WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13451 Thursday AUGUST 1, 2019 Mordad 10, 1398 Dhi Al Qada 29, 1440 Leader reacts to Nahid-1 satellite GM Tabatabaei becomes Poet Hossein Ahi execution of two passes final tests: first Iranian to win dies at 66 Bahraini activists 2 minister 11 Master Open 15 16 Rouhani: Normalizing oil, banking transactions first step Europe should take TEHRAN — In a phone conversation limits on its nuclear activities in exchange Cabinet OKs taking with his French counterpart Emmanuel for the termination of economic and fi- Macron late on Tuesday, President Hassan nancial sanctions. Rouhani said the first step that Europe “Unfortunately, despite Iran’s full com- should take to save the 2015 nuclear deal is mitment to its obligations, only a small to normalize oil and banking transactions. part of Iran’s economic interests has been Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud met, and after the withdrawal of the Unit- zeroes off currency Vaezi said on Wednesday that Rouhani-Ma- ed States, we have not only not seen any cron phone conversation lasted for 100 serious action by Europe in this respect, minutes which indicates that Iran has logic. but also some European companies left See page 4 Under the 2015 nuclear deal, officially Iran following United States’ unilateral known as the JCPOA, Iran agreed to put sanctions,” Rouhani stated. 2 Iran expresses positive view toward Russia’s Persian Gulf security proposal TEHRAN — Tehran has expressed its a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign positive outlook towards a Russia-pro- Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Wednesday. posed security plan to reduce tension in During the meeting, the Iranian diplo- the Persian Gulf region. mat stressed the need to improve security Iran’s view was announced by its am- in the Persian Gulf collectively with the bassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei during participation of regional states. 3 UN censures Bahraini regime over execution of two dissidents TEHRAN — The United Nations has night, despite concerns expressed by strongly condemned the execution of two the High Commissioner, following two young activists in Bahrain, as the ruling earlier public statements by UN human Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with rights experts … that the men’s “confes- its heavy-handed crackdown on political sions” were obtained through torture, dissidents and pro-democracy activists and about lack of due process and fair in the Persian Gulf kingdom. trial guarantees. A third man, a migrant “We strongly condemn the execution worker, was also executed after being on July 26 in Manama of two Bahraini convicted of murder,” Spokesperson for citizens, Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Ar- the UN High Commissioner for Human president.ir ab, 25, and Ahmed Isa al-Malali, 24. Rights, Rupert Colville, said in the Swiss The executions went ahead on Friday city of Geneva on Tuesday. 13 EDITORIAL Smart city, challenges and opportunities in Iran ARTICLE Mohammad Ghaderi By Marzieh Rezaei Ghaleh provide significant economic opportunities. only to provide the necessary facilities and Manijeh Rezapoor Tehran Times editor-in-chief TEHRAN — According to United Nations re- 80% of the world’s Gross Domestic Product infrastructure required for population growth Tehran Times journalist @ghaderi62 ports, the world’s population is expected to grow is created in cities, and consequently, urban but also to ensure urban sustainability and by about 63% between 2014 and 2050, and it is residents earn, on average, 3 times more than preservation of resources for the future. anticipated that this rapid growth will occur in rural dwellers. People living in larger cities Today, there are various models for employing How plans for larger cities with a population of over 20 million. require less infrastructure and resources, as digital technologies to address the challenges Isfahan children’s Unfortunately, this upward trend may lead to well as have higher levels of productivity. For of sustainability and urbanization. Also, smart restraining Iran many environmental challenges. In 2015, 828 example, a city with a population of 8 million cities are a comprehensive solution to overcome film festival unveils million people were living on the margins of cities, will have 15% more productivity and require the limitations of developing traditional cities. backfired suffering from a lack of basic needs such as water 15% less infrastructure than two cities of four Smart cities use the digital technologies, such intl. lineups for and sanitation. Also, cities face social problems, million each. Therefore, the phenomenon of as the Internet of Things, to connect all citizens, ran’s active resistance and strategic such as social inequalities, unemployment, air urbanization, especially in large cities, is not improve citizen participation, introduce new ser- animations, shorts patience have nullified all plans of west- pollution, heavy traffic, and urban crime, as the an entirely undesirable phenomenon. As a vices, and upgrade existing facilities. However, ern opponents to restrain Iran. In the he 32nd International Film Festival I population continues to grow. result, we should think of a solution for the developing a smart city could be a complicated latest meeting on Joint Comprehensive for Children and Youth in Isfahan Despite all these problems, megacities could sustainable development of cities in order not and challenging issue. 11 Plan of Action (JCPOA), the western coun- Tannounced on Wednesday the line- tries stepped back from their previously up of shorts and animated movies for the harsh policies. It seems that Iran has been international competition. successful in restraining the west, as the May Iranian economy resuscitate from doldrums Eleven animated movies and nine short remaining members of JCPOA Committee films have been selected from different coun- By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh to common people, inflation rate plays a vital No one can deny the positive correlation stopped talking about using the trigger tries to be screened at the festival, which TEHRAN — Inflation rate (the increase in con- role among other economic indices due to its between forex rates and the inflation index in mechanism. will be running in the central Iranian city sumer prices besides those of the producer), as influence on people’s livelihood. Iran, the two go hand-in-hand in this country. Based on Paragraph 37 of JCPOA, the of Isfahan from August 19 to 26. one the main economic indices, has skyrocketed Along with the common people stand the During the past one or two months, forex trigger mechanism can automatically re- The animation lineup includes Russian during the past recent year, i.e. as of the US with- Iranian business activists, producers and in- rates have cooled down. Dollar exchange rate activate previous international sanctions filmmaker Sergei Ryabov’s 2018 movie “6:1” drawal from the JCPOA, May 8, 2018. vestors. Those whose businesses were tied stepped down to 118,000 rials in July from its against Iran. that portrays an inseparable girl and cat who Prices started their incremental growth after with fluctuating forex rates and their impact previous level hovering around 144,000 rials In fact, Europe did not do much to are playing checkers, and the cat loses over almost two years of economic stability under on imports of raw materials and could not have in late March and the market seems to be ex- offset the damage inflicted on Iran by with- and over. JCPOA implementation. a clear vision of the market’s future to make periencing a stable condition but is not highly drawal of the United States from JCPOA, Latvian director Edmunds Jansons’ 2017 As the economic index which is more tangible safe investments. predictable yet. 4 as Europeans had wrongly interpreted animation “Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness” Iran’s strategic patience as being passive. will also be screened. It is about a six-year-old Europe thought it has nothing to worry girl known as Pigtail, who together with her about; on the one hand, JCPOA seemed Signs of tension reduction appearing in Persian Gulf shaggy friend from her closet, Mr. Sleepless- like a good block to Iran’s nuclear activ- ness, come up with a “brilliant” plan to return ities and on the other, U.S. was putting By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan not been calm and occasionally been the stage an Iranian passenger plane over the Persian Gulf her baby brother Leo to the amusement park pressure on Iran to stop its economic and TEHRAN (MNA) — After years of tensions for Iran’s confrontation with the U.S. and its with 290 people onboard. where they believe he was bought. political progress and weaken its stance between Iran and some Persian Gulf states, par- regional allies because of America’s hostility The Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and Also included are “Plankton” by Gustaf in the region. ticularly in recent months in the Strait of Hor- toward Iran. These tensions have sometimes the Sea of Oman are a strategic route for sup- Lindstrom from Britain. The 2018 animation With the end of Iran’s strategic patience, muz, reports indicate the emergence of tensions led to direct military conflict. plying oil to world markets, and in this regards gives the viewers a glimpse of the ideas and a new chapter was opened and Iran revealed reduction in this strategic region. In 1988, the U.S. attacked Iran’s military and oil tankers have been one of the main targets of aspirations that float around at the bottom of its new strategy that is active resistance. For nearly four decades, the Persian Gulf has oil facilities in the Persian Gulf. It also shot down military actions. 3 the food chain.