let that top coach and a good, stable set-up, so I›d say they›ll be opportunity go.” our number one rivals.» With Radwanska out of the picture, second-seeded German Lahm on the Bayern youth academy... Angelique Kerber is now the only player with a chance to end «It›s always been important: that identification with the Williams’s 186-week reign atop the rankings. club. Coming up through the youth ranks and eventually Kerber will try to take the next step on Tuesday in a quar- making the first team: I think it means a lot to the fans and ter-final clash with 2015 finalist Roberta Vinci, the seventh to the club to have young players coming through.» seed from Italy. Lahm on Carlo Ancelotti... Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and Latvi- «Every coach has his own style. There might be some an Anastasija Sevastova will also battle for a semi-final berth situations now where we might play a bit more defensively on Tuesday. than we have done previously.» Kerber’s run to the quarters means the American must at (Source: Bundesliga) least reach the final to stay top for a 187th consecutive which would, of course, be a record. If both Kerber and Serena make the championship match, the American will have to win to extend her reign. Paul Scholes: Top players shun profit- Infantino says 40-team World Cup not a Serena unstoppable Williams will have a day off before tackling Simona Halep obsessed Premier League clubs certainty after the fifth-seeded Romanian’s 6-2, 7-5 victory over Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro. Despite injury fears sparked by the sore shoulder that ham- pered her at the Rio Olympics Williams has barely been chal- lenged since arriving at Flushing Meadows, where she claimed the first of her six US Open titles in 1999. She has reached the business end of the tournament with- out dropping a set or indeed even dropping her serve. She has faced just one break point in four matches. A seventh US Open title would take her past the record she shares with Chris Evert, and would also break the Open Era re- cord she shares with Steffi Graf of 22 Grand Slam crowns. Halep, beaten in seven of eight prior encounters with Wil- liams, was already bracing for the challenge. “She’s like the best player in the world. I don’t have to be afraid or to have emotions because I have nothing to lose,” Ha- lep said. “It’s just a huge challenge for me.” The tantalizing prospect of a semi-final clash between Wil- liams and her sister Venus evaporated as the elder Williams fell to hard-hitting Czech Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). Venus was unable to convert her lone match point as Plisk- ova, serving at 5-4 in the third, saved herself with a forehand Paul Scholes says the Premier League will Bayern Munich and Juventus. We›re FIFA president Gianni Infantino is not yet it would determine whether countries volley then held to extend the match. continue to struggle to attract the world›s linked with big players -- Gareth Bale is certain that the 2026 World Cup finals from Asia, where Qatar is staging the With another break under her belt Pliskova had a chance to top players as long as clubs focus on mak- a top player -- but we don›t get them would feature 40 teams even though 2022 World Cup, can bid to be hosts. close it out at 6-5, but after surging to a 40-0 lead she lost five ing money over winning football games. now. Not anymore. You never see a Lionel he personally favours an expanded The final decision on the host nation straight points as Venus forced the decider. England is home to the richest domes- Messi coming over here, you never see a tournament, he said on Tuesday. will be made in May 2020. “In the breaker, I went for a little bit more, but I didn’t put tic television deal, but in an excerpt from Neymar in the Premier League.» Infantino also said he would be hap- “For the moment, everything is the ball in enough,” said the 36-year-old American, whose seven his new book appearing in The Guardian, Scholes blamed the lack of top players py for several countries to share the open, but there is a question of who Grand Slam titles include two US Opens. Scholes said Spanish clubs› recent suc- in England on club owners who prioritise hosting of the World Cup, describing it can and cannot bid...we will see,” Infan- “I went for some aggressive shots, didn’t necessarily put them in.” cess in Europe is proof they have pulled profit margins over entertaining football. as much a “social event for the whole tino said. In her first Grand Slam quarter-final, Pliskova will take on Kon- away from the Premier League in terms «In the Premier League in the last world” as a global sporting competi- “CONCACAF (North and Central juh. Despite her entrenched position in the top 20 the Czech had of quality on the pitch. two years, have I really seen a game of tion. America and the Caribbean) didn’t never made it past the third round in a major in 17 prior tries. «The Spanish league›s the best by far if high quality? A game that I›ve thought: Infantino made a 40-team World have a World Cup for a long time. Konjuh, in contrast, has made the quarters for the first time in you›re judging on the European compe- «Wow!» It›s difficult to think of any,» he Cup a key part of his campaign before “Nothing is definite. I believe in the her ninth Grand Slam. titions. In the quarterfinals of the Cham- wrote. his election in February but admitted 40 teams because I think it is positive pions League and the Europa League in «The money›s the most important it was not entirely up to him to decide for the development of football and we 2015-16, they had six of the 16 teams. thing these days about football because whether the 2026 finals should be in- have seen that again at the Euro 2016 Nearly half of them. The Premier League owners, the majority of them, are just in- creased from the tournament’s current in France with eight more teams. El Salvador allege attempt had just two,» he wrote. terested in making money for their foot- 32-team format. “We need to realise that these kinds to fix World Cup qualifier Manchester United brought in Paul ball club. “My opinion has not changed on of events, like the World Cup or Eu- Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic this sum- «They don›t care what they see on a the 40 teams, but that’s my opinion. ropean Championship, are more than against Canada mer, but Scholes, a former star at Old Saturday afternoon on the pitch. They›re We will have to discuss it and see what’s just a competition, they are really social Trafford himself, did not list them among purely businessmen, whereas at Barcelo- the best for football,” he told reporters events for the whole world.” El Salvador’s national football team has claimed it has been of- the best players currently in England. na you have a balance between business from international news agencies on Speaking about the number of fered a bribe to fix the outcome of Tuesday’s CONCACAF World «There needs to be a real step up in and football. Tuesday. countries who could potentially share Cup qualifier against Canada. quality in England. Other than Sergio «It›s a club that is a cooperative FIFA expects to make decisions by a tournament, he said there were “no Members of the squad played an audio recording of the al- Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne and David Sil- owned by the fans, not by one business- October on the number of teams, the limits to whatever is good for football.” leged bribe during a news conference on Monday afternoon va, we don›t have the best players. All man or a group of individuals. That›s why format for the tournament and the “What is important is that the whole ahead of the game in Vancouver. the best players are in other countries,» they have the best players. And why clubs continents that will be eligible to stage process is done in a correct way, a The Salvador Football Federation confirmed the news on he wrote. like that are the best teams.» the tournament. transparent way,” he added. its Facebook page, posting a video and releasing a statement «The best players are in Spain or at (Source: ESPN) The latter would be a key decision as (Source: Reuters) which read: “Players from the national football team revealed this [Monday] afternoon in a news conference a recording of a Salvador businessman Ricardo Padilla offering them “prizes” to win, draw or even lose against their Canada counterparts. Bayern’s Carlo Ancelotti refuses to speak “The news conference took place while in the team’s camp in Vancouver, Canada, where tomorrow [Tuesday] a game will take place against the North American opponents. to players’ agents “According to Padilla, he is acting in representation of a Hon- duras millionaire that wanted to guarantee the qualification of Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti says he will not “I do not speak to agents,” Ancelotti told Die Welt. “They the Catracha [Honduras] national team.” speak to players’ agents, whom he believes have no place are not part of my profession in my opinion. Mexico lead Group A and have already secured a place in in football. “I talk to the players directly. And I hope the players also the final round of qualifying, while Honduras are second in the The Italian coach joined Bayern this summer after being approach me when there are problems rather than send standings, three points clear of Canada, who are third. sacked by Real Madrid, where he came into conflict with their agent. Canada need to beat El Salvador in Vancouver and hope Gareth Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnet. “I think agents hold too much power in football. Many Mexico lose to Honduras in the final round of Group A games, Ancelotti said Madrid president Florentino Perez pres- clubs have given agents a lot of power. while there would also need to be a swing of five goals in favour sured him to play Bale in a central attacking position after “But fans come to the stadium to watch the players. of Canada.El Salvador are bottom of the group, with two points input from Barnet. The players are the most important figures in football, not after five games and cannot progress. And the manager now says he will only deal with players agents or coaches.” (Source: Soccernet) directly. (Source: ESPN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y SSEPTEMBEREPTEMBER 7,7, 22016016 SPORT http://www.tehrantimes.com/sport 15

Stalemate in Shenyang as China FOOTBALL S. Korea held to scoreless draw by Syria draw with Iran in World Cup qualifier

South Korea were held to a scoreless draw by Syria in the final World Cup qualifying campaign on Tuesday. South Korea controlled the ball possession but they couldn’t tear down the opponents’ stubborn defense in the final Asian qualifying round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The match was played at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, also known as Paroi Stadium, in Seremban, Malaysia, since Syria cannot host World Cup qualifiers at home due to the ongoing civil war. In the final round, both South Korea and Syria are in Group A, along with Iran, Uzbekistan, Qatar and China. South Korea collected a 3-2 win against China to start their road to the World Cup in Rus- sia. South Korea were trying to pick up their second straight win and climbed to the top spot in the group over Iran. Earlier in the day, Iran, which beat Qatar 2-0 for their opener, were held to a score- less draw in China. Iran and South Korea are still tied at four points and Iran are ahead in goal difference, with Uzbekistan and Qatar in action later Tuesday. For the final Asian qualification, where 12 teams compete, the winner and runner-up of each group will earn their berths at the World Cup after playing home-and-away under a round-robin format. The two third-place teams will have to go through play- China got off the mark in Group A with a clear on goal, but the Iranian ended up in elled on a dime on the edge of the box and then draw a sprawling save from Gu with off rounds to book their tickets to Russia. 0-0 draw against Iran at Shenyang Olym- the referee’s book after clattering into the lashed a shot just over the crossbar. his shot from distance before Zhang Xizhe South Korea, looking for a ninth consecutive World Cup ap- pic Stadium on Tuesday in their Russia 2018 onrushing Zeng Cheng. Fans were treated to more of the same tested Beiranvand with a stinging drive at pearance, will next meet Qatar at home on Oct. 6, before facing Asian Qualifier final round match. The luckless China goalkeeper required in the second half as chances continued the other end in injury time, but the goal- Iran on the road five days later. The result, which leaves the group lengthy treatment and although he bravely to pile up but a final product was lacking keeper blocked and then dove on the ball Against Syria, South Korea started FC Augsburg forward Ji delicately balanced, follows hot on the got to his feet, was taken off shortly after to on both sides. at the second time of asking. Dong-won up front, supported by his German club teammate heels of China’s narrow defeat to Korea be replaced by Gu Chao. The hosts looked much livelier after the “At the beginning we had hoped to take Koo Ja-cheol. Crystal Palace midfielder Lee Chung-yong and Republic last Thursday and Iran’s last Iran were having the better of the early break as Zhao Mingjian found space on the lead with very aggressive attacking. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors’ utility man Lee Jae-sung were on the gasp win at home to Qatar. exchanges, and an early cross from full back the right, cutting back past his marker and However, we encountered China’s strong wings, while team captain Ki Sung-yueng and Han Kook-young “I am satisfied with my players’ perfor- Ramin Rezaeian found Sardar Azmoun in the into the box before laying the ball off to counter-attack. It was a very intensive covered the central midfield. mance. We have eight rounds to go, and box but the striker’s header drifted off target. Zhang Yuning, whose shot was blocked by game, highly competitive,” said Iran coach South Korea made a few changes on defense from their first I hope we see this scenario positively,” It was Iran’s turn to lose a man to injury in Morteza Pouraliganji. Carlos Queiroz. match. Along with goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu, center back Kim said China coach Gao Hongbo. the 21st minute, as defender Pejman Mon- Zhang Linpeng had the fans on their “I’m a bit disappointed about the result Young-gwon and right back Lee Yong got their first start in the “It was a very physical game and Iran tazeri landed awkwardly following an aerial feet with a marauding run through the mid- because we had expected to win. We were final round, Jang Hyun-soo, who played on the right side against are a tough opponent, one of the two challenge and appeared to dislocate his dle that took him past three Iran players in on top in terms of possession and opportu- China, moved to center. Oh Jae-suk was back on the left side. best teams in the group along with Ko- shoulder. He was replaced by Jalal Hosseini. the 71st minute. nities and I thought we could do enough to Without their star forward Omar Khribin, who was dropped rea Republic. Azmoun then flashed a shot wide The full-back laid the ball off to substi- take all three points within the 90 minutes. from the squad due to a knee injury, Syria used Rafat Mohtadi “It was a pity that we lost the first game. across goal on the run, before Saeid Eza- tute Zhang Xizhe who then found Wu Lei “But to be honest not only for us, but as their target man. The second game we improved ourselves. tolahi placed a header on the roof of the with a pinpoint through pass but the striker for other away teams playing in this at- Koo almost put South Korea in front in the seventh minute, Every player contributed to this game, and net following a bout of head tennis in the found the ball stuck under his feet just as mosphere, it won’t be easy for them to get but his close-range effort was saved by Syrian goalkeeper Ibra- I thank them for that.” China box. he was trying to round goalkeeper Alireza points. So we are OK with taking one point him Alma. Ten minutes later, Han’s left-footed effort in the box There were barely five minutes on the China’s best chance of the first half fell Beiranvand. home with us.” was blocked by defender Alaa Al Shbli. clock when Masoud Shojaei found himself to young striker Zhang Yuning, who swiv- Iran second half substitute Mehdi Torabi (Source: AFC) While South Korea dominated possession and moved the ball around at pace, Syria surprised them in the 19th when Mahmoud Al Mawas stung the palms of Kim Seung-gyu with a Iran claims four more medals at Chinese volleyball players defeat powerful mid-range strike. South Korea kept knocking on the door with Kim Young- World Nomad Games Iranians in AVC club championship gwon’s header in the 28th and Ki’s right-footed blast in the 36th, but none of them found the back of the net. Syria, relying on counterattacks, earned a free kick in the first- half stoppage time after Oh received a yellow card. But Moayed Al Ajan’s attempt from outside the box went straight into Kim Seung-gyu’s hands. The second half was pretty much same as the South Kore- ans constantly tried to cut open the Syrian defense. But Lee Chung-yong’s strike from Lee Yong’s cross in the 55th was de- nied by Alma and Kim Young-gwon’s strike three minutes later went wide. Looking for goals, speedy attacker Hwang Hee-chan came on for Lee Jae-sung in the 67th and midfielder Kwon Chang- hoon replaced Koo eight minutes later. Syria stuck to their coun- terattack tactics and Mohtadi delivered a header on the target in the 79th, only to be denied by Kim. Syria also went into time-wasting mode as the match was winding down. South Korea kept sending crosses from the flank, Iranian athletes have kept up their fine The Turkmen national wrestling goresh Iranian professional volleyball team teams were tailing each oth- but none of them led to productive opportunities in the box. performance at the second edition of is a kind of wrestling on belts that has an- Sarmayeh Bank has conceded a bit- er point by point for the first few South Korea were given six minutes of added time, but they World Nomad Games, which is current- cient roots, and dates back to as early as ter defeat against China in its open- minutes of the second set. couldn’t build any momentum as Syrian players lay down on the ly underway in Kyrgyzstan, and collected the 3rd century BC. Wrestlers need to earn ing match at the second round of The Iranian team well managed to ground and killed the clock. four more medals. points by forcing the opponent to touch the the 2016 Asian Women’s Club Volley- gain a 6-3 lead, before Chinese ath- (Source: Yonhap) Iranian wrestler Hadi Vafaei stole the mat with any part of the body except a foot. ball Championship in the Philippines. letes brought the game under control show during the men’s 90-kilogram Aba Goresh competitions are staged in four On Tuesday, the Iranian outfit and accumulated points to level the Kurosh bouts on the shores of Lake Issyk Kul formats, namely round, shootout, mixed slumped to China’s Ba’yi Shenzhen score at 9-9. in eastern Kyrgyzstan, and fetched the gold and team. squad in straight sets, with the scores Chinese volleyball players then medal for the Islamic Republic, Federation During the round format contests, ath- of 18-25, 19-25 and 14-25, at the end took advantage of the individual mis- of Rural Sports and Nomadic Games of the letes compete with all wrestlers in the same of a Pool F match at the Alonte Sports takes made by the Iranians to score, Iran fails to advance Islamic Republic of Iran website reported. weight category. If there are many wrestlers Arena in the city of Binan, south of the and sealed a 25-19 victory. Iranian Aba Kurosh wrestler, Abolfazl in one weight division, the participants are capital Manila. Ba’yi Shenzhen players continued to AFC U-16 Women’s Barbat, grabbed another gold medal in divided into two groups. Wrestlers who earn Sarmayeh Bank’s coach Majda Leb- to present good serves and attacks Championship men’s over 90-kilogram weight category. the first and second places in each group will an Cicic fielded Shabnam Alikhani, after the interval, and went on earning In men’s 80-kilogram weight section, be in action for the final showdowns. Zaynab Giveh, Shokoufeh Safari, Mae- points. They eventually won the third Iran’s Aba Kurosh wrestler Mehdi Fayzi took Wrestlers are eliminated from the rest deh Borhani, Mahsa Kadkhoda, Negar set 25-14. Iran failed to qualify for the AFC U-16 Women’s Champion- the bronze medal. of the competition once they lose in the Kiani and Farnoush Sheikhi in the initial Sarmayeh Bank women’s volleyball ship 2017. Aba Kurosh is one of the oldest forms shootout format. line-up. team is scheduled to face T. Grand of The Iranian team defeated the UAE, Singapore and Kyr- of Turkish wrestling, and one of the first to In the mixed format, wrestlers start with The Chinese sportswomen start- Chinese Taipei on Wednesday. gyzstan at the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 but lost have special clothing. the round format for the preliminary round ed the match in a more determined The 2016 Asian Women’s Club Vol- to Bangladesh AND Chinese Taipei in Group C. It was used as specialized military training and then shift to the shootout format. manner and were better in service, leyball Championship started in Binan Bangladesh qualified from the group as the winner. for fighters, and involves different holds on According to the team format, only one reception and attacks. They main- on September 3 and will finish on Sep- The AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 line-up will now the clothing or the body of one’s opponent. athlete from each weight category of a team tained the lead to surge ahead, be- tember 11. consist of Thailand, Laos, Korea Republic, Bangladesh and Aus- There are many different styles of Aba is allowed to participate. Participating teams fore the Persians came from behind, Iran’s Sarmayeh Bank, Chinese Ba’yi tralia, as well as direct entrants and the top three finishers in the Kurosh, which involve legs and throws while will fight one-on-one in the competitions. and racked up several points to nar- Shenzhen, Thailand’s Bangkok Glass 2015 edition – DPR Korea, Japan and China. holding the belt or jacket. The second edition of World Nomad row the deficit. and T. Grand of Chinese Taipei are The 2017 AFC U-16 Women’s Championship will the 7th edi- The goal of the game is to throw one’s Games started in Kyrgyzstan on September Even though Iranian volleyball play- drawn in Group F at the second round tion of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship, the biennial in- opponent on his shoulders. The wrestlers 3 and will run until September 8. ers demonstrated a rather convincing of the Asian tournament. ternational youth football championship organized by the Asian arrive to the mat in short capes with slots Nearly 2,000 athletes from 40 countries performance throughout the first set, NEC Red Rockets of Japan, Ka- Football Confederation (AFC) for the women’s under-16 national for hands, or in jackets made of sheepskin. are participating in the games, which are their Chinese counterparts made use zakhstan’s Altay Oskemen, Vietnam- teams of Asia. Also on Monday, an Iranian goresh designed to celebrate the nomadic herit- of their heights to spike well and claim ese Lien Viet Post Bank and Foton Pili- The tournament will be held in Thailand on September 9-23, wrestler claimed the bronze medal in men’s age of the Central Asian nations. the set by 25 points to 18. pinas of the host nation form Group E. 2017, following their fourth place in the 2015 edition. 80-kilogram division. (Source: PressTV) After the break, both (Source: PressTV) (Source: Tasnim) b

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NEWS Amir Naderi awarded at Acid victim accuses “Lanturi” producer of plagiarism Venice Film Festival

ARTTEHRAN — Amaneh Bahrami, an Iranian ARTTEHRAN — The U.S.-based deskwoman who was disfigured in an acid attack deskIranian filmmaker Amir Naderi by a man she refused to marry, has accused the producer of received the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the the acclaimed drama “Lanturi” of plagiarism. Filmmaker award, an award given to original and Bahrami has recently appeared in Tehran court and has innovative contributors to contemporary cinema, filed a lawsuit against Reza Dormishian, the Persian daily at the 73rd Venice Film Festival on Monday. Sharq announced in its Tuesday edition. The award ceremony took place in the Sala Bahrami has said, “I signed an agreement in 2010 with Grande (Palazzo del Cinema), before the Out of Hollywood to make a film on my life, but on the condition Competition screening of his new film “Monte” in that I would not forgive the convict. I forgave him and this its world premiere showing in Venice, organizers broke the agreement. have announced on the website. “Naderi gave a fundamental impetus to the birth of New Iranian Cinema during the 1970s and 80s with a number of masterpieces destined to leave their mark on the history of cinema,” said Alberto Barbera, Director of the Venice Film Festival. “Every film he has made clearly displays the nucleus of an identical obsession that transcends the principle of reality in order to force individuals beyond their own limits,” Barbera added. Naderi’s new film “Monte” tells a dramatic story Navid Mohammadzadeh (L) and Maryam Palizban act in a scene from “Lanturi”. of a man who makes every attempt to bring the sunlight into his village, where his family is barely “Two years later a German company, which has requested able to survive because of the prevailing darkness. anonymity, planned to make a film on my life, but later they In 2014, “Monte” was one of the projects claimed that ‘Lanturi’, screened at the Berlin Film Festival in selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market, 2016, had already portrayed part of my hard life, and as a a sideline program of the festival that offers filmmakers funding opportunities for the final result, they see no reason to make a film on my personal life,” Director Amir Naderi receives the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory To The Filmmaker Award prior the premiere of “Mountain” during the 73rd she added. production stage of their projects. Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 5, 2016 in Venice, Italy. (Getty Images Europe/Andreas Rentz) Dormishian denied Bahrami’s claims in a letter published “Harmonica” (1970), “Waiting” (1974), “The by the Persian service of ILNA on Tuesday. Runner” (1985), “Water, Wind, Soil” (1989), “Sound The “Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker” contribution to contemporary cinema. Previous “Following the recent remarks carried out by Amaneh Barrier” (2005) and “Cut” (2011) are among award was established ten years ago to honor winners include Kitano Takeshi from Japan and Al Bahrami, I feel sympathy for her as one of the hundreds of Naderi’s noteworthy credits. personalities who have made a significant Pacino from the United States. the victims, and I am ready to attend any court and answer any questions in order to resolve the problems that led to these misunderstandings,” Dormishian wrote. “I made ‘Lanturi’, as I did my previous films, based on Iran Cinema Celebration honors “A Family without an Elder” my social commitments and beliefs, and these kinds of ARTTEHRAN — Iranian after a lengthy hiatus due to their section and Hayedeh Moradi received accusations made against the movie are unfair,” he added. deskdirector Hadi mother’s sickness. the award for best director for “Snowy “Due to the great respect I feel toward Ms. Bahrami, who Masumdust’s “A Family without an Elder” The award for best director went to Roofs”. is one of the victims of acid attacks, I would prefer to remain has won the award for best documentary Yaser Khayyer for “Slowness”. In this section, the special jury award silent and say no more,” he concluded at the 18th Iran Cinema Celebration. In the medium-length documentary went to “The Rock” by Hamid Jafari. The story of the victims of acid attacks in Iran are almost The winners of the documentary section, the award for best film went to The Iranian House of Cinema identical to one another, they are victims of jealousy or a section of the celebration were “Tanhavash” by Fathollah Amiri while organizes the celebration annually to madness which the convict calls love, the report says. announced during a ceremony at Saam Kalantari received the award for commemorate Iran’s National Day of Bahrami is one of the victims who lost her eyes and her Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Historical best director for “Mannequins of Qale Cinema, which falls on September 11 beauty, but she never gave up and struggled to continue her Complex on Monday. Hasankhan”. this year. A scene from “A Family without an Elder” life with great efforts, the report added. In “A Family without an Elder”, “Owsia” by Alireza Dehqan won the Winners in the categories of short announced annually before the National She is the only victim who could get financial support from members of a family come together best film award in the short documentary films, animations and documentaries are Day of Cinema. different presidents of the country. In addition, she is the first victim who won lex talionis – the PICTURE OF THE DAY IRNA/Mehdi Qorbani law, applicable in Iran, of ‘an eye for an eye’, however she Hugh O’Brian, star of TV’s chose to forgive. “Lanturi” is about a lower class young man who falls in “The Life and Legend of love with a beautiful, upper class young woman. But after the Wyatt Earp” dies at 91 woman refuses to marry the man, he pours acid over her in a vicious act of revenge. LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Hugh Navid Mohammadzadeh, Baran Kowsari and Maryam O’Brian, who starred in the long-running Palizban star in the film. series “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp”, died Monday. He was 91. The actor died peacefully in his Beverly Hills home, according to a statement NEWS IN BRIEF from Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership. ABC Western “The Life and Legend “The Sympathizer” of Wyatt Earp”, in which the exceedingly handsome, muscular O’Brian starred as appears in Iranian the title character, ran for 221 episodes bookstores from 1955-61. At the time he was one of television’s great male symbols. In 1957 he was nominated for an ARTTEHRAN — A Persian version Emmy for best continuing performance deskof Vietnamese-American writer by an actor in a dramatic series for his Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Sympathy” has recently work on “The Life and Legend of Wyatt been published by Milkan Publications in Tehran. Earp”. Translated by Faranak Manavi, the book tells So popular and so much a part of the story of the fall of the South Vietnamese popular culture was O’Brian that he government in 1975 and subsequent events showed up as Earp, uncredited, in the through the eyes of a half-Vietnamese undercover 1959 Bob Hope Western comedy “Alias communist agent in America. Jesse James”, as well as in the 1960 Published in 2015, the book won several TV movie “The Secret World of Eddie accolades, including the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Hodges”; when the actor guested on Fiction and the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First “Make Room for Daddy” in 1956, the Novel by an American Author. Visitors photograph an Iranian teahouse painting on display at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on September 5, 2016. episode was entitled “Wyatt Earp Visits the Williamses”. Tehran museum to review Jacques Tati’s “Playtime” Africa hosts Henri Matisse exhibit for 1st time: ‘Perfect’ JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South The exhibit of bold line drawings and interest in textiles. So he collected many Museum in Nice , the Matisse family and African schoolgirl leaned close to the vibrantly colored stencils also includes one Kuba cloths, for example, and also private collections. ARTTEHRAN — French director Matisse painting. of Matisse’s first drawings as a student various North African fabrics, particularly One painting features a small African deskJacques Tati’s 1967 comedy “I like the blue and yellow of the dress and one of his final paintings, the portrait the sort of cotton appliqué work that is sculpture, a carved wooden figurine that movie “Playtime” will go on screen today at 5 the woman is wearing. And then there described by the student, completed well-known in Africa. And those things Matisse bought at a curio shop in Paris p.m. at the cinematheque of the Tehran Museum is the bright red background,” she said. shortly before his death in 1954. find their way into his work in various in 1906. He brought the sculpture to a of Contemporary Art. “And the drawing of her face is simple but “He collected many African art objects, ways,” Freschi said. lunch at Gertrude Stein’s and showed it Starring Tati and Barbara Dennek, “Playtime” strong.” particularly masks and figurines from Because this is the first Matisse exhibit to Picasso, who was fascinated by it, Stein is about Monsieur Hulot who is lost in the new For the first time, Africa is hosting an Central and West Africa,” said Federico in Africa, the show is broad in scope to later recounted. Picasso soon collected modernity of Paris and bumps into a group of exhibit devoted to Henri Matisse. The Freschi, dean of art at the University of allow space for learning and engagement, African sculptures and masks, and many American tourists. show in Johannesburg features more Johannesburg and co-curator of the show Freschi said. Most of the works were critics say his interest in African art led to A review session by Iranian critic and than 80 works, including a painting that that runs through Sept. 17, “Henri Matisse: loaned by the Matisse Museum in Le his development of Cubism. screenwriter Shadmehr Rastin will follow the points to how the continent inspired Rhythm and Meaning.” Cateau-Cambresis , the town where the Young artists at the Johannesburg screening of the film. Matisse and his contemporary, Pablo “Matisse also collected a number artists grew up. Others came from the exhibit gathered excitedly around the Picasso. of African textiles. He had a particular Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Matisse plates from Matisse’s famed Jazz series.