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INSTEX should not be a Top German official calls for vehicle to carry out U.S. orders: Zarif upholding nuclear deal SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister deskMohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday By staff and agency ued commitment to preserving the JCPOA.” that the European special purpose vehicle for trade with German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said The Austrian Ambassador to Tehran, Ste- Iran, known as INSTEX, should not be a means to carry on Wednesday that Germany is working fan Scholz, also said on Tuesday that Vienna out U.S. orders. with Britain and France to uphold the 2015 is committed to the nuclear deal. “INSTEX is a preliminary phase and has not yet been nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint During a meeting with the governor of implemented completely, and if it’s implemented, it is Comprehensive Plan of Action. Gorgan, Scholz said, “All the people of Iran essential that oil income enter it. It should not be in a way According to Reuters, he said Germany have the right to enjoy economic benefits that INSTEX be a means to carry out the U.S. orders and was coordinating closely with France and of the JCPOA.” they tell the Europeans that how INSTEX should work,” he Britain, and the goal remained to uphold On May 8, exactly one year after the told reporters after a cabinet meeting. the nuclear agreement with Iran. U.S. withdrew from the multi-nation nu- The Europeans should dare to act based on their commitments He also appealed for efforts to prevent clear agreement and reimposed sanctions and not the U.S. orders, he added. an escalation of tensions in the Persian on Iran, Tehran said its “strategic patience” He also said, “Today’s tension and problems have been caused by the Gulf region. is over and announced a partial withdrawal U.S. economic terrorism and Europe’s inability to meet its commitments “The goal of all responsible politicians from some aspects of the pact, saying that which means accompanying the U.S. economic terrorism.” must be to observe the situation very soberly the country would no longer adhere to some The United States has slapped the harshest ever sanctions and carefully, and not to sleepwalk into an of the limits on its nuclear activities. It also in history against Iran. It has introduced a total ban on even bigger crisis,” he said. threatened to step up uranium enrichment Iran’s oil exports. Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Chi- if an agreement is not made within 60 days Under the 2015 nuclear agreement, formally called the JCPOA na, and Iran have been trying to salvage to protect it from the sanctions’ effects. and endorsed by the UN Security Council Resolution 2231, Iran the pact since the U.S. withdrew from it In follow-up to that deadline, on July 7 is tasked to put a cap on its nuclear activities in exchange for in May 2018 and returned sanctions and Iran announced that it has started enriching termination of economic and financial sanctions. imposed new ones. uranium to a higher purity than the 3.67% as ‘I hope B-team will be reduced to Netanyahu and Bolton’ The European Union announced on the Europeans missed the 60-day deadline Zarif also said that Iran has always been interested in ties June 28 that its special purpose vehicle to discuss Iran’s moves in reducing its nu- “The atmosphere was constructive. to devise a concrete mechanism to protect with neighbors if they change their policies and stop interfering for trade with Iran, known as INSTEX, clear commitments and explore ways to Discussions were good. I cannot say that the country from the U.S. sanctions. in other countries’ affairs. has gone into effect. save the nuclear deal. we resolved everything, I can say there are Iran has said its decision to reduce nuclear “I hope that the members of B-team will be reduced and limited Tehran says the mechanism is far short Abbas Araghchi, the deputy foreign minister lots of commitments,” the senior nuclear commitments are based on paragraph 36 to Netanyahu and Bolton,” he said. of Iran’s expectation. Iran has been insisting and a top nuclear negotiator who represent- negotiator told Reuters. of the JCPOA. The B-Team includes U.S. President Donald Trump’s national that the mechanism should include Iran’s ed Iran in the meeting, called the talks “con- Helga Schmid, secretary general of the Paragraph 36 provided a mechanism to security advisor John Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin oil purchases. structive”. However, he warned Iran would European External Action Service (EEAS), resolve disputes and allows one side, under Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and The remaining JCPOA parties held an continue to reduce its nuclear commitments also issued a statement on Sunday saying certain circumstances, to stop complying with UAE Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed. emergency meeting in Vienna on Sunday if Europeans failed to salvage the pact. that “participants reaffirmed their contin- the deal if the other side is out of compliance. Zarif had previously warned that the B-Team could goad Trump into a war with Tehran. Release of Iranian tanker could help free British vessel, says Iranian ambassador Rouhani to Macron: Baeidinejad says British tanker unlawfully entered Hormuz Strait from exit lane Normalizing oil, banking By staff and agency imprisonment of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, said in NY, it is IRAN that guarantees the security of the The release of a seized Iranian tanker could help secure who was jailed for five years in Tehran after being accused Persian Gulf & the Strait of Hormuz. UK must cease being transactions first step the freedom of a British-flagged vessel detained by Tehran, of spying in 2016, a charge she denies. an accessory to #EconomicTerrorism of the US.” Europe should take Iran’s ambassador to the UK has told Sky News. When asked if he was insisting she had been spying even In the emergency meeting of the JCPOA parties in Vienna On 4 July, Royal Marines were involved in the seizure of though she was in the country with her baby, Baeidinejad on Sunday, Iran called the British seizure of the Grace 1 a Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar, suspecting the ship said: “Espionage is a very flexible language, it can involve violation of the nuclear deal. 1 Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the UN-endorsed of taking oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions. Iran called many activities. White House national security advisor John Bolton, an JCPOA in May 2018 and imposed the toughest ever sanctions it an act of “piracy”. “When you’re engaged in illegal activities, it doesn’t matter Iran hawk, praised the seizure. “Excellent news: UK has against Iran in line with his administration’s “maximum pressure” Days later, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps seized if you have a baby or not…you should be accountable to law. detained the supertanker Grace I laden with Iranian oil policy against Tehran. British-flagged Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz. The “The question is do we want to help her be released before bound for Syria in violation of EU sanctions,” Bolton ex- Rouhani described the U.S. sanctions against the Iranian ship and its 23 crew remain in Iranian custody. or not? If that’s the intention there are some regulations that ulted on Twitter. people as examples of “economic terrorism” and “inhuman action”. Iranian ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad told Sky News: “Of should be followed. We have a clemency procedure and that In a commentary on July 20, the British newspaper The United States has introduced a total ban on Iran’s oil course one issue can help resolution of another issue but these should be followed.” Guardian said Bolton has succeeded to lure Britain into exports, which are Iran’s main source of income. are two separate issues that need to be tackled separately.” Russia says Iran’s explanation in seizing British a dangerous trap to punish Iran by deceiving London to “Full compliance with the commitments by Iran while the He also said: “We’re very keen to see the UK is doing all the tanker is ‘credible’ capture a tanker carrying the Iranian oil in Gibraltar, which other side does not meet its least commitments is not acceptable measures necessary to release as soon as possible the Grace 1.” Meanwhile, Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Iran responded in kind. for the Iranian people,” Rouhani said. On Monday he had been less open to compromise, tweeting Ryabkov appeared to back Iran’s explanation for its sei- The British newspaper said “Britain blindly dances to He also said that Iran can reverse its decision to reduce that any exchange would be “impossible”, as the UK had “illegally zure of the Stena Impero, telling Sky’s Russia correspondent the beat of Bolton’s war drums” against Iran. nuclear commitments as soon as Europe meets the country’s detained” the Iranian ship and the British-flagged ship had been Diana Magnay: “In terms of what Iranians did to the British According to the Guardian, the Spanish ambassador to economic interests. “detained for violating some key safety/security regulations”. [flagged] tanker, we regard their explanation of some breach Tehran who was summoned over the seizure, said the Ira- Last week, Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs During his Sky News interview, Baeidinejad said: “That of the rules of navigation as being a credible one.” nian tanker had been seized “following a request from the Abbas Araghchi submitted a written message from Rouhani ship collided with a fishing boat in the area...the fishing boat But he “strongly urged” all sides to remain within the terms United States to the United Kingdom.” to Macron. was damaged and there have been injuries.” of the JCPOA - the 2015 nuclear deal signed by Iran, China, Following the oil tankers standoff, former British Foreign Rouhani and stressed the need for continued talks between He also said Stena Impero had “entered the Strait of France, Germany, Russia, the UK and the U.S. Last year, U.S. Secretary Jack wrote an article in the Daily Mail on July 20 Tehran and Paris to ensure two sides’ commitment to the JCPOA. Hormuz from the exit lane, which is against the law”. President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the agree- saying that Iranians have “good cause” to be “resentful” On May 8, exactly one year after the U.S. withdrew “We have tension in the region because of the U.S. policies - ment but European signatories have been trying to salvage it. against Britain and call Britons the “cunning, colonial fox”. from the multi-nation nuclear agreement and reimposed that ship should have been very careful not to violate any laws.” Ryabkov said: “It would be most unfortunate if some will In another tweet on July 21, Zarif said only “prudence sanctions on Iran, Tehran said its “strategic patience” is over Baeidinejad denied Grace 1 was heading for Syria but start following a very destructive course which the Trump and foresight” can alleviate tensions. and announced a partial withdrawal from some aspects of repeatedly declined to identify the ship’s destination. administration embarked upon and which ended with first “Having failed to lure Donald Trump into War of the the pact, saying that the country would no longer adhere to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has complete withdrawal from the deal and, subsequently, very Century, and fearing collapse of his B-Team, Ambassador some of the limits on its nuclear activities. It also threatened said Iran cannot reveal the destination of the tanker because crude imposition of extra-territorial sanctions.” John Bolton is turning his venom against the UK in hopes to step up uranium enrichment if an agreement is not made of the U.S. sanctions. He added: “We’re pretty sure that [Iran] are fully com- of dragging it into a quagmire,” Zarif tweeted. within 60 days to protect it He told Sky News: “It’s very clear, we have announced mitted to the exclusively peaceful nature of their nuclear During a meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf from the sanctions’ effects. “Full it’s not going to a sanction entity…we’re not entitled to say program and they should be rewarded for this.” bin Alawi bin Abdullah in Tehran on Sunday, President In follow-up to that dead- what is the destination of the ship.” Zarif, in a tweet on July 20, said Iran’s conduct towards the Hassan Rouhani said that Britain will suffer harms for line, on July 7 Iran announced compliance ‘Some regulations should be followed in Naz- British tanker had been fully within international maritime rules. seizing Iran’s oil tanker. that it has started enriching with the anin Zaghari case’ “Unlike the piracy in the Strait of Gibraltar, our action Rouhani also said that presence of foreign forces in the uranium to a higher purity than commitments Iran and the UK also remain in dispute over the continued in the Persian Gulf is to uphold int’l maritime rules. As I region are the main cause of tension in the region. the 3.67% as the Europeans missed the 60-day deadline to by Iran while devise a concrete mechanism the other U.S. to renew sanctions waivers for five Iran nuclear programs: Washington Post to protect the country from the U.S. sanctions. side does not After an internal policy battle, the Trump States would have to sanction Russian, Chi- substantially!” he tweeted. The remaining JCPOA parties meet its least administration is set to announce later nese and European firms that are involved Inside the administration, some officials held an emergency meeting in commitments this week that it will once again waive five in projects inside Iran that were established argued the projects give the United States and Vienna on Sunday to discuss different nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. the international community crucial insight Iran’s moves in reducing its is not preserving a key part of the Obama-era These projects include modifying a into Iran’s nuclear program. nuclear commitments and explore acceptable for Iran nuclear deal. heavy-water reactor in Arak and converting “There’s always been a tension inside the According to the Washington Post, the an enrichment center at Fordow as well as administration between those who want to ways to save the nuclear deal. the Iranian Araghchi, Tehran’s top nuclear decision will upset Iran hawks in Washington fuel exchanges at the Bushehr nuclear reactor preserve elements of the [Iran nuclear deal] negotiator who represented Iran people,” and be welcomed by Russia, China, European facility and the Tehran Research Reactor. as a framework for negotiations and those in the meeting, called the talks Rouhani said. allies and the Iranian leadership. The issue is The State Department, which is the who see it as a fatally flawed agreement that “constructive”. However, he emblematic of the tension inside the adminis- lead government agency on the issue, last provides Iran patient pathways to atomic Some officials insist that the nuclear warned Iran would continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if tration over the implementation of President renewed the waivers in May even as it declined bombs,” said Mark Dubowitz, executive waivers do not dilute the “maximum pres- Europeans failed to normalize economic ties with Iran. Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy. to renew two other nuclear-related sanctions director of the Foundation for the Defense sure” campaign much. “We are permitting “The atmosphere was constructive. Discussions were good. In an Oval Office meeting last week, waivers. The soon-to-be-announced waiver of Democracies. “Our policy objective is to restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program to I cannot say that we resolved everything, I can say there are lots Trump sided with Treasury Secretary Steven extensions will give those projects another maximize maximum pressure. These nuclear continue while we cripple Iran’s economy,” of commitments,” the senior nuclear negotiator told Reuters. Mnuchin, who argued that the administration 90 days of immunity. In April, the Trump waivers never made sense, and they defi- one official said. Helga Schmid, secretary general of the European External should again renew sanctions waivers related administration canceled all waivers for all nitely don’t make sense in the context of a But for most officials, lawmakers and Action Service (EEAS), also issued a statement on Sunday saying to five separate parts of Iran’s nuclear program. imports of Iranian oil. maximum pressure campaign.” diplomats, the issue is whether the Trump that “participants reaffirmed their continued commitment to Mnuchin prevailed over the objections of The National Security Council, the State Daryl Kimball, president of the Arms administration and Trump himself are really preserving the JCPOA.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national Department and the Treasury Department Control Association, said that since Trump’s committed to the unilateralist, aggressive, She also said, “They recalled that both nuclear commitments security adviser John Bolton, according to all declined to comment on the record about “maximum pressure” policy is not going to full-break-from-Obama Iran policy they are and sanctions-lifting are essential parts of the agreement.” six administration officials. Pompeo, who internal deliberations. work anyway, the projects themselves should always touting. This move could be interpreted ‘Iran is the main guarantor of regional security’ is the lead official on the issue, will never- Earlier this month, Trump seemed to in- be saved for their intrinsic value. as a signal they are not. Rouhani also told the French leader that Iran has been and theless support Trump’s decision when it is dicate that the nuclear waivers would not “It’s in the U.S. national and international “It’s going to be seen as tacit approval that will be the main guarantor of security for shipping in the Persian announced later this week. be extended, when he reacted on Twitter to security interest to extend these waivers to Iran has a right to have a nuclear enrichment Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz. Mnuchin, these six officials said, argued news that Iran had exceeded the uranium allow these projects, which were designed program, which we do not accept,” one official He noted that continuation of the U.S. policies in the region to Trump that if the sanctions were not again enrichment levels agreed under the nucle- to make Iran’s nuclear programs more pro- said. “That’s not the policy.” cause tension which will have negative consequences for the waived as required by law by Aug. 1, the United ar deal. “Sanctions will soon be increased, liferation-resistant,” he said. international stability. Rouhani also lauded the French president’s efforts to resolve existing issues, saying, “Iran has always welcomed any initiative Zarif’s aide holds talks with Tunisian FM aimed at fair solutions and constructive dialogue.” POLITICAL TEHRAN — Hamidreza Dehqani, an In September 2015, Iranian Foreign Minister Mo- death in line with the constitution, paid tribute to the Macron says France to make any effort to normalize deskaide to Foreign Minister Mohammad hammad Javad Zarif had a meeting with late President late leader describing him as “the architect of national Iran’s economic ties Javad Zarif, who had participated in a funeral ceremo- Essebsi in Tunis where he said that Iran and Tunisia reconciliation”. For his part, Macron said that France to make any effort to ny for the late Tunisian President Bejo Caid Essebsi, pursue the same goals and objectives in combatting “He was determined to achieve a successful demo- meet Iran’s interests and normalize Tehran’s economic ties with held talks on Tuesday with Tunisian Foreign Minister extremism and terrorism in regional countries. cratic transition,” Ennaceur said, according to France 24. other countries. Khemaies Jhinaoui. Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 92. Essebsi rose to prominence after Ben Ali’s overthrow, He described the U.S. unilateral sanctions against Iran as The sides discussed ways to expand bilateral relations Parliament speaker Mohamed Ennaceur, who was which was followed by revolts against authoritarian lead- “unacceptable”. in all fields, Fars reported on Tuesday. sworn in as interim president hours after Essebsi’s ers across the Middle East including Libya and Egypt. TECHNOLOGY

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 1, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 INSTEX might be beginning of Leader reacts to execution autonomous Europe in World: expert of two Bahraini activists POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Arabic Twitter account of the deskOffice for Preserving and Promoting the Works POLITICAL TEHRAN – INSTEX, a weapons, I hope and I believe that also the of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has deskEuropean special purpose political leaders understand this. Nobody posted a tweet to react to the recent execution of two young Bahraini vehicle for trade with Iran to bypass U.S. needs nuclear arms in today’s world,” Me- political activists by the al-Khalifa regime. sanctions, might actually be the beginning of lasuo confirmed. an autonomous Europe, free of the influence He said, “First time since eternity, the of Washington, a political science professor European democratic countries tried to ally at Tampere University from Finland believes. themselves with Iran in order to resist the “In the long run, the European attitude Trump administration. This is something will have a positive impact on Euro-Irani- important, even historical, and might in a an relations, and the Iranian international long run re-enforce the 2015 accord and relations in general,” Tuomo Melasuo told produce ways to commerce with Iran. To- the Iran Labor News Agency in an interview day this is not just a political discourse, but published on Wednesday. Europe really tries to form a common front Commenting on the probability of negoti- against Trump’s administration in order to ation between U.S. and Iran, he said, “Might protect Iran.” negotiating with the U.S. president have a The professor said it is necessary for Europe result or not, is a minor question because to strengthen its “foreign policy independ- we cannot trust that Donald Trump and his ence” and create capacities. administration will respect it or anything else.” “This also shows that confidence is some- “The European possibilities to have a thing extremely important in issues concern- “The oppression and cruelty will not last long, and the decision strong oppositional answer to USA actions ing nuclear arms. Our [Finland’s] minister and will of the justice-seeking nations will eventually prevail,” the is limited and discreet, because our govern- of foreign affairs, Mr. Pekka Haavisto put tweet read, according to the Mehr news agency.On July 27, Bahrain ments are rather weak and prefer to have a emphasis on this… when stating that Finland executed two pro-democracy activists (Ahmad al-Malali, 24, and Ali common answer within EU without too much will continue to commerce with Iran,” the Hakim al-Arab, 25,) on two separate cases, defying widespread calls offending the Trump regime.” professor said. to commute the death sentences handed to prisoners in mass trials. “Still personally, I am happy that Europe “For Europe, all this shows that we need to is showing an oppositional line to the Trump strengthen our foreign policy independence administration; this has a symbolic meaning,” and create our capacities to apply it. The still the political science professor said. modest INSTEX might be the beginning of He also warned against the destructive Political science professor Tuomo Melasuo the more autonomous Europe in interna- Iran expresses positive view consequences of a war in the region. says today the United States is in a difficult tional economy and politics. Let us hope that toward Russia’s Persian Gulf “The political, economic and social conse- Europe will be able to turn these approaches quences of war and chaos in the region would situation because of its “unpredictable into the strategic tools and goals.” security proposal be catastrophic for all the Middle-Eastern president”. Melasuo said that throughout the world, and European stakeholders. In the short run, the U.S. is the only country which has used 1 The presence of foreign countries in the region will increase their consequences for the U.S. would be no more trust on it.” great or superpowers that everything is not nuclear weapons and “we do not have any tension, Sanaei said, adding that Tehran welcomes any constructive less immediate because of the geographical Melasuo continued that the U.S. cannot possible and neither acceptable.” guarantee that it does not do it again. That initiative that involves the regional countries. distance, but even more serious in the long live without international multilateral treaties The professor also said Iran’s actions to is why it would be important to start to de- In a letter presented to the UN Security Council and the UN General run when they will lose more profoundly and organizations such as the Paris Treaty on limit its commitments to the JCPOA are po- bate with that country how it would pay for Assembly on July 23, Russia said that it is “ready for cooperation their image as a decent country.” Climate, the International Criminal Court - litical signs and messages to the international Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which remain with all interested parties to implement this and other constructive The professor also said, “We do not know ICC, or the European Union - EU. community, neighboring countries, Iranian open wounds in the mind of humankind. proposals.”The Russian Foreign Ministry has named its plan the yet what will be the concrete impact of the “In this situation, the solution lies in dif- citizens and also all these stockholders that Otherwise, the U.S. cannot be understood “Concept of Collective Security in the Persian Gulf.” INSTEX.” ferent efforts to reduce those tensions, if you Iran is not happy with the return of sanctions as a normal country.” The university scholar said today Wash- cannot simply get rid of them. This means and that she has the capacity to react. “Of course, all these are very general op- ington is now in an imbroglio as its president also that responsible countries should be “They invited Iran to respect the 2015 tions and they offer very little to the acute is unpredictable. able to start a process of confidence building nuclear deal and remain within the frame- important needs of Iran and Iranian citizens. “The United States of America has today a even with their declared enemies.” work of those accords, JCPOA, the Joint However, on the long run they might contrib- difficult position in the world. Because of its The international analyst suggested that Comprehensive Plan of Action. Iran has ute to general improvements of international unpredictable president and administration special efforts should be done by regional also remained modest and reasonable, the perspectives.” that many multilateral rules of international countries to settle “unnecessary conflicts” like increase of enrichment from 3,67 to 4,50%, The professor went on to say that “still we relations have been fragilized. This means the one in Yemen, or prevent turbulences for and the increase of 300 kg storage by 2 kg are should be able to propose something much that the U.S. is losing its international im- maritime transportation in the region. “This more symbolic than anything else.” more concrete and immediate for easing portance because many main players can also means that local actors clearly signify to “However, Iran does not need nuclear Iranian living conditions.”

Signs of tension reduction appearing in Persian Gulf “In the current conditions, energetic and effective action is needed at an international and regional levels in the interests 1 More than thirty years after the end of the Iran-Iraq of improving and further stabilizing the situation in the Persian war, several oil tankers have exploded again in the region Gulf, overcoming the prolonged crisis stage and turning this in recent months. Tensions and maritime conflicts have sub-region to peace, good neighborly relations and sustainable re-emerged in the region by the U.S. and its regional allies’ development,” the document said.“Practical work on launching destabilizing acts and the return of U.S. sanctions against Iran. the process of creating a security system in the Persian Gulf may The White House’s unlawful withdrawal from the Iran be started by holding bilateral and multilateral consultations nuclear deal (JCPOA), designation of the Islamic Revolution- between interested parties, including countries both within the ary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, re-imposing region and outside of it, UN Security Council, LAS [League of sanctions on Iran and trying to drive Iran’s oil export to Arab States], OIC [Organization of Islamic Cooperation], PGCC zero all are provocative and suspicious moves of the U.S. [Persian Gulf Cooperation Council],” the document added.The that have fueled the regional tensions. document envisages forming an initiative group to prepare an Recently to reduce tensions in the region, officials from international conference on security and cooperation in the Persian a number of countries have taken steps and traveled to Iran Gulf, which would later lead to establishing an organization on to mediate. security and cooperation in this region.During his Wednesday Trying to calm the region, Iran has tried to take steps by meeting with Sanaei, Ryabkov said the Moscow-proposed plan a series of new proposals to improve relations with Arab has been drafted to provide security for Persian Gulf littoral states countries on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf. and safeguard their interests. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested on May 26 signing a non-aggression pact with Persian Gulf littoral states during his three-day trip to Iraq. The sug- gested plan proves Iran to be right since security in the Pumping like Pompeo: region would be achieved via cooperation of all regional countries and a desirable and stable regional discipline is Convincing Iranian public obtainable without interference of foreign countries. The plan can become operational step by step with the aim of through sanctions? building confidence among regional countries. By Reza Resalat Some speculations show that Oman and Iraq are likely trying to ease tensions between Tehran and some Persian U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been talking about his show Gulf states. In this regard, Iran’s Ambassador to Kuwait also trip to Iran against the fact that according to U.S. sanctions, anybody announced on July 30 that some countries have accepted Russia’s plan and Iran’s proposal both seek to reduce visiting Iran would face liabilities.He recently told Bloomberg that to join Iran’s proposed non-aggression pact. he wanted to visit Tehran and directly speak to the Iranians. Citing Alongside with acceptance of some countries to join Iran’s tensions among the Persian Gulf states. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s trip to New proposed non-aggression pact, it was announced that a joint York and his interviews with American press, he talked about his not like Saddam Hussein’s, former President of Iraq when with all interested parties to implement this and other con- Iran-UAE Coast Guard meeting had been held in Tehran willingness to appear on the Iranian TV and speak about U.S. policies Kuwait united with America against another regional state structive proposals”. after six years and some reports indicated that two UAE directly to the people of Iran.His desire for talking to Iranians come and will not allow its territory to be used to threaten Iran. Russia’s plan and Iran’s proposal both seek to reduce banks have announced their readiness to cooperate with despite his respective government’s maximum pressure campaign Kuwait had earlier rejected America’s request for deployment tensions among the Persian Gulf states. There is only one Iran, the Khorasan newspaper reported last week. implemented through sanctions, which amounts to war, or better of four B-52 bombers in Kuwait.” difference between them. In the Russian plan, it has been Russia and Qatar welcomed the proposal in June, and to be called economic terrorism against the same people. In addition to Iranian foreign minister’s plan of a non-ag- emphasized that the region’s security system will be strength- it now appears that Kuwait has joined supporters. In this We have also been witnessing that the U.S. administration, as gression pact, Russia also outlined a plan for “collective ened only by neighbors in the Persian Gulf and when foreign regard, Iran’s Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Irani, host to the UN, has created much difficulty for the chief Iranian security in Persian Gulf” and presented it to the UN Security military presence in the region is reduced. in an interview with Al Rai, said that some countries have diplomat and Iranian mission in the UN. Council and the UN General Assembly on 30 July 2019. The regional non-aggression pact is expected to pave the accepted to join Iran’s non-aggression pact proposal. Not only that, the U.S. has blocked all social applications accounts Russia’s concept of collective security in the Persian Gulf way for neighboring countries to build trust and establish He did not explicitly mention the names of the countries, of the Iranian broadcasting body, also denying entry to Iranian jour- has been distributed as an official document approved by constructive interaction. but said in his remarks that the proposal was not specific nalists during State Department and White House press conferences. the United Nations. Despite all pressures, diplomatic initiatives are being to Kuwait and would include all countries in the region. This goes against the fact that over 10 U.S. media outlets have cor- “In the current conditions, energetic and effective action pursued by Iran and some regional and trans-regional coun- He also mentioned that some countries have responded respondents in Iran.The U.S. administration and some of its allies is needed at international and regional levels in the interests tries to reduce tensions in the Middle East. positively to this plan, and Iran is awaiting response from have over the years spent hundreds of millions of dollars out of the of improving and further stabilizing the situation in the Tensions initially built up between the U.S. and Iran after other countries. pockets of taxpayers to launch Persian TV channels with the aim to Persian Gulf, overcoming the prolonged crisis stage and President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the 2015 Simultaneously, Special Assistant to the Speaker of shape the public mind in Iran with their destructive inculcations. turning this sub-region to peace, good neighborly relations nuclear deal and imposed severe sanctions against Tehran. the Iranian Parliament for International Affairs Hossein Pompeo’s call for a trip to Tehran comes also despite the U.S. and sustainable development,” the document says. Despite U.S. policy of maximum pressure on Iran, the Amir-Abdollahian also referred to the recent visit of the having sanctioned an Iranian conference, The New Horizon, barring “Practical work on launching the process of creating a Trump administration claims that it is ready for talks with Omani foreign minister to Tehran, saying that Yusuf bin American intelligentsia from freely travelling to Iran. security system in the Persian Gulf may start by holding Iran but Tehran says it doesn’t trust the White House and Alawi bin Abdullah had positive and constructive ideas on The irony is that with its unilateral sanctions, the U.S. administra- bilateral and multilateral consultations between interest- will resist pressures, maintaining that there will be no talks the subject of Iranian-Arab talks and the reduction of tanker tion will be having its secretary of state subject to its own sanctions if ed parties, including countries both within the region and with a party which has already violated many international seizures and tensions. he visits Iran. It seems that first and foremost, U.S. statesmen would outside of it, UN Security Council, LAS [League of Arab agreements. An international news correspondent with Etemad have to correct their logic and remove the existing paradoxes in their States], OIC [Organization of Islamic Cooperation], PGCC Tensions between Iran and the United States reached a newspaper wrote in a recent tweet quoting an Arab source stance against Iran. It is after all a reality that they have been put in [Persian Gulf Cooperation Council],” the document added. record high after a U.S. spy drone violated Iran’s airspace saying: “In response to Washington’s request for joining an the passive stance in the face of our foreign minister’s informative In a letter to the UN Security Council and the UN General last month and ignored Iran’s warnings before being targeted international coalition to protect commercial ships in the interview with American media. region, Kuwait stated that the situation in the region was Assembly, Russia said that it was “ready for cooperation by IRGC air defense. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AUGUST 1, 2019 Iranian energy minister visits STOCK MARKET TEDPIX 254445.7 IFX 3374.36 Afghanistan to pursue economic co-op Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir ECONOMY TERHAN–Iranian part, Ardakanian voiced Iran’s readiness for deskMinister of Energy, who cooperation in Afghanistan’s infrastructure heads the Iran-Afghanistan Joint Economic projects and emphasized the need for exploita- Committee, visited Kabul on Tuesday to hold tion of bilateral and international capacities CURRENCIES talks with senior Afghan officials in order to in this regard. USD 42,000 rials discuss expansion of economic ties especially The two sides also agreed on cooperation EUR 46,849 rials in water and energy areas. in other areas like investing in renewables and During his one-day visit, Reza Ardakanian extending this cooperation to other countries GBP 51,041 rials met with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the in the region. country’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah Joint Economic Committee Meeting AED 11,437 rials and the Afghan minister of water and energy to be held soon Source: cbi.ir as well as the country’s finance minister. Further in his visit, Ardakanian met with In the meeting with Ghani, the two sides the Afghan Finance Minister Mohammad discussed a variety of important issues in- Humayun Qayumi who is also the co-chair of cluding energy exchanges, joint ventures in Afghanistan-Iran Joint Economic Committee. COMMODITIES water and related industries, environmental border regions by optimal water resources Abdullah, in which the two sides called for a During the meeting, the two sides discussed issues, railways, Afghanistan’s participation in management. more active performance by the two countries’ the two countries’ latest state of bilateral re- Brent $65.02/b Chabahar Port and resolving banking issues. Increasing the level of trade between the Joint Economic Committee in order to develop lations in economic areas, including trade, WTI $58.37/b Need for managing border waters two countries by utilizing Afghanistan’s latent economic relations especially in water, energy transit and energy, and agreed to hold a joint The two sides also stressed the need for production and trade capacities was among and utilization of Chabahar Port capacities. economic committee meeting within a month. OPEC Basket $63.79/b close cooperation between the two countries other issues discussed in the meeting. Ardakanian further met with Afghan Min- The two sides also agreed on establishing for managing the water resources in the border Activating Joint Economic Com- a committee to act as a temporary framework Gold $1,432.40/oz ister of Energy and Water Mohammad Gul regions of the two countries. mittee mechanism Kholmi, to discuss the two countries relations for activating economic capacities before hold- Silver $16.52/oz They emphasized the need for balanced After meeting with Ghani, Ardakanian in the fields of water and energy. ing the next meeting of the Joint Economic and mutually beneficial development of the held talks with the country’s Chief Executive In the meeting with his Afghan counter- Committee. Platinium $875.85/oz Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com Iran’s private sector ready to Transport development contribute to Iraq’s reconstruction fund set up in Iran Cabinet OKs taking ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iran Cham- ECONOMY TEHRAN – Establish- zeroes off currency deskber of Commerce, Indus- deskment of the Transport tries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) hosted a Development Fund of Iran as a state-run ECONOMY TEHRAN – Iranian cabinet approved a bill gathering on Tuesday between representatives company was officially started by Iranian Vice deskproposed by Central Bank of Iran (CBI) for of Iran and Iraq’s private companies active in President Es’haq Jahangiri as the Ministry of eliminating four zeroes from the national currency, IRNA reported. the construction industry, the ICCIMA portal Roads and Urban Development was notified The decision was made during a cabinet meeting on Wednes- reported. with the statute of the company.As reported day, headed by President Hassan Rouhani. As reported, in the meeting which was at- by IRNA on Wednesday, the statute of the According to the proposed bill, the national currency will tended by officials, businessmen, entrepreneurs Transport Development Fund was ratified change from Rial to Toman. and company representatives from both sides in a cabinet meeting on July 27 and the min- As reported, the decision was made in order to maintain the active in the construction industry, the two istries of road and urban development, and efficiency of the national currency and facilitate and restore the sides explored avenues of cooperation and impact on the reconstruction process of Iraq finance and economic affairs, as well as the establishment of the transport development role of cash in domestic monetary transactions. contribution of Iranian private sectors in the by investing in the country. Budget and Planning Organization were fund was envisioned by the country’s Sixth reconstruction of Iraq. Further in the event, the Secretary General notified accordingly. Five-Year National Development Plan (2016- According to the data provided by the Ira- of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Hamid According to the fund’s charter, the Trans- 2021).The minister had noted that in the qi side, the Arab country’s infrastructure has Hosseini expressed hope that Iranian compa- port Development Fund is a state-owned current Iranian calendar year’s budget bill suffered nearly $45 billion of damage during nies could form consortiums with private and corporation whose purpose is to finance and 200 billion rials (nearly $4.76 million) has the Daesh groups’ attacks in the country and state-run Iraqi companies in order to play a develop the country’s transport sector as well been allocated to this fund.In the past two the country requires $88 billion of investment significant role in the country’s infrastructure as the freight and passenger transport services decades, Iran’s transportation infrastructure to reconstruct the damaged infrastructure. projects. sector.The fund is also able to provide neces- has gone through major transformation and In this regard, the Board of Directors of “Iranian companies have competitive ad- sary facilities through representative banks every year the country is advancing more the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce vantages in Iraq’s housing and engineering for the private investors which are active in in this area. stated that Iran has the capacity to expand its services sector and should use this opportunity the transport areas. Currently more than 80 percent of the presence in Iraq’s infrastructure projects and for expansion of their presence in Iraq, though The fund’s initial capital is set to be 190 country’s roads are paved and the government to invest jointly with Iraqi parties. there are some difficulties along the way, espe- trillion rials (over $4.5 billion) and its affiliated is also hugely planning on expanding and Speaking in the meeting, Mohammad cially considering the financial complexities company is set to be in close coordination with developing the country’s railway network. Amirzadeh, deputy head of ICCIMA, expressed imposed by the U.S. sanctions,” he said. the ministry of roads and urban development. Since the country have numerous neigh- the Iranian private sector’s readiness for coop- Iran and Iraq have been taking significant Earlier in June, Iran’s Transport Ministry bors with which it has close trade ties, the eration with Iraqi companies in reconstruction steps for boosting economic relations in the had announced that the government has allo- expansion of land export routes including Reducing the costs of issuing banknotes and coins, as well as of Iraq and noted that Iran is well positioned past few years. cated $4.5 billion for establishing a transport railway and roads in the border regions of tackling the problems which people are facing in simple daily in the maritime industry, road construction, The two countries are following up plans development fund. the country have become the Transport and transactions, like counting and carrying large volumes of bank- engineering services, power supply technology for increasing their bilateral economic trade According to Transport and Urban De- Urban Development Ministry’s top priority notes and coins and finally eliminating coins from the country’s and other industries and could have a significant to over $20 billion. velopment Minister Mohammad Eslami, the in the transportation area. economic exchange cycle, are some other goals mentioned for this decision. The government first put forward the plan for shifting the national currency from Rial to Toman earlier in December 2016. May Iranian economy resuscitate from doldrums However, it decided to postpone implementation of currency reconversion policy in 2016 due to some reasons including the 1 The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser al political trend which goes along with domestic economic of a bottle of mineral water is 2.5 time more than that of a liter expressed concerns about the time unfitting economic conditions Hemmati has repeatedly announced that the CBI has a good con- structure of the country,” he elaborated. “The put embargo on of petrol?” he asked highlighting that the situation is neither which would ignite inflation and economic instability. trol over forex market and bubble of forex rates is getting smaller. exports of Iranian oil and other types of the imposed sanctions normal nor realistic. The policy basically seeks to facilitate monetary transactions “The illusion about any instability or inflation in domestic foreign on the country’s economy, those which restrict Iran’s relations “To make the economy prosper under the present circum- among the Iranians and match the currency being transcribed in exchange market, which was constantly spoken of, is broken for with international banks or financial markets are all parts of stance, the government should concentrate on those parts of official documents and banking bills (rial) with the one utilized the nth time by the CBI management,” Hemmati said on April 24. the same puzzle,” he added. the economy which have no link to the imposed sanction such in real daily lives of Iranians (Toman). Regarding the mentioned direct correlation between forex “A mixture of both political and economic factors is affecting as the housing sector,” he suggested. Rial has practically been replaced by Toman in daily transactions rates, Iranians expect inflation to warm down, too. Iran,” Arman said.In Arman’s idea, the inflated forex rates should “The government can start issuing bonds or establishing as the result of the cumulative inflation over the recent years. ‘Now, it is time for the inflation rate to start its downward not be considered as a means to blame administration since, new public companies to supply the required liquidity for fund- trend,’ people expect. with previous modified forex rates, imports of various kinds of ing semi-finished development projects in Iran, while Iranian But nothing is yet felt at supermarkets, chain stores, bazzars, products were economical while producing them domestically banks cannot fund such projects” Arman said. etc. Some not remarkable and periodic reduction in prices of cars was a costly procedure and non-economical. “Domestic capital market, which is state-run, can also assist and housing units have occurred recently but the markets are “The unreal and modified forex rates had made Iran a safe the government with the issue,” he said, “however, the capital ‘Projects with high physical facing a kind of recession. haven for importers and smugglers of the basic goods such as market is not as powerful as it can be.” progress prioritized for Additionally, based on the latest report of the Statistical sugar, vegetable oil, and wheat putting a heavy burden on the “The total value of Iran’s capital market is at $80 billion, Center of Iran (SCI), consumer inflation registered a year-on- shoulders of domestic producers” the Iranian economist said. while that of Saudi Arabia stands at above $600 billion, i.e. receiving facilities’ year increase of 48 percent in the Iranian month ending July Any predictions about the future of inflation rate in Iran Iranian capital market can grow much bigger than it is now,” the 22 compared with the similar month last year. should be regarding the volume of the attracted investments economists added. “The government should engage domestic ECONOMY TEHRAN–Industry, Mining and Trade Min- The overall Consumer Price Index (using the Iranian year and the status quo of national currency i.e. its depreciation or private sector in implementation of development projects via deskister Reza Rahmani said that for allocation of to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 179.7 in the fourth reinforcement, Arman underlined. Furthermore, the Iranian attracting their financial resource to the capital market,” Arman facilities his ministry attaches priority to the projects that have month of the Iranian year, indicating a 2.8 percent rise com- economist underscored the current economic conditions of the concluded.In accordance with what Arman said, high liquidity high physical progress, IRNA reported. pared with the previous month. The goods and services CPI in US, where the inflation rate is under control, the unemploy- volume is recognized as one of the main factors propelling the Speaking in a meeting with the board members of the com- the 12-month period ending July 22 increased by 40.4 percent ment is at the lowest rate in the past 50 years and economic forex rates and consequently the inflation rate in Iran. It makes mittees of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and compared with last year’s corresponding period. SCI had put growth is at an optimum level. “Dollar should be reinforced the central bank to print notes and makes the government and Agriculture (ICCIMA) and Tehran Chamber of Commerce, the inflation rate for the preceding Iranian month, which ended under Trump’s tenure, his policy of ‘America First’ and levied other banks borrow from the central bank. Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) on Tuesday, the on June 21 at 37.6 percent. tariffs of imported goods, however, the rate is curbed hovering The CBI governor has said that as in the previous year, minister said that providing liquidity for industrial units is the What is going on then? around €1.11 to €1.14. Dollar is intentionally prevented from the main goals of the central bank are controlling liquidity main demand of these units from this ministry and it is also a As a matter of fact, inflationary impacts of forex rates growth getting reinforced, since any increase in its value will lubricate volume and protecting domestic production in the hope for top agenda for the ministry. show their face very soon but the reverse process is a lazy to imports of goods to the US and put jobs in the US at risk,” he said. controlling the inflation rate. “In this due, the projects with high physical progress and also get started i.e. prices are more inclined to move on an upris- “The same story can be true for Iran in some ways,” he He has referred to supplying the required liquidity for pro- the active units which have proper status regarding sales market ing trend.Mehr news agency conducted an interview with Dr. noted, “Rial depreciation can prosper domestic production duction units, which incurred losses due to forex rates fluc- are attached priority for receiving bank loans”, Rahmani stressed. Bahamn Arman, Iranian economist and a university professor and growth.” “Iranian farmers prefer to export their products tuations, besides supplying required resources for importing As previously announced by Deputy Industry Minister Mo- to get a better view over the issue. when rial is weak to neighboring countries,” he added. The basic goods as other major targets of the CBI.It should be noted hsen Salehinia, during the current Iranian calendar year (ends Minimizing the role of all the governments in determining economist, meanwhile, urges the government to incrementally that one of the other challenges of the Iranian administration on March 19, 2020) the government plans to provide facilities forex rates, Arman said that in Iran, for years the economists let the forex rates freely modify themselves and omit what in the current year is revising its budget deficit, while the US under the framework of subsidies for projects with more than have required administrations to modify inflation rate based is called in Iran ‘official forex rate’, which is around 42,000 sanctions are set to close the artery of oil revenues. 60 percent of physical development, to supply working capital on real forex rates but due to political issues the idea has been rials for each dollar (while at the free market the rate stands Any decision about the method of supplying budget re- of firms, to renovate production units and etc. rejected. “However, in some specific periods, inflation rate at around 120,000 rials). sources would have a direct influence on inflation rate. In case He said that 360 trillion rials (about $857.1 million) of fa- sprang forward and skyrocketed to modify itself in accordance “The set governmental forex rate has ignited and facilitated the government decides to borrow from the central bank, the cilities will be granted to the industrial units in this year in the with real forex rates,” he said. Inflation’s jump in the past corruption in domestic economy,” Arman underlined. consequences would be tough on inflation rate in both producer framework of production flourishing plan. year can be explained, accordingly, and due to the political “The official forex rate must be allocated merely for imports and consumer prices. The current Iranian calendar year of 1398 is named as the conditions of the country in the said time, he added.The Ira- of industrial machineries and any other types of required goods Without a doubt, sanctions can be an opportunity for Iran year of “Pickup in Production” by Leader of the Islamic Revolu- nian economist also referred to the role of the international must be imported at free market forex rate,” he suggested. to reduce its reliance on oil revenues and move towards an tion Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.The realization of this motto investment banks in designating forex rates and prices of oil “Rial depreciation has had repercussions on Iranian pur- exports-oriented and indigenous economy. It is vital for the toward Iran’s self-reliance is in fact the only way to tackle the and commodities besides capital markets all across the globe, chasing power but it has paved the way for domestic produc- country to get independent from the international bodies re- U.S. cruel sanctions on Iran’s economy. which operate under political demands of their governments. tion of a wide range of products which had been imported stricting flow of money into it and construct new and more To this end, Iranian government has put supporting domestic In better words, working under their governments’ political previously,” Arman said.He also underscored that “it is vital tightened ties with regional countries based on mutual coop- producers a top agenda in the current year. demand, the global investment banks control flow of money for the government to make the nations aware of the fact that eration and agreements, which are not vulnerable to US-led Providing the required working capital for the production across the world. regarding the conditions of the country, populistic approaches sanction. This is for sure a bumpy one but under the aegis of units and offering them facilities is one of the major measures “In my opinion, what is going on in Iran, in particular the are not efficient nor practical.” proper planning and management, the country’s economy being pursued by the government to support these units. story about the forex rates, is comprehensively an internation- “How can it be possible that in a country [Iran], the price has the chance to revive. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 1, 2019 ENERGY 5 Daily gasoline output exceeds Researchers predict consumption by 15m liters: Zanganeh global energy needs will ENERGY TEHRAN – Iranian Oil stating that the country should increase deskMinister Bijan Namdar its refining capacity in order to lessen the increase 25% by 2050 Zanganeh said on Tuesday that the country’s economy’s reliance on crude sales. In this By Art Jahnke daily gasoline production is 15 million liters regard, one of the main strategies of the more than the consumption, IRNA reported. National Iranian Oil Company in recent As our climate heats up in coming decades, Ian Sue Wing, a BU “We are producing 15 million liters of gas- years has been focusing on the country’s associate professor of earth and environment, worries the increased oline more than the country’s consumption refineries. energy needs for air-conditioning could ramp up greenhouse gas demand, which we save and we have also In early July, Zanganeh announced that emissions. “That’s what keeps me up at night,” he says. started exporting it,” Zanganeh told reporters the country’s daily gasoline production Many of the consequences of climate change are well reported after a Majlis Economic Committee meeting. exceeded 110 million liters to mark a new in the press: rising seas, more severe storms, droughts and floods, The official noted that in addition to record in the country’s gasoline produc- and increasing numbers of heat-related illness and deaths. Now Ian gasoline, National Iranian Oil Company tion history. Sue Wing, a Boston University College of Arts & Sciences associate (NIOC) is also producing extra levels of The NIOPDC reports indicates that the professor of earth and environment, Bas van Ruijven, a former vis- gas oil, and jet fuel and the country is in country’s daily gasoline production has iting scholar at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the a very good position in terms of refined witnessed a 5 million barrels increase in Longer-Range Future, and Enrica De Cian, a professor at Ca’ Foscari products. the past six months. University of Venice in Italy, project another troubling outcome: a For the first time on Wednesday, National The increased in the gasoline output has significant increase in global energy needs, largely anticipated to Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company been mostly due to the inauguration of the arise from cooling and air-conditioning usage. (NIOPDC) offered 10,000 tons of gasoline third phase of PGSR. produced in Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Refin- President Rouhani inaugurated the third ery (PGSR) at the international ring of Iran phase of the refinery in a ceremony on Feb- Energy Exchange (IRENEX). ruary 18 participated by the oil minister. to counter U.S. actions and to lessen its econ- According to the Managing Director of Since the U.S.’s withdrew from Iran’s The refinery in Bandar Abbas, the capital omy’s reliance on oil. IRENEX Ali Hosseini, Afghanistan is the nuclear pact in May 2018, vowing to drive city of southern province of Hormozgan, is In the past few years, Iranian think-tanks export destination for the 10,000-ton cargo Iran’s oil exports down to zero, the Islamic the first of its kind designed based on gas and energy experts have been repeatedly of the first offering. Republic has been taking various measures condensate feedstock. Iran’s Q1 hydropower output up 415% on year ENERGY TEHRAN –The electricity output of Iran’s hydroelectric power plants are expected to produce deskIran’s hydroelectric power plants ex- 10,500 megawatts (10.5 gigawatts) of electricity in the In a new paper published in Nature Communications, Sue Wing, ceeded 12,000 megawatts (MW) in the first three months current Iranian calendar year (March 2019-March 2020). De Cian, and van Ruijven (now a scientist at the International Insti- of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), According to Estiri, since the beginning of the current tute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria), warn that 415 percent more than the figure for last year’s same Iranian calendar year (March 20) up to mid-June, over by 2050, even a modest warming of our climate could increase the period, IRIB reported on Wednesday. 10.8 billion kilowatt hour (KWh) of electricity was pro- world’s energy needs by as much as 25 percent. And if greenhouse As reported by the portal of Iran’s Energy Ministry duced by the country’s hydroelectric plants. gas emissions continue unabated, we could demand up to 58 percent (known as Paven), currently 17 hydroelectric power The figure was reported to be 1.8 billion KWh in the more energy than would be needed in a stable climate. plants with a total capacity of 3,800 MW are under last year’s same time span. Anthony Janetos, chair of BU’s Climate Action Plan Task Force construction across the country, which, once completed, In late April, Deputy Distribution Coordinator of Iran’s and a CAS professor of earth and environment, says the findings will generate an average of 7,700 gigawatt hour (GWh) Power Generation and Distribution Company (known underscore the need for rapidly deploying zero-carbon options for electricity on an annual basis. as TAVANIR), Mahmoud Reza Haqifam, announced generating energy, so that climate change itself—and all the air-con- The increase in the country’s hydroelectric output that recent heavy rainfalls in Iran has increased the ditioning that will be used to cool a warmer world—doesn’t end up comes as heavy rainfalls in spring almost filled all the electricity output of the country’s hydropower plants accelerating the demand for more fossil fuel-generated electricity. dams across the country. by up to 5,000 megawatts. “We’ve known for a long time that energy demand would grow In early July, the Head of Iran Water and Power “In the peak consumption hours of the day, between as a function of population growth and economic development,” Resources Development Company (IWPC), Behrouz 9,500 MW and 10,000 MW of electricity is charged to the says Janetos, who is also director of the Pardee Center for the Study Moradi, had put the country’s hydroelectric power network by hydropower plants,” Haqifam said. of the Longer-Range Future. “But for the first time, this paper has plants’ output in the Q1 of the current calendar year Iran’s current power generation capacity stands at given us estimates of the growth in energy demand as a function of at 4400 GWh, saying that so far IWPC has constructed about 81 GW of which the share of hydroelectric power climate change itself — a potentially disruptive positive feedback.” over 12,020 MW capacity of hydropower plants across stands at 19.87 percent. Sue Wing says earlier research that focused on areas like the the country. Currently, 54 hydroelectric power plants with a total United States suggested that a warming climate might actually reduce Director of Iran’s Hydroelectric Power Plants Man- capacity of over 12000 megawatts are operating in Iran, energy consumption. But when the research team coupled statistical agement Center Farbod Estiri had also said in June that with an average annual output of about 6,000 GWh. models of energy demand with global temperature projections under warming scenarios (simulated by 21 independent climate models and 5 different scenarios for economic and population growth), the results showed substantial increases in energy needs. Oil rises for fifth session as stockpiles fall and market awaits Fed But understanding that calculation is complicated, Sue Wing Oil prices rose for a fifth day on Wednesday, said PVM Oil Associates analyst Stephen with the U.S. formally asking Germany to says, because the influence of climate change on an area’s energy supported by a drop in U.S. inventories and Brennock. join France and Britain to help to secure the demand depends on the interaction of two uncertain drivers: how investor expectations that the U.S. Federal Oil stockpiles fell again last week, along Strait of Hormuz after the seizure of a Brit- the area’s population and income are projected to grow, and how Reserve will lower borrowing costs for the with gasoline and distillate inventories, ish tanker by Iran. Germany has expressed its prevailing local temperature patterns are projected to change. first time since the financial crisis more data from the American Petroleum Insti- skepticism about the request. “In tropical areas, as the climate warms, it is simply going to get than a decade ago.As reported by Reuters, tute industry group showed on Tuesday. BP finance chief Brian Gilvary said the hotter,” says Sue Wing. “In order for people in tropical areas to keep Brent crude futures, the international bench- Crude inventories fell by 6 million bar- British company has not taken any of its oil cool, they are going to have to use more electricity. But as you move mark for oil prices, were up 40 cents, or 0.6 rels to 443 million barrels in the week tankers through the Strait of Hormuz since toward the poles, things become more complicated.” percent, at $65.12 a barrel by 0842 GMT. ended July 26, against a forecast for a a July 10 attempt by Iran to seize one of its Increasing energy U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained drop of 2.6 million barrels in a Reuters vessels. That’s because in temperate zones, a warming climate will increase 20 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $58.25 a barrel. poll of analysts. Market participants are also closely watch- the energy used for cooling during summer but reduce the energy Central bankers in the United States began “The outlook for another draw in U.S. ing the U.S.-China meeting in Shanghai as both used for heating during winter. their two-day meeting on Tuesday and were crude inventories and renewed outages in countries seek to end a year-long trade war, “In the tropics, we see a positive effect—energy increase—but as expected to cut interest rates, with President Libya is supporting oil prices,” said UBS though expectations are low for progress after you move away from the tropics, we see a positive and a negative Donald Trump having reiterated his call for oil analyst Giovanni Staunovo. combative remarks from President Trump. effect,” he says. “When you add up the two positives and the negative, the Fed to make a large cut. Libya’s Sharara oilfield, the country’s The meeting comes as a survey showed you could in principle get a negative … but what we actually see is “The move has long been anticipat- largest, shut down on Tuesday after a prob- that China’s factory activity shrank for a a substantial positive” — a significant net increase in energy usage. ed and represents a double boon for oil lem with a valve on the pipeline linking it third month in a row in July, underlining The researchers’ calculations project that by 2050, the global prices – on one hand it should encourage to the Zawiya oil terminal. the growing strains placed by the trade war demand for energy resulting from socioeconomic development will U.S. oil demand and on the other it will Tensions in the Middle East remain high, on the world’s second-biggest economy and be two to three times what it is today, growing by a factor of 1.4 to apply downward pressure on the dollar,” providing another bullish catalyst for prices, one of the biggest oil consumers. 2.7 in industrialized nations, and by a factor of 2 to 4 in poorer but rapidly developing countries in the tropics. Moderate warming would increase the global baseline amount of energy demands by 11 to 17 percent, while vigorous warming would increase it by 25 to 58 percent. Regionally, demands for energy could increase by more than 50 Analysis: China puts Iranian crude into strategic petroleum reserves in June percent in the tropics and southern parts of the United States, while Iranian crude oil imported by China in June was injected mid-2017, or 276.56 million barrels, up from 33.25 million Southern Europe and China could see increases greater than 25 into storage tanks used for maintaining strategic petroleum mt recorded in mid-2016. percent. Total energy consumption may actually decline in northern reserves, S&P Global Platts reported citing sources with As of mid-2017, nine SPR storage sites were in use with Europe, Russia, Canada, and the US Pacific Northwest, but by a much knowledge of the matter. the second phase still in progress, and the third-phase of smaller amount than the increases projected for other locations. The barrels of predominantly Iranian Heavy and Irani- China’s SPR sites will start commissioning in 2021. Due to The energy supplies an Light grades were sent to bonded storage at the coastal limited storage availability at the SPR sites, the government These findings highlight two important unanswered questions: sites of Tianjin, Huizhou and Jinzhou, highlighting how can lease commercial tanks for SPR as well. how much of the additional demand will be satisfied by increases discounted and refinery-compatible Iranian grades continue China posted a 25 percent year-on-year increase in crude in energy supplies versus behavioral changes like conservation, to find favor in China. imports at the end of 2018, implying an unprecedented rate and whether producing the needed additional energy might add China imported 855,638 mt or 209,060 bpd of crude from of SPR filling due to geopolitically driven purchases of crude to emissions of greenhouse gases, setting in motion a vicious circle Iran in June, latest data from the General Administration of and gold, Bernstein Research senior analyst Neil Beveridge that could accelerate global warming. Customs showed. This amounts to roughly three VLCCs, all said earlier this year. He had estimated China’s SPR to be “At this point, we don’t know,” says Sue Wing, who explains that of which were sent to SPR sites through state-run companies close to the 2020 target of around 550 million barrels, and the outcome depends on the choices made today by businesses and or storage operators, the sources said. expected import growth to remain in the high single digits private citizens. “To cool my house, I could buy a bigger air-con- The June imports from Iran were 59.1 percent lower year to meet the 90-day target.China’s Iranian imports in June ditioner and it would use more electricity,” he says. “Or if higher on year and have fallen from a five-year high of 792,380 bpd made Iran the country’s 11th largest crude supplier. demand makes electricity more expensive, I could choose to open in April, hit by the withdrawal of sanction waivers by the Earlier this month, the U.S. imposed sanctions on state- my window or run a fan.” U.S. on May 2, and Washington’s efforts to bring Iranian owned Zhuhai Zhenrong Company Limited for allegedly How we choose to generate the additional electricity for cooling oil exports down to zero. violating U.S. restrictions on Iran’s oil sector, but it wasn’t will also have big implications for the climate. The International The sources said Iranian barrels have been moving into clear how much crude Zhuhai Zhenrong imported and when. Energy Agency estimated that in 2018, two-thirds of global energy SPR since at least November 2018, when the U.S. re-im- The total volume of Iranian crude sent to China’s SPR A portion of the Iranian barrels imported by China was needs were met by oil and gas, while less than 10 percent was pro- posed sanctions but gave waivers to Iran’s biggest crude was not available, but data showed deliveries were more equity oil for its previous investments in Iran’s upstream vided by solar and wind. Hydro and nuclear energy produced about and condensate buyers, including China. concentrated between November-December 2018 and sector. 25 percent of global electricity. The storage sites at Tianjin, Huizhou and Jinzhou are some June-July 2019, and some in between. China National Petroleum Corp., or CNPC, had suspended “That is the focus of our research right now,” says Sue Wing. of the newest built under China’s second phase of expansion China has shown a preference for medium sour Middle its operations at the South Pars gas field project in Iran, “What happens will not just influence the climate, it will influ- for its SPR. These include 20.1-million-barrel above ground Eastern grades for building its SPR because they are more and minimized support and services to two Iranian oilfields ence energy markets, and it will influence the ways we think about storage in Tianjin commissioned in 2014, 18.9-million-bar- compatible with the country’s refinery configurations. where it had interests, after the US re-imposed sanctions energy policy. It can change the economic and political relationships rel underground storage at Jinzhou in northern Liaoning It has a long-term plan to build national petroleum re- on Tehran in 2018, according to regulatory filings by its between countries.” province commissioned in 2017 and a 31.4-million-barrel serves equivalent to 90 days of net import cover, in line subsidiary PetroChina on April 29. By 2050, whether renewable sources can be scaled up quickly facility at Huizhou in southern Guangdong province that with the International Energy Agency’s guidelines for oil CNPC has indirect interests in three oil and gas projects enough to make a difference — and what that might cost — is still started in 2018. importing countries. in Iran -- the South Pars gas field project, the Masjid-i-Su- an open question.” In June, VLCCs that discharged Iranian crude cargoes China’s net crude imports were at 9.91 million bpd in laiman (MIS) oil fields in which CNPC obtained a 75 percent “We could use coal, or we could use renewable sources, and those in China included the 317,367 dwt Horse, and the 317,534 H1 2019, up 8.8 percent year on year, official data showed. interest in 2005, and the North Azadegan oilfield in which two choices mean very different things for our future. With coal, (an dwt Stream, both owned by the National Iranian Tanker The last time China announced official SPR data was CNPC obtained 100% interest in 2009, according to the increase in demand) will mean more greenhouse gas emissions. Company, and they arrived at Tianjin’s Xingang port, cFlow, in December 2017, when the National Bureau of Statistics filings. CNPC had shipped about 2.3 million mt of crude That’s what keeps me up at night.” Platts trade flow software, showed. said volumes had reached 37.73 million mt of crude as of from those fields in 2018. (Source: phys.org) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 1, 2019

Are you calling us Terrorist? A narrative of the Democratic By Abdullahi Junaid

KATSINA/ NIGERIA– Recently, the desperate and murder- ous Nigerian Govt under the administration of western puppet primary election battle bloodthirsty tyrant Buhari, declared Islamic Movement under the leadership of his eminence Sheikh Zakzaky as “terrorist” By Alireza Hosseini the progressives-vs.-moderates theme that which shows the govt blunder and failure clearly, this declaration Warren, Sanders and their critics established TEHRAN–Debate continues among mem- was objected and confronted by many rationale and conscious early on. bers of the Democratic Party. The dispute is people from in and outside Nigeria. Williamson also had a moment as she heightened as the latest polls show Joe Biden Before then, let’s go back to history and see Islamic Move- defended her plan to offer $200 billion to has been able to outlast other Democratic ment record. $500 billion in reparations.”We need to candidates. Joe Biden seems to have had By now Islamic Movement is more than 40 years from it’s recognize when it comes to the economic a successful showing in the second Demo- emergence but we have no single record of violent neither as- gap between black and whites in America, cratic debate! saulting of our enemies nor attacking public properties despite it does come from a great injustice that has 7 takeaways from the Democratic debate’s the fact that our enemies are not hidden to us. never been dealt with,” she said. first night In every holy month of Ramadan, Sheikh Zakzaky used to 6. Trying to make moments As CNN reported, A handful of low-poll- distribute food stuffs to his neighbourhood and charity, even this Klobuchar struggled more to get into the ing moderates hoped to break through in a last Ramadan though the Sheikh is in illegal custody, he directed action. She didn’t attack Warren and Sanders crowded Democratic field during Tuesday’s his relatives to do so, and they did. There are still eyewitness of the way others did, and there are reasons for debate by confronting the top-tier candi- this. Whoever is doubting can go and ask the right and rationale her approach – Klobuchar could end up a dates on stage, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth people living in Gyallesu where Sheikh Zakzaky was residing. viable contender for the vice presidential Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Is this a criminality? nomination. But she did stake out moderate Warren and Sanders withstood the attacks ground in her opening statement. – and counterpunched much harder.The “You’re going to hear a lot of promises two most progressive candidates in the 2020 up here, but I’m going will tell you this,” Democratic field struck inspirational tones, she said. “Yes, I have bold ideas but they are with Warren urging Democrats to be “the grounded in reality. And, yes, I will make party of big, structural change.” And they some simple promises. I can win this. I’m won over the crowd as they debated with from the Midwest. And I have won every moderate critics who tried to question their race, every place, every time.” electability and the feasibility of their ideas, Buttigieg’s best moment came when he but failed to knock either candidate on their made the case for structural reform to the heels even once.In the process, they could American political system – the issue on which have eased primary voters’ fears that their quences of moving too far left. They didn’t erful the perspective of a political outsider his proposals have been the furthest-reaching policy proposals would make ripe targets offer Democratic voters an alternative vision can be in presidential races. Williamson is in the Democratic field.“Of course we need to for President Donald Trump and the GOP for a post-Trump America.It’s why none of a low-polling long-shot, but generated buzz get money out of politics, but when I propose in a general election. them landed real blows on Warren or Sand- with her condemnation of “wonkiness” on the actual structural democratic reforms that For their part, moderates pushed back ers all night. If anything, sparring with the racism. might make a difference– end the electoral as they tried to define themselves on health low-polling quartet served to sharpen Warren 4. Seeking a middle ground on health care college, amend the Constitution if necessary care and decriminalizing the border. and Sanders for the fights against stronger The debate began with a battle over health to clear up Citizens United, have D.C. actually Mostly, though, their highlighting of opponents ahead. care dominated by Sanders and Warren de- be a state, and depoliticize the Supreme Court ideological differences within the party of- 2. No daylight between Warren and fending Medicare for All against Delaney, with structural reform – people look at me fered Warren and Sanders a tune-up for Sanders Hickenlooper and Montana Gov. Steve funny, as if this country was incapable of higher-stakes showdowns this fall against The top two-polling progressives in the Bullock, who cast it as politically fraught in structural reform,” Buttigieg said. the Democratic front-runner, former Vice Democratic field were positioned on stage a general election.Former Texas Rep. Beto “This is a country that once changed President Joe Biden.Here are seven takea- next to each other Tuesday night. But they O’Rourke and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor its Constitution so you couldn’t drink and ways from Tuesday night, the first of the two showed no appetite for a fight with each other. Pete Buttigieg sought middle grounds – and changed it back because we changed our minds nights of CNN’s Democratic debate in Detroit: Instead, Warren and Sanders largely stood their answers on health care underscored and you’re telling me we can’t reform our 1. Warren and Sanders swat away their together, beating back moderate critics all where they are trying to fit into the Dem- democracy in our time. We have to or we critics During 2011 election riot raised by the supporters of the then night. ocratic field.O’Rourke touted a plan called will be having the same argument 20 years Former Maryland Rep. loser current President Buhari under his direction, where they The two are courting different voters right “Medicare for America. from now.” John Delaney’s argument for pragmatism used to burn Christian’s shops and residents in mostly cities of now, but eventually, one of the them will need ” It would enroll uninsured Americans in 7. Ideological split on decriminalizing the midway through the debate teed Warren up Kaduna state, there were tens of Christians that were saved in to consolidate progressive support to win Medicare, and allow those who are dissatisfied border. – and she landed a haymaker. Sheikh Zakzaky resident in order not to be killed or harmed by the Democratic nomination.Still, Tuesday with their private insurance to opt into Medi- Mirroring the debate on health care, progres- “I don’t understand why anybody goes to the thugs, night showed that the time to turn against care – while retaining private insurance for sives and more moderate candidates split on the the trouble of running for president of the During workers strike in clinics and majority hospitals, medical each other could be months away. those who wish to keep it.”Our plan ensures question of whether to decriminalize crossing United States just to talk about what we really teams among the followers of Sheikh Zakzaky across the country Both are considered top-tier candidates everyone is enrolled in Medicare or can keep the border illegally.Warren said the current can’t do and shouldn’t fight for,” Warren said. used to attend the affected hospitals and give emergency and who poll viably and are raising money effec- their employer-sponsored insurance,” he said. law “has given Donald Trump the tool to break The crowd erupted. Before the debate first aid assistance. tively, and both appear to believe it’s far too Buttigieg argued for a similar approach -- and families apart. ended, Delaney’s Wikipedia page had been On 2014 During the attack by the then President Good luck early to take such a risk. said Democrats should stop worrying about ” Sanders also said he would decriminalize updated to say he’d died at Warren’s hands Ebele Jonathan on peaceful protesters in solidarity with oppressed 3. ‘Dark psychic force’ being called socialists by Republicans over crossing the border. in Detroit. Palestinians, where 30+ of our members including 3 biological Author Marianne Williamson provided the health care policies they back. But more moderate candidates said they It wasn’t the only time Warren took on children of our leader Sheikh Zakzaky were brutally and merci- one of the night’s most memorable moments “If it’s true that if we embrace a far-left would retain laws against crossing the border Delaney. Early on, she called his attacks on lessly killed by the soldiers barbarians, some of their personnel when she addressed the water crisis in Flint, agenda, they’re going to say we’re a bunch of illegally.”We can argue over the finer points “Medicare for All” proposals “Republican were captured by us, and been later released due to the mercy Michigan, with a stirring condemnation of crazy socialists. If we embrace a conservative of which parts should be handled by civil law talking points.” of our leader Sheikh Zakzaky. environmental racism – and other candidates’ agenda, you know what they’re going to do? and criminal law,” Buttigieg said. Then there was Sanders’ retort when Ohio During our religious duty “Arba’een trek” in solidarity with approach to talking about it. They’re going to say we’re a bunch of crazy He later added: “If fraud is involved, that’s Rep. Tim Ryan told him that “you don’t know Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (S), Govt ”This is part of the dark underbelly of socialists,” he said. “So let’s just stand up for suitable for the criminal statute. If not, it that” as he questioned the coverage Medicare attacked us at Kano point, where 30+ from us attained martyr- American society, the racism, the bigotry, and the right policy, go out there and defend it.” should be handled under civil law.” for All would provide.“I do know. I wrote the dom, one from the attackers was arrested and later released after the entire conversation that we’re having here 5. Arguments for reparations O’Rourke said he would waive green card damn bill,” Sanders shot back. finding that he was innocent, “he was used by force and sent into tonight – if you think any of this wonkiness Asked about racism, O’Rourke was the fees, give so-called “Dreamers” – undocu- The visuals were memorable, too. Sanders us” by Govt agency, he was released under the direction of our is going to deal with this dark psychic force of first Democrat on stage to argue for a step mented immigrants who were brought into at one point threw his hands up at Hick- leader Sheikh Zakzaky. the collectivized hatred that this President is toward reparations. the US as children – citizenship, ease the enlooper. Warren rubbed her hands at the Those kind of examples that happened at different times and bringing up in this country, then I’m afraid “The very foundation of this country – the process of seeking asylum and aid struggling thought of implementing her 2% wealth tax occasions are many. that the Democrats are going to see some wealth that we have built, the way we became Central American countries. on Delaney’s $65 million personal fortune. The worst among all is that, Nigerian Soldiers attacked our very dark days,” she said. the greatest country on the face of the planet “Then, I expect that people will come Delaney, Ryan, former Colorado Gov. leader on December 2015 were 1000+ children, men and women “We need to say it like it is,” Williamson –was literally on the backs of those who were here, follow our laws, and we reserve the John Hickenlooper and Montana Gov. of our members were brutally and mercilessly killed including said. “It’s bigger than Flint. It’s all over this kidnapped and brought here by force,” he right to criminally prosecute them if they Steve Bullock all went at Sanders and Warren additional 3 biological children of our leader, his biological sister country. It’s particularly people of color. It’s said.O’Rourke said he backs legislation by do not,” he said. from the right. Delaney began the debate who was 70+ was locked into room and set ablaze, resident of particularly people who do not have the mon- Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee that would Hickenlooper said: “I agree that we need by comparing the two to failed Democratic our leader was demolished. ey to fight back, and if the Democrats don’t create a commission to study reparations. to secure borders. There is no question about nominees George McGovern (1972), Walter Sheikh Zakzaky was dragged on the corpses of his killed children. start saying it, why would those people feel It was an effective moment for O’Rourke that. The frustration with what’s going on in Mondale (1984) and Michael Dukakis (1988). Despite all these atrocities, we followed legal and peaceful they’re there for us? And if those people don’t – who, like Buttigieg, Williamson and Min- Washington is they are kicking the ball back The problem facing the moderates is channel and sued Nigerian Govt into court, the federal high court feel it, they won’t vote for us and Donald nesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar – didn’t end up and forth. Secure the borders and make sure that their arguments largely consisted of made a verdict that Sheikh Zakzaky must be freed and continue Trump will win.” playing a part of the memorable clashes with whatever law we have doesn’t allow children dire warnings about the political conse- detaining him is illegal and unconstitutional. The answer was a reminder of how pow- other candidates, because they didn’t fit into to be snatched from parents and put in cages.” This murderous Govt refuse to obey court order and free our leader, we happened to be on the street taking placards and pictures of our martyrs enlightening the public about the heinous crime against humanity meted on us by Buhari led Govt and demand the release of our leader Sheikh Zakzaky, Yemeni civilians could only stand so much suffering joint of security operatives came many times and attacked TEHRAN (FNA)– Now is the time to survey the wreck into a failed state are now required under international us with live ammunition, killed many of us on the street and of the world with an air of concern. The United Arab law to take responsibility for its reconstruction and peace sometimes went on with the corpses, hundreds of our pro- Emirates is withdrawing its troops from war-torn Yemen efforts. They must help the UN to improve humanitarian testers are arrested and kept in custody without trial despite in coordination with key ally Saudi Arabia. and commercial access into the country, including the full the injury in their body. War is easy. The hard part is cleaning up the mess functioning of all ports and airports. They must help the Despite these atrocities we remain peaceful and still fol- afterward. The World Bank estimates that Yemen’s re- UN to repair public service infrastructure such as schools, lowing legal channel to see our leader free. construction needs are around 30 billion US dollars. The water provision and hospitals, which have been damaged. In these predicaments that we found ourselves, who has the World Bank has been conducting this work in cooperation The importance is to keep in mind that the sun always audacity to blame us if we carry arms? with other multilateral organizations including major shines after the storm. It is well known to every right thinking person that any donor nations like the US, UK and China. No doubt the UAE troop withdrawal creates an op- human being has a limitation of resisting oppression, but de- To this end, Saudi Arabia claims to be willing to help portunity to end the war and a chance for the UN to make spite all these we still remain peaceful and now this murderous reconstruction. Well if there is any honesty in this offer, peace a reality. This is unsurprising. The world community govt has an audacity to declare us as “Terrorist” despite all the they need to end the conflict first. If they fund recon- can facilitate further withdrawal and force the Saudis atrocities meted on us. Do you want to us to let our spiritual struction, they shouldn’t politicize aid, or disrupt and and their affiliated militias to drop their objections and leader dying slowly in your illegal gulag? I can’t understand centralize the supply of humanitarian assistance, and/ reverse any policy that might prolong the counterpro- how bunch of idiots those that are leading this administration or indulge in debt-trap diplomacy and post-war order. ductive conflict that time forgot. are, if you don’t know, Sheikh Zakzaky is our red line. The only way out of the current stalemate is also a The bottom line is this: Keeping several thousand Please! To those right thinking people, who is supposed to renewed call for political negotiations, redemption, and troops in Yemen over the long-term is a bad idea. Out be called a “Terrorist” between Nigerian Govt and Followers of recover. For that call to be effective, the US must back of the salvage of their yesterdays, the people of Yemen Sheikh Zakzaky? the ongoing ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into the have lost their patience and are longing for peace and for Based on my assumption any Government that cannot simply country, give up on hosting one-sided political talks, and repairing the losses of the war, including civil status and obey court order is not supposed to be called a Govt but “Terrorist help the UN in its reconstruction and development efforts legal freedom, food, clothes and tools, access to land and Organization” in Yemen. help to education. Killing of peaceful protesters is never an achievement but a In this man-made crisis, a political process to end The blunt reality is that, on this specific question the heinous crime against humanity. the fighting and the humanitarian catastrophe that the UAE is doing the right thing. Irrespective of the political I want to inform the general public that nobody has a capa- world does witness today is a must. Unless there is outside theater in Riyadh and its western backers, there is no bility to proscribe us no matter what will be the consequence. pressure of a substantial kind on the Saudis, civilians will national-security interest in Yemen for outside players What we are doing is our religious duty, and nobody can stop continue to suffer. While airstrikes and bombings are to begin with. Everything else – claiming Iran’s pres- us from practicing our religious. the primary cause of civilian deaths, many more have ence, playing peacekeeper between the warring factions, Finally, i want to this murderous govt to be rest assured that died from the impact of the blockade, drought, disease, restoring ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to we will continue to protest demanding the release of our leader starvation and preventable deaths. power, and pressuring Ansarullah to negotiate their own Sheikh Zakzaky until the demand is granted. In the grand scheme of things, those who turned Yemen surrender - are all distractions and counterproductive. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 1, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Sanctions have been part of U.S. foreign policy How plans for restraining since the beginning of the Republic: Nephew Iran backfired 1 The capture of the American drone and U.S. inability By Javad Heirannia to give a firm response crucially changed Iran’s position in the TEHRAN — Richard Nephew, who served as the region and gave Iran a winning edge. After this, Americans tried lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating to impede Iran’s progress by using Britain. with Iran, is of the opinion that “Sanctions have been London, who was dealing with its own internal elections, seized part of U.S. foreign policy since the beginning of the an Iranian oil tanker to support the U.S. Following this incident, Republic.” London received loads of internal criticism for blindly following The fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy U.S. in this game, Iran lost a ship, but Britain lost much more at Columbia University, says that it is harder to see because the country claims to be an international influencer. U.S. pressure on Iran “adding up to a resolution of After this, other players in the region, including some Arab the problems the United States identified in choosing countries became aware of Iran’s new strategy of active resistance. to impose those sanctions, in no small part because This was a great distress to these countries as they realized if the Iran may feel that it is unnecessary to respond to only West puts extra pressures on Iran or attack the country, they will the concerns of one country and an adversary at that.” also have to suffer the consequences. Following is the text of the interview: The West political and economic war against Iran was supposed What is the history of the using of sanction in to crush the country, but Iran’s active resistance changed all these U.S. foreign policy? plans. West which was trying to restrain Iran, got restrained A: Sanctions have been part of U.S. foreign policy itself; now they can neither increase tensions by taking the risk since the beginning of the Republic. They’ve been of starting a new war, nor can they tolerate the humiliation of applied against a range of other states and actors, being passive and having their powerful image ruined. including countries that are now firm U.S. allies like Recent incidents not only changed the power balance in the the United Kingdom. To this end, it is worth noting region, but it was also a test for the war option. The capture of that sanctions have also been a part of many foreign American drone showed that, U.S., contrary to all its advertise- policies. The difference now, I think, is the degree ments, is extremely afraid of starting a war, especially now that to which the United States can operationalize its Donald Trump is on the verge of the new round of presidential global economic position to implement sanctions. elections. The incident also proved another point, that Iran is But, arguably, other superpowers -- for their time not afraid of war. -- had similar power. The West policy for restraining Iran backfired on them, and What is the importance of sanction in U.S. for- put Tehran in a position to restrain the West. Finally the Leader of eign policy? the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has best describe A: It is an important tool in the conduct of foreign this situation by saying “there will be no war and no negotiations.” The drone incident proved the first part of this statement and policy for creating leverage to resolve problems. All support, U.S. imposing sanctions on Iran will resist its policy choices. The key factor in its contin- Iran’s firm stand so far has proved the second part. countries seek to build leverage as they enter into nego- not be successful? uing utility is the degree to which people, companies, tiations or deal with conflicts. Sometimes, the leverage A: I think that it is much more difficult. I think the and banks want to do business in the United States is through sanctions. Other times, it is through violence United States can generate pressure on Iran and has and how ready they are to walk away from that in or building up coalitions of partner countries. already done so. I think it is harder to see this pressure order to do business with U.S.-sanctioned targets. Andrew Leung: Trump needs Which preconditions needed for success of sanc- adding up to a resolution of the problems the United Thus far, we are not seeing that in large scale. As tions in U.S. foreign policy? States identified in choosing to impose those sanctions, time moves on, we may. deal with China for A: In my opinion, the conditions are: 1) a clear, in no small part because Iran may feel that it is unnec- Regardless of the result, INSTEX is a try by Iran well-articulated strategy with identified objectives; essary to respond to only the concerns of one country and other countries for rounding the SWIFT and dollar re-election 2) a clear understanding of the target of sanctions, its and an adversary at that. base mechanism. Do you think that dollar base mech- vulnerabilities, and its interests so that sanctions can Dollar is a useful instrument in imposing sanction anism will weak in the future? TEHRAN (FNA) — Andrew Keung, political analyst, be tailored to their purpose; 3) international support by U.S. What is your opinion about this? Can dollar A: It may, but it won’t be because of INSTEX. IN- says the US President’s move to call Huawei threat and, better, cooperation in implementing sanctions; remain as a useful instrument in imposing sanction STEX may work or it may not, but the value of the to the US national security made him further isolat- and, 4) a clear linkage to negotiations so that the lev- be U.S. in the future? dollar -- and, again, more importantly, the value of ed, as the US corporations which play a major role in erage generated by sanctions can be applied toward a A: The dollar is less a useful instrument than it is a the US economy and access to it -- remains high for the US presidential election, described the measure diplomatic settlement. resource that countries, banks, and companies want international business. So long as that remains im- against the absolute capitalism guaranteed under the For success of sanctions on Iran, you have to use. By threatening to withhold access to the dollar portant to international business, it will be hard for US constitution. emphasized on international support and con- (and, more importantly, access to the United States foreign companies, banks, and governments to ignore In an exclusive interview with FNA, Andrew Leung said, “Even sensus. Do you think without the international economy), the United States can make it harder to U.S. policy demands. though now Trump is down to his own rhetoric, he is not giving up everything. He now claims the US national security depends on the US financial security, therefore 5G [which may make Hua- wei dominant in the US tech-market] will be a national security concern for the US.” UK to avoid confrontation with Iran under Johnson: Expert Andrew Keung is an International and Independent China IFP-An expert of international politics announced that it would agree on the Strategist. He was Hong Kong’s de facto ambassador to the UK has predicted a road fraught with dif- plan once it is ratified by the European and 14 European countries. He gives strategic advice on China ficulties for the incoming UK prime Union. to hedge funds, banks and governments. minister in the quest for Brexit, saying At a time of heightened tensions in Below is the full text of the interview: Boris Johnson seems hardly likely to the Persian Gulf, we see the Arab countries There is a full scale trade war between the US and China. look for confrontation with Iran. have remained silent and avoid taking any How do you view the war? In an interview with Khabar Online, specific stance. What is their purpose? A: The war between the US and China is not only a trade Ali Bigdeli has shed light on the elements A: You may remember that a United war, but also is extended to many other fields. The tariffs of UK Prime Minister Johnson’s policies Arab Emirates’ official had announced were for the trade war, but in addition to that, both coun- on Iran, and the challenges that the new that the US is like a lion in dealing with tries traded allegations and accusations against each other. British leader will have to face in the the Arab countries, but behaves like a Also, the US has made problems with regard to the student coming months. rabbit in the face of Iran, which was a visas. By that, the Chinese students are permitted to study He believes the new UK Prime Minis- very harsh criticism. The Persian Gulf only a limited number of courses in the American univer- ter will not be looking for a conflict with Arab states are beginning to regret relying sities. They are also banned from doing researches in the Iran, but London’s withdrawal from the upon the US, and the recent develop- American universities. The US also attacked the Chinese European Union and its possible pullout ments as well as Iran’s measures have technology, waging a technological war on China. This was from the Iran nuclear deal, known as made them retreat and refuse to take what happened to Huawei, whose access to the American the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action stances. This fact applies to Israel as technology and market was restricted. Considering what (JCPOA), may “increase the probability well, as they (Arab states) try to refrain is happening by the American warships in the South China of formation of the international coalition from sharp comments. In conclusion, I Sea, it can be said the US is also engaged in a military war that Trump dreams about.” can say that the Arab countries’ expec- against China. Furthermore, Washington is in an ideolog- ical war with China, targeting the Chinese great culture. What follows is the full text of the old dream of Trump who favours lack retaliation. tations of the US have ended in failure, interview: forcing them to stay silent and keep an The US also discourages its allies in Europe and Americas, of integrity of the European Union. How could Johnson maintain a such as the UK and Canada, to have relations with China. All former UK leaders, except Johnson has also pledged that he will balance between the European partners eye on the future. Reliance on Israel and Tony Blair, have been afraid of overt huge arms purchases have also brought Therefore, it is more than simply a trade war. pull the UK out of the European Union and the US when it comes to Brexit? Donald Trump called Huawei a threat to the US na- or unquestioning support for Washing- within a hundred days, with or without A: Theresa May who was initially them nothing. ton despite an implicit collaboration Is it possible that the recent de�- tional security, and banned the US companies from selling a deal, as this action will affect the an advocate of Brexit was expecting parts to the Chinese tech giant; later he lifted the ban. If with the US policies. But Boris John- European unity. However, we should that Britain’s $30-billion market in the velopments would affect the Europeans’ son is said to have no compunction decision to create the financial mecha- Huawei was a threat to the US national security, why were remember that Brexit without a deal European Union and the UK labour forc- the bans lifted? about following the US and will not will be a very tough and risky job, and es working at the European countries nism, known as INSTEX? be concerned about it. What is your A: What should be taken into account A: Let’s not forget Huawei introduced the technology, which an unreasonable expectation in some would be maintained after the British made Huawei more than just a company. Huawei had offered a big evaluation? Will the new UK prime way. Johnson would not be able to win exit from the union, and hoping to direct is that the Europeans are unable to meet minister take part in the US campaign Iran’s demands because of the US, and stake of the shares of the 5G infrastructure to the US corporations, adequate political support even within those capacities towards the US. But but they missed the opportunity. The US Administration’s ban of maximum pressure on Iran? the Conservative Party to carry out the Trump did not reach out to Theresa we should not expect them to take any A: Considering his far-right leanings step towards the sale of Iranian oil or the on Huawei was rather a ban on 5G, to limit their access to the plan for a no-deal Brexit, but the point May during their last two meetings, US market. 5G connects everything; it is the Internet of things, and the similarity of his and Trump’s is that such development is meant to because May lacked the elements of a removal of banking obstacles either. The policies, the new UK prime minister has JCPOA Joint Commission meeting will and it makes things doable which were impossible before. Over fulfill the interests of the current US Conservative and ultimately ran into the years, Huawei had won the trust of the global market, and somehow informed Iran of his approach. administration, since Trump would not trouble at the UK Parliament. Therefore, be also overshadowed by the situation Johnson did not take any stance on Iran in Britain, while the G7 summit will be it met all the standards. Its offices were operational in all the like a powerful centre in the West, like Boris Johnson’s outspoken stance on countries outside the United States. But inside the US, in every or even on the oil tankers crisis in his the EU, to stand against his demands. Brexit and the issue of UK withdrawal held in Paris. We should wait and see first speech after assuming the office. what happens in the future. places you go, Google and Apple are the main suppliers of the Trump has always tried to make the from the EU may have been taken in technological services. Of course they did not want to see Huawei He had two objectives in this regard; EU meet failure, particularly at the coordination with Trump, which will How do you think will the future One reason was that he didn’t want to shape the relations between Iran and the dominant in their country. present time that the EU wants to stand be a very dangerous plan, and I believe Do you believe the trade war would affect the next US give credibility to the issue of the cap- against the unbridled US sanctions. that Johnson is unlikely to meet success US and Europe? And what developments tured oil tankers, because he sought to will the region witness? Presidential election? How would the rise of far-right in this approach. A: President Trump is under pressure for his re-election. show himself indifferent to this crisis. parties in Europe affect the future devel- Supposing that Johnson could pull A: Considering the current situation, The second reason that made him avoid a war or skirmish will be unlikely, but Therefore, he is adopting policies which mainly have domestic opments given the current circumstance? the UK out of the European Union, how purposes. In case of Huawei, there was a complete isolation of talking about this crisis was that Boris A: This issue has concerned the Euro- would it affect the relations between Iran the tensions are not expected to ease Johnson didn’t want his policies to be either. The situation is such that Iran President Trump, as the Silicon Valley companies could not sell pean countries, particularly France and and Europe? their products to one of their main clients, which was against the overshadowed by the crisis at the be- Germany. French President Emmanuel A: Iran will lose one of the JCPOA and the US have remained on the zero ginning of his tenure. point. Moreover, Washington has no capitalist policies pursued in the US. Even though now Trump Macron is deeply worried about the rise parties anyway, and as a result, France is down to his own rhetoric, he is not giving up everything. He You mean Britain is looking for of radical right parties, because it may and Germany will be left alone, as the US plans for attacking Iran, because they direct confrontation with Iran in the don’t want to repeat their past mistakes. now claims the US national security depends on the US financial result in a victory for Marine Le Pen in pressures on these two countries could security, therefore 5G will be a national security concern for short term? the future. In the ceremony marking the prove more effective and increase the All these factors make it more difficult A: No. One should wait to know to make a forecast on what will happen the US. However, he obviously needs a deal with China for his 100th anniversary of the end of World probability of formation of the interna- re-election in 2020. about details of the UK’s decision and War I, attended by Trump, Macron said tional coalition that Trump dreams about. in the already vague future. Also, Iran is see what policies it will adopt. The UK neither demanding negotiations, nor does China and Russia agreed to do bilateral trades in their supporting the far-right parties will once What will happen to the UK-pro�- own national currencies. Do you believe this move to dump the economy’s current situation is chaot- again turn Europe into a hell. On the other posed naval coalition? Will the UK it look for a war. The lack of a definite ic, and it seems hardly likely that the strategy also complicates the situation US dollar will confront Washington’s hostile policies against hand, we see that Trump has recently strengthen its naval presence in the China? UK would be after confrontation with criticized France for its new policy of tax Persian Gulf? further. Maybe one of the beacons of Iran. But on other subjects such as the hope helping Iran will be the defeat A: China is making this move in retaliation to the Tariffs. On on big American technology companies A: I think it was a posturing by Jere- the other hand, Russia has been the target of the US sanctions. Brexit, I believe that the new UK prime and has slammed Macron’s measure as my Hunt which got nowhere. Although of Trump in the presidential election, minister will be following the policies which is extremely unlikely. All in all, Considering the energy market, which is the gas exported from foolishness. These cases would aggra- Denmark and France welcomed the idea Russia to China, this will have a huge impact on the dollar and of the current US administration and vate the differences and cause the US at first, the European states realized it is possible for Iran to continue with Trump, and will take steps to fulfill the the current situation. consequently on the US economy, a major counter-attack in the to support radical parties in Europe in its consequences later. Even Germany framework of the trade war.

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SpaceX, Lockheed, Blue Origin, Rice University says it has a cheaper plan to guard others get new NASA moon contracts Houston from hurricanes NASA on Tuesday announced new commercial space sector and help bring contracts with 10 companies to help new capabilities to market that could For about a decade, two of Texas’ top universities have send people back to the moon by 2024, benefit future NASA missions. pushed dueling plans to protect the Houston-Galveston as well as to Mars afterward. The companies signed non- region from hurricanes. The landing contracts, which include reimbursable Space Act Agreements, A concept championed by Texas A&M University at Galveston new deals with SpaceX, Lockheed Martin, requiring them to stick to projects NASA appears to be winning out as the federal and state governments Sierra Nevada and Jeff Bezos› Blue Origin, has deemed important to the nation›s pursue a plan similar to one proposed by A&M oceanographer will see each of the companies work Moon-to-Mars exploration approach. Bill Merrell in early 2009, months after Hurricane Ike smashed with NASA to accomplish both space Lightweight soundproofing materials ashore at Galveston Island. exploration goals. will be tested for use in rocket nosecones But that project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the NASA, as part of the deals, provides in a partnership between Glenn Research Texas General Land Office, which calls for the installation of expertise, facilities, hardware and software Center in Cleveland and Aerogel beachfront sand dunes and massive storm surge barrier gates, at no cost. The public-private partnerships Technologies of Boston. won’t become reality for at least 15 years -- and probably much and the way they are structured are vital Lockheed, in a partnership with NASA longer. That leaves plenty of time for a worst-case hurricane to to accelerating space exploration, NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., devastate the densely populated, highly industrialized region said in a news release. will also work on perfecting new techniques -- a reality that’s coming into sharper focus as sea levels rise At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, for metal construction of spacecraft that and the ocean warms. a partnership with SpaceX will study operate in extreme heat, such as solid-state how rockets can best land on the moon processing that uses friction or impact to -- specifically how the rocket exhaust, or fuse metal types together -- rather than plume, interacts with moon rocks and traditional forging and melting. pebbles. That could be important to keeping The testing of a compact hydrogen the rocket stable and standing upright. Earth›s atmosphere traveling faster than system would be aimed at providing generator for inflatable heat shields, Also working with Kennedy, Lockheed the speed of sound. uninterrupted power during the lunar which could help deliver larger payloads Martin will test robotic systems for All of NASA›s major space centers are night, which lasts for about two weeks to Mars, comes in a deal with Marshall growing plants and crops in space. NASA being tapped for projects. SpaceX also will in most locations, according to NASA. Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., said robotic space farming could be a key work on transfer of rocket fuel in orbit, NASA centers will partner with and Anasphere Inc. of Bozeman, Mont. to developing space stations, or platforms. an important step in the development of the companies, which range from Another heat shield test will feature Sierra Nevada Corporation, of Sparks, the company›s Starship space vehicle. small businesses with fewer than a a new seamless weave for a carbon The so-called coastal barrier system also carries a significant Nev., will work with NASA on two entry, Blue Origin will test materials for dozen employees to large aerospace fabric shield, with Bally Ribbon Mills price tag -- as much as $20 billion -- and a significant part of descent and landing projects. For example, rocket engine nozzles for lunar landers, organizations, to provide expertise, of Bally, Pa., and Ames Research Center the system may guard against only a modest, 100-year storm. they will capture infrared images of their and on a new fuel cell power system for facilities, hardware and software at no in California›s Silicon Valley. In the meantime, Rice University is pushing a plan that it Dream Chaser spacecraft as it re-enters the company›s Blue Moon lander. The cost. The partnerships will advance the (Source: UPI) says could become a reality faster and more cheaply than the coastal barrier system. While the “Galveston Bay Park Plan” isn’t designed to protect as much land as the coastal barrier system, the chief representative for the university’s Severe Storm Hundreds of fossils of strange primordial predator unearthed in Canada Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center Hundreds of fossils of a primordial sea creature with rake-like on organisms buried in the mud.” says it would offer a significantly higher level of protection claws and a head resembling a famous fictional spaceship Its large head was covered by a shield-like carapace whose than the coastal barrier system for the most populated and have been unearthed in Canada, providing a wealth of shape reminded the scientists of the Millennium Falcon spaceship industrialized areas in Houston and Galveston. information about an important predator from a key time of “Star Wars” fame. At the front of its body were two large The park plan, conceived in 2015, calls for the use of clay dredged in the evolution of life on Earth. claws with a succession of parallel outgrowths like a series of from the Houston Ship Channel, where a $1 billion deepening and Scientists on Tuesday said the creature, called Cambroraster rakes, letting it sift through seafloor mud and strain out any widening project is in the works to accommodate more and larger falcatus, was a distant relative of today’s arthropods - the prey. Tooth-like plates surrounded its circular mouth. It may ships, to create a 25-foot-tall levee along the shipping lane, which diverse group of animals including insects, spiders and crabs have dined upon worms, small fish and larvae. is the nation’s busiest. Additional dredged material would be piled - and lived during the Cambrian Period 506 million years It belonged to the same group - radiodonts - as the apex behind it to form parkland. The dike would connect to an existing ago, when all animal life lived in the oceans. Burgess Shale that has yielded fossils of a wondrous array of predator of the time, called Anomalocaris, a dangerous levee at Texas City, which would be raised to 25 feet from 17 feet. “Most animals in the Cambrian Period were small, typically Cambrian animals. The Cambrian was a time of evolutionary hunter reaching three feet (one meter) long that may even A significant amount of dredged material has been disposed of a few centimeters long at most. By comparison, Cambroraster experimentation when nearly all major animal groups first have targeted Cambroraster. along the channel, forming marshy islands and a wildlife management was a giant, at up to a foot long (30 cm),” said paleontologist appeared and numerous oddballs came and went. Radiodonts, among the earliest offshoots of the arthropod area. That means it would not have to be built entirely from scratch. Joe Moysiuk of the Royal Ontario Museum and University “With its huge head, small body and upward facing eyes, lineage, are usually known from fragmentary remains. But the A large storm surge gate -- much like ones called for in the of Toronto, lead author of the research published in the Cambroraster superficially resembles a horseshoe crab, scientists found such a large number of beautifully preserved and coastal barrier system -- also would be installed and would be journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. although in detail they are quite different animals,” Moysiuk complete Cambroraster fossils that they achieved a breakthrough closed only when big storms threatened the area. Like the coastal Cambroraster was excavated in Kootenay National Park said. “Just like horseshoe crabs, we think Cambroraster in the understanding of this significant extinct group. barrier system, the park plan also calls for a “ring” levee around in the Canadian Rockies from a rock formation known as the spent its time hanging around near the sea floor, feeding (Source: Reuters) the city of Galveston to protect it from incoming and outgoing storm surge, which is the deadliest effect of hurricanes. The new north-south levee, which would cut through Galveston Bay, would New camera can film moving object from Electricity produced by saltwater flowing be punctuated by smaller gates to allow boats to pass through. Longtime Texas environmental attorney Jim Blackburn, the around a corner over thin layers of rust co-director and primary spokesman for the SSPEED Center, said that it could be completed as early as 2027 for $3 billion to $6 billion. It’s an amount he said is low enough that it could be funded locally, without having to wait on money from Congress as the coastal barrier system will almost certainly have to do. The system would not, like the barrier system, protect beachfront properties on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula because it would be situated further inland. But Blackburn said it would protect the vast majority of the area’s sprawling petrochemical complex and the entire western side of Galveston Bay, which is densely populated and fast-growing. And the park plan’s overall level of protection would be much higher than the coastal barrier system, he said. It would guard against something like a 250-year storm and a 25-foot storm surge -- about 10 feet above the highest recorded surge for the area. A weaker Category 4 hurricane -- classified as a storm with wind speeds of 130 to 156 mph -- would probably be totally contained, he said. And it would make a big dent in a Category 5. “We have seen sea level rise and storm scenarios that get you to 33 feet” of surge, Blackburn said. “It’s not inconceivable that this is not high enough, but it is by far and away beyond anything that we’ve ever seen and I think it’s the right starting place.” Scientists have developed a way to film car vision systems. The laser scans the Researchers have developed a new way to Rust grows naturally on iron alloys, He also noted the plan is multipurpose, unlike the coastal moving objects around an opaque corner. wall opposing the target object. Little of generate electricity by moving saltwater but scientists needed to ensure the rust barrier system. “The idea that we would spend all that money The camera device uses a laser to isolate the light reflecting off the moving object across thin films of iron oxide, or rust. layers formed uniformly. Researchers on the coastal spine and really have only one utility out of that and measure the light particles bouncing is intact by the time it is intercepted by The discovery, detailed this week in the deployed a technique called physical vapor is something we were at least trying to integrate into our design off the target object. The particle data is the camera’s laser, but there is enough journal PNAS, could pave the way for new deposition to turn iron oxide into a vapor differently,” Blackburn said. processed by a combination of advanced photonic data for the camera’s high- forms of sustainable power production. that could be deposited as a thin layer on a It’s unclear whether the park plan will gain traction with the sensors and algorithms, revealing the powered processing system to reconstruct It’s not the first time saltwater and substrate. The technique allowed scientists private funders and government agencies that would need to movements of the object around the corner. an image of the moving object. metal compounds have come together to to deposit a layer of iron oxide measuring be on board before the project can move ahead. But last week, “People talk about building a camera “When you’re watching the laser produce electricity, but previous iterations just 10 nanometers across, roughly 10,000 the governing body of the Port of Houston Authority, which is that can see as well as humans for scanning it out, you don’t see anything,” have relied on chemical reactions -- the times thinner than a human hair. working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the dredging applications such as autonomous cars and said David Lindell, a graduate student in conversion of two or more chemicals into When scientists released flowing project to deepen and widen the ship channel, gave staff the green robots, but we want to build systems that electrical engineering at Stanford. “With a new compound -- to produce power. saltwater across the film, they were able light to talk with Rice about the potential for such a symbiotic go well beyond that,” Gordon Wetzstein, this hardware, we can basically slow down Batteries offer the most obvious example to produce several tens of millivolts and arrangement -- a small but meaningful first step. an assistant professor of electrical time and reveal these tracks of light. It of this formula. several microamps per square centimeter (Source: UPI) engineering at Stanford University, said almost looks like magic.” The newest recipe for electricity is of surface area. in a news release. “We want to see things Scientists based the camera’s image reaction-free. The kinetic energy of “For perspective, plates having an area of in 3D, around corners and beyond the processing algorithm off of algorithms the flowing saltwater is converted into 10 square meters each would generate a few visible light spectrum.” used to interpret seismic waves and an electric current. The phenomenon, kilowatts per hour -- enough for a standard Pakistan aims to send first The new camera is an updated version reconstruct 3D images of underground known as the electrokinetic effect, has U.S. home,” Miller said. “Of course, less astronaut into space by 2022 of a similar camera designed and built geologic structures. been previously observed in atom-thick demanding applications, including low- by Wetzstein and his research partners “There are many ideas being used layers of carbon arranged in a hexagonal power devices in remote locations, are more a few years ago. The latest iteration can in other spaces -- seismology, imaging lattice, also known as graphene. promising in the near term.” Pakistan said last week it aims to send its first astronaut into detect light particles bouncing off a wider with satellites, synthetic aperture radar “A similar effect has been seen in some Ions in the saltwater attract electrons space by 2022 and will begin selecting candidates next year. array of surfaces and can measure their -- that are applicable to looking around other materials,” Tom Miller, a professor in the iron beneath the rust layer. As the Neighbor and long-time rival India put its first astronaut into movements more precisely from farther corners,” said Matthew O’Toole, an of chemistry at the California Institute water moves along the surface, the electrons space in 1984 as part of a Soviet-led mission. It launched a rocket away, allowing the camera to process assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon of Technology, said in a news release. are pulled along for the ride, creating an into space last week on Monday in an attempt to safely land a out-of-sight movements. University. “We’re trying to take a little “You can take a drop of saltwater and electric current. rover on the moon, its most ambitious mission yet. Researchers hope their technology bit from these fields and we’ll hopefully drag it across graphene and see some The technology could be used to produce Pakistan’s program, announced 50 years after the U.S. Apollo could help the navigational systems of be able to give something back to them electricity generated.” energy in places where saline solutions 11 mission put the first man on the moon, marks a new departure autonomous cars and robots. at some point.” Because graphene is difficult to are already in motion, like in the ocean after focusing on developing communication satellites. The hardware used to build the novel Researchers plan to continue synthesize at larger scales, Miller and his or inside the human body. “This will be the biggest space event of our history,” Science and camera systems is already common improving their technology by testing research partners decided to develop a film “For example, tidal energy, or things Technology Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said in a tweet. among autonomous car vision systems, the system in autonomous research that was cheaper and easier to produce. bobbing in the ocean, like buoys, could A selection committee would begin choosing candidates in but current systems can only monitor cars. Scientists also hope to adopt their The iron oxide films they produced in the be used for passive electrical energy February, he said. out-of-sight objects that are really, really technology for alternative applications, lab are easier to make. conversion,” he says. “You have saltwater Pakistan’s National Space Agency SUPARCO (Space and Upper reflective, limiting their usability. like medical imaging, as well as make “It’s basically just rust on iron, so it’s flowing in your veins in periodic pulses. Atmosphere Research Commission) was set up in 1961. It launched For the new camera system, scientists their system robust enough to function pretty easy to make in large areas,” Miller That could be used to generate electricity its first communication satellite 50 years later with help from integrated a laser 10,000 times more in bad weather. said. “This is a more robust implementation for powering implants.” a subsidiary of China Aerospace and Technology Corporation. powerful than those used in autonomous (Source: UPI) of the thing seen in graphene.” (Source: UPI) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM AUGUST 1, 2019

Artificial lake ready for Japanese expertise inauguration in Tehran to enliven TOURISM TEHRAN — A small, man-made lake is set to be deskofficially opened to the public in northern Tehran. Honar Lake and the second phase of Honar Garden are ready to be inaugurated by the end of the current Iranian calendar month UNESCO-tagged Mordad (August 22), Mehr reported on Wednesday. palace in Tehran HERITAGE TEHRAN — Japanese ex- People are given free entry to the pal- deskperts are to make another ace for the event that is organized in close face of Tehran’s UNESCO-registered Golestan collaboration with the Embassy of Japan, Palace in a special program dedicated to the Nosrati added. 90th anniversary of the establishment of dip- A destination for domestic and interna- lomatic relations between the two countries. tional travelers, Golestan Palace is located Premises and monuments of the palace in the heart and historic core of Tehran. The complex will, for the first time, be subject palace complex is one of the oldest in the to a 3D projection mapping project on Iranian capital, originally built during the August 1 and 2, director of the World Safavid dynasty in the historic walled city. Heritage site Masoud Nosrati said on Following extensions and additions, it re- Tuesday, IRNA reported. ceived its most characteristic features in the The projection technology is applied to 19th century, when the palace complex was turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into selected as the royal residence and seat of by an outer wall with gates. base of the Qajari Kings but also functioned The projects, run by Abbasabad Lands Rehabilitation Compa- a display surface for video projection using power by the Qajar ruling family. At present, UNESCO has it that the complex exempli- as a recreational and residential compound ny, will be inaugurated within a month, Hamid Javani, executive specialized software. This way, a two- or Golestan Palace complex consists of eight fies architectural and artistic achievements and a center of artistic production in the 19th deputy of the company announced on Wednesday. three-dimensional object is spatially mapped key palace structures mostly used as muse- of the Qajar era including the introduction century. Through the latter activity, it be- The third phase of Honar Garden is expected to come on on the virtual program which mimics the ums and the eponymous gardens, a green of European motifs and styles into Persian came the source and center of Qajari arts stream by spring 2020, he added. real environment it is to be projected on. shared center of the complex, surrounded arts. It was not only used as the governing and architecture. Both projects, being implemented under the supervision of Tehran Municipality, are located on Abbasabad Lands and include a cafe gallery, an amphitheater, museums, handicraft exhibitions Kordasht Bathhouse; a tourist destination famed for intricate interior design and some other recreational facilities, the report said. Abbasabad Lands include several gardens such as Book Gar- TOURISM TEHRAN — Photos depict ex- den and Honar Garden which are part of implementing Tehran’s deskterior and interior views of the comprehensive upstream development plan. historical Kordasht Bathhouse, a tourist destination famed for intricate geometrical arrangements and spectacular wall paintings, July 27, 2019. Located in Jolfa, northwestern East Azarbai- An ancient Egypt-to-Black Sea jan province, the bathhouse dates from over four centuries ego, the time of Safavids. Its required route? Adventurers to test theory water is obtained from the Aras River and after being warmed finds its way to different pools there. Beloslav (Bulgaria) (AFP) — Were the ancient Egyptians Entrance to the bath is possible through a stair- able to use reed boats to travel as far as the Black Sea thousands case leading to the first vestibule, bringing visitors of years ago? to an octagonal shaped changing room that has a A group of adventurers believe so, and will try to prove their domed roof supported by eight decorated columns. theory by embarking on a similar journey in reverse. A hallway connects the changing room to an- In mid-August the team of two dozen researchers and volun- other octagonal room that contains the main pool. teers from eight countries will set off from the Bulgarian port of This room has a waterway that directs hot water Varna, hoping their Abora IV reed boat will take them the 700 into the pool and the room receives natural light nautical miles through the Bosphorus, the Aegean and as far as via ducts in the ceiling. the island of Crete. The monument is considered as one of the The team is specifically seeking to prove a hypothesis lent cre- largest and most beautiful baths surviving in Iran. dence by Herodotus, the expedition’s German leader, Dominique According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Ira- Goerlitz, told AFP. nian architects of the early 17th century sought The ancient Greek historian wrote: “Egyptians sailed through to achieve a monumentality in exterior spatial the Black Sea to get materials that they could not have from the composition (an interesting parallel to the inte- east Mediterranean.” rior spaciousness created at the same time by the Goerlitz, 53, and his team say they drew inspiration for the Ottomans); a logical precision in vaulting and a design of the 14-metre (46-foot) boat from ancient rock drawings coloristic brilliance that has made their domes from upper Egypt and the Caucasus. and portals of justly famous. The construction was carried out with the help of volunteers and two members of the Aymara indigenous community from Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca, Fermin Limachi and his son Yuri. It is no accident that the Abora IV bears a striking resemblance China’s Song Tao visits National Museum of Iran to the famous Ra II reed boat that Norwegian adventurer Thor HERITAGE TEHRAN — Song Tao, Currently, China hosts two separate col- Heyerdahl used in his 1970 attempt to cross the Atlantic -- Li- deskthe head of the Interna- lection, on loan from the National Museum machi’s father helped build that vessel too. tional Liaison Department of the Commu- of Iran, representing the [long-lasting] rela- Large bundles of totora reed were lashed together with ropes nist Party of China, toured the National tionship between Iran and China. to form the main body of the vessel before it was equipped with a Museum of Iran on Tuesday. A total of 15 centuries-old celadons is on wooden mast and two reed compartments for sleeping. Tao, who was accompanied by a high-rank- show at Beijing’s Palace Museum. Titled ing delegation, visited parts of the complex “Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon including the Museum of Ancient Iran (Muze- and Globalization”, the exhibition will also ROUND THE GLOBE ye Iran-e Bastan) and the Museum of the Is- showcase objects on loan from Vietnam, lamic Era (Muze-ye Dowran-e Eslami), which Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, Syria, Egypt, were opened in 1937 and 1972, respectively. the United Kingdom, and other countries Tajik National Park Tao arrived in Tehran on Sunday upon and regions. an official invitation of the secretary of the Another collection is on show at a Beijing Spanning over 2.6 million ha in area, Tajik National Park Expediency Council, Mohsen Rezaei. exhibit that opened its doors to the public on encompasses almost the entire Pamir Mountains, which is The Chinese official and his accompanying July 13 at the National Art Museum of Chi- the third highest mountain ecosystem in the world after the delegation held meetings with Expediency na, under the name “The Asian Civilization Himalaya and Karakorum Mountains. Council’s head and secretary, parliament Exhibition”. The loan objects include clay The Pamir Mountains lie at the center of the ‘Pamir Knot’, speaker and a host of other high-ranking works, Achaemenid inscriptions, Sassanid the term used by geographers to describe the tangle of the officials of the country. sculptures and glassworks. highest mountain ranges on the Eurasian continent. China bans citizens from traveling to Taiwan as individual tourists In its latest effort to increase pressure on Taiwan, Beijing said details as to the reason for the ban. The unexpected move it,” Benny Wu, chairman of the Taipei Association of Travel it will suspend a program that allowed individual tourists comes as China attempts to isolate Taiwan and Tsai Ing-wen, Agents, said by phone. “This will have a huge impact on from 47 Chinese cities to travel to Taiwan, citing the current it’s independence-leaning president. The move may also Taiwan’s tourism and economy. Hotels, restaurants will state of relations between the two sides. be aimed at hurting her re-election chances in January’s all be affected.” The ban is effective from Aug. 1, according to a presidential election. Spending by foreign tourists accounted for about 2.2% statement Wednesday from the Ministry of Culture China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying of GDP in 2017, the last year for which data is available, ac- and Tourism, and means that Chinese nationals can declined to answer a question about the decision, asking cording to the tourism bureau. China was the largest single only travel to Taiwan as tourists if they’re part of tour reporters at a briefing in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon source of people visiting Taiwan and accounted for almost groups. The scheme had been in place since 2011 un- to talk to the relevant department for Taiwan affairs. The one third of total visitors to the island in May 2019, accord- der the more China-friendly administration of former Mainland Affairs Council in Taipei declined to comment ing to a Bloomberg calculation based on data published by President Ma Ying-jeou. immediately when contacted. Taiwan’s tourism bureau. The ministry’s statement didn’t provide any further “This is a shock to all of us. We are all very worried about (Source: Time Magazine) Huge tectonic forces stemming from the collision of the Indi- an-Australian plate with the Eurasian Plate have progressively thrown up the Himalaya, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, Kunlun and Tien Shan – all radiating out from the Pamir Mountains. Tests to begin on Ampaire electric hybrid passenger airplane Along with the Karakoram Mountains, the Pamir region is If you’re catching a Mokulele Airlines is Ampaire’s first commercial product. It’s cheaper way to start reducing emissions might not be long before we’re catching one of the most tectonically-active locations in the world. commuter flight around Hawaii’s islands been modified to fly with one conventional quicker. these flights, Ampaire says there’s been a A UNESCO World Heritage, the Tajik National Park stands later this year, you might spot one of the combustion engine and one electric motor. “The Cessna 337 modification is a first lot of interest from carriers. out as a very large protected area, with a stark treeless land- world’s first hybrid commercial aircraft While the initial flights, operated in step,” he said in a recent statement. “The Other companies are also interested scape of exceptional natural beauty. soaring through the skies. partnership with Hawaii-based Mokulele, next may be a hybrid or fully electric ret- in electric aircraft. To name just a few, at The outstanding scenic values are enhanced by the land- That’s right, Los Angeles-based aviation are being scheduled as a proof of concept, rofit of a nine- to 19-passenger commuter/ this year’s Paris Air Show, Israeli aviation form juxtaposition of heavily-glaciated high peaks and high company Ampaire has announced it’ll start it’s hoped the aircraft will get official FAA cargo aircraft. As batteries and powertrains company Eviation Aircraft said US carrier plateaux with an alpine desert character. testing aircraft partly powered by electricity certification by 2021 to allow it to enter mature, we will shift our focus to clean- Cape Air is going to be the first customer The property contains a number of superlative natural on some commercial routes later in 2019. full commercial service. sheet designs such as our nine-passenger, for its electric airplane, dubbed Alice, am- phenomena, including: Fedchenko Glacier (the longest gla- In what will likely be seen as a significant First step zero-emissions Tailwind concept.” bitiously scheduled for 2021 certification. cier in the world outside of the Polar Regions); Lake Sarez step toward improving the environmen- Ampaire CEO Kevin Noerteker says the The Cessna 337 Skymaster is a six-seater Meanwhile, big name company Airbus (a very high, deep lake impounded just over a century ago tal credentials of air travel, Ampaire has development will help “jump start” the aircraft that’s been in operation since the is working on the E-Fan X hybrid-electric by a severe earthquake which generated a huge landslide retrofitted existing aircraft with electric market and pave the way to an “all-elec- early 1960s, so hardly the most modern of project and also created a concept aircraft forming the Uzoi Dam, the highest natural dam in the world); powertrains, hoping to cut down C02 emis- tric” future. aircraft. It tends to serve small, commut- with a design that mimics a bird of prey, with and Karakul Lake, likely to be the world’s highest large lake sions and address high operating costs. He acknowledged that building an elec- er-based airlines. plans to make it a hybrid-electric turbo-pro- of meteoric origin. The Ampaire Electric EEL, a reconfig- tric-only aircraft from scratch is highly Members of the public won’t be able peller aircraft. (Source: UNESCO) ured twin-engine Cessna 337 Skymaster, expensive, suggesting that hybrids are a to book tickets on the test flights, but it (Source: CNN) TECHNOLOGY

I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 1, 2019 TECHNOLOGY 11 Iranian researchers use Smart city, challenges nanotechnology for herbal extraction and opportunities in Iran

TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN–Iranian center of the Yasuj University of Med- deskresearchers at the ical Sciences. 1 These challenges include disagreements between Yasuj University of Medical Sciences According to the SceinceDirect, Phe- scientists and policymakers and the inability to communicate have found a technique to synthesize a nolic compounds, ubiquitous in plants the challenges of urban sustainability and urban development. nanoadsorbent in order to measure con- are an essential part of the human diet, Although smart cities have many potential solutions to tackle stituent elements of plants for medical and are of considerable interest due problems in developing countries, these potentials are never purposes, IRNA reported on Tuesday. to their antioxidant properties. These fully utilized, and even some of the smart city potentials in- Antioxidants are natural combina- compounds possess an aromatic ring crease the gap between proposed solutions and the real world. tions, which can fight chemicals in body. bearing one or more hydroxyl groups The reason for this may be that many of these strategies During recent year, the researchers fo- and their structures may range from are not suitable for developing countries like Iran, and they cus on Phenolic compounds, which has that of a simple phenolic molecule to are more likely to be imported. Only 12% of researchers in strong antioxidant combination. that of a complex high-molecular weight this area live in developing countries, and only 8% of the Several plants produce Phenolic com- polymer. governments that have made policy in this regard are from pounds in their tissue and its measure- Fruits, vegetables and beverages are developing countries. Consequently, the proposed strategies ment is very important. the major sources of phenolic compounds for smart cities are more compatible with the conditions of Phenolic Timol and Carvacrol are in the human diet. The food and agri- the developed countries, especially Western countries, and two common Phenolic combinations cultural products processing industries are incompatible with the social and economic conditions in in local herbs like Thymus daenensis generate substantial quantities of phe- our countries. Celak, Satureja khuzestanica, Salvia nolics-rich by-products, which could be However, it›s not possible to take the opposite path to the officinalism, Stachys pilifera Benth. valuable natural sources of antioxidants. advancement of technology. Perhaps the correct solution is Using synthesis techniques of na- The applications of nanotechnology not in the unconditional acceptance of this imported technol- noadsorbent is a low-cost and simple Several plants produce Phenolic compounds for treatment, diagnosis, monitoring, ogy, nor in its unconscious rejection. But the solution may be way in order to discover the constituent and control of biological systems have that, without waste of time, we should localize the principals elements of plants, said Arash Asfaram, in their tissue and its measurement is very recently been referred to as nanomed- of the smart city, and implement these strategies seriously in member of the medical herbs research important. icine. policy and planning. Of course, this will not be the case, except researchers, policymakers, and planners adapt to the pace of technological advancement, and today they find a solution Nahid-1 satellite passes Anti-narcotics police to use for the future problems. final tests: minister remote-sensing satellite services TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN– The home- TECHNOLOGY TEHRAN – The Iranian Researchers develop deskgrown Nahid-1 tele- deskanti-narcotics police chief, communication satellite has passed final Mohammad Massoud Zahedian, and the Iranian technology to harness energy tests, Information and Communication Space Research Center (ISRC) director Hossein from mixing of freshwater Technology (ICT) Minister Mohammad Samimi, signed an agreement on Tuesday for Javad Azari-Jahromi wrote in Persian on using remote-sensing satellite services to control and seawater his Twitter account on Tuesday. drug trafficking, IRNA reported. “No stop on development track!” reads The two sides plan to collaborate on differ- Researchers from Stanford University in California have developed the tweet, IRNA reported on Wednesday. ent fields of science, research, and technology, an affordable, durable technology that could harness energy gen- Nahid-1 has been manufactured at including remote-sensing. erated from mixing freshwater from seawater. the Iranian Space Agency (ISA). It is a This cooperation, which is supported by Outlined in paper, recently published in American Chemical geosynchronous satellite, which is lo- the Information and Communication Tech- Society’s ACS Omega, they suggest that this “blue energy” could cated in geosynchronous orbit, with an nology (ICT) Ministry, is a great step toward make coastal wastewater treatment plants energy-independent. orbital period the same as the earth’s conducting further joint projects, Samimi said “Blue energy is an immense and untapped source of renewable rotation period, Iran Science Watch the country’s space technology devel- during the event. object under study. This is done by capturing energy,” Kristian Dubrawski, a postdoctoral scholar in civil and website reported. opment, there are no specific problems The space research center has developed the reflected radiation/energy.Satellites play a environmental engineering at Stanford and study coauthor said in a Nahid-1 uses photovoltaic solar panels and the national space program is well several plans in order to benefit more from huge role in the development of many technol- statement. “Our battery is a major step toward practically capturing in orbit and uses the Ku band - the por- progressing. space technology, he said. ogies like world mapping, GPS, city planning, that energy without membranes, moving parts or energy input.” tion of the electromagnetic spectrum in “The U.S. tries definitely to impede Remote sensing and its application etc. The major field the remote sensing is used The researchers tested a prototype of the battery, monitoring its the microwave range of frequencies from Iran’s space technology and the European Remote sensing is the process of acquiring for are weather, forestry, agriculture, surface energy production while flushing it with alternating hourly exchanges 12 to 18 gigahertz - for communication. countries do not have any cooperation information, detecting, analyzing, monitoring changes and biodiversity. of wastewater effluent from the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality During a speech in February, with Iran and our absolute message is the physical characteristics of an area by record- Remote Sensing technologies are used to Control Plant and seawater collected nearby from Half Moon Bay. Azari-Jahromi announced that despite that space technology improves lives of ing it is reflected and emitted radiation energy determine various physical properties of land Over 180 cycles, battery materials maintained 97 percent effec- the sanctions that have slowed down Iranians and people worldwide,” he said. without having any physical contact with the and also what it is being used for (land use). tiveness in capturing the salinity gradient energy.The technology could work in any location where fresh and saltwater intermix, but wastewater treatment plants offer a particularly valuable case study. Wastewater treatment is energy-intensive, accounting for about three percent of the total US electrical load. The process – essential Stop robocalls to your phone for good to community health – is also vulnerable to power grid shutdowns. Making wastewater treatment plants energy independent would not Help is on the way to keep your phone from constantly only cut electricity use and emissions but also make them immune ringing, but there are steps you can take right now. to blackouts – a major advantage in places such as California, where The number of robocalls ringing our phones at all recent wildfires have led to large-scale outages.Every cubic meter of hours of the day has reached an all-time high, and be- freshwater that mixes with seawater produces about .65 kilowatt-hours cause of that those calls are also getting a lot of attention of energy – enough to power the average US household for about from the government and technology companies. Most 30 minutes. Globally, the theoretical amount of recoverable energy recently, the House passed a bill that will all but stop from coastal wastewater treatment plants is about 18 gigawatts – robocalls. The FCC passed a proposal that gives carriers enough to power more than 1,700 homes for a year. the permission to be more aggressive when blocking The Stanford group’s battery isn’t the first technology to succeed spam calls. Apple even added a feature to iOS 13 that in capturing blue energy, but it’s the first to use battery electro- lets you block all unknown callers from ever ringing chemistry instead of pressure or membranes. If it works at scale, your phone. the technology would offer a more simple, robust and cost-effective Robocalls convey a prerecorded message to your solution.The process first releases sodium and chloride ions from the phone that often urges you to do something. Sometimes battery electrodes into the solution, making the current flow from it’s a message from a candidate running for office or one electrode to the other. Then, a rapid exchange of wastewater a call from your bank advertising a new service. Even effluent with seawater leads the electrode to reincorporate sodium more worrisome are the scammy robocalls -- posing, and chloride ions and reverse the current flow. Energy is recovered say, as the “IRS” – that intend to trick people out of their during both the freshwater and seawater flushes, with no upfront money. It’ll be some time before the FCC’s proposal energy investment and no need for charging. This means that the is implemented so, you’re not going to see a dramatic battery is constantly discharging and recharging without needing decrease in unwanted calls overnight. any input of energy. Not every automated solicitation call counts as il- While lab tests showed power output is still low per electrode legal. Calls from political campaigns, debt collectors area, the battery’s scale-up potential is considered more feasible and charities are all permissible. What’s not allowed than previous technologies due to its small footprint, simplicity, are the calls from the fake IRS agents or the companies call blocking feature to customers. Some are free, while easily report a number if a call slips through. constant energy creation and lack of membranes or instruments that claim you won a free vacation to the Bahamas. others charge for something that should be free. Hiya is a free app I have used on Android and iOS to control charge and voltage. The electrodes are made with Prus- While it’s not possible to entirely end robocalls from AT&T’s Call Protect app is available for iOS and for some time now with success. It’s the same company sian Blue, a material widely used as a pigment and medicine, that reaching your phone, there are some steps you can take Android. The free version blocks calls from “likely that powers AT&T’s Call Protect app, as well as Sam- costs less than $1 a kilogram, and polypyrrole, a material used to reduce the number of calls you receive.If someone fraudsters” and labels telemarketing calls. You can add sung’s built-in call block and spam protection service. experimentally in batteries and other devices, which sells for calls you and claims to be with XYZ company, hang numbers to a block list in the app, as well. The paid Samsung Galaxy users can enable the built-in service less than $3 a kilogram in bulk.The Woolsey Fire that engulfed up and call the company yourself. Use the company’s version provides caller ID for unknown numbers and in the Phone app under Settings > Caller ID and Spam Malibu in November 2018 was of biblical proportion. Wildfires website to find an official number.If you do answer a offers mobile security features that are unrelated to rob- Protection. Setup is painless, and it offers an easy way like this are now practically guaranteed, so better access to more call and hear a recording such as “Hello, can you hear ocalls. The premium version of Call Protect costs $3.99 to report a number. water is needed. me?” just hang up.The same goes for a call where you’re per month.Verizon’s Call Filter offers spam detection, Nomorobo is the service that Verizon uses for its There’s also little need for backup batteries, as the materials are asked to press a number before being connected to a spam filter, and the option to report numbers for free. Fios users, but it also has a phone app. The service is relatively robust, a polyvinyl alcohol and sulfosuccinic acid coating representative.When you answer a call and interact with You can pay $2.99 a month (or $7.99 a month for three free for VoIP users and costs $2 per month for mobile protects the electrodes from corrosion and there are no moving the voice prompt or by pressing a number, it lets the or more lines of service) for caller ID, spam lookup, users. Additional services that offer similar capabilities parts involved. If scaled up, the technology could provide adequate spammer know your number is real. They can then sell and a personal block and spam list. Call Filter is built include YouMail and RoboKiller. voltage and current for any coastal treatment plant. Surplus power your number to another company, or begin targeting into most Android devices out of the box (which you’ve The recently released Firewall app is only available production could even be diverted to a nearby industrial operation, your number more frequently. probably been prompted about) but is also available in on the iPhone, and does a fantastic job of keeping calls such as a desalination plant. Arguably, Google’s Call Screen feature goes against the App Store for iOS users. from your phone. In the event you need to make a call “It is a scientifically elegant solution to a complex problem,” the FCC’s advice, as not only do you answer the robo- T-Mobile’s Scam ID is free to all customers and in- that you’d rather not use your real phone number for, Dubrawski said. “It needs to be tested at scale, and it doesn’t address call, but there’s interaction with the caller from your cludes Scam Block. The ID portion of the service will the $4 a month subscription provides unlimited sin- the challenge of tapping blue energy at the global scale – rivers phone number, which will likely lead to more calls. alert you that an incoming call is likely spam, while gle-use fake phone numbers. running into the ocean – but it is a good starting point that could Even though Google’s Call Screen feature is incredibly Block will block the call from ever reaching your phone. Another option is to sign up for a free Google Voice spur these advances.” fun and entertaining to use unless you know the phone You need to activate the Block feature, either through phone number. Instead of giving out your real number To assess the battery’s full potential in municipal wastewater number is legit -- it’s best just to not answer. the Scam Block app or by dialing #662# from your for random services, you could then use your Google plants, the researchers are working on a scaled version to see Apple recently announced iOS 13 with a ton of new phone. You can pay $4 for Name ID to see the names Voice number -- and once the robocalls start coming in, how the system functions with multiple batteries working features. One of those features is the option to route of incoming callers. use the block feature. Just know that blocking calls may simultaneously.More than 780 million people worldwide calls from unknown numbers straight to voicemail. Sprint’s Premium Caller ID feature costs $3 a month end up being a lot of work, as robocallers are constantly lack even a basic drinking-water service and by 2025, half According to the feature listing on this page, Siri will and will identify all incoming callers and block robocalls. spoofing different phone numbers. of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed allow calls from numbers found in Contacts, Mail, and There isn’t an app to install, the feature is built into None of the above solutions are perfect, and likely areas. The population itself is set to hit 10 billion by 2050 Messages to go through. Anything else will go to voice- “select” phones and the Sprint network.Check with your won’t be until carriers integrate the technology required and a staggering 10.9 billion by 2100, according to a UN mail, and assuming the caller is legit, they can leave a wireless provider to see if they offer a similar service. check for caller ID spoofing, so right now you have to report released last month. And on top of that, global warm- message. If you find yourself receiving a lot of spam text Use a third-party app do some extra work to keep the number of robocalls ing caused by humanity since the industrial revolution has messages, you can forward the message to the number If your provider doesn’t offer an app or service to cut you receive to a minimum. Between being proactive been found to be without parallel in the past two thousand 7726 (spells SPAM). It won’t block the number from back on robocalls, or it’s just too expensive, there are with unknown calls to your number, and using a service years. It’s a foregone conclusion that conditions on Earth texting you right away, but it will allow your carrier plenty of third-party apps available. You want to find (paid or free), you can reduce the number of unwanted will get worse before they get better, so the usefulness of to look into where it came from and put an end to it. an app that works on your device, offers automatic call calls and spam you receive on your phone. this technology is clear. All four major wireless carriers offer some sort of blocking and spam alerts for suspicious calls and can (Source: cnet.com) (Source: forbes.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY AUGUST 1, 2019

MAHAK hosts WHO DOE strongly rejects reproduction representatives High rank representatives of the World Health Organization of carbureted motorcycles (WHO) along with the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran visited MAHAK Pediatric Cancer ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — While the excuse to undermine the public health and Treatment and Research Center (MPCTRC) on 31, July 2019. deskproduction of carburet- reproduce such polluting vehicles, Tajrishi The visitors had a tour in oncology, chemotherapy and pain ed-engine motorcycles has come to a halt said that if the government allows a factory management wards of MPCTRC. After the tour, a session was in the country, some motorcycle manufac- to manufacture and issues license plate for held at MAHAK conference hall with the presence of the chairman turing companies are trying to put the high- carbureted motorcycles, then other compa- of MAHAK Hospital and the representatives of the Ministry of ly polluting vehicles into production again, nies will also request to get their motorcycles Health and Medical Education of Iran. but the Department of Environment (DOE) identification number. strongly opposed. Carburetors on motorcycles produce 15.5 The Tehran motorcycle fleet consists mostly grams of emissions per kilometer, which is six of carburetor-equipped motorcycles which times higher than a Euro 2 car, he regretted. are typically less fuel efficient and emit more According to studies, 5 carburetor emissions compared to newer, fuel injection equipped motorcycles generates particulate technology. matter as much as an extremely old diesel In order to tackle the problem, the national bus, while replacing carburetors with fuel working group for air pollution mitigation, injection can reduce particulate matter by affiliated to the DOE, made a proposal to 90 percent. bring production of the pollutant carburet- Tehran Municipality has recently imple- ed-engine motorcycles to halt some two years mented a pilot project to replace carbureted ago. The cabinet of ministers approved the engines with injectors, which turn out to be proposal on June 22, 2016 which went into successful, Mohsen Pourseyed Aqaei, CEO effect as of September 2016. While there are of Transportation and Traffic Organization The session opened with an introduction of MAHAK through still about 1 million motorcycles in the capital affiliated to the municipality, said. which the visitors were informed about MAHAK’s numerous the law was hoped to cease the production adding, recently, they succeeded to delay torcycle is scrapped. Diesel cars and carbureted motorcycles are fields of performances. Later, Dr. Azim Mehrvar, Head of MPC- of the polluting models and encourage fuel the implementation of two articles of the The clean air law constituting 35 articles the major sources generating NOx; therefore, TRC raised a crucial issue and opened up a discussion regarding injection technology and manufacture of clean air law, one of which was scrapping old has been drawn up by the Department of solutions are required to reduce the number the present challenges of MAHAK which are the result of the electric motorcycles. motorcycles and the other one was discarding Environment as an integrated approach to of these vehicles in order to mitigate ozone. imposed sanctions. “Unfortunately, some are seeking ille- clunker vehicles from operation. curb air pollution, which was passed by the Currently, some 2.5 million motorcycles Dr. Mehrvar mentioned the current challenges as scarcity of gal ways to issue license plate for 12,000 Unfortunately, as the government fell parliament on July 16, 2017. The law singles are plying Tehran streets, of which some 2.4 high-quality drugs and impossibility of transferring money to and carbureted-engine motorcycles, so we sent short of these two provisions of the Clean out inefficient vehicles, substandard fuels, million are carbureted equipped, and some 1.5 from Iran for purchasing medicines in addition to the increase a letter to First Vice-President Es’haq Ja- Air Act, some have dared to re-propose their industrial activities, and dust storms as the million are extremely old emitting particles. in the costs which have made medication supplies very costly. hangiri, expressing serious opposition to the requests after years, he lamented, ISNA re- major sources of air pollution in the country In other words, carbureted motorcycles Afterwards, Dr. Christoph Hamelmann, WHO representative request,” deputy environment chief Masoud ported on Tuesday. and tasks different organizations with specific account for 96.7 percent of all motorcycles in Iran appreciated the cooperation of MAHAK with different Tajrishi said. According to the clean air law, no license actions in line with the objective. running in the capital, while 61.8 percent UN agencies such as the UN Global Compact and United Na- Some are trying to override air pollution plate for carbureted-engine motorcycle should Noting that some are unfortunately using of which are clunker playing a vital role in tions Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and stated that mitigation laws and regulations, he said, be issued unless a clunker carbureted mo- economic and unemployment problems as an ozone pollution raise. MAHAK has a an important role in pediatric cancer research and treatment in the region. WHO representative in Iran, in response to the mentioned issues, stated that WHO; Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Artificial insemination failed on cheetah in captivity and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran are working on projects to ease the process of supplying medications ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Female Asiatic cheetah, Del- ing program, and we are closely scrutinizing the matter with desk for patients in Iran so that such humanitarian supplies become bar, being kept in captivity at Tehran’s domestic and foreign experts, but transferring Pardisan Park exempted from sanctions. Pardisan Park, has undergone artificial insemination some cheetah for mating and regeneration is one of the options Moreover, Dr. Naoko Yamamoto, WHO’s Assistant Direc- 100 days ago, but it turned to be unsuccessful, director of the we are conducting feasibility studies about.” tor-General for Universal Health Coverage and Health Systems, wildlife conservation and management at the Department In addition, implementing another method such as invasive praised MPCTRC for its performance and hoped as the result of of Environment has said. artificial insemination (surgery and direct insertion of sperm the cooperation of WHO and other UN Agencies the imposed Artificial insemination is a method of treating infertility into the fallopian tube) is also planned for Delbar, which will problems by sanctions will be resolved. by inserting semen directly into a womb. be postponed after assuring the cheetah’s health, he stated. MAHAK is proud of all the organizations and individuals who With her first pregnancy failed, artificial insemination “The DOE’s main goal is to protect the Asiatic cheetah are concerned about the cancer-stricken children and always stay became an option, as the possibility of natural mating of in the natural habitats, and the cheetah breeding program beside this charity organization so that comprehensive supportive Asiatic cheetah couple Kushki and Delbar has declined in the comes after it because we can keep the cheetah alive to re- and treatment services will be delivered to these patients and past years, ISNA quoted Shahabodin Montazemi as saying introduce it to nature in the future and enhance the genetic their families. on Wednesday. diversity of the subspecies,” he concluded. (Source: WHO) Kushki’s sperm introduced into Delbar’s cervix for the The world’s fastest mammal, capable of reaching speeds purpose of achieving a pregnancy about 100 days ago, but of 120 kilometers per hour, once stalked habitats from the it seems to be failed due to no changes in her appearance, eastern reaches of India to the Atlantic coast of Senegal, WORDS IN THE NEWS he explained. once their numbers have stabilized in parts of southern Af- “Nonetheless, the method didn’t prove to be effective of cheetahs relates to African cheetahs. Apart from informa- rica, but they have practically disappeared from northern AIDS orphans in Africa much worldwide, but we took our chance,” he said. tion obtained from the Pardisan Park breeding experience, Africa and Asia. The result could have been announced earlier, but it we have no other reliable data on the regeneration of Asiatic The subspecies “Acinonyx jubatus venaticus”, (May 14, 2001) involved running a scan using anesthetics which was risky cheetah subspecies,” Montazemi explained. commonly known as the Asiatic cheetah, is critically More than twelve million children in sub-Saharan Africa have putting her in a state of high anxiety, he noted. So, it was a precious experience for future conservation endangered, according to the International Union for been orphaned by AIDS according to a new report published by “Asiatic cheetah’s artificial insemination was first per- plans, regardless of the outcome, he noted. Conservation of Nature, with fewer than 50 believed the international charity Christian Aid. Rachel Harvey reports. formed in Iran, which was not successful. However, given “Important factors such as sperm quality, age, biologi- to remain in Iran. that the DOE is planning on captive breeding of cheetahs as cal factors, and ultimately the low chance of cheetah birth Roads fragmenting cheetahs’ habitats are the main The statistics are dramatic and depressing. More than 25 one of its main priorities, it would not overlook any chance greatly reduce the probability of female cheetah’s pregnancy threats for the species, while guard dogs and stray dogs, million people in Africa are living with HIV or AIDS; 8.5 per cent of reproduction and conservation of the valuable species.” by artificial insemination.” drought spells, decreasing population of the prey species of the population in sub-Saharan Africa have the virus - many Other possible scientific measures to breed Asiatic chee- “However, we should not miss out on regeneration of the to support the cheetahs, and habitat loss are also other of those are parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. The tahs will be put on agenda in the near future, he added. endangered Asiatic cheetah,” he suggested. factors endangering the sparse population of the cheetahs result - 12 million children orphaned by the disease. And in its “All of our information on captive and semi-captive breeding “We have not yet reached a final conclusion on new breed- in the country. report, entitled «No Excuses», Christian Aid says that figure will inevitably rise, perhaps to as high as 43 million by the year 2010. The Charity says an entire generation is growing up without parents, without teachers and without a future. National congress on wildlife diseases, conservation to be held Christian Aid is calling on rich nations to do more to help tackle ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Tehran Wildlife diseases (occurrence-moni- are among the issues to be discussed in the lated circles, monitoring and surveillance the AIDS crisis and to alleviate the poverty which runs alongside deskwill play host to the first toring-surveillances), the role of wildlife event, he explained. of wildlife diseases will make the process it. It says an immediate commitment of three billion dollars national congress on wildlife diseases and in the biological cycle of zoonosis, the role Currently, all who are active in the field more efficient. annually is needed to provide basic healthcare and HIV/AIDS conservation which will be held in the Iranian of domestic animals’ infectious diseases on of aforementioned issues and subjects can Therefore, the first national congress on prevention strategies across sub-Saharan Africa. If not, it calendar month of Azar (November 22- De- the occurrence of wildlife diseases, rescue send their latest works and articles to the wildlife diseases and conservation aims at says, the prospects for economic development on the African cember 21), Mehr reported on Wednesday. operations and crisis management in wildlife, congress’s website for revision, he added. gathering wildlife researchers from inside continent look bleak. There are signs that AIDS is moving up the Through the event, participants will be threats and damages due to climate change Wildlife diseases management plays an and outside the country in one place, inves- international political agenda. The UN Secretary General, Kofi trained on the wildlife issues and will be ac- on ecosystems and habitats, threats and mu- important role in protecting animal species tigating the current status of protection and Annan, has said the global fight against AIDS is his top priority. And quainted with new scientific studies in relat- tual effects of human and wildlife, threats of and preventing the endangered ones from diseases, and identifying challenges of this just last week the United States President, George Bush, promised ed fields, Iman Memarian, head of Tehran non-indigenous and invader species on the extinction, especially in few remaining pop- field, and finally, finding practical solutions to to contribute 200 million dollars to a new international AIDS fund. Zoological Garden said. environment, new ways of protecting wildlife ulations. Undoubtedly, connecting event-re- improve the surveillance system in the wild. The question is whether effective action will be taken quickly enough to prevent the next generation of AIDS orphans. Words ENGLISH IN USE dramatic: something that is sudden and noticeable is dramatic depressing: something that makes you feel sad and disappointed LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION is depressing aunts and uncles: formally, your aunts and uncles are the sisters and brothers of your parents - your mother and father. Some 50 people die in جانباختن 50 نفر در تصادفات رانندگی But the people who are married to your aunts and uncles are also your uncles and aunts traffic-related accidents per day کشور در هر روز orphaned: someone whose parents have died is orphaned excuses: excuses are reasons why something has been done, Everyday 40 to 50 people in the country lose their lives on a رئیــس پلیــس راه راهــور ناجــا گفــت: روزانــه بیــن ۴۰ تــا ۵۰ نفــر در تصادفــات has not been done or will not be done daily basis in traffic-related accidents, an official with traffic رانندگــی کشــور کشــته مــی شــوند. .inevitably: if something inevitably happens or will happen, it police has said is the only possible result Police has taken all necessary measures to decrease the number بــه گــزارش روز شــنبه خبرگــزاری فــارس، ســردار محمدحســین حمیــدی بــا اعــام خبــر فــوق tackle: if you tackle a problem, you deal with it in a determined way alleviate: if you alleviate an unpleasant situation, you make of traffic related deaths, and considering the current conditions اظهــار داشــت: اقدامــات پلیــس بــه حــد نهایــی خــود در کاهــش تلفــات تصادفــات رســیده و بــا it less serious of roads and the budget there is nothing much left to do, Fars وضعیــت فعلــی اعتبــارات، ســفرها و و ... نم یتــوان بیــش از ایــن تصادفــات رانندگــی را کاهش داد an immediate commitment: if you make an immediate news agency quoted Mohammad Hossein Hamidi as saying commitment, you promise to do something without delay on Saturday. وی تأکیــد کــرد: اصــاح قوانیــن و افزایــش بازدارندگــی آنهــا و اصــاح وضعیــت راه prevention strategies: plans to stop something from happening prospects: the possibilities or chances of something happening Revising the traffic laws and adopting stricter laws, improving و افزایــش ایمنــی خودروهــا از جملــه ضروریــات بــرای تــداوم کاهــش کشــته هــای bleak: a situation which looks bleak is unlikely to improve road conditions and increasing vehicle safety are essential to تصادفــات رانندگــی اســت. .moving up the international political agenda: becoming decrease the number of road crashes, Hamidi noted more important to governments and organizations effective action: taking steps to achieve successful results (Source: BBC) PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM “hema-, haema-, hem-, Hive something off Bury the hatchet Without hemat-, hemato-, hemo-” Meaning: to sell one part of a business Explanation: When people who have had a disagreement earth no For example: The trend for television companies decide to forget their quarrel and become friends again Meaning: blood to hive off their advertising departments. For example: I didn’t agree with my colleague’s decision, For example: Hemolysis refers to the breakdown but for the sake of peace, I decided to bury the hatchet. birth! of red blood cells. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 1, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Nigeria police orders clampdown on Shia UN censures Bahraini regime over execution of group after ban two dissidents

TEHRAN— Nigeria’s police chief Tuesday Monday as security forces clashed with 1 He added, “We are also very concerned about the ordered a clampdown on a Shia group demonstrators. future of other detainees, who remain on death row in Bahrain after it was banned by the government According to AFP, Human Rights Watch and are at risk of imminent execution. We call on the Bahraini following a spate of bloody protests. warned Tuesday that the ban “may portend government to halt all pending executions, and ensure a re-trial of “Any person engaged or associat- an even worse security force crackdown these and other defendants whose rights may have been violated.” ing, in any manner that could advance on the group” and urged the authorities “We fully support the call by the UN experts for the Bahraini the activities of the proscribed Islamic to reverse it. authorities to establish an official moratorium on all executions Movement in Nigeria (IMN), shall be Zakzaky has been in custody since with a view to abolishing the death penalty,” Colville noted. treated as a terrorist, enemy of the state, he was arrested in December 2015 Al-Arab and al-Malali were executed at the notorious Jaw and a subversive element and shall be following violence that rights groups Prison, south of the capital Manama, after private meetings with brought to justice,” Mohammed Adamu say saw the army kill some 350 of his their families. told senior officers. followers. They were arrested separately in February 2017. The two men “The import of this is that all forms In October last year, the IMN and were both tried in a mass hearing with 58 other defendants, and of procession or protest by IMN is now human rights groups said more than 40 convicted in January 2018 on charges of terrorism. They were illegal and thus banned,” Adamu said in people were killed when the security forces sentenced to death. In May 2019, the Court of Cassation upheld comments released on Facebook. opened fire on protesters. the death sentence. He called for members of the public to The IMN has looked to ramp up pres- According to Press TV, Tthousands of anti-regime protesters provide information “that will aid in the sure on the authorities amid fears for the have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis identification of the locations of the IMN health of the group’s leader. ever since a popular uprising began in the country in mid-Feb- members and their mentors”. Zakzaky has been held along with ruary 2011. The government Sunday announced it his wife Zeenah Ibrahim despite the They are demanding that the Al Khalifah regime relinquish was banning the Shiite group after obtain- federal high court ordering their re- power and allow a just system representing all Bahrainis to be ing a court order declaring its activities lease in 2016. established. Manama has gone to great lengths to clamp down “acts of terrorism and illegality”. The government refused and filed fresh on any sign of dissent. On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi The IMN has staged almost daily pro- calling for the release of its detained leader At least six protesters, a journalist criminal charges, including culpable hom- Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were deployed to assist tests in the capital Abuja in recent months Ibrahim Zakzaky. and senior police officer were killed last icide that is punishable by death. Bahrain in its crackdown. On March 5, 2017, Bahrain’s parliament approved the trial of civilians at military tribunals in a measure blasted by human rights campaigners as being tantamount to imposition of an un- N. Korea tests more missiles despite efforts at diplomatic solutions declared martial law countrywide. Bahraini monarch King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah ratified TEHRAN— North Korea fired two short-range ballistic ciation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional the constitutional amendment on April 3, 2017. missiles early on Wednesday, the South Korean military Forum in the Thai capital, where Pompeo said he was said, only days after it launched two similar missiles in- holding out hope that U.S. officials could meet North tended to pressure South Korea and the United States to Korean counterparts. stop upcoming military drills. Trump and Pompeo both played down last week’s launches Several Saudi mercenaries The firings follow launches on July 25, North Korea’s first and Pompeo has continued to express hope for a diplomatic missile tests since leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President way forward with North Korea. killed as Yemeni missiles hit Donald Trump met on June 30 and agreed to revive stalled The latest launch comes ahead of newly appointed U.S. denuclearization talks. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s first official visit to Seoul, kingdom’s Najran The series of missile tests raises the stakes for U.S. and which the Pentagon said on Tuesday was scheduled as part TEHRAN— Several Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen’s South Korean diplomats criss-crossing the region this of a tour through Asia in August. former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, have been killed week in the hope of restarting talks aimed at persuading U.S. military forces in South Korea were aware of Wednes- when Yemeni army forces and their allies launched a missile Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic day’s launch, a spokesman said. strike against their camps in Saudi Arabia’s southern province missile programs. Wednesday’s launches were from the Wonsan area on of Najran. “North Korea’s actions do not help ease military tensions, North Korea’s east coast, from which last week’s missiles The media bureau of the Houthi Ansarullah movement an- nor do they help keep the momentum for talks that are had been fired, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) nounced in a statement that Yemeni missile defense units fired five under way,” South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung- said in a statement. It said it was monitoring in case of missile defense systems by being easier to hide, launch, domestically-manufactured Zelzal-1 (Earthquake-1) missiles and wha told reporters in Seoul before leaving for a Southeast more launches. and maneuver in flight, experts said. artillery rounds at positions of Saudi mercenaries in al-Sadis area Asian security forum in Bangkok. The JCS said later the North had fired ballistic missiles Kim described the two KN-23s launched last week of the region, located 844 kilometers (524 miles) south of the Kang urged North Korea to halt the missile launches. that flew about 250 km (155 miles) and appeared to be as having a “low-altitude gliding and leaping flight” Saudi capital Riyadh, on Tuesday afternoon. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the top U.S. similar to those of last week. pattern that would make them hard to intercept, Re- The statement added that the missiles hit the designated targets North Korea negotiator were also headed to the Asso- The missiles, dubbed the KN-23, are designed to evade uters reported. with great precision, leaving a number of Saudi-paid militiamen killed and injured. Earlier in the day, scores of Saudi mercenaries were killed and injured when Yemeni troopers and fighters from allied Popular Bomb kills 34 civilians in Afghanistan Committees struck their positions in Moraba’a al-Shaja’a area TEHRAN — A roadside bomb in Afghanistan Muhib said all the passengers aboard According to Press TV, Afghanistan (UN) said civilians were being killed and of the same Saudi region. has killed at least 34 people and wounded the bus had been civilians, most of them continues to be gripped by violence even wounded at a “shocking” level in Afghan- Separately, Yemeni forces and their allies launched a barrage 10 others, with the casualties being mostly women and children. as the Taliban are negotiating with the istan. It said that at least 3,812 Afghan of artillery rounds at the strongholds of Saudi mercenaries in the women and children. No one has yet claimed responsibility United States government about a potential civilians had been killed or injured in the Qa’atabah district of the southern Yemeni province of Dhale, leav- A passenger bus traveling on the Kanda- for the attack. The Taliban, however, often end to the war and militancy that began first half of 2019 in the war in Afghani- ing a number of the Riyadh-backed militiamen dead and injured. har-Herat highway hit the roadside bomb, conduct such roadside bomb attacks. when America and its allies invaded Af- stan. Child casualties represented almost Several Saudi mercenaries were also killed and wounded according to an official in Farah Province, Farooq Barakzai, a spokesman for Farah’s ghanistan 18 years ago. one-third of the overall total of civilian when a bomb explosion struck them in al-Jarrah area of Yem- Muhibullah Muhib. governor, said the toll could rise. Just on Tuesday, the United Nations casualties. en’s southern province of Ta’izz.

Israel approves 6,000 new Israel will face demographic death without two-state solution: Palestinian PM homes for Israeli settlers in TEHRAN — Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad in practice and law,” he added. Shtayyeh says the Israeli regime will suffer a “democratic Elsewhere in his speech, Shtayyeh called the admin- West Bank death” if it refuses to support a two-state solution to the istration of U.S. President Trump “stupid” for thinking decades-long conflict between the two sides. that it could make the Palestinian people surrender by TEHRAN— Israel approved the construction of 6,000 new “Israel stands today before a big challenge — either the recognizing Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital,” trans- homes for Israeli settlers and 700 new homes for Palestinians two-state solution or a demographic death,” Shtayyeh said ferring its embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied city and in an area of the occupied West Bank where it has full control. in an address to at a meeting of the Socialist International cutting financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority. The announcement by an unnamed Israeli official on Wednesday organization in Ramallah on Tuesday. The Palestinians, he said, would not accept less than the came ahead of an expected visit to Israel by United States envoy He also noted that the Palestinians currently make minimum of freedom, independence and the establishment Jared Kushner to discuss a White House plan for an Israeli-Pal- up the majority population between the Jordan River of their sovereign state along the 1967 lines with Jerusalem estinian peace accord. and the Mediterranean Sea, estimating that there are al-Quds as its capital, he added. The approvals are for the West Bank’s Area C, which is under at total of 6.8 million Palestinians in the West Bank, “What is happening is dangerous for the future of Pal- Israeli security and civilian control and where its settlements are the Gaza Strip and the occupied lands compared to 6.6 estine, the region and the world,” he said. located. It accounts for more than 60 percent of the West Bank, million Israelis. Shtayyeh also lashed out at Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s the Palestinian territory that would form part of a future Pales- “For the first time since 1948, the demographic balance Middle East envoy, for claiming at last week’s UN Security tine state under the so-called two-state solution. is in favor of the Palestinians,” he said. “The Palestinians Council meeting that the Palestinians have aspiration, not It was not immediately clear if all of the homes will be new are 200,000 more than them.” have to choose between the so-called two-state solution or right, to East Jerusalem al-Quds as their capital< Press construction or if some already exist and are receiving retroac- The Palestinian premier further stressed that the Israelis no peace. “Either the two-state solution or a racist regime TV reported. tive approval. Settlements are illegal under international law and are major stumbling blocks to an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. They are built on land the Palestinians see as part of their future state. Sudan’s junta orders schools closed as tensions mount TEHRAN— Officials in Sudan have ordered Late on Tuesday, authorities or- the ruling military council. of al-Obeid were killed because they were U.S. peace envoy for the shutdown of schools across the country dered all schools nationwide to sus- On the streets in the capital, Khartoum, asking for something basic like food, water, amid an escalation of tensions over the killing pend classes. crowds of students rallied, waving flags and and electricity.” Afghanistan set to resume of five students. “Orders have been given to governors of chanting, “The people want to fight for the The killings, which have caused outrage Snipers allegedly shot dead the five high all states to shut kindergartens, primary, and rights of martyrs.” across the country and beyond, are attributed talks with Taliban school students while they were taking part high schools from tomorrow (Wednesday) “We keep silent all the time and they to the tribal paramilitary group known as in a protest rally against fuel and bread short- until further notice,” the official SUNA news kill us,” said Enas Saifeddine, a 16-year- the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), press TV TEHRAN — U.S. special representative for peace in Afghani- ages in al-Obeid City on Monday. agency said, following a directive issued by old high school student. “The five students reported. stan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will resume peace talks with the Taliban soon, sources with knowledge of the issue said on Wednesday. Khalilzad who has, since late last year, held eight rounds of talks with the Taliban to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan, is scheduled to travel to Qatar’s capital of Doha from Kabul, via Pakistan. UK says 2018 was ‘best year ever’ for its arms exports “I’m off to Doha, with a stop in Islamabad. In Doha, if the TEHRAN — The United Kingdom has reported securing Washington’s share of the global defense market was war in Yemen. Taliban do their part, we will do ours, and conclude the agreement record defense orders in 2018, making it the “best year 40 percent, while London’s stood at 19. The Saudi-UAE-led military coalition intervened in we have been working on,” Khalilzad said on Twitter. ever” for British arms exports. Russia, the world’s third-largest arms exporter, has 14 Yemen in 2015 to restore the internationally-recognized Khalilzad, an Afghan-born American diplomat, was appointed The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT), in percent market share, while fourth-placed France has nine government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who last year to negotiate a political settlement with the Taliban, who a report published on Tuesday, said the country won de- percent, the report said. was swept from power by the Houthis the previous year. now control more territory than at any point since their ouster fense orders worth 14 billion pounds ($17bn) in 2018, up Countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia The United Nations has described the five-year conflict nearly 18 years ago. from nine billion pounds ($11bn) in 2017 and the highest and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), accounted for nearly as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, as it has killed He arrived in Kabul in July and held meetings with President since 1983. 80 percent of British defense exports last year. tens of thousands of people and pushed the impoverished Ashraf Ghani, top security officials, senior opposition leaders, The report attributed the rise to the sale of Typhoon The report comes amid mounting controversy over the country to the brink of famine diplomats, and civil society members to discuss the peace process jets to Qatar and F-35-related components to the United UK’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia, one of Britain’s biggest arms The court ruling does not halt Britain’s arms exports before striking a deal with the Taliban. States. The deal to sell 24 Typhoons to Qatar, finalized in purchasers and the leading weapons importer in the world. to Saudi Arabia, but it means the granting of new licenses “Wrapping up my most productive visit to Afghanistan since I September, was worth five billion pounds ($6bn). In June, the UK court of appeal concluded the British will be suspended. took this job as Special Rep. The U.S. and Afghanistan have agreed The record orders in 2018 made the UK the largest arms government broke the law by allowing arms sales to Riyadh Earlier this month, the British government asked the on next steps,” he said on Twitter, adding that a negotiating team exporter in the world after the U.S. because the weapons may have been used in a devastating country’s Supreme Court to overturn that judgment. and technical support group were being finalised. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS AUGUST 1, 2019

Accused Hungarian Security, heat and lawsuits – the story swimmer allowed to leave S. Korea: prosecutors of European football clubs in Asia Hungarian swimmer Tamas Kenderesi has been charged with a Huge entourages, heavy security and demands far away from what is reality.” sexual harassment offence following the world championships in for the sort of police protection normally re- ‘No vacation’ South Korea but has been given permission to leave the country, served for heads of state – European football When it comes to accommodation for City, prosecutors said Wednesday.The 22-year-old Olympic bronze teams jetting across Asia leave nothing to chance, United, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and medallist was formally accused of committing an indecent act by but sometimes run into problems anyway. the rest, it is only the best.Guardiola and his compulsion, an official at the Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office The money-spinning pre-season tours are expensively assembled squad – plus dozens of told AFP.She said Kenderesi had paid a deposit of three million won a far cry from 30 years ago, when the likes of club staff– took over the exclusive, 130-room ($2,500) towards any fine. The charge is a summary offence under Manchester United would play friendlies against Banyan Tree hotel in Shanghai. South Korean law and will be dealt with administratively, without a local sides, or at most hop over to Ireland. Rooms at the self-styled “urban retreat in courtroom trial.Kenderesi has admitted to “thoughtlessly touching” United, now a global brand, sent staff to the city’s most scenic location” start at nearly a nightclub dancer but denied allegations of sexual harassment. Shanghai several times ahead of last week’s 2,000 yuan a night ($300). He had been banned from leaving the South while police investi- friendly against Tottenham to ensure that the PSG brought a heaving delegation of 120 gated the incident at a bar in Gwangju, around 330 kilometres (200 Hongkou Stadium pitch was up to scratch. people for their trip to Shenzhen, Macau and miles) south of Seoul, at the weekend.The “next procedure” would Paris Saint-Germain dispatched a chef Suzhou, among them eight security personnel be lifting the departure ban, the prosecution official said, but did not ahead of the team’s arrival in each location with walkie-talkies and at least two cooks in confirm whether the swimmer had already left the country.Kenderesi in Asia to check that the food adheres to the club-crested chef uniforms. finished last in the 200 metres butterfly world championship final players’ strict pre-season diets. While in the Chinese city of Suzhou for Tues- last week, but took bronze in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Security – which usually means keeping day’s 3-0 win over Sydney FC, PSG pitched up (Source: AFP) away overzealous fans –has been a primary at the deluxe Fairmont Yangcheng Lake hotel. players have not been able to while away the kick-off, delaying the game by an hour, after concern for the clubs fanning out across Asia However, the French champions’ midfielder hours on social media or read news from back their plane from China landed late. this month. Julian Draxler said that being holed up in a home – which Newcastle United’s young goal- The Italian champions then riled fans by Bale wasn’t fit for Real’s Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola was hotel – no matter how swanky – could be “quite keeper Freddie Woodman said was a blessing. keeping star attraction Cristiano Ronaldo on Munich trip, says Zidane accompanied by a beefy member of security boring”.Throw in training in fierce heat, and ‘Survival’ for Guardiola the bench. More than 2,000 South Koreans as he made the short walk to the team coach media and commercial duties, and Draxler The visits – Singapore, Japan, South Korea plan to sue the sports agency involved. inside the bowels of Nanjing Olympic Stadium. said it was no holiday. Gareth Bale was not fit to travel with Real Madrid for their pre-season and Australia were also on some itineraries There is little teams can do about tempera- Autograph and selfie-hunters were left The 25-year-old German World Cup winner friendly against Tottenham Hotspur in Munich, manager Zinedine – are ultimately about creating profits and tures touching 40 degrees (104F), heavy rain, empty-handed. told AFP that he was happy to be in China and Zidane has said.Wales international Bale on Tuesday missed the goodwill, but not every visit has ended well. jet lag, traffic and flight delays. City’s guarded approach – their security meet Chinese fans, but conceded: “Honestly, Audi Cup match, which Spurs won 1-0, following the collapse of According to South Korean media, demands Bad weather saw PSG stuck in Suzhou on detail was never far away – angered China’s when we are in pre-season, we see the hotel, his proposed move to China.British media reported Real’s board from Juventus to have a police escort – nor- Wednesday morning, while City’s flight to state news agency Xinhua, which accused City the plane, the bus and the pitches. refused to approve Bale’s departure, with Jiangsu Suning wanting mally reserved for visiting heads of state –were China was delayed by two days because of a of an “attitude of arrogance”. “It’s not like we go out and try some res- to acquire the 30-year-old on a free transfer. refused. paperwork problem.When they finally arrived, Guardiola retorted: “Maybe one journalist taurants or go shopping.” “He didn’t travel because he wasn’t fit,” Zidane told reporters Juventus arrived at the stadium for an Guardiola hardly looked delighted. is a little bit upset, I don’t know why, but it’s In China, because of internet restrictions, after the match at Allianz Arena. exhibition match in Seoul 15 minutes after (Source: AFP) “After speaking with the doctors, the best thing was for him to stay in Madrid. He stayed back and is training there. It was a joint U.S. men’s soccer team decision between the player, medical staff and the coach.”Bale, who Sources: Barcelona has won four Champions League titles since joining Madrid from express solidarity with women worried over Coutinho sale Tottenham in 2013, appears to be out of favour at the Spanish club after Zidane said last week he was “very close to leaving”.With a little over a week of the close season transfer window remaining, Spurs have only signed two players - one of them, Jack Clarke, immedi- ately returning to the Championship side Leeds on loan.Mauricio Pochettino, who has previously distanced himself from the club’s underwhelming business, said his job title should be changed from manager to coach as he has no influence over transfers.“I am not in charge and I know nothing about the situation of my players,” the Argentine said.“The club need to change my (job) title and descrip- tion, no? My job now is to coach the team. It’s not a question for me, it’s a question for the club and maybe they need to change my title.” (Source: Mirror) U.S. senators introduce legislation aimed at preventing athlete abuse The United States Women’s National Team revenue they generate.” Barcelona had classified the sale of Philippe like Phil, I think he’s a fantastic footballer Two US senators introduced legislation on Tuesday to strengthen have received support from the union rep- Citing the results of an extensive analysis Coutinho as a priority this summer but and all that stuff, but it would be a big, big, Congressional oversight of US Olympic officials, who they say failed resenting their male counterparts in their of its finances over the past decade, US Soccer sources at the Catalan club have told ESPN big, big, big, big, big, big-money signing to protect athletes from sexual abuse.Senators Jerry Moran and ongoing legal dispute over equal pay. Else- had said the women were paid $34.1 mil- FC there’s “concern” about the fact they and it’s not our year for that. Richard Blumenthal released the results of an 18-month investiga- where, coach Jill Ellis is to step down. lion (€30.6 million) in salaries and bonuses have still not received a single offer for “It’s just not possible. As I said, having tion that found widespread failure to keep athletes safe by the US The women’s team filed a lawsuit against between 2010 and 2018, compared to only the Brazilian. him would make each team better -- us Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and other bodies. the United States Soccer Federation (USSF, $26.4 million received by the men. What’s With just eight days to go until the included – but I really hope that he finds The probe was launched in 2016 in response to the Larry Nassar US Soccer) in March but, on Monday, with more, the women also receive social benefits transfer window closes in England, Barca his luck at Barcelona.” abuse scandal. The former national gymnastics team doctor was the two parties soon due to enter mediation such as health care and a pension plan. How- are now worried that there will be no bids Barca also hoped interest may develop jailed for life for abusing more than 250 athletes, including several in an attempt to find a solution, the federa- ever, comparisons are made difficult by the from Premier League clubs for Coutinho. from Manchester United as Paul Pogba- stars of the USA’s 2012 and 2016 gold medal-winning Olympic tion’s president Carlos Cordeiro released a different pay structures involved. Barca paid an initial fee of €120 million looked for a move away from Old Trafford. teams. “It remains shocking to me, disillusioning to me, that there letter containing figures which suggested that While the women’s national team players to sign Coutinho from Liverpool 18 months But with just over a week left before the ظ were people who had a responsibility to protect those athletes who female players were actually paid more than receive a basic salary of $100,000 per annum, ago, with up to €40m more due in possible transfer window shuts in England, the did not do it,” said Moran, who chairs the Senate subcommittee that the men between 2010 and 2018. for example, plus an additional $67,500 to add-ons. Sources have told ESPN FC it is France midfielder remains at Old Traf- has authority over amateur sports.“The statement of the survivors However, the figures were immediately $72,500 for players playing in the National going to “take a lot” to find someone will- ford and no one from United has called that sticks with me is, ‘Why was there more than one of us who dismissed by a spokeswoman for the play- Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), their male ing to pay that much for him now, despite Barca to express an interest in Coutinho. encountered Larry Nassar?’” ers involved as “a ruse” and “a sad attempt colleagues are paid by training camp call- the fact the Spanish champions would be Without any offers from England, the The bill would require the USOPC to establish clear abuse report- by USSF to quell the overwhelming tide of ups, match appearances and through per- prepared to sell for around €105m. other option Barca have been hanging on is ing requirements and impose greater liability for the committee support the USWNT (US Women’s National formances bonuses – although exact figures Chelsea saw him as a possible replace- Paris Saint-Germain. The French transfer and the national governing bodies of individual sports.It would Team) have received,” criticisms which have were not provided.The letter also stated that ment for Eden Hazard, who left for Real window remains open until Sept. 2, and enable Congress to dissolve the USOPC through a joint resolution now been reiterated by the United States the totals do not include World Cup bonuses, Madrid. sources told ESPN FC earlier this sum- if lawmakers find the organization fails to protect athletes. National Soccer Team Players Association monies paid by FIFA rather than US Soccer Intermediaries sounded out the situation mer that Coutinho could be includedas a “They will be held liable, they will be held accountable,” Blu- (USNSTPA), the labor organization repre- and which, if included, would show that the at the start of the summer but a transfer makeweight in a possible deal for Neymar. menthal said. “They will be disbanded by Congress if they fail to senting members of the men’s national team. men earned $41 million in the given period ban ended the Blues’ interest. Various re- However, sources at the Catalan club uphold their responsibilities.”The legislation would increase athlete “This is more of the same from a fed- compared to $39.7 million for the women. ports suggested Liverpool were keen on have said doing a deal for Neymar is look- representation on the USOPC board and bolster funding for the eration that is constantly in disputes and “The USSF has repeatedly admitted that re-signing him, too. ing “very difficult” but they would still be US Center for SafeSport – the organization tasked with policing litigation and focuses on increasing revenue it does not pay the women equally and that it However, that was never an option, as open to selling Coutinho to PSG if they get abuse allegations.It would also ensure the Center for SafeSport is and profits without any idea how to use that does not believe the women even deserve to Jurgen Klopp explained in an exclusive near the €105m asking price. independent from the USOPC and the national governing bodies, money to grow the sport,” the USNSTPA said be paid equally,” said the spokeswoman for interview with ESPN FCthis month. Barca, therefore, are increasingly con- and require those organizations to enforce its sanctions. in a statement released on Tuesday. “One the women’s team, all of whom have been “In general, Coutinho helps each team cerned that they will not bring in as much (Source: Eurosport) way to increase profit unfairly is to refuse to named as plaintiffs in the case. in the world, still -- 100 percent,” the Liv- money as they were hoping for this summer. pay national team players a fair share of the (Source: Deutsche Welle) erpool coach said. “It’s not about that. I (Source: ESPN) Scaloni confirmed as Argentina coach for World Cup qualifying IAAF hails ‘parity and clarity’ after Semenya ruling A Swiss court ruling that blocks South African Caster and proportionate means of protecting fair and meaningful Semenya from defending her world 800m title in Doha in competition in elite female athletics”. Lionel Scaloni signed a contract extension with Argentina on Tues- September creates much-needed “parity and clarity” in ath- ………………………… ‘People can be mean’ day to run until the end of the qualifying period for the 2022 World letics, the sport’s governing body said Wednesday. Semenya is classified as a woman, was raised as a woman Cup in Qatar, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on its A judge at the Swiss Federal Tribunal on Monday revoked and races as a woman. website and social media channels.The 41-year-old was initially a temporary suspension on the IAAF’s controversial testos- But for the IAAF, women like Semenya, with certain mas- hired as interim coach last August, just over two weeks after Jorge terone-curbing rules, meaning two-time Olympic champion culine attributes due to DSD, are classified, biologically, as Sampaoli was sacked following Argentina’s last 16 elimination from Semenya can no longer compete in events between the 400m men. It is a position hotly contested by South African officials. the 2018 World Cup in Russia.Last November his deal was extended and mile, as she did in June and July. In the build-up to the 2009 world championships in until December of this year. Following a third-place finish at the “The IAAF welcomes the Swiss Federal Tribunal’s deci- Berlin, where Semenya went on to win gold in the 800m, the Copa America in Brazil, which ended earlier this month, Scaloni has sion today to revoke its Super-Provisional Order of 31 May South African had to undergo gender verification testing to been given the chance to try to qualify for the World Cup.Qualifiers 2019 after hearing the IAAF’s arguments,” the International confirm her eligibility to compete in the women’s category. on performance in sport, which could never be achieved by begin in March 2020 and will run until mid November 2021.He Association of Athletics Federations said after the judge’s She was subsequently put on medication to reduce her other women,” the tribunal said. will also be in charge for next year’s Copa America hosted jointly ruling was made public Wednesday. testosterone levels, spending six months sidelined by the IAAF. “Thus, with the participation of a female athlete with ‘46 by Argentina and Colombia. “This decision creates much-needed parity and clarity Semenya, born with the “46 XY” chromosome rather XY DSD’ in the ‘protected class women’, a basic principle Scaloni, who had never held a head coach job before being ap- for all athletes as they prepare for the World Championships than the XX chromosome most females have, described the of top-class sports, namely fair competition, is disregarded pointed to lead the national team, had been boosted by support from in Doha this September.” experience as like that of being treated like a “human guinea from the outset.” his players, including five-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi, Semenya had appealed to the Swiss court in May after pig” and vowed never to again allow the IAAF to enforce Semenya on Tuesday expressed her disappointment at following the Copa America.Messi, though, will miss the start of failing to get the new IAAF regulations overturned by the medication upon her in order to compete. being ruled out of defending her title, adding: “This will not World Cup qualifying after he was handed a one-game ban by South Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The Swiss Federal Tribunal, in its ruling released Wednes- deter me from continuing my fight for the human rights of American football’s governing body CONMEBOL for his red card The IAAF added that it would maintain its position in the day, was also not optimistic for Semenya’s ongoing appeal. all of the female athletes concerned.” in the Copa America third-place play-off, in which Argentina beat remainder of proceedings at the Swiss Federal Tribunal that It concluded “in a first summary examination, that Caster She later tweeted: “People can be mean. Don’t take it Chile 2-1.South American qualifying for the World Cup involves a “there are some contexts, sport being one of them, where Semenya’s appeal does not appear with high probability to personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.” single round robin with 10 teams playing each other home and away. biology has to trump gender identity, which is why the IAAF be well founded”. Semenya followed that up on Wednesday by saying: The top four sides will qualify directly for Qatar while the fifth believes (and the CAS agreed) that the DSD (differences of “The CAS, after thoroughly evaluating the expert evidence, “Determined spirit is unstoppable.” placed team will go into an inter-continental play-off. sexual development) regulations are a necessary, reasonable found that the ‘46 XY DSD’ characteristic has a direct impact (Source: AFP) (Source: Goal) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 1, 2019 SPORTS 15

Iran’s Khalili, Firouzpour win gold Iranian athletes win 37 medals at 2019 Pyeongchang World medals at Freestyle Cadet World Taekwondo Hanmadang SPORTS TEHRAN — Rahman Mousa AMOUZAD MNA — The national taekwondo team of Iran has won 37 deskKHALILI (IRI) won his second-straight medals of 2019 Pyeongchang World Taekwondo Hanmadang Cadet World title, winning the 48 kg bracket evening in in South Korea. Sofia, Bulgaria. The 27th edition of biggest annual Korean martial arts Amouzad Khalili completed the feat with a dramatic 4-4 event, the World Taekwondo Hanmadang was held in Pye- win on criteria against 2019 Cadet Asian bronze medalist ongChang, South Korea in two section of male and female Kamronbek KADAMOV (UZB) in the finals. on 26 -31 July 2019. Last year, Amouzad Khalili claimed gold at 45 kg. He is Iran’s representatives won 16 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze also a 2018 and 2019 Cadet Asian champion. medals in World Taekwondo Hanmadang. Also winning gold for Iran was Amirhossein Biglar FIR- Practitioners competed in 12 events and 59 fields for OUZPOURBANDPEI (IRI), who added to his 2019 Cadet domestic participants and 54 for those from overseas. The Asian championship from earlier this year. festival brings together nearly five thousand people from In the 80 kg finals, Firouzpour Bandpei dominated Arslan 57 countries. BAGAEV (RUS), using two takedowns and two leg laces for The world Taekwondo Hanmadang, which shows the an 8-1 victory, unitedworldwrestling.org reported. essentials of the martial art such as breaking, self-defense 2018 Youth Olympic Games champion Umidjon JALOLOV and poomsae, is a contest held every year by Kukkiwon. It (UZB) won his second Cadet World medal in as many at- introduces the cultural superiority of Taekwondo and pro- tempts. In 2017, he won a silver medal at 42 kg. motes the martial art as a valuable Korean culture. A two-time Cadet Asian champion, Jalolov earned a spot atop the podium with a 3-1 decision over two-time Cadet Asian bronze medalist Mahdi Mehrdad VEISI (IRI) in the 55 kg gold-medal finals. Komeil Ghasemi honored for Azerbaijan and Russia also picked up gold medals on Tuesday. winning gold at 2012 Olympics At 65 kg, Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE) met up with Batyrbek TSKHOVREBOV (RUS) in a rematch of the 2019 European TASNIM — Iranian heavyweight freestyler Komeil Ghasemi, Youth Olympic Festival finals. The last time they wrestled, who has been recently awarded the 2012 Olympic Games Gadzhiev defeated the Russian for the EYOF gold medal. gold medal, was honored on Wednesday. This time, Gadzhiev notched another victory against Ghasemi was honored at the Khane-ye-Koshti (Wrestling Tskhovrebov with a 6-4 decision for the Cadet World title. House) in Tehran and members of Iran freestyle national For the gold medal at 110 kg, Arsamag ZASSEEV (RUS) team were in attendance. picked up a 10-0 tech fall in less than a minute over Gior- Uzbek freestyle wrestler Artur Taymazov was stripped of gi CHIKHRADZE (GEO) to win his first international his London 2012 Olympic gold medal last week after re-anal- tournament. ysis of stored samples. Ghasemi has become the new gold medalist, Bilyal Makhov from Russia remains silver, and Tervel Dlagnev from USA Iranian GM Tabatabaei becomes first Iran’s Behnam Yakhchali joins is the newest bronze medalist. Iranian to win Master Open in Biel Nanjing Monkeys Winning starts for Iraq and Palestine

Hosts Iraq got their campaign up and running with a 1-0 win over Lebanon, while Palestine also claimed a single-goal success against Yemen as the 2019 WAFF Championship got underway in Karbala on Tuesday. IRAQ 1-0 LEBANON A second-half goal from Hussein Ali helped hosts Iraq make a winning start, with Srecko Katanec’s side overcoming Lebanon 1-0 at Karbala International Stadium. Ali’s decisive 58th minute strike followed a commanding first-half performance from Iraq, who entertained a large and enthusiastic crowd throughout the opening period but failed to find an opening goal. Iraq’s ascendancy continued after the break and finally SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian in second and third place both with 6.5 points. SPORTS TEHRAN — The Ira- the Iranian players in the recent years, bore fruit just before the hour mark, with a goal bound in- deskgrandmaster Moham- Santosh Gujrathi Vidit from India won desknian 24-year-old guard as Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, Hamed itial effort from Alaa Abbas saved by Lebanese goalkeeper mad Amin Tabatabaei became the first Ira- the Grand Master Tournament. Behnam Yakhchali has joined Chinese Haddadi and Mehdi Kamrani have al- Mahdi Khalil, before Ali found the back of the net with a nian player to win the Master Open in the The Biel International Chess Festival basketball club Nanjing Monkeys. ready played in CBA. follow-up attempt. 52nd International Chess Festival in Biel. is an annual chess tournament that takes Yakhchali has joined the Chinese club Nanjing Monkeys play in the Southern In their first competitive fixture under Romanian head In the Master Open, Tabatabaei led alone place in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. from Petrochimi of Iran. Division of the CBA. The club joined the coach Liviu Ciobotariu, Lebanon pushed for an equalizer but with seven points. He won his game against It consists of two events, the Grandmas- He played eight years for the Iranian league ahead of the 2014–15 CBA season Iraq held firm to take all three points from the tournament GM Jeffery Xiong (USA, starting number ter Tournament, held with the round-robin basketball team. as Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey King, after opener. 1), who had 90 more elopoints, as the only system, and the Master Open Tournament He is accompanying Iran national bas- spending their first seven campaigns at Hosting the competition for the first time, Iraq are aiming player of the top section. (MTO), held with the Swiss system. ketball team in Russia’s training camp the lower levels of the country’s basket- for their first WAFF Championship title since their 2002 GM Tabatabaei received his grandmaster The Grandmaster Tournament has taken as part of preparation for the 2019 FIBA ball hierarchy. success in Syria. title in 2018 and is currently the world number place since 1977. The city of Biel hosted World Cup in China. The team were renamed the Nanjing YEMEN 0-1 PALESTINE 3 of the U-18. Alexander Donchenko from three Interzonal Tournaments, in 1976, The Chinese Basketball Associa- Tongxi Monkey King after the 2016–17 Palestine also made a successful start to the competition, Germany and American Gata Kamsky finished 1985 and 1993. tion has been a good destination for CBA season. as debutant Yaser Hamed Mayor scored in a 1-0 win over Yemen in Tuesday’s late kick-off. The Palestinians started brightly, creating several early scoring opportunities and it came as little surprise when Tajikistan march on, Iran suffer 2nd loss at CAFA Spanish-born Hamed Mayor capped his first appearance for Tajikistan moved to within touching distance of the tro- With the mercury touching 40 degrees in Hisor, Aza- Palestine with the opening goal in the 26th minute. phy with a superb win over Islamic Republic of Iran, as mat Abduraimov’s side raced into a third minute lead Following a cross from Islam Batran on the right flank, Uzbekistan dented Afghanistan’s title aspirations while through Abukhodir Luhasnov before Nasaf youngster veteran defender Abdallatif Al Bahdari got his head to the greatly enhancing their own on an action packed Matchday Alisher Khayrullaev celebrated his promotion to the ball, directing it towards Hamed Mayor who nodded the Four of the 2019 CAFA U-16 Championship in Tajikistan. starting line-up in the 19th minute by steering in his ball home. The hosts continued their impressive unbeaten run second goal in two days. Consistent forays forward meant Palestine were un- with an excellent 3-0 win over Iran, and Uzbekistan won The impressive Rustam Turdimurodov added a lucky not to add to their lead in the remaining minutes by the same margin against fellow contenders Afghani- third in the 48th minute and Uzbekistan showed an of the opening period, before Yemen began to show more stan, while Turkmenistan claimed their first points of the improved second-half display from the one against promise after the interval. competition in the late match against Kyrgyz Republic. Kyrgyz Republic on Monday, keeping their hopes of Yemen’s best chance at finding an equalizer came via Omar The CAFA U-16 Championship Tajikistan, which serves lifting the trophy alive. Ali’s 82nd-minute free-kick, but goalkeeper Rami Hamada as preparation for this year’s AFC U-16 Championship 2020 Both on seven points, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan produced a fine save to seal three early points for Palestine, Qualifiers, sees each team play five 70-minute matches remain in mutual contention to win the title, with Afghan- who claimed their first international win of 2019. with the final round of games to be held on Thursday. istan – who face table-topping Tajikistan on Thursday The two winners on opening night will come face to TAJIKISTAN 3-0 IR IRAN The commanding margin of Tajikistan’s victory takes – retaining the power to directly influence their fate. face when the five-team Group A continues on Friday with Tajikistan continued their superb run of form and their tally to 10 points with a +8 goal difference after four TURKMENISTAN 1-0 KYRGYZ REPUBLIC Iraq facing Palestine, while Syria’s campaign will begin ensured they will only need a single point against Afghan- matches, meaning they could potentially win the title The final match of the day provided the first points of against Lebanon. istan on Thursday to guarantee the title, comprehensively even with a narrow defeat to Afghanistan on Thursday. the competition for Turkmenistan, who ended their three- (Source: the-afc) overcoming IR Iran to win 3-0 in Dushanbe. AFGHANISTAN 0-3 UZBEKISTAN match losing streak with a 1-0 win over Kyrgyz Republic. Iran had been looking to bounce back from Monday’s Uzbekistan ensured they will remain in contention until With both sides already out contention for top honours, 1-0 defeat to Afghanistan, but a pair of first-half goals the last day of the tournament, powering to a comfort- it was a battle for pride at Dushanbe Central Stadium, from Kabir Salimshoev gave Hossein Abdi’s charges a able 3-0 over in-form Afghanistan at a scorching Hisor and a 55th minute goal from midfielder Muhammeali Kovac forced to apologize over deficit they never looked likely to overturn. Central Stadium. Kishikov ensured Turkmenistan emerged victorious. Sane comments Salimshoev struck in the 15th and 27th minutes for the The loss is a significant blow to Afghanistan’s hopes The win lifts them off the bottom of the table, with hosts, with the promising Sunatullo Aziziov continuing of winning the title, with Wahidulah Wahidi’s side Batyr Shyhyyev’s side climbing to fifth, while Thursday’s his purple patch in front of goal by netting the third in the now three points and a significant goal difference gap match against Iran provides Kyrgyz Republic with their Bayern Munich head coach Niko Kovac has been forced to third minute of second half stoppage time, eliminating behind Tajikistan, who they will meet in their final final chance to leave Tajikistan with a win. apologize to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for Iran from the title calculations. match on Thursday. (Source: the-afc) discussing a potential move for Leroy Sane following criticism from the Bavarian club’s CEO, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. City winger Sane is a known transfer target for Bayern and, speaking earlier this week, Kovac had said he was “confident” Boualem Khoukhi focused on title challenge the Bundesliga champions would be able to secure a deal for Qatar international and AFC Asian Cup down set to start next week, Khoukhi has “We have a new coach (Xavi) and we “I played well, won the Qatar Stars the Germany international. 2019 winner Boualem Khoukhi has set been quick to outline his targets for the know him well. We hope he enjoys a very League title, competed in the AFC Cham- Rummenigge was critical of the comments and, following his sights on claiming this season’s AFC competition and the positive impact he successful coaching career, one which comes pions League with Al Sadd and then won Bayern’s 6-1 win over Fenerbahce in the Audi Cup, Kovac Champions League title after joining his believes new head coach Xavi will have after we gained a great deal of experience the AFC Asian Cup with Qatar. apologised. Al Sadd SC teammates for pre-season on his charges. from him as a player (with Al Sadd). We “We will, though, work to get more “I might have been a bit too outspoken,” Kovac told Ger- training in Spain. “Our goal for the next season is to com- (now) want to learn from him as a coach.” titles, and we are excited to do that and man broadcaster ZDF following the 6-1 Audi Cup win over The recent subject of an on-off transfer pete for the AFC Champions League title,” On a personal level, Khoukhi enjoyed bring joy to our fans.” Fenerbahce. “I’ve already contacted Pep. to domestic rivals Al Gharafa, Khoukhi he told Al Sadd’s official club website. a stellar 2018-19 campaign with both club Al Sadd are scheduled to face Al Du- “I have explained the situation to him. I have apologized arrived in Europe at the weekend deter- “We have two difficult matches against and country, but despite his previous suc- hail over two legs in the AFC Champions because, of course, I know that [Sane] is a City player. I’d mined to focus on his side’s upcoming AFC Al Duhail in the Round of 16, and we are cesses, the former Al Arabi favourite is League Round of 16 on August 6 and 13, like to think that’s it. Pep took my point and the world will Champions League Round of 16 tie against currently preparing for these matches still hungry for more. before tackling them once again in the keep on turning.” Al Duhail SC. which will be huge, especially as we are “Last season was one of the best of my Qatar Super Cup on August 17. “I not only want to apologies to Pep, but also to the club.” With the two-legged Continental show- looking to win the title. career,” declared the 29-year-old. 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Tehrantimes79 Tehrantimesdaily No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran dies at 66 P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 ARTTEHRAN — Poet Middle Persian (Pahlavi) and German. deskHossein Ahi who He published his first book of poetry was well-known for his religious under the title “Rhythms of the Persian compositions and the literary programs Language” when he was only 18. created for the Islamic Republic of Iran His first TV program was also named Broadcasting (IRIB), died on Tuesday. “Caravan of Poetry and Music” which was He was 66. aired on IRIB Channel 2 in the 2000s. The poet was suffering from cancer of “Watching the Secret” was his popular the lymph nodes for the past few years, his radio program for several years. son Hafez told the Persian news agencies “Dictionary of Literary Phrases”, Poet GUIDE TO on Tuesday evening. “Principles of the Persian Language” Hossein SPIRITUAL AWAKENING Ahi was born in 1953 in Tehran. He was and “Study of Khayyam” are among his Ahi in an interested in different languages of Arabic, noteworthy credits. undated Test a person to see if you find a reason photo. for rage. Imam Ali (AS) Arash Abbasi selected for Sedicicorto Isfahan children’s film festival unveils Intl. Film Festival jury intl. lineups for animations, shorts Iranian Artists Forum to screen collage film “Mosaic of Seven Colors”

ARTTEHRAN — The Iranian Artists Forum deskplans to screen the collage film “Mosaic of Seven Colors” directed Mina Salimi, an Iranian graduate of Goldsmiths, University of London, on Sunday. “‘Mosaic of Seven Colors’ uses collage for the first time in Iranian cinema to narrate a story,” the forum said in a press release published on Wednesday. “Due to digital complexity, the film took four years to complete and permission has been granted for it to be screened only for one time,” the forum added. Written by Salimi, the story of the film begins from Iranian director Arash Abbasi was selected as a member of the jury for the A scene from “Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness” by Edmunds Jansons the Safavid period during the 16th Sedicicorto International Film Festival in Italy. from Latvia. 16th century and stretches into ARTTEHRAN — cultural festival titled “Heart of 1 “Fruits of Clouds” is a tale about “Maja” by Marijana Jankovic from contemporary life. deskIranian director and Persia”. a small animal, which, by tackling the Denmark and “Cycle-Cycle” by Junichi The movie is about playwright Arash Abbasi has been Teatri di Vita, an international unknown, makes a big discovery. Kanai from Japan are also included. Mahdokht, a writer who selected as a member of the jury for center for theater and contemporary A selection of 12 animations will also A selection of 10 Iranian short films will encounters obstacles in her the 16th Sedicicorto International arts in Bologna, was the main be competing in the national section also be competing in the national section. way to author a book on the Film Festival in Italy, the Iranian organizer of the festival. of the festival. Earlier last week, the organizers Safavid period. Based on Youth Cinema Society announced In autumn 2017, Abbasi’s troupe The short films lineup includes announced that a selection of movies A poster for director Mina an ancient tradition for the on Wednesday. Moj collaborated with Italian theater “Myrhull” (“Bog Hole”) by Torfinn honored at different editions of the Salimi collage film “Mosaic first day of the New Year, she The festival, which will take expert and choreographer Claudia Iversen from Norway, “In Love with Annecy International Animated Film of Seven Colors”, which will goes to the Sheikh Lotfollah place in Forli, Italy, from October Castellucci in a joint performance. Cinema” by Askar Nurakun Uulu from Festival in France will go on screen be screened at the Iranian Mosque built during the 4 to 13, aims at offering visibility to He also directed Sanam Naderi Kyrgyzstan, “9 Pasos” (“9 Steps”) by during the festival. Artists Forum in Tehran. Safavid period in Isfahan to young authors and at presenting an in the Italian language monologue, Moises Romera from Spain, and “You’re In addition, eight features and spend the day. She suddenly hears a voice behind a tile at the opportunity for meeting and exchange “La Signora”, about a 40-year-old Here!” by Mikhail Plisko from Russia. animations by Danish filmmakers will mosque, which leads her to a story from “The One Thousand among film industry professionals. pregnant woman who wants to start a The short movies “Ronaldo” by be reviewed during a special program. and One Nights”. The event happens again on the next days Earlier in 2016, Abbasi was invited trip but she hesitates, at the Qashqai Recep Bozgoz and “Cleats” by Abdullah The festival also plans to review films and Mahdokht faces a serious situation. to the Italian city of Bologna to stage Hall of Tehran’s City Theater Complex Sahin, both from Turkey, will also be and animated movies from Georgia Salimi has used scenes from the TV series “Sheikh Bahai” by his play “The Lady” during an Iranian in 2016. screened at the festival. and Tatarstan. Shahram Asadi and “Lighter than Darkness” by Hassan Fat’hi to make her film, which has been shot on location in Isfahan. A review session will also be organized by critic Arash Khoshkhu and writer Hesam Maqamikia following the screening of the film that will begin at 7 pm. Yamagata festival to screen docs from Iran Masud Delkhah Aria Tavassoli, Mostafa Beheshti, Aria Zolfaqari ARTTEHRAN — The Iranian films “Exodus” recession, but first, they must endure interrogations at an and Salimi herself star in the movie deskand “The Gracefully” will be competing immigration center in Tehran. in the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival “The Gracefully” directed by Arash Es’haqi tells the in Japan during October. story of an 80-year-old man who was known in his youth The films will be screened in the New Asian Currents for having danced at local ceremonies and celebrations IRIB doc chronicles history section of the festival, which is held biennially in Yamagata. dressed as a woman. Dancing publicly was banned after of U.S. involvement in Directed by Bahman Kiarostami, “Exodus” is about the revolution and he now lives as a farmer taking care migrant workers from Afghanistan who have lined up to of cows. This film captures one man’s continued pursuit regime change leave Iran as the renewed U.S. sanctions have sparked a of happiness through dancing. A scene from “Exodus” directed by Bahman Kiarostami.

ARTTEHRAN — The Islamic Republic of deskIran Broadcasting (IRIB) has produced a documentary series that studies the history of the U.S. actions Disney star Cameron Boyce died of New Julia Alvarez novel, “Afterlife,” aimed at altering or replacing foreign governments. The 10-episode series “Days of Freedom” directed by Vahid epilepsy, coroner says coming next April Faraji reviews how the U.S. has meddled in the affairs of different countries over the years via economic sanctions, coups d’état, war and psychological warfare. The story in the documentary begins with the U.S.-designed 1953 coup against the government of Mohammad Mosaddeq in Iran. It then continues with several interventions in other countries, including Congo, Vietnam, Indonesia, Chile, Afghanistan and Iraq. The IRIB is scheduled to broadcast the first episode of the documentary, which has been made over the past two years, on Thursday.

Miley Cyrus latest star to abandon Woodstock 50

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Miley Cyrus was reported on Tuesday to have pulled out of the troubled Woodstock 50 festival, joining a string of other big names who say they will no longer take part in the official event meant to mark the anniversary of the landmark 1969 music festival. This April 25, 2019 file photo shows actor Cameron Boyce at WE Day California Cyrus, one of America’s biggest pop stars, was one of the In this Jan. 24, 2006 file photo, writer Julia Alvarez poses for a photo in a farm in Inglewood, Calif. (AP/Richard Shotwell) headliners for the event planned for Aug. 16-18, which has been Altagracia in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. (AP/Ramon Espinosa) mired in financial and permit problems. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los he was being treated, but did not reveal NEW YORK (AP) — Million-selling immigrant. Alvarez said she wanted Variety and Rolling Stone cited sources close to the situation Angeles County coroner’s office says specifics. novelist Julia Alvarez’s next book is a story to explore what happens to a person as saying Cyrus would no longer take part. Representatives of Disney actor Cameron Boyce died The family statement called Boyce of identity and immigration that she felt who values the life of the mind when the “Wrecking Ball” singer did not return requests for comment. unexpectedly from epilepsy. one of the world’s brightest lights, and compelled to write. she discovers “that the world demands Rapper Jay-Z withdrew last week, along with former Creedence An autopsy report released Tuesday described his family as heartbroken “Afterlife” will be published next more of her than words.” Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty as Woodstock 50 states the “Descendants” star was found over his sudden death. April, Algonquin Books announced Alvarez is known for the best-sellers organizers sought a third venue, this time at a small amphi- unresponsive at home on July 6, and Disney Channel canceled the red- Tuesday. The novel centers on a literature “How the García Girls Lost Their Accents” theater in Columbia, Maryland. later pronounced dead at the scene. carpet premiere of “Descendants 3” professor whose grief for her late husband and “In the Time of the Butterflies.” She has In the past few days Dead & Company, Carlos Santana, and Boyce’s family said previously after Boyce’s death, and said Friday’s and encounter with an undocumented also published poems, essays and children’s rock bands the Lumineers and the Raconteurs have also pulled that the 20-year-old died due to an telecast will be dedicated to Boyce’s migrant raise questions about who books. In 2013, she was awarded a National out, their representatives told Rolling Stone magazine. ongoing medical condition for which memory. she is and about her background as an Medal of Arts.