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16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13521 Monday NOVEMBER 4, 2019 Aban 13, 1398 Rabi’ Al awwal 6, 1441 Iran has made most Putt human rights Iran take bronze Turkish publisher Dogu efforts to counter violators worldwide at FISU 3x3 releases anthology of money laundering 2 on trial 2 World Cup 15 Persian stories 16 Energy, labor ministries team up for $4.5b job creation plans 1953 coup TEHRAN — The Ministry of Energy and Social Welfare Minister Mohammad and the Ministry of Cooperatives, La- Shariatmadari on Saturday, IRIB reported. bor, and Social Welfare have signed a As reported by the news portal of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) energy ministry (Paven), the projects for implementing projects worth 192.81 will be carried out in cooperation with trillion rials (about $4.59 billion) aimed Tose’e Ta’avon Bank and Water and marks to create 23,600 job opportunities Wastewater Engineering Company as across the country. representatives of the two ministries. The MOU was signed by Energy Minister The projects are mainly focused on Reza Ardakanian and Cooperatives, Labor water and electricity management. 4 beginning of Cuban diplomat calls U.S. sanctions ‘insult to international community’ TEHRAN — Cuban Ambassador to Teh- is required to fight this war. ran Alexis Bandrich Vega said on Sunday President Hassan Rouhani said on that the United States’ sanctions are an October 15 that the U.S. has committed U.S. hostility “insult to the international community” “crime against humanity” by its “economic and crime against humanity. terrorism” against the Iranians. During a press conference, the ambassador “Undoubtedly, the United States’ ad- said that the economic sanctions by the U.S. ministration has committed a crime against have made it necessary to form an interna- humanity. The United States’ action is eco- tional front to counter U.S. unilateralism. nomic terrorism,” he said during a speech toward Iran He described sanctions as “economic at a meeting of the health ministers from war” and noted that international action the Eastern Mediterranean region. See page 2 2 Thousands rally in Lebanon in show of support for President Aoun TEHRAN— Thousands of Lebanese have “We are here, General. We won’t rallied near the presidential palace in abandon you as long as we live,” one a major show of support for President poster at the rally read, responding to Michel Aoun, after more than two weeks the protest movement calling for his of huge nationwide protests against the departure, among other demands. country’s ruling elite. Some Aoun supporters held up portraits Aoun’s supporters on Sunday filled of the 84-year-old president, while others up a two-kilometre-long (one-mile-long) waved Lebanese flags and orange-coloured road leading to the palace in Baabda, banners of the political party he founded, leader.ir outside Beirut. the Free Patriotic Movement. 13 ARTICLE U.S. current political rancor is widely viewed as equal to civil war: Tillerson U.S. troops back Fatemeh Salehi TEHRAN— Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex received the Wyoming-based organization’s Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry at military bases Mehr News Agency Tillerson said that Republicans and Democrats inaugural Award for Visionary Leadership. in September after a whistleblower alleged the journalist need to work together for the good of the United More Republican senators consider Republican president pressured Ukraine to in northeast Syria States, while avoiding a direct reference to acknowledging Trump’s quid pro quo investigate Biden and his son Hunter, who the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of on Ukraine had served as a director for Ukrainian energy TEHRAN — U.S. troops are reportedly Roadmap by President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, a growing number of Republican company Burisma. back in military bases in northeastern Tillerson, whom Trump fired in a tweet in senators in the U.S. Congress are ready to The House of Representatives passed a Syria which they had previously evac- religious authority March 2018 amid friction between the two acknowledge that President Donald Trump resolution on Thursday to formally proceed uated ahead of Turkey’s military action over North Korea, Iran and Russia policies, used American military aid as leverage to with the impeachment inquiry and open the against Kurdish forces in the area. for Iraq’s political has largely refrained from discussing politics force Ukraine to investigate former U.S. Vice closed-door investigation to the public. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency has re- publicly since leaving Washington. President Joe Biden and his son, even as Trump The House resolution ushered in a new phase ported that American forces arrived in future Speaking in Houston at a fundraiser for repeatedly denies quid pro quo accusations of the investigation that poses the greatest threat the west of Syria’s northern province the UCross Foundation, an artists and writers by Democrats that triggered an impeachment to Trump’s presidency to date. of Raqqa on Saturday to rebuild their yatollah Ali Sistani’s last statement residency program, Tillerson urged a “civil and inquiry against him. Republicans in the upper chamber of military base. on Friday about recent developments thoughtful discourse,” saying that the current The shift among Senate Republicans could Congress are insisting that the president’s action A U.S. military convoy, including a in Iraq sends several messages. The A political rancor is widely viewed as equal to complicate the message coming from Trump was not illegal and does not rise to the level of personnel carrier armored vehicle, a grand ayatollah warned in his statement that during the Civil War, Reuters reported. as he furiously fights the claim that he had an impeachable offense, even as an increasing mine flail and a utility vehicle, arrived that the current situation in Iraq may drag “Perhaps the arts can help the American withheld U.S. aid from Ukraine to pressure the number of these Republicans wonder how long in Jazira base located west of Raqqa the country into chaos. people reconnect with their country and Eastern European nation to dig up dirt on one they can continue to argue that no quid pro via Syria’s northeastern province of In his statement, the ayatollah stated remember how precious this Republic is,” he of his main political rivals, The Washington quo was at play in the matter, the Post said in Hasakah, Press TV reported. that the lost lives on both sides - protesters said to an audience of about 250 people. Tillerson Post said in a report on Saturday. its report. 13 Nearly 30 U.S. soldiers were report- and security forces - are valuable to the edly seen in the convoy. religious authority, and that the country Also on Friday, U.S. forces began must not degenerate into chaos. rebuilding a military base in northern The religious authority has always Israeli forces detain Palestinian minister of Jerusalem al-Quds affairs Syria’s Sarrin village, south of Kobani, respected the will of the Iraqi people TEHRAN— Israeli military forces have time that Hadami has been arrested by Israeli The Palestine Liberation Organization officially known as Ayn al-Arab. to determine their political and arrested Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem al- authorities since taking up his post as part of (PLO) condemned the arrest then, describing The U.S. military bases in Sarrin and administrative system through holding Quds Affairs, Fadi al-Hadami, during an overnight Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh’s new it part of the Israeli regime’s plans to Judaize Sabit, nearly 30 kilometers south of the referendums on the constitution and operation in the Israeli-occupied city. government in April. Jerusalem al-Quds. Turkey-Syria border, were previously regular parliamentary elections. Since the A local source, speaking on condition of Back on September 25, Israeli soldiers stormed Adnan al-Husseini, a member of PLO evacuated and destroyed during Turkey’s toppling of the former regime, the religious anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the Hadami’s house, and violently ransacked it for Executive Committee, also said the Tel Aviv offensive last month. authority has constantly emphasized that media, said Israeli police forces and intelligence hours before taking the Palestinian minister away regime’s continued arrests of Palestinian figures U.S. troops also resumed patrols near reforms are a necessity. agents raided Fadi al-Hadami’s home in the East Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfled said in Jerusalem al-Quds is unjustified and part of oil fields in northeastern Syria on Fri- “No person or group, no side with Jerusalem al-Quds neighborhood of Silwan at at the time that Hadami had been detained on “violations against civil.” day, after an intermission prompted by a particular view, no regional or Sunday dawn, and conducted searches before charges of allegedly breaking a law prohibiting Hadami was also arrested in late June, a few Turkey’s military incursion. international actor may seize the will arresting him and taking him in for questioning. political activity in Jerusalem al-Quds by the days after accompanying the Chilean ambassador Turkey launched the offensive on Oc- of the Iraqi people and impose its will The grounds for Hadami’s detainment remain Palestinian Authority, which is based in the on a visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which tober 9 in a declared attempt to push the on them,” Ayatollah Sistani said. unclear. There was no comment from Israeli occupied central West Bank city of Ramallah, had angered the Israeli regime. People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants After the statement was issued, Iraqi authorities on the report. located 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of According to him, the reason given for the away from border areas. political groups and figures greatly backed According to Press TV, this is the third Jerusalem al-Quds. arrest was “violating sovereignty.” Ankara views the U.S.-backed YPG as it. For example, Speaker Mohamed a terrorist organization tied to the home- al-Halbousi said that the parliament grown Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), supports solutions put forward by the which has been seeking an autonomous religious authority. Kurdish region in Turkey since 1984. The Iraqi people, who are well aware Villagers hold Turkey’s offensive came after the of the political situation in their country, U.S. abruptly pulled its forces out of took to the al-Tahrir Square in Baghdad oak forest the region, clearing the path for Turkey to declare support for the religious to go ahead with the planned military authority. Iraqis burned U.S. and Israeli action against Washington’s longtime flags, chanting slogans against the U.S., preservation Kurdish allies. the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the Washington reversed an earlier de- Ba’ath party. They also protested against cision to pull out all troops from north- the meddling of foreign countries which program eastern Syria, announcing last week the seek to create chaos and incite the protests. deployment of about 500 troops to the The study of recent developments People in Sarsakhti village in the city of Shazand, oil fields controlled by Kurdish forces. represents two important points: the central Markazi province, participated in a Pentagon chief Mark Esper said the first point is that political groups regional program to help preserve the oak deployment will seek to secure oil re- should pay attention to the statement reserve of Zagros forests. sources from Daesh. Washington, he said, Fatemeh Abedi of Ayatollah Sistani. Different species of oak are the most important will use “overwhelming” force against Those political groups in Iraq, which are and dominant trees in the Zagros forests any other actor challenging the U.S., trying to hold the current government and (comprising some 70 percent of all trees). including Syria’s own government. Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi responsible Oak forests need special attention and detailed Speaking last week, President Don- for corruption and agitate the situation to plans for preservation considering their effects ald Trump suggested that Washington defame the government, should take the Tehran Times/ on the ecosystem and human life. sought economic interests by controlling statement into account. 13 the oil fields. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Malaysia says U.S. sanctions Ra’eisi to judges: Put human rights against Iran are against law

By staff and agency Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Sunday violators worldwide on trial that the United States’ sanctions against Iran are unlawful. POLITICAL TEHRAN – Iran’s Ju- declare themselves as the (only) defenders “There is no provision in the United Nations that a country desk which is dissatisfied with another country can impose sanctions diciary Chief Ebrahim of human rights.” on that country and other countries trading with that nation,” Ra’eisi called Sunday on conscientious “Thanks God, defending human rights Free Malaysia Today quoted the prime minister as saying in a judges across the world and those who has been stipulated in text of the Islamic press conference on the sidelines of the 35th ASEAN Summit consider themselves as human rights Republic constitution and also has been and Related Summits. defenders to set up a mechanism to put pursued by the country’s officials,” the “When you apply sanctions, real violators of human rights on trial. judiciary chief stated. it is against the law,” he noted. Accusing the U.S. of being behind state Citing gross violations of human rights, He said, “The sanctions don’t terrorism in the today’s world, Ra’eisi said, the top judge said, “Targeting an Iranian apply to one country alone,” he “We really believe that the world lawyers passenger plane by the U.S. warship over said, adding that Malaysia is favor to defend human rights, therefore, the Persian Gulf in 1988 is a blatant evi- now being sanctioned. we ask them to call for putting the real dence of human rights violation. Massacre Reuters reported on violators of human rights on trial.” of innocent people in Yemen, Palestine Wednesday that banks in He also pointed to creation of the Daesh and other countries should be prosecuted Malaysia were closing the ac- terrorist group by the U.S. government, (by a real international court) too.” counts of Iranian individuals saying those who created, organized, An Iranian airliner was flying from and companies because of U.S. armed and supported Daesh and allowed Bandar Abbas in southren Iran to Dubai on sanctions. the group to commit awful crimes in the July 3 1988, with 290 passengers onboard According to the news region must be put on trial too. when it was shot down by the Aegis-class agency, some Iranians and Ra’eisi, who was addressing the human cruiser. All passengers, including innocent one embassy official said that rights supreme council meeting, went on women and children, lost their lives on there were “mass closure” of to say, “We never consider the human sider it as an opportunity for voicing our ciples and in the meantime as a chance that tragic day that history and posterity Iranians’ bank accounts in the rights issue as a threat; instead, we con- performance (in this regard) and prin- for raising our voices against those who will never forget. Southeast Asian country in recent months. The Malaysia’s prime minister told reporters on Wednesday his nation was being forced to “make it difficult” for Iranians to live normal lives in the country. Leader says 1953 coup marks beginning of U.S. hostility against Iran “Our ties are very good with Tehran, but we face some very POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Leader Iranians have been celebrating the occasion ernment which was overthrown (in the 1953 the 28 Mordad coup), the democratically elect- strong pressures from certain quarters, which you may guess,” deskof the Islamic Revolution every year by holding rallies on the anni- coup), in fact, was hit by the stick of reliance ed government of Iran led by Prime Minister Mohamad said, without naming where the pressure was coming said on Sunday that the U.S. enmity against versary and viewing it as the national day on the great Satan (the U.S.).” Mohammad Mosaddeq was overthrown on from. Tehran dates back to a Washington-sponsored against “global arrogance”. Ayatollah Khamenei went on to say that August 19, 1953. The coup was orchestrated “We are forced to do this because if we don’t, they will close coup against the legal government of Iran in “The wolfish U.S. has certainly become today those who see dialogue with the U.S. as jointly by the United States (under the name our banks abroad. It’s a kind of bullying by very powerful peo- 1953, noting that the U.S. in now weaker than weaker, but in the meantime, it has become a remedy for problems are seriously mistaken. “Pejak Project”) and the United Kingdom ple,” he said. that time but more “barbaric and flagrant”. more barbaric and flagrant,” the Leader reit- “Negotiation with the U.S. is indeed (under the name of “Operation Boot”). Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thurs- Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei made the erated, adding, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, fruitless. Those who consider resumption The coup saw the formation of a military day, “Sadly, a number of Malaysian banks have placed a series of remarks during a meeting with thousands in response, has blocked the entire ways on of talks with the U.S. as the only way out government under Mohammad Reza Shah restrictions on opening accounts and offering banking services of pupils and university students one day U.S. return and influence via mighty defense of the country’s problems are one hundred Pahlavi, who progressed from a constitu- for Iranians, under the influence of the United States’ economic ahead of the Aban 13, which marks the U.S. and logical rejection of any talks (with the percent wrong. There will be no achievement tional monarch to an authoritarian one who terrorism.” embassy seizure in Tehran by students on White House).” from talks with the Americans, because they relied heavily on United States’ support to “In this regard, our country’s embassy in Malaysia has put November 4, 1979. Noting that the United States has never certainly will not give any concession to us.” hold on to power until his own overthrow the issue on the agenda in constant and intensive arrangements Since the takeover of the U.S. embassy, been trustworthy, the Leader said, “The gov- In the 1953 coup d’état (known in Iran as in February 1979. with Malaysia’s government bodies and banking officials, and multiple negotiations have been held with the relevant author- ities, and figuring out a solution and resolving the problem is still on the agenda,” he added. Mousavi also said the banking restrictions have created Iran has made most efforts to counter money laundering: Zarif problems for the presence and activities of Iranians in Malay- POLITICAL TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Moham- ecuted in December 2018 on charges of having hoarded sia, particularly the participation of Iranian elites and university deskmad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that Iran, two tons of gold coins in order to agitate the gold market. students in Malaysia’s scientific and academic sphere as well as including the Foreign Ministry, has made most efforts to Zarif noted, “If there is no money laundering in the coun- those involved in the trade and business sector. counter money laundering. try, on what charges did you execute the sultan of coins?” “We hope that the friendly state of Malaysia would work “The Islamic Republic of Iran and Foreign Ministry have “There are pressure groups who have interests in money out solutions to settle the problem, considering the Malaysian made most efforts to counter the Westerners’ move in money laundering. If it was not so, the Judiciary would not approve government’s goodwill and clear and recognized stances on the laundering,” he said in a session of the parliament. a chart of 60 pages to fight money laundering. Why did unilateral (U.S.) sanctions, and that the problems that have arisen He added, “Most efforts in line with countering the you turn what I said in defense of the country into remarks in Iranians’ bank accesses would be resolved with consultation Westerners’ moves in money laundering have been made against the system?” he stated. and on the basis of the legal frameworks available for the issue,” by the Islamic Republic and the Foreign Ministry and we In an interview with the Khabar Online published on he added. will continue these efforts. I defended the position of Iran November 10, 2018, Zarif said, “After all, money laundering when the committee of joint action [Financial Action Task is a reality in our country and there are many who benefit Force (FATF)] took action against Iran.” from money laundering.” Cuban diplomat calls Pointing to remarks he made about money laundering He added that those who profit billions of dollars from U.S. sanctions ‘insult to last year, Zarif said, “Accusations are being leveled against money laundering are spending millions of it to prevent the the Islamic Republic about refraining to join conventions passage of the bills requiring more financial transparency. international community’ because the country does not seek to fight terrorism and The comments triggered a wave of enraged responses “Why do we fight over such obvious issues? Yes, the en- money laundering. What I said was that there are pressure from some conservative politicians, who called for the im- tire world is suffering from money laundering. Show me 1 Cuban envoy condemns U.S. withdrawal groups who have personal interests. Now, you can watch peachment of the foreign minister. one country in the whole world in which money laundering from JCPOA what ‘sultan of coins’ said in court about ways to do money President Hassan Rouhani defended Zarif’s remarks, does not take place and show me one country in the whole Ambassador Bandrich Vega also condemned the U.S. with- laundering.” saying not just Iran but the entire world is suffering from world in which corruption, narcotics and fake products do drawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Vahid Mazloumin, known as “sultan of coins”, was ex- money laundering. not exist,” he said. Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). “It took long time and efforts to hold nuclear talks and reach a deal. This agreement was not reached in one night. Interna- Commander: Iran to target interests of Navy chief: Iran to mass produce tional deals must be implement- Washington, collaborators in any war undersea missiles ed,” he suggested. Elsewhere, the ambassador TEHRAN (FNA) — Spokesman for the The Iranian navy will stage military exercises with said his country attaches great Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General importance to security in the Abolfazl Shekarchi warned that Tehran China and Russia at start of 2020 Persian Gulf region. will give a crushing response to any POLITICAL TEHRAN – The Ira- The commander went on to say, “The “Havana and Tehran have possible aggression by the U.S. and its desknian Navy commander Iranian navy owns the largest logistic vessel always said that no country allies, noting that the countries whose announced on Sunday that his forces have in the Middle East region.” should interfere in other coun- territories are used for launching attacks accessed the technology to launch missiles The commander also said the Iranian tries’ affairs,” he pointed out. against Iran will not remain safe either. from under the sea, vowing to upgrade the navy will stage a military exercise with the President Hassan Rouhani “Any place and any point of any mission to mass production in the near future. Chinese and Russian navies at the beginning said in August that Iran’s posi- territories which host the U.S. and its During a visit to a technical-engineering days of 2020. tion is that there is no need to allies’ interests will be threatened (in workshop at the venue of Shahid Beheshti Khanzadi also said Iran’s navy enjoys foreign forces to maintain secu- case of any war) and the Islamic Republic University, Rear Admiral Hossein Khan- the largest flotilla in the Caspian Sea after rity in the Persian Gulf region. has proved that it has the capability never started and will not start a war zadi highlighted the navy’s achievements Russia. “Major powers, especially America, seek nothing except caus- to do so,” General Shekarchi told FNA in the future, “but if an aggressor makes in different aspects. Back in November 2018, Khanzadi said ing division and emptying treasury of the Islamic countries. The on Sunday. a strategic mistake, that aggression will “Today in the navy, we have attained that the country’s experts decreased the time Persian Gulf littoral states can maintain security and stability in “Even if a country does not directly be confronted with the strongest and the technology of launching missiles from needed for manufacturing destroyers to less the region,” Rouhani said during a cabinet meeting. participate in any possible war but its the most crushing response” in the under the sea decks and also from depth than two years. In an interview with Al Jazeera in August, Iranian Foreign territories host the enemy, we consider geography beyond the imagination of of the sea. Human resources, submarines, “Today, we enjoy the capacity to build Minister Javad Zarif said, “We believe that the best the U.S. that country as a hostile territory and ill-wishers, a response that will make missiles, the missiles’ cylinders are to be destroyers in a timespan of less than two can do for the protection of maritime navigation is to just leave will treat it as an aggressor,” he added. the aggressors regret their deed. totally Iranian and domestically-made or years and we are making efforts to reduce it to people alone; don’t interfere.” General Shekarchi also underlined General Shekarchi had also warned in trained,” Khanzadi explained. less than one year,” Rear Admiral Khanzadi that Iran’s military might and power is June that the interests of Washington and The admiral further said, “Last year at said at the time. not limited to the country’s territorial its regional allies would be endangered this time, we test-fired a missile from under Iran has made major achievements in Iran, U.S. face off in all fronts, borders. and destroyed if the U.S. fired even one the sea and now we have managed to mass manufacturing different weapons and mil- says Iranian lawmaker He, meantime, said that Iran has single bullet at Iran. produce it.” itary equipment in recent years.

Tehran (IRNA) – Iranian Parliament member Hossein Naqavi Hosseini on Sunday highlighted political divide over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying that the parliament ‘We will resist until U.S. learns to speak respectfully with Iran’ made mistake to ratify the agreement within 20 minutes in 2015. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry pass this difficult stage until you learn to speak respectfully failed policies and return to the landmark nuclear deal, Naqavi Hosseini said that the U.S. Administration is currently deskspokesman Abbas Mousavi said on with Iranians and return to your obligations (under the officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of ignoring all the international organizations emerged after the Saturday that Iranians will succeed to offset the current nuclear agreement.” Action (JCPOA), between Iran and the 5+1, instead of end of World War II and the aspirations of the United Nations U.S. policy of maximum pressure as they have done so On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad digging itself deeper. to restore the international peace and security. over the past four decades, noting that Tehran’s strategy Javad Zarif had said that U.S. sanctions on his country’s The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran’s He said that Iran and Saudi Arabia were both allies during the of resistance will go on till Washington learns to speak construction sector was a vivid demonstration of construction sector despite Washington’s announcement a World War II and have been working together in the context of with language of respect with the Iranian nation. Washington’s “maximum failure” in its maximum pressure week ago that it had created a new mechanism to facilitate international organizations, but, the U.S. Administration placed Mousavi’s remarks came in response to an earlier policy against Tehran. “permissible trade” with Tehran. the two countries to stand against one another for suspicious tweet by U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan “Subjecting construction workers to Economic The U.S. State Department issued a fact sheet, singling agenda. Ortagus who had said that Washington is increasing Terrorism only manifests maximum failure of ‘maximum out the sale of software used for industrial purposes, raw The MP added that Iran has no way out but to withstand the maximum pressure by imposing bans on construction pressure’,” Zarif wrote on his Twitter account. and semi-finished metals, graphite and coal used in Iran’s U.S. pressure on economic, military, international and regional sector in Iran. He once again reiterated the Iranian people’s construction sector as targets for the new sanctions. spheres. “Your maximum pressure will be neutralized with determination to stand firm in the face of Washington’s Also on Thursday, the State Department announced a The lawmaker stressed that Iran has kept its promises stip- our maximum resistance, discretion and hope,” Mousavi behavior. “U.S. can sanction every man, woman and child separate batch of sanctions against what it described as ulated in the nuclear deal but that Europe has failed to live up said in response to Ortagus. but Iranians will never submit to bullying.” the sale of “strategic material” being used “in connection to its commitments. He added, “Like the past four decades, we will honorably The top diplomat called on the United States to abandon with Iran’s nuclear, military, or ballistic missile programs”. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 4, 2019 IRAN IN FOCUS 3 Trump reveals true face of Top MP urges administration to take stronger fourth American regime, says Larijani nuclear step POLITICAL TEHRAN — Recent re- Iranian people as well. “It’s Iran’s oil that desk marks by U.S. President is important for the U.S.,” Larijani added. POLITICAL TEHRAN — A senior member of the parliament Donald Trump about the United States’ oil In the last forty years, the U.S. has repeat- deskhas urged the administration of President Has- interests in the Middle East and his lack of edly failed to re-establish its dominance in san Rouhani to take its next step of scaling back its commitments interest in regional peace show the true face Iran, he said, adding that the Iranian nation’s under the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint of the American regime, says Parliament resistance, perseverance and deep under- Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Speaker Ali Larijani. standing have thwarted U.S. plots. “Fortunately, today the U.S. has a president The U.S. has been putting enormous who has made it easy to demonstrate the true pressure on Iran since it pulled out of the face of the White House’s policies,” Larijani 2015 nuclear agreement in May 2018. It said on Sunday, ISNA reported. has attempted to drive Iran’s oil exports He was making a reference to Trump’s down to zero. remarks last week, when he said he hoped to In the latest round of its anti-Iran sanc- secure a U.S. share of the Syrian oil revenues. tions, the United States said on Thursday “We have taken it and secured it,” Trump it had imposed sanctions on the Iranian said of Syria’s oil during remarks at the White construction sector. House, after announcing the killing of Daesh’s The U.S. State Department said Secretary leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. of State Mike Pompeo had determined Iran’s “We are leaving soldiers to secure the construction sector was controlled directly or oil. And we may have to fight for the oil. It’s indirectly by the Islamic Revolution Guards okay. Maybe somebody else wants the oil, Corps (IRGC), which Washington has named in which case they have a hell of a fight. But a foreign terrorist organization. “The fourth nuclear step should be taken more firmly in order there’s massive amounts of oil,” the U.S. As a result, the sale of raw and semi-fin- to push the Europeans to fulfill their commitments to the deal,” The parliament speaker also advised the president stated. by the head of a regime, which is constantly ished metals, graphite, coal, and software Mehr quoted Mojtaba Zonnour as saying on Sunday. U.S. officials to watch Trump’s big mouth, Larijani said explicit expression of the top worried about human rights in countries that for integrating industrial purposes will be Zonnour said he had suggested that the administration take which reveals their inhumane and colonial secret policies of the White House is one of think independently,” he said. sanctionable if the materials are to be used all its retaliatory measures in a single step instead of giving the policies to the world. Trump’s characteristics. Larijani to U.S. officials: Watch in Iran’s construction sector, the department other side 60-day ultimatums. He said the U.S. does not care about the “Such shameful remarks have been made Trump’s big mouth said in a fact sheet. This would have been a more effective approach to secure Iran’s interests from the deal, he stressed. The top lawmaker also said Iran has many options to choose Iran not involved in providing security in Iraq during Arbaeen season: minister from in the fourth step, including installation of advanced cen- trifuges and increasing heavy water stockpile. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Interior Minister Abdolreza were managed very well. Washington withdrew from the internationally-endorsed nu- deskRahmani Fazli has hailed the security of “The first incident was the floods that occurred at the clear deal with Iran on May 8, 2018, reimposed the toughest-ever Iraq during the Arbaeen season, saying Iran had not been beginning of the year in the country, which we managed sanctions against the country and started a plan to zero down involved in providing Iraq’s security. to overcome with God’s grace and coordination among Tehran’s oil sales. “Iran did not interfere in Iraq’s security at all because executive bodies,” the minister said. Under the nuclear agreement, Tehran undertook to put limits Iraq’s security was at its peak. Neither Iraqis asked us to help He went on to say that the second incident was the cruel on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of economic them, nor did we interfere in Iraq’s security and affairs,” sanctions, which “we managed to stand up to with tactful- and financial sanctions. Rahmani Fazli said on Sunday, according to Mehr. ness of the Supreme Leader and coordination among the Following the U.S. withdrawal, Iran remained fully commit- The Arbaeen pilgrimage “occurred with relative satisfac- administration, parliament and other bodies.” ted to the JCPOA for a year, but announced on the anniversary tion but we should strive to make it more and more glorious “The third event was the Arbaeen issue. We succeeded of Washington’s bellicose move that its “strategic patience” is and orderly each year,” he said. in managing it very well and held the pilgrimage in a coor- over and would gradually reduce its commitments to the deal at The Arbaeen march, which is the largest religious dinated, coherent manner,” he added. 60-day intervals, which were designed as deadlines for Europe gathering in the world, comes 40 days after Ashura, the Rahmani Fazli also said the Islamic Republic was con- to protect Tehran’s interests under the deal. martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the mourning rituals. cerned over the recent unrest in Iraq but it all went well. So far, Iran has taken three steps in that regard. second Imam of Shia Muslims and the grandson of Prophet This year, Arbaeen falls on Saturday, October 19. At the start of October, street protests erupted in several In the first step, Iran removed cap on its nuclear deal stockpile Muhammad (PBUH). Elsewhere in his remarks, Rahmani Fazli pointed Iraqi cities over unemployment and lack of basic services. which was limited to 300 kilograms enriched to purity of 3.67 Each year, a huge crowd of people flock to Karbala, where out that there have been three major incidents and The rallies resumed on October 25 after a pause of about percent. In the second step, which started in July 7, Iran started the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) is located, to perform events since the beginning of the Iranian year, which two weeks, but took a violent turn. enriching nuclear fuel to more than 3.67 percent. And in the third step, which fell on September 6, Iran removed ban on nuclear research and development (R&D). Alavi: Embassy takeover foiled Foreign Ministry says Rouhani has sent letters Tehran has repeatedly said its measures will be revered as soon as Europe finds practical ways to shield the Iranian economy U.S. plots to Persian Gulf states on Iranian peace plan from unilateral U.S. sanctions. In remarks last month, Zonnour said Europe should pay the price if it wants to salvage the nuclear accord. “Europe is capable to do this, but instead it takes steps in line with U.S. goals, and accordingly it does not have the necessary will to preserve Barjam (JCPOA),” he added.

Gharibabadi elected UNIDO vice president

POLITICAL TEHRAN — Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s am- deskbassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has been elected as the vice president of the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). According to Fars, Gharibabadi was elected as the UNIDO vice president during a session of the body in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. POLITICAL TEHRAN — The They were held in captivity for 444 days. POLITICAL TEHRAN — Foreign I would like to invite all the countries The election was held in presence of delegations from mem- desktakeover of the U.S. The embassy in Tehran is now an deskMinistry spokesman directly affected by the developments in ber states. embassy in Tehran forty years ago Islamic cultural center and a museum. Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday that the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz ridiculed the empty grandeur of the It stands as a symbol of the Iranian rev- Iran is serious about providing security to the ‘Coalition for Hope’, meaning Hor- United States in the world and foiled olution. in the Persian Gulf region and confirmed muz Peace Endeavor,” President Hassan their plots against the Islamic Republic, Each year on November 4, Iranians that President Hassan Rouhani’s letter Rouhani told the UN delegates. Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi take to the streets across the country to about the Hormuz peace plan has been Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad said on Sunday. commemorate the anniversary of the sent to heads of the Persian Gulf Coop- Zarif has invited all regional states to join In a message ahead of the anniver- embassy seizure. eration Council and Iraq. Iran’s initiative for securing the Persian sary of the U.S. embassy seizure, Alavi The deputy head of the Islamic De- “Mohammad Javad Zarif, the foreign Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. congratulated the Leader of the Islamic velopment Coordinating Council said minister of our country, will send a letter In a tweet in September, Zarif said Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and on Saturday that some 150 foreign re- to secretary general of the United Nations the initiative entails “dialogue, confi- the Iranian nation on the historic event. porters and photographers along with in this respect as well,” he said. dence-building, freedom of navigation, He noted that the event showed the 2,000 Iranian ones will cover this year’s At the United Nations’ summit in New energy security, non-aggression, and Iranian nation’s determination to end “Aban 13th rallies” nationwide. York in late September, Iran officially -un non-intervention”. the influence of arrogant powers in Iran, “Some 150 foreign photographers and veiled proposal for regional security, offi- In a post on his Twitter account on IRNA reported. reporters have announced readiness to cially called the Hormuz Peace Endeavour. October 15, Zarif renewed Iran’s call to At the beginning of the meeting, UNIDO board of directors On November 4, 1979, a group of cover the event,” Nosratollah Lotfi said “Based upon the historical responsibil- all countries bordering the Persian Gulf were elected for a two-year term. Iranian students stormed the U.S. em- in a press conference in Tehran held for ity of my country in maintaining security, to join Tehran’s initiative to “forge a Headed by Gharibabadi, the Iranian delegation was made bassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans, announcing the timetable of the Aban peace, stability and progress in the Per- blueprint for peace, security, stability, up of Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Barat Qobadian and including diplomats and staff, hostage. 13th rallies which falls on Nov. 4. sian Gulf region and Strait of Hormuz, and prosperity” in the region. Director General of the ministry’s office for industrial property Seyed Mehdi Mirsalihi. The 18th session of the General Conference of the UNIDO in U.S. pullout from JCPOA has caused great harm to it: British diplomat the UAE will wrap up on November 7. The General Conference is UNIDO’s supreme policy making POLITICAL TEHRAN — British Ambassador to Tehran that Britain is still working (even) after the United States’ organ where all member states meet once every two years. deskRob Macaire has said that Donald Trump’s withdrawal [from the JCPOA],” he said. It determines the guiding principles and policies of the organ- pullout from 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, has He added, “At first, the United States and China guided ization, and approves the budget and work program of UNIDO. caused great harm to the international pact. this project and now we have replaced the United States to Every four years, the general conference appoints the direc- “The United States’ pullout from the JCPOA has caused continue the project.” tor-general. great harm to the agreement. We cannot eliminate the effects British and Chinese nuclear expert teams visited Iran Since becoming a specialized agency, the UNIDO General of sanctions, however, we cooperate with Iran with good in October to discuss the redesigning and upgrading of the Conference was hosted away from its Vienna headquarters only intention and to find ways to make the situation better,” Arak heavy water reactor. three times: in Bangkok, Thailand (1987); in Yaoundé, Cameroon IRNA quoted him as saying on Sunday in a video message On October 14, Macaire tweeted, “Civil #Nuclear coop- (1993); in Lima, Peru (2013); and now in Abu Dhabi, United he posted on his Instagram page. eration is an important benefit that #Iran receives under Arab Emirates (2019). He said that Britain is making efforts along with France, the #JCPOA. Delighted to welcome Professor @RobinW- The General Conference will be preceded by UNIDO’s least China and Russia to guarantee Iran’s benefits from the deal. Grimes along with UK and Chinese delegations to Tehran developed countries (LDCs) ministerial conference, which will He added that Britain is helping Iran move forward with for technical talks on the #Arak modernisation project.” also be hosted in Abu Dhabi. civil nuclear program. Reportedly, a statement issued by the British embassy in Early in July, Iran’s permanent delegation to Vienna, in a In a video message posted on his Twitter account on Oc- Tehran said, “We are upholding our obligations to cooperate statement read out at the 47th UNIDO meeting, lashed out at tober 28, Macaire said that London will remain committed He said this nuclear cooperation is a benefit of the JCPOA. with Tehran on modernizing Arak facility.” Washington for adopting unfair policies to hinder development to the JCPOA. “China and Britain have gathered around some of best The statement added that the 3-day visit to Iran by British in developing countries. “There are many challenges, however, we will be committed nuclear experts in the world including Professor Robin experts “forms part of our commitment to ensuring that the The statement also welcomed the joining of the new members, to the JCPOA even when we exit the European Union,” he said. Grimes,” he added. Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) provides ben- Palestine in particular, to UNIDO and asked UNIDO’s secretariat He also said, “Recently, I had the honor to host a delega- Macaire noted that Britain supports Iran’s plans to build efits for both Iran and the wider international community.” to help industrial development of Palestine. tion of high ranking British nuclear experts. This delegation an advanced non-military nuclear reactor in order to conduct U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally abandoned Iran expresses satisfaction over UNIDO programs in helping achieved good advances in line with modernizing the Arak medical and industrial researches. the deal in May 2018 and returned sanctions and imposed developing countries to attaining their industrial goals, it said. nuclear reactor.” “This project is an example of things we do to assure new harsh ones. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY NOVEMBER 4, 2019

STOCK MARKET ICCIMA ready TEDPIX 308960.7 IFX 3914.59 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir to set up trade CURRENCIES USD 42,000 rials offices abroad EUR 46,896 rials ECONOMY TEHRAN — Head of established in Russia. deskIran’s Chamber of Com- “In the wake of Iran’s joining to Union of GBP 54,330 rials merce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Eurasian States, the first trade office will be AED 11,437 rials (ICCIMA) Gholam-Hossein Shafei said the set up in Russia,” Shafei said. chamber is ready to establish five trade offices Underling the fact that joining the Eurasian Source: cbi.ir in five countries to boost the private sector’s Union would be a good opportunity for the trade and economic relations with neighbor- stitutes such as Japan External Trade Or- role in the national trade. country, he said that the items which have ing countries, saying, “In this path, we must ganization (JETRO) and Korea Trade-In- Speaking in a meeting of Mashhad Chamber been considered by the Eurasian Economic move toward developing sustainable business vestment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) in of Commerce’s Trade Committee attended by Union (EAEU) for trade between Iran and relationships [with the neighbors]. Naturally, boosting the countries’ trade, we proposed COMMODITIES Tajikistan ambassador, the official noted that Eurasia should be thoroughly reviewed and the role of Iranian ambassadors and attachés the establishment of national trade offices Brent $61.69/b neighboring countries would be the priority assessed. in neighboring countries is undeniable.” to be able to promote the market for the for this program and the first office is to be He stressed the importance of boosting “Given the successful experience of in- Iranian goods,” he said. WTI $56.20/b OPEC Basket $61.24/b Gold $1,516.00/oz TEDPIX gains 230 points in a day Silver $$18.20/oz ECONOMY TEHRAN — TEDPIX, the main index of market, known as Iran Fara Bourse (IFB), has experienced Platinium $953.85/oz deskTehran Stock Exchange (TSE), has risen a noticeable positive performance during the first half, as its Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com 230 points to 308,960 on Sunday, IRIB reported. main index, IFX, gained 78 percent during the mentioned As reported, 3.502 billion securities were traded during period of time. 386,804 deals on Sunday. It seems that these markets will preserve their positive Indices of banks, carmakers, and petrochemical units performances also during the second half of the year, as Energy, labor ministries accounted for the highest amount of rise in TEDPIX. TEDPIX gained 9,367 points (the highest rise so far) in the While lagging the parallel markets of foreign currency, first day of the second half and the value of trades at TSE team up for $4.5b job gold coin, and real estate behind, Iran’s stock market hit and IFB reached 32 trillion rials (about $761.9 million). a new record during the first half of the current Iranian It shows that some huge liquidity is moving toward the creation plans calendar year (March 21-September 22), as TEDPIX closed stock market. The power of this liquidity will probably bring at an all-time high of 302,103 points. new records for this market in the second half. 1 Under the MOU, the National Development Fund will It is while the index had stood at 178,000 points at the Also given that no growth is being seen at the markets provide 9.5 trillion rials (about $226 million) of the needed fund for end of the previous calendar year. of foreign currency and gold coin, and housing market is the projects and the rest will be provided by Tose›e Ta›avon Bank. Experiencing a growth of 74 percent during the first six expected to witness drop in prices during the second half, The signing of the mentioned MOU marks the beginning of a months of the present year, TSE witnessed its best per- 2003-March 2004). another positive performance is anticipated for the stock mutual collaboration between the two ministries for increasing formance since the Iranian calendar year of 1382 (March Also as reported, Iran’s over-the-counter (OTC) exchange market. employment in the country with a focus on the issue of water management. Speaking on the sidelines of the signing ceremony, Ardaka- nian emphasized the importance of management in water and energy sectors, saying “Our country needs to pay more and more Red meat production down 22% in summer attention to both utility and consumption management in the ECONOMY TEHRAN — Production had the lion’s share in the country’s is around a third of what is normally seen water and energy industries.” deskof red meat in Iran has red meat output during summer with in countries like the U.S. and Australia, “According to the MOU, signed today, besides directing em- dropped 22 percent during this year’s 43,000 tons, followed by lamb and mainly due to the prohibition of pork ployment, bank resources are also being used in the right way to summer compared to the same season mutton with 25,700 tons, goat meat in the Islamic law. boost production and to contribute greatly to the management in the previous year, Statistical Center with 6,100 tons, and buffalo meat with Around 10 percent of the domestic of water utility and consumption,” he said. of Iran (SCI) has announced. 590 tons. demand is responded to with imports As the SCI has reported, 77,000 tons Iran is among the leading consumers from countries like Brazil, where Iranian India among top 10 FDI of red meat have been produced in the of red meat in the Middle East region supervisors directly control culling country during summer, IRNA reported. with lamb being the most sought after. methods to ensure they complies with destinations, $5 trillion economy The report said that beef and veal However, the consumption per person religious rules. to be reality soon: PM Modi

Highlighting India’s economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on November 3, said the country is among the top 10 desti- Lagarde era begins with chance to map out plans nations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world and had The Christine Lagarde-era at the Europe- ing the outlook. Fed Bank of San Francisco currencies this year. received $286 billion of FDI in the last five years. an Central Bank is underway and the new President Mary Daly speaks Monday, while Chinese exports, data for which is out According to moneycontrol.com, he was speaking at an event in president gets her first chance to frame her Dallas’s Robert Kaplan and Minneapolis’s on Friday, may have extended declines in Bangkok, to mark golden jubilee of the Aditya Birla Group’s pres- outlook for the economy and monetary policy Neel Kashkari follow on Tuesday. Charles October after the U.S. imposed another round ence in Thailand. publicly today. Evans of Chicago, John Williams of New York of tariffs. The Philippines publishes a gross PM Modi said it was the best As stated by business.financialpost.com, and Patrick Harker of Philadelphia get their domestic product report on Thursday with time to be in India and that many Lagarde, who took the reins on Nov. 1 from turns on Wednesday. Kaplan and Raphael Bloomberg Economics predicting an accel- things such as foreign direct in- Mario Draghi, will speak in Berlin at a time Bostic of Atlanta speak on Thursday and eration in the third quarter, while Indonesia vestment, ease of doing business, when policy makers at the ECB are split over Daly goes again on Friday. follows the same day with the expectation it ease of living and productivity dwindling stimulus tools and the economy It’s a light week for data with orders for will show growth was little changed. are rising while tax rates, red- is flirting with recession. She may use the durable goods and factories expected to show Inflation is likely to have slowed fur- tapism, corruption, cronyism opportunity to tell governments, including declines on Monday. The trade balance on ther in Brazil in a report set for release on are on a decline. Germany’s, to do more to boost demand. Thursday will be monitored for effects from Thursday, consolidating the view that the “All of what I have said just “Lagarde takes over against a backdrop of the U.S.-China trade war. Canada releases central bank will cut interest rates again now makes India one of the flagging growth and stubbornly low inflation,” jobs data for October on Friday. in its final meeting of the year. The bench- world’s most attractive economies said Jamie Rush, chief European economist election to throw into the mix. Australia, Malaysia and Thailand will mark IPCA index for October is forecast to for investment. India received at Bloomberg Economics. “Stimulus options Four Eastern European central banks decide on interest rates. The Reserve Bank decline to 2.53%, the lowest in two years. 286 billion dollar FDI in the last are limited and the Governing Council is deciding on rates this week can sit out the of Australia is expected to pause on Tues- On Tuesday, the country’s central bank will five years. This is almost half of divided. She’ll have a fight on her hands to global push for looser monetary policy as day after three interest-rate cuts this year release minutes of the latest monetary policy the total FDI in India in the last turn the euro area around.” their economies are still growing healthi- brought the benchmark to a record-low 0.75% meeting, when it slashed the Selic rate to twenty years,” Modi said. In the UK, the Bank of England’s Mon- ly and inflation is hovering above or near and spurred speculation among economists a record-low 5%. “When my government took etary Policy Report (just renamed from the their targets. Romania, Poland, the Czech that unconventional policies will soon be Meanwhile, Mexico’s consumer prices over in 2014, India’s GDP was about two trillion dollars. In 65 years, Inflation Report) is also out on Thursday. No Republic and Serbia are all expected to leave needed to get inflation back into the central are seen stabilizing at 3%, the slowest since two trillion. But in just five years, we increased it to nearly three change in interest rates is expected, so the benchmark borrowing costs unchanged. bank’s target range. Most economists expect 2016, with the stagnation of the economy trillion dollars,” PM Modi said. focus will be on new economic predictions Cutting interest rates Malaysia to hold too on Tuesday, according also providing room for further rate cuts. India has stopped working in a routine, bureaucratic manner as and Governor Mark Carney’s press confer- Federal Reserve officials seem to be plan- to Bloomberg’s survey. There’s pressure on And Peruvian policy makers will debate on it’s undergoing “transformative changes”, PM Modi told a group of ence. Brexit uncertainty is still the big factor ning a pause after cutting interest rates three Thailand to ease to take some steam out of Thursday whether to leave their borrowing influential business leaders, hard-selling the country as one of the for the outlook, and now there’s a general times. But a lot will spend the week discuss- the baht, which is one of the world’s strongest costs unchanged. most attractive investment destinations globally. Reforming tax regime PM Modi particularly talked about initiatives to reform India’s tax regime and said his government is now starting face-less tax assessment procedure so that there is no scope for discretion or UK firms face sharpest drop in output in eight years as Brexit bites harassment. By Sajid Shaikh inant services sector, paired with the hugely damaging “In today’s India, the contribution of the hard-working tax pay- effect of Brexit uncertainty, are ingredients for a perfect er is cherished. One area where we have done significant work is Private companies in the UK are heading for their sharpest storm for British firms,” warned Anna Leach, CBI’s deputy taxation. I am happy that India is one of the most people friendly fall in economic output in eight years, new figures suggest. chief economist. tax regimes. We are committed to further improving it even more,” Data shows businesses hurting across the UK economy The “squeeze on the private sector continues to tight- PM Modi said. from retail to manufacturing to professional services, with en, with our growth indicator showing that volumes have The prime minister is on a three-day visit to Thailand to attend Brexit uncertainty continuing to hit business sentiment been flat or falling for a full year. And with expectations ASEAN-India, the East Asia and the RCEP summits. ahead of the general election. for activity at their lowest in nearly eight years, it’s clear “India has seen many success stories in the last five years in various Private sector activity will shrink by 17% over the three businesses are worried about the future.” sectors. The reason for this is not only the governments. India has months to January next year, according to Confederation Across the economy more broadly, growth has been of British Industry’s (CBI) latest monthly growth indicator. stopped working in a routine, bureaucratic manner,” PM Modi said. volatile during 2019, driven by shifting activity in response New figures, based on surveys of private companies Referring to direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme, Modi said it to moving Brexit deadlines. in Britain, show private sector output also sank in the has ended the culture of middlemen and inefficiency. The CBI expects the economy to grow modestly in the three months to October by 11%, a sharper decline than “You would be shocked to know that for years, money was spent on event of a smooth transition to a new Brexit deal, with the the previous quarter. the poor which did not really reach the poor. Our government ended longer-term economic impact dependent upon the details this culture thanks to DBT. DBT stands for direct benefit transfer. The latest decline marks the 12th consecutive quarter within the final deal. DBT has ended the culture of middlemen and inefficiency,” he said. of flat or falling volumes, the CBI said on Sunday. The “general election is an opportunity for all parties The prime minister projected India as one of the very few at- It comes after a leading index warned on Friday UK restaurants, hotels and finance and accounts for about to present their visions for the UK’s future. Passing a good tractive investment destinations globally and called upon the Thai manufacturers could be heading towards a recession. 80% of the economy – also shrank. It saw sliding sales, deal with the EU is the first step. Then the real heavy lifting business leaders to be part of the India growth story. Figures from IHS Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing pur- job losses, cancelled and postponed projects and weak can begin, building a future relationship with our biggest “For investment and easy business, come to India. To innovate chasing managers’ index (PMI) showed factories’ output investment levels, according to an IHS Markit/Cips survey and starting up, come to India. To experience some of the best tourist shrinking month on month. for the month. trading partner. sites and warm hospitality of people, come to India. India awaits Its headline figure in October came in at 49.6, show- The deterioration in private firms’ activity in the latest CBI “Ending political instability will enable a renewed focus you with open arms,” he said. ing manufacturing sector contracting as it fell below the survey reflects a sharp decline in manufacturing output and on domestic priorities, which will give the economy the In his over 20-minute speech, Modi also talked about India’s growth benchmark of 50 and marking a decline for sixth consumer services business volumes, coupled with a further boost it needs,” Leach said. skilled human resources. “If there is one thing I am especially proud months in a row. drop in retail sales and business, and professional services Since the Brexit referendum the UK economy has grown of, it is India’s talented and skilled human capital. No wonder India Weak investment levels volumes. Retail sales are expected to stabilize, however. at an ever slower rate, dropping from above 2% three years is among the world’s largest start-up eco-systems,” he added. In September, the UK’s service sector – which includes The “drops across the manufacturing, retail and dom- ago to a predicted 1.2% this year. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 4, 2019 ENERGY 5

Number of Asian LNG price drops as floating storage starts knowledge-based unloading

Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) slumped this participants in IEE week as floating storage cargoes started unloading into an already oversupplied market. According to skystatement.com, the average LNG price for December delivery into northeast Asia LNG-AS was estimated at 2019 rises fourfold $5.90 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), $0.40/mmbtu down from last week. ENERGY TEHRAN – Iranian Mentioning the significant participation Vessels floating with cargoes on board waiting for a higher deskDeputy Energy Minis- of various companies in this year’s exhi- price have started discharging, with most of the volumes expected ter Homayoon Haeri said the presence of bition, the official noted “The condition is to be unloaded this month. knowledge-based companies in the 19th currently ripe for focusing on the exports This could further pressure prices, traders said. Iran International Electricity Exhibition of technical and engineering services of The “November-December spread is not as wide as the spread (IEE 2019) has increased fourfold com- the electricity industry.” between November and previous months was, so it doesn’t make pared to last year’s event. According to Haeri, four major issues sense to hold cargoes for longer,” one LNG trader said. Speaking in the closing ceremony of the should be considered in strategic planning key to export success worldwide…. The The 19th Iran International Electricity Floating cargoes were unloaded this week in Greece, Poland, exhibition, Haeri emphasized the impor- for exports of technical services in this third issue is knowing the target mar- Exhibition kicked off on August 31 at Teh- Spain, the Netherlands, India and Japan. tant role of knowledge-based companies area to obtain a better outcome. kets that is the target countries should ran Permanent International Fairgrounds. Some of the longest floaters are heading to terminals for un- in the country’s exports of engineering “The first is the convergence among the be studied because each country has its According to the organizers, in this loading now. The Diamond Gas Sakura that loaded a U.S. cargo services, saying “We need to have a clear companies and firms from management own conditions and finally the fourth is year’s exhibition over 40 knowledge-based back in mid-August signalled Taiwan’s Yongan as its destination strategy and planning in exporting power and technical perspectives…. The second formulation of a roadmaps in this regard,” companies presented their achievements this week. industry’s technical services.” is technology innovation and this is the he explained. and services in the electricity industry. The majority of the still floating cargoes is scheduled to reach various terminals in early November, while at least nine vessels are either not moving or do not have a confirmed destination yet. At least two deals were done this week below or close to $6/ mmBtu, an LNG trader said. Russia’s Sakhalin 2 project awarded ‘Iranian households welcoming rooftop PV systems’ a Dec. 11 loading cargo below $6/mmBtu, the source said. The cargo was offered on a free-on-board (FOB) basis. ENERGY TEHRAN — Head of Iran’s Renewable can be considered as the best type of electricity generation desk Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power bought a late December cargo Energy and Energy Efficiency Organi- systems since there is no electricity losses due to the on-site just below $6/mmBtu, the source added. zation (known as SATBA) says Iranian households have consumption. There was a deal for end December at S&P Global Platts market embraced the renewable energy sources with open arms, The capacity of generating electricity from renewable on Close (MOC) window at $6.10/mmBtu between Vitol and BP. IRNA reported. resources has reached 841 megawatts (MW) in Iran. The majority of bids in the window for December were below $6/ Speaking on the sidelines of the 19th Iran Internation- Currently, renewables account for nearly six percent of mmBtu this week. al Electricity Exhibition (IEE 2019), Seyed Mohammad the total power generation in the country. The Dutch gas benchmark Sadeqzadeh mentioned the increasing number of rooftop Overall, in the next five years, Iran is aiming for a 5,000 Poland’s state-run gas firm PGNiG has awarded its tender photovoltaic stations across the country, saying that SATBA MW increase in renewable capacity to meet growing do- for five cargoes at a $0.10-0.15/mmBtu discount to the Dutch is purchasing the additional electricity produced in such mestic demand and expand its presence in the regional gas benchmark, a source said. The cargoes are for delivery in power plants. electricity market. the first quarter 2020. According to Sadeqzadeh, all provinces in the country Back in February, Sadeqzadeh announced that Iran plans JERA Global Markets has awarded its tender for the first quar- have the potential for installing rooftop solar power stations to add electricity generated from renewable sources to the ter 2020 delivery at a $0.10-0.15/mmBtu discount to the Japan and even in Caspian Sea coast regions there is more sunlight export backset and in this regard private entities active in Korea Marker (JKM), another source said. Five of eight cargoes than in many European countries. this field can sell their produced electricity to the energy were awarded to Shell, BP and Mitsui, a separate source said. The deputy energy minister noted that such systems ministry on a guaranteed price. Spot LNG demand remained scarce this week. Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) is facing a situation of full LNG storages, a source said. KOGAS might have bought up to 15 cargoes for January and February delivery, two trade sources said last week. Hot Sahara sun could ensure cleaner future Growth of LNG demand in China in 2019 is expected to slow to 14%-17% from 41%-42% in 2018, according to analysts from By Omar El-Huni the energy market and stimulate the economy of Tunisia, a central partner. Wood Mackenzie and IHS Markit. Harnessing the powerful sunlight over the Constructing underwater energy But the domestic gas price in China is higher than the spot LNG Sahara Desert could provide renewable energy A parallel step came in April, when Tuni- price, so there could be some opportunistic buying, traders said. that reduces carbon emissions and provides sia and Italy reached a deal to construct an In terms of tenders, Mexican state power utility CFE was seeking fresh economic value to the largely deserted underwater energy line between Partanna, one cargo for mid-November delivery. area, analysts said. Sicily, and El Haouaria, Tunisia. As global energy demand increases, sci- Solar energy can be turned into electricity entists are looking more seriously at how to through two main methods: the indirect use Highlight potential of convert the scorching heat of the Sahara — of concentrated solar power through reflec- offshore wind power in which spans 9.2 million sq.km — into energy tive surfaces and, more commonly, photo- through large solar farms and then transfer voltaics, which converts sunlight to energy emerging countries it to the rest of the world. through semiconducting materials, such as Efforts to tap into solar energy from the solar panels. Eight major emerging markets have a technical potential for off- Sahara have been in the works for decades Each technique delivers a large amount shore wind energy that triples the installed electricity generation and are now showing promise, scientists said. of energy to a specialized area but also has capacity of the European Union, said a World Bank (WB) study. In 2009, the Trans-Mediterranean Renew- distinct drawbacks. Both methods, for in- As per evwind.es, Brazil, India, Morocco, the Philippines, South able Energy Cooperation started Desertec, a stance, are highly vulnerable to sandstorms, This is equivalent to the amount of en- loss of the storage medium. Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Vietnam have, for this form of gen- project designed to harness solar energy and which are common in the Sahara. ergy produced by 35 billion barrels of oil The “technique means that we can store eration, with potentialities of 3.1 terawatts (TW): more than one transfer it via high-voltage direct current. Photovoltaic technology has another a day, meeting “7,000 times the electricity the solar energy in chemical bonds and re- thousand gigawatts (GW) in the case of fixed enclaves while that While the project initially gained significant problem in the Sahara, where temperatures requirements of Europe, with almost no lease the energy as heat whenever we need for floating projects the figure would exceed two thousand GW. interest from energy firms and banks, it col- routinely exceed 40 degrees Celsius — solar carbon emissions,” Habaibeh said in May it,” said Kasper Moth-Poulsen, who leads The analysis entitled ‘Globalization: expansion of offshore lapsed in 2014 because of prohibitive costs. panels simply get too hot to function effec- in an article for the Conversation. the research team. “Combining the chemi- wind energy in emerging markets’, studies offshore areas within “Costs were very high and some companies tively. Concentrated solar farms are more Even after energy is collected, there are cal energy storage with water-heating solar 200 kilometers of the coastline of each country. said we’re not that interested in the Middle frequently used in the desert. problems with transporting it. Previously, panels enables a conversion of more than While some countries, such as India, Sri Lanka and Turkey, East and North Africa,” Desertec CEO Paul Given the Sahara’s size, experts agree this was done through storage batteries but 80% of the incoming sunlight.” have significant fixed offshore wind turbines potential in shallow van Son later explained. it is a prime location for solar farms. Esti- those were cumbersome and frequently lost Despite continuing roadblocks, the Sahara waters, others such as the Philippines and South Africa require A similar solar power project is TuNur, mates from NASA and calculations by Amin energy. Desert has remarkable potential to revolu- floating foundations to account for higher depths, up to a thou- which aims to open an energy corridor be- Al-Habaibeh, of Nottingham Trent Univer- Researchers from Chalmers University tionize the global energy market, providing sand meters. tween North Africa and Europe by linking the sity, indicate the area produces more than of Technology in Sweden are developing a an effective, renewable solution with a limited Sahara-developed power to Europe’s energy 22 billion gigawatt hours of energy per year “molecular solar thermal system” that stores carbon footprint. grid. The project is expected to reinvigorate that could be harnessed. energy as a chemical fluid, resulting in no (Source: thearabweekly.com)

Big moves on the crude chessboards By Syed Rashid Husain dom has signaled that it is prepared to cut its oil production even deeper than now, Nigerian oil minister Timipre Sylva The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday, citing a recent conversation and its allies often termed as the OPEC+, are scheduled to he had with Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin meet next month to decide on their next steps on the global Salman. “He assured me that they are very ready to even energy chessboard. cut deeper,” Sylva, told Bloomberg. The overall scenario continues to be difficult. Notwith- The crucial OPEC meeting The report is based on the establishment of a new program of the standing the OPEC+ output cut regimen, an oil glut is looming, As the crucial meeting of OPEC and its Russia-led non- BM Group that aims to accelerate the expansion of offshore wind underlines the Paris based International Energy Agency OPEC partners in the deal draw closer, speculation is already energy in developing countries, and provide technical assistance (IEA). “Unless there is very strong demand growth recovery, rife that the allies will have little choice but to extend the so that they can assess their potential and develop a portfolio of we will see a surplus,” Keisuke Sadamori, the IEA’s Director cuts or go even deeper, considering the slowing oil demand projects ready for investment. for Energy Markets and Security told CNBC in Singapore growth and the persistent oversupply. According to the analysis, offshore wind energy now accounts last Tuesday. But Moscow continues to stay non-committal. Russia’s for about 26 billion dollars in annual investments, or eight percent “Overall, we will continue to see a well-supplied market Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin said earlier last week, of the total invested in clean energy. This proportion will increase in 2020,” Sadamori said, echoing the IEA’s monthly oil re- it was too early to talk about a potential deepening of the dramatically, with an estimated 700 billion dollars in investments port from earlier in October, which painted a rather gloomy leaders would not be able to meet and discuss ways to get cuts because the production cut mechanism is not limitless. for 190 GW of installed capacity by 2030, the WB added. picture of oil demand growth in the short term. out of the ongoing trade war. The “OPEC+ mechanism has shown that it is efficient, This industry, the investigation also showed, has grown almost In a report earlier this month, the IEA cut its demand The crude inventories but it cannot be efficient forever,” Sorokin said, noting that five times since 2011, with 23 GW installed at the end of 2018. growth forecast by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) for both In the meantime, a rise in the U.S. crude inventories also the OPEC+ coalition will monitor and take into account the A large volume of planned projects is in Europe, China and the 2019 and 2020, to 1 million barrel per day and 1.2m bpd, dented the overall market psyche. As per the U.S. Energy slowing U.S. production growth at the December meeting. United States, but there is also significant potential in emerging respectively. Information Agency (EIA), in the week to October 25, U.S. Russia’s ‘it’s-too-early-to-say’ position led ING analyst markets, he said. Markets thus continue to be faced with considerable crude inventories rose by 5.7m barrels, compared with an- Warren Patterson to say “it does seem it is going to be a re- For countries like Vietnam, which now has an installed capacity headwinds. alyst expectations for an increase of 494,000 barrels only. peat of previous meetings, where there is uncertainty about of just over 40 GW (less than 10 percent of its 475 technical poten- To the detriment of the producers, crude prices continue Also, the rise in OPEC’s October crude output, courtesy where Russia stands regarding those cuts.” tial for fixed and floating offshore wind power), this represents a to be under pressure. Last week was no exception. Weakening the swift Saudi output recovery from the September attacks As per the ING, OPEC and its allies need to take further significant opportunity for large-scale projects located nearby of Chinese industrial output data and inventory gain in the U.S. on its oil infrastructure, also weighed in on the markets. action in December to support prices and draw down in- areas of high energy demand, the WB considered. once again pointed to a mellowing global crude demand. Markets thus slipped. OPEC+ actions have till yet been ventories, but convincing all producers to cut even more Offshore wind construction is more complex and requires Industrial output in China shrank for a sixth straight unable in stemming the rot. could be a challenge. more time than its land counterpart, the analysis also highlighted. month in October while growth in the country’s service What could the OPEC+ do in the circumstances? There The decision is not straight forward. There are ifs and The development of an offshore wind farm requires between sector activity was also at its lowest since February 2016, is growing frustration in the market. Just rolling over the buts to it. five and ten years and demands between 10 and 50 million dollars Reuters reported. current output beyond March next, may not do the job. OPEC and its allies will have to counter them — yet at the in development costs and advance planning to link the energy A protracted trade war between China and the United OPEC+ will have to go beyond, most now agree. cost of market share. The issue of market share may not be generated to the ground grid. States has also been weighing on the crude outlook. Markets With the Aramco IPO under the spotlight, Saudi Arabia a red herring at the moment, but in the longer run, OPEC+ Also, capital expenditures can go beyond two billion dollars took a hit on reports from Chile, that due to the ongoing seems determined to do whatever it takes to stabilize the cannot and should not continue to overlook it. and involve risks associated with the complexity of construction, demonstrations in the country, the U.S. and the Chinese markets and push the crude oil market prices up. The King- (Source: dawn.com) which requires innovative financing, such as project management. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL NOVEMBER 4, 2019

benign intentions, the reckless and illegal invasion of Iraq, advertised under the banner of Operation Iraqi Freedom, became a gift to our adversaries. Why those ‘Endless Wars’ If anyone can be said to have won the Iraq War, Israeli soldier gets slap that honor must surely belong to the Islamic on the wrist for murder of Republic of Iran. Worse still, by upending the existing regional order, U.S. forces created a unarmed child must never end? power vacuum that facilitated the emergence By Dave DeCamp of new terrorist movements like ISIS. By Andrew Bacevich and Tom Engelhardt America’s ongoing post-9/11 wars deserve An Israeli soldier was convicted for the death of a 15-year-old to be called “endless” because, despite contrib- Palestinian boy during the Great March of Return protests Here’s the strange thing for the self-proclaimed uting to hundreds of thousands of deaths and last year at the border fence that separates the Gaza Strip greatest power in history, the very one that, squandering trillions of dollars over the course from Israel. This soldier is the first Israeli to be convicted in this century, has been fighting a series of of many years, the United States has come no- of anything since the protests began in March 2018. unending wars across significant parts of the where close to fulfilling its declared political Not surprisingly, this soldier was only sentenced to one planet: if you exclude Operation Urgent Fury, aims. The plight of the Kurds in Syria offers a month of labor, demoted to private, and was not convicted the triumphant invasion of the island Grenada small but telling illustration of the magnitude for murdering the boy, only for doing so without permis- in 1983, and Operation Just Cause, the largely of that failure. sion. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said in a statement, unopposed invasion of Panama in 1989, Wash- Now the president of the United States, acting «The verdict indicates that on July 13, 2018, during a ington’s last truly successful war ended 74 years pursuant to the authority granted him by the violent riot, the soldier fired at a Palestinian rioter who ago in August 1945 with the dropping of two Eleventh Commandment, says he wants to call climbed the border fence opposite the Gaza Strip, without atomic bombs on Japanese cities. Every war of it quits. It’s like Adam in the Garden of Eden: the obtaining permission from his commanders while not fol- even modest significance since – and they’ve one thing he’s forbidden to do, he does – or in lowing the rules of engagement or the instructions given been piling up – from the Korean and Vietnam Trump’s case makes a show of intending to do at to him earlier.» wars to the ones in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, least.In response, in a show of near-unanimity A video of the incident was uploaded to Twitter. The Somalia, Libya, and elsewhere in this century Democratic and Republican defenders of the video shows 15-year-old Othman Helles barely get his two (and the last as well, in the cases of Afghanistan Decalogue Plus One insist that President Trump feet on the fence before he is shot dead. Helles is clearly and Iraq) has either ended badly (Vietnam) or may not do what he declares himself intent on unarmed, and cannot be taken as a serious threat to a sol- not at all (see above). thread – the wars that drag on and on – and the Barack Obama. During the quarter-century doing. Recall that George W. Bush’s doctrine of dier with a rifle and full body armor.Since these protests And if that seems a little strange for the great- entire fabric may well unravel. that elapsed between the fall of the Berlin Wall preventive war – sometimes disguised as “an- began, children, paramedics, journalists, and disabled est power in history, here’s something hardly The Decalogue Plus One and the election of Donald Trump, the United ticipatory self-defense” – elicited only modest people have been killed by Israeli forces. The worst the less so: the reputations of so many of the men In other words, to acknowledge the folly of States intervened in or attacked Panama, Iraq, opposition at best, largely along partisan lines. protesters can do is hurl rocks across the fence or send and women who promoted or directed those this country’s endless wars will necessarily call Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Much the same can be said of Barack Obama’s burning kites, hardly a threat to the Israeli soldiers.This failing wars and the generals who commanded into question the habits that people in and around Sudan, Afghanistan (again), Iraq (again), Libya, self-appointment as assassin-in-chief. But Donald conviction could just be a sorry attempt to appease the them remain remarkably intact. And that’s in a Washington see as the essence of “American Somalia (again), Yemen, Syria, several West Trump’s declared intention to withdraw U.S. UN and other critics of the way the IDF has handled these Washington that still promotes more of the same global leadership.” Prominent among these African nations, and, briefly, Pakistan. And given troops from Syria as a preliminary step toward protests. Since the first day of the Great March of Return, – with the exception of our bizarre president, notes are: (1) positioning US forces in hundreds of a presidential preference for employing Special reducing our regional military presence has elic- the UN has called for investigations into the massacres. TomDispatch regular Andrew Bacevich, author bases abroad; (2) partitioning the whole planet Operations forces on highly classified missions, ited bipartisan condemnation expressed in the In February 2019, the UN released a report on their of the soon-to-be-published, aptly titled book, into several contiguous regional military com- that list is almost surely incomplete. Simply put, strongest terms. investigation into the killings. The UN concluded that The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered mands; (3) conferring security guarantees on reticence regarding the use of force vanished. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, «Israeli soldiers committed violations of international Its Cold War Victory. These days, it seems, you dozens of nations, regardless of their ability to As for the Eleventh Commandment, it now typically the president’s most stalwart defender, human rights and humanitarian law» and there was «no can’t lose a reputation fighting a losing war for defend themselves or the values to which they achieved a status comparable to the doctrine of took to the pages of the Washington Post to de- justification for Israel to shoot protesters with live am- the United States. If you want proof of that, just subscribe; (4) maintaining the capability to papal infallibility. After 9/11, Congress quickly nounce Trump’s decision in no uncertain terms. munition.» check out the photo that Guardian columnist project power to the remotest corners of the passed an open-ended Authorization to Use Riddled with half-truths and hyperbole, his op-ed March 30th 2018 was the first day of the Great March Julian Borger recently highlighted. It’s a smile-a- earth; (5) keeping in instant readiness a “triad” of Military Force (AUMF), empowering the presi- qualifies as a model of “fake news.” Yet credit Mc- of Return. That day, 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli thon of self-satisfaction that happens to include nuclear strike forces; (6) endlessly searching for dent “to take action to deter and prevent acts of Connell with this much: he understands that, in forces. The next day the IDF tweeted, «Nothing was carried former National Security Advisor and Secretary “breakthrough technologies” that will eliminate international terrorism against the United States.” the dispute between Trump and the foreign policy out uncontrolled; everything was accurate and measured, of State Henry Kissinger (think: Vietnam, Cam- war’s inherent risks and uncertainties; (7) un- Of course, “terrorism,” as we are frequently re- establishment, the fate of Syria’s Kurds rates as and we know where every bullet landed.» bodia), former National Security Advisor and questioningly absorbing the costs of maintaining minded by the likes of Benjamin Netanyahu, no more than incidental.The real issue, according The UN report details some of the injuries and killings Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice (think: the a sprawling national security bureaucracy; (8) Vladimir Putin, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to McConnell, is preserving “the post-World from that first day of protests, like this account of a 17-year- invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq), and former turning a blind eye to the corrupting influence very much in the eyes of the beholder. In effect, War II international system” that, he asserts, old’s slaying, «On 30 March, Israeli forces shot Ibrahim, CIA director and Secretary of Defense Robert of the military-industrial complex; and easily Congress had simply handed the command- “has sustained an unprecedented era of peace, a candy seller from Rafah, in the back of the head as he Gates (think: America’s twenty-first-century outpacing all other nations, friend and foe alike, er-in-chief a blank check. prosperity, and technological development.” walked away, approximately 100 m from the separation forever wars), among others. All three are still in (9) weapons sales and (10) overall military That AUMF became law on September 18, Furthermore, having created that system, the fence, after he and his companion threw stones at Israeli admired and have kept their reps in Washington, spending. 2001, following a unanimous vote in the Senate United States remains “its indispensable nation,” soldiers. He died almost instantly.» Shooting a teenager which should tell you what you need to know Complementing this Decalogue, inscribed and with only a single member dissenting in the a phrase introduced by Madeleine Albright and in the back of the head was «accurate and measured» about what passes for American foreign poli- not on two tablets but in thousands of pages of House of Representatives. In the 18 years since, Bill Clinton in the early 1990s. Preserving that according to the IDF.On May 14th 2018, the U.S. Embas- cy and the top officials of the national security stupefyingly bureaucratic prose, is an unwritten it has shown both remarkable durability and system’s benefits requires keeping faith with the sy officially opened in Jerusalem. Tens of thousands of state in 2019. eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not prevent elasticity. Best illustrating its durability have Kurds, maintaining the U.S. military presence Gazans marched at the border fence to protest the move, While Donald Trump tends to refer pejo- the commander-in-chief from doing what he been the wars launched under its auspices. Best throughout the Middle East, and above all pre- which turned into the deadliest day of the Great March of ratively to that state within a state as “the deep deems necessary. Call it all D+1. In theory, the illustrating its elasticity was Barack Obama’s serving the established framework of national Return. 60 demonstrators were killed that day. state,” I prefer to think of it as the shallow state, Constitution endows Congress with the authority “disposition matrix,” a secret procedure devised security policy. In short, compliance with the One of the most egregious killings happened the day of not just because in these years so much of it is in to prevent any president from initiating, pro- by his administration empowering him to or- Decalogue is mandatory. Even (or especially) the embassy opening. According to the UN report, «Fadi, plain sight, but because its thinking is anything longing, or expanding a war. In practice, Con- der the killing of just about anyone anywhere presidents must obey. from Khan Younis, had had both legs amputated following but deep, as Bacevich suggests today. gress has habitually deferred to an increasingly on the planet deemed to pose a threat to the Now, if you believe that the world we live in an Israeli airstrike in 2008. On 14 May, Israeli snipers Donald Trump and the Ten Com- imperial presidency and treated the war-powers United States. All of this transpired with the today does not differ in any significant way from shot him in the chest at the Abasan Al-Jadida protest site, mandments (Plus One) of the National provisions of the Constitution as non-binding. cool deliberation and thorough consultation the one that existed in the wake of World War II, where he was sitting in his wheelchair with two friends Security State This Decalogue-plus-one has been with us for that was an Obama signature. Acting pursuant McConnell’s argument might just possess some approximately 300 m from the separation fence. He died Let us stipulate at the outset that Donald decades. It first emerged during the early phases to the provisions of that AUMF, in other words, merit. Yet back then, the American economy led immediately.» Trump is a vulgar and dishonest fraud with- of the Cold War. Its godfathers included such Obama codified assassination as an integral the pack in every conceivable measure. America’s The UN report is full of gut-wrenching stories like this. out a principled bone in his corpulent frame. distinguished (if today largely forgotten) figures component of U.S. policy. In Washington, war European allies had been ravaged by war and And the only conclusion to draw from this one soldier’s Yet history is nothing if not a tale overflowing as Paul Nitze, principal author of a famously thereby became a permanent undertaking that desperately needed U.S. assistance. Both they conviction is that every other death, even the unarmed with irony. Despite his massive shortcomings, unhinged policy paper known as NSC-68, and recognized no boundaries. and the defeated Axis powers, Germany and man in a wheelchair almost 1,000 feet from the fence, was President Trump appears intent on recalibrating General Curtis LeMay, who transformed the In or Out? Old or New? Japan, appeared vulnerable to the siren song done with permission from IDF commanders.The Great America’s role in the world. Initiating a long-over- Strategic Air Command into a “cocked weapon” Read the papers or watch cable news and of Communism. March of Return still goes on every Friday. Why are so due process of aligning U.S. policy with actually capable of obliterating humankind. you might conclude that the pivotal issue of To some observers, the Soviet Union appeared many Gazans willing to risk their lives every week? The existing global conditions just may prove to be During the 1960s, better-dead-than-Red be- our moment is the fate of Syria’s Kurds, with intent on taking over the world. China was poor, protesters are not only demanding freedom of movement his providentially anointed function. Go figure. gan to fall from favor and a doctrine of “flexible the United States military deemed uniquely weak, backward, and divided. Imperial powers but also an end to the blockade enacted in 2007. The Valhalla of the Indispensable Nation is response” became all the rage. In those years, as responsible for ensuring their wellbeing. Yet like Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands The small territory is home to almost two million people, a capacious place, even if it celebrates mostly an approach to waging, and therefore perpetu- while such a conclusion may play well with still clung to the illusion that they could keep a one of the most densely populated places in the world. The white and mostly male diversity. Recall that in ating the Cold War, D+1 achieved maturity. At our troubled consciences – and troubled they lid on demands for national self-determination blockade has shattered Gaza’s economy. By 2015, the GDP the eighteenth century, it was a slaveholding that very juncture, the search for fresh thinking certainly should be – it is radically misleading. in South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, of the occupied territory had been cut in half. Currently, planter from Virginia who secured American to justify existing policies vaulted the likes of True enough, Trump’s abrupt abandon- and Africa. Nuclear weapons offered a source of the unemployment rate is about 50 percent and around 70 independence. In the nineteenth, an ambitious Robert McNamara and Maxwell Taylor into ment of the Kurds qualifies as cruel, callous, reassurance rather than concern – apart from percent for Gaza’s youth. The UN has said Gaza might be homespun lawyer from Illinois destroyed slav- positions of authority as secretary of defense and immoral. It also ranks as only the latest the United States no one had them. Finally, that unlivable by 2020, mainly due to a lack of drinkable water. ery, thereby clearing the way for his country to and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. in a long string of such American betrayals, a climate crisis attributable to human activity The Islamist political party Hamas is blamed for the become a capitalist behemoth. In the middle The Vietnam War put the American military as various Native American tribes, Chinese might one day cause grievous harm on a planetary blockade, and serves as an easy scapegoat for both US and third of the twentieth century, a crippled Hudson establishment’s capacity for flexibility to the Nationalists, Cuban exiles, South Vietnamese, scale was literally beyond imagining. Israeli politicians. Hamas was democratically elected in River grandee delivered the United States to test. That test did not go well, with Secretary and prior generations of Kurds (among others) Time has rendered every bit of this in- 2006. After the election, Elliot Abrams, who served on the summit of global power. In that century’s McNamara and General Taylor prominent can testify. So Trump has not exactly broken operative. McConnell’s “post-World War II George W. Bush’s National Security Council and is now difficult later decades, a washed-up movie actor among the officials whose reputations did with past precedent.More to the point, the mat- international system” is now a fantasy about President Trump’s envoy to Venezuela, met with Palestinian declared that it was “morning in America” and not survive. Remarkably, however, amid the ter at hand relates less to the Kurds than to a as relevant to contemporary reality as belief businessmen and advocated for a «hard coup» against so, however briefly, it seemed to be. Now, in carnage of that war, D+1 did survive all but far larger question: Should the United States in the tooth fairy. Hamas.Fatah, the political rival of Hamas, was armed by the twenty-first century, to inaugurate the unscathed. Vietnam was surely a debacle, perpetuate the military enterprise commonly In what may be the sole redeeming feature of the US and Israel to overthrow the government of Hamas. next phase of the American story, history has but as long as the Cold War persisted, asking but misleadingly referred to as the “global war his otherwise abysmal presidency, Trump appears Fatah failed in their coup attempt, but the real losers were seemingly designated as its agent a New York first-order questions about the basic organi- on terrorism?” Or should the United States determined to blow the whistle on this charade. the people of Gaza. The violence between the two parties real estate developer, casino bankruptee, and zation of “national security” appeared just too recognize that this so-called GWOT has failed Sadly, his efforts do not extend much beyond was the excuse used to put the draconian blockade on the reality TV star. risky. So the Decalogue emerged with hardly and consider a different approach to policy? making noise. Even the troop withdrawals that he occupied territory. In all likelihood, George Washington, Abra- a scratch. Notwithstanding the disappointing Given that the GWOT represents D+1 applied announces with such fanfare tend to result in little The victory of Hamas in Gaza was not all bad for Israeli ham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and presidencies of Lyndon Johnson and Richard to the Greater Middle East, “different” implies more than repositioning within the region rather officials. A WikiLeaks cable from 2007 reveals that Amos Ronald Reagan would balk at having Donald Nixon, so, too, did the Eleventh Commandment. a wholesale reexamination of basic national than redeployment back to the United States. Yadin, who was the director of the IDF’s intelligence branch Trump classified as their peer. Yet, however More striking still, even after the fall of the security policy. It’s that prospect that worries Worse still, the motly band of mediocrities who at the time, said, «Israel would be ‘happy’ if Hamas took preposterously, in our present moment of con- Berlin Wall, D+1 persisted. Thirty years ago the foreign policy establishment. surround the president consists almost entirely over Gaza because the IDF could then deal with Gaza as siderable crisis, he has succeeded them as the this month when the Cold War ended, every- With the GWOT’s 20th anniversary now of believers in D+1. In his impulsive and ignorant a hostile state.» nation’s Great Helmsman, albeit one with few one agreed that a new era of global affairs was within hailing distance, we are in a position way, Trump wants change; they oppose it.As a The state of Israel would not be able to operate with ideas about what course to set. Yet somehow dawning. The Soviet Union, the threat that had to evaluate just what that war has actually result, diplomatic initiatives that might actually such impunity without the undying support of the US Trump has concluded that our existing course prompted the creation of the Decalogue, had achieved. Honest differences of opinion may open a pathway to ending endless wars – ne- government. Thanks to lavish lobbying campaigns, even has the United States headed toward the rocks. vanished. Yet without missing a beat, a new be possible, but in my judgment the results gotiating the restoration of normal diplomatic questioning that support in the halls of Congress is con- He just might be right.“Great nations do not generation of Nitzes and LeMays, McNamaras rank somewhere between disappointing and relations with Tehran, for example, or curtailing sidered anti-Semitic. fight endless wars.” So the president announced and Taylors devised an altogether different catastrophic. This much is certain: we have not weapons sales (and giveaways) to nations that Both the House and Senate have recently introduced in his 2019 State of the Union Address. Implicit rationale for preserving their predecessors’ won and victory is nowhere in sight.Granted, use U.S.-manufactured arms to create mayhem, legislation to ban the sale of crowd-control to munitions in such a seemingly innocuous statement was handiwork. Iraq’s Saddam Hussein is gone, as is Libya’s or demonstrating leadership by declaring a no- to Hong Kong law enforcement. Since June, massive pro- a genuinely radical proposition, as laden with That new rationale was nothing if not ex- Muammar Gaddafi, both of them guilty of ter- first-use policy on nuclear weapons – don’t even tests have rocked Hong Kong. Although the protests have portent as Lincoln’s declaration in 1858 that pansive. During the Cold War, the overarching rible crimes (although innocent of any direct qualify for discussion. So Trump is left to flail turned violent, no demonstrators have been killed by Hong a house divided cannot stand. Donald Trump purpose of D+1 had been to avert the ultimate involvement in 9/11). For the moment at least, about on his own, haplessly posing legitimate Kong police. Yet, US lawmakers are quick to make legis- appears determined to overturn the prevail- disaster of Armageddon. Its revised purpose the repressive Taliban do not rule in Kabul. And questions that he is incapable of answering. lation siding with the protesters. Imagine the reaction ing national security paradigm, even if he is was to promote the ultimate goal of remaking Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi The fears of the Decalogue’s defenders are from Washington if police were slaughtering people in largely clueless about what should replace it. the world in America’s image. With a “sole su- are dead. Proponents of the GWOT and of D+1 not misplaced: Syria is the loose tip of a dangling the streets of Hong Kong? Much as Southerners correctly discerned perpower” now presiding over the international can point to these as positive achievements. thread. Give that thread a good yank and the The people of Gaza will continue to march for their the import of Lincoln’s veiled threat, so, too, order, D+1 offered a recipe for simultaneously Yet widen the aperture slightly and the entire moth-eaten fabric of U.S. national security most basic human rights. The international community have Trump’s many critics within the national cementing permanent US primacy and securing outcome appears less impressive. George W. policy just might become undone. Yet it will take may cry foul, but as long as the premier empire supports security apparatus grasped the implications of the universal triumph of American values. So, at Bush’s much-ballyhooed Freedom Agenda came someone with greater determination, consist- Israel, they can operate without any real consequences. his insistence that “endless wars” must indeed least, members of an intoxicated foreign policy to naught. Regime change in Kabul, Baghdad, ency, and strength of character than Donald The one month sentence this soldier received is a slap in end. In the unlikely event that he ever delivers elite persuaded themselves. and Tripoli produced not liberal democracy but Trump to perform this necessary task.Andrew the face to the families of those murdered at the fence. on his campaign promise to end the conflicts Yet in the wake of the Cold War came not chronic instability, pervasive corruption, and Bacevich, a TomDispatch regular, is president What will it take to bring these families justice? he inherited, all the claims, assumptions, and peace and harmony but unprecedented US mil- endemic violence. In Afghanistan, the Taliban of the Quincy Institute for Responsible State- Notes: To see footage and hear from protesters at the practices that together define the US national itary activism. Here was the common theme of never admitted defeat and today threaten the craft. His newest book The Age of Illusions: How Great March of Return, watch Abby Martin’s new docu- security praxis will become subject to reexam- the otherwise disparate presidencies of George Western-installed Afghan government. Rather America Squandered Its Cold War Victory will mentary Gaza Fights for Freedom. ination. Tug hard enough on this one dangling H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and than affirming American military mastery and be published in January. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 4, 2019 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Democrats’ all-out effort to impeach Trump Polls against controversial President By Saeed Sobhani into an official subpoena - with Taylor’s strikes at the heart of the House impeach- testimony in the books. ment inquiry into Trump, which is focused TEHRAN — The Democratic Party of 5. An independent voice in part on whether he used his office to America is doing its best to impeach US In a statement released by the White House seek a foreign government’s help for per- President Donald Trump. However, Dem- after Taylor’s congressional appearance, press sonal political gain. Sixty-one percent of ocratic leaders are well aware that Trump secretary Stephanie Grisham suggested the Americans, including 26% of Republicans, will not be ousted, even in the event of im- 72-year-old ambassador was part of a far- say Trump lacks respect for democratic peachment. The House of Representatives left “smear campaign” by Democrats and norms. Similar shares of Republicans are and the Senate are unwilling to finally vote a group of “radical unelected bureaucrats also critical of the president’s honesty and to oust Trump. While most members of the waging war on the Constitution”. his discipline. US Senate belong to the Republican Party. Such an assertion is difficult to square Yet the majority of Republicans — However, the Democrats are trying to with Taylor’s long record of public service, 85% — are supportive of Trump’s job in impeach the President of the United States however. A West Point military academy office. Overall, 42% of Americans approve for the purposes of the election. They believe graduate and Bronze Star-awarded Vi- of Trump’s handling of the job, in line with Trump’s impeachment will further reduce etnam War veteran, Taylor worked as a where he has been throughout his tenure. his popularity with American voters. Many low-level congressional staffer for New Just 7% of Democrats have a positive view independent voters have already agreed Jersey Democratic Senator Bill Bradely of Trump as president. to impeach and even oust Trump. Some before becoming a diplomat in the Bill Clin- Trump’s job approval rating and other of these independent voters, however, had ton, George W Bush and Barack Obama markers in the survey underscore the deeply voted for Trump in the run-up to the 2016 administrations.Media captionMr Giuliani divisive nature of his presidency, with Re- presidential election. is alleged to have sought to dig up dirt on publicans largely favoring his actions and Democrats take major step forward in Democrat candidate Joe Biden Democrats overwhelmingly disapproving. impeachment effort against Trump He served as US ambassador to Ukraine As Trump eyes his reelection campaign, As Euro News reported,Democrats in from June 2006 to May 2009 and was it suggests his path to victory will hinge the US have taken a major step forward in convinced to return to the job earlier this on rallying higher turnout among his core the impeachment process against President year by Trump’s own secretary of state, supporters as opposed to persuading new Donald Trump, approving rules for the Mike Pompeo.Taylor’s opening statement voters to back his bid for a second term. next stage of the inquiry into his alleged was methodical and meticulous, corrob- The president has leaned into that strategy attempt to have Ukraine investigate Demo- orating previous revelations and fleshing during the impeachment process, casting crat presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his out key details. He reportedly has taken the investigations as politically motivated son.The Democrat-controlled US House extensive notes that could supplement his and repeatedly disparaging his opponents, of Representatives voted by 232 to 196 to testimony, as well, if Democrats can get often in bitingly personal terms. It’s the same establish how to hold public hearings in the State Department to hand them over. strategy he’s used to buoy his supporters Congress, which could be damaging for Democrats in the 2016 U.S. election and from ‘explosive’ testimony to Ukraine “until further notice”. It is in the White House’s interests to un- throughout his nearly three years in office. Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential allegations of corruption by 2020 Dem- Anthony Zurcher,North America re- That boss would be Mick Mulvaney, dermine Taylor’s authority and credibility, “The Democrats will not let the president election. ocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden porter of BBC reported that Acting US head of the budget office and the presi- particularly if he publicly testifies at some do his job,” said Robert Little, a 73-year- It was the first formal test of support and his son, Hunter, who worked for a Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor spoke dent’s acting chief-of-staff.The unidentified point, but doing so will be no easy task. old Republican from Kannapolis, North for the impeachment probe and showed Ukrainian natural gas company. to Congress behind closed doors for more woman went on to say that “the directive Americans split on impeaching, remov- Carolina. “Ever since he’s been in office, that Democrats have enough backing in the “I was concerned by the call. I did not than nine hours on Tuesday, providing had come from the president to the chief- ing Trump from office: poll he’s done a lot of good things for the United House to later bring formal charges, known think it was proper to demand that a foreign testimony alternatively described as explo- of-staff to the OMB”. The Hill reported that Americans remain States, but the Democrats’ only agenda is as articles of impeachment, against Trump government investigate a U.S. citizen, and sive or inconclusive, depending who was “In an instant,” Taylor testified, “I real- sharply split over the question of whether to get rid of Trump.” if they feel they have enough evidence. I was worried about the implications for doing the talking.Although Taylor didn’t ised that one of the key pillars of our strong President Trump should be impeached and The biggest bright spot for Trump re- House Democrats say Trump has abused the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine,” appear in front of television cameras, his support for Ukraine was threatened.” removed from the White House, with about mains the economy, which has continued to his office for personal gain and jeopard- Vindman says.He also described a meeting 15-page opening statement was quickly Democrats are probably already scouring half supporting the step and another half grow despite warning signs of a downturn. ized national security by asking Ukrainian two weeks before the call in which he says leaked to the Washington Post, providing the OMB staff list to determine the identity opposing it, according to a new Washing- Fifty-four percent of Americans approve President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investi- Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador the veteran diplomat’s unfiltered take on of the mystery woman - although they may ton Post-ABC News poll released Friday. of Trump’s handling of the economy, in- gate Joe Biden, a former US vice president, to the European Union, “started to speak his connection to the rapidly unfolding have little luck getting her to testify. Other The survey, which was released on cluding a quarter of Democrats.Trump and his son Hunter, who had served as a about Ukraine delivering specific investiga- story of the Trump administration’s Ukraine officials in the agency have already refused Friday, found that 49 percent of Amer- inherited a growing economy from his director for Ukrainian energy company tions” in order for the Ukrainians to secure policy machinations.The picture Taylor Democratic subpoenas to appear before ican adults endorse impeaching Trump predecessor, Barack Obama, and the Burisma.Biden is a leading candidate in a meeting between Zelenskiy and Trump. paints isn’t a positive one for the White the impeachment inquiry. and removing him from office while 47 trajectory has remained positive, with the Democratic presidential nomination “I stated to Amb. Sondland that his House, bolstering Democratic claims that 3. Ukraine under siege percent of Americans say the president the unemployment rate hovering below race to face Trump in the November 2020 statements were inappropriate, that the his testimony was more bombshell than Taylor detailed the strategic significance should not be impeached. Four percent 4%. But economists have warned that election.”It’s a sad day. No one comes to request to investigate Biden and his son dud.Here are five takeaways from Taylor’s of Ukraine, underlining that he viewed of respondents said they had no opinion Trump’s push to levy tariffs on China puts Congress to impeach a president,” House had nothing to do with national security, opening statement, which reportedly took Trump’s decision to delay military aid as on the matter. economic gains at risk, and a majority of Speaker Nancy Pelosi said before the vote. and that such investigations were not some- more than an hour to deliver and elicited one that put lives at risk. The figures are similar to a Post-ABC Americans, 55%, disapprove of Trump’s Republicans have largely stuck by Trump, thing the NSC was going to get involved sighs and gasps from those in attendance. In one of the most dramatic passages of News poll from early October, which found handling of trade negotiations with other who responded to the news on Twitter. in or push,” Vindman says. 1. Trump the ‘businessman’ Taylor’s opening statement, he describes a that 49 percent of respondents backed im- countries.Americans are more critical of Full House to Vote on Trump Impeach- On Monday, Former Deputy National At this point there’s little question that visit to the eastern front of Ukraine’s civil peaching and removing Trump. However, Trump’s handling of foreign policy, with ment Inquiry Security Adviser Charles Kupperman, who Donald Trump, whose background is in war, where he stared across a river at Rus- at that time, only 38 percent of respond- 59% disapproving of how he’s handling VOA News reported that The full House also listened in on the phone call, balked real estate and reality television, has made sian-led military forces. He relayed his un- ents said that they were against beginning that issue. The public is also skeptical that of Representatives will vote this week on at testifying before the House committees. for an unconventional president. ease as the Ukrainian military commander impeachment proceedings. Trump’s actions as president have been the impeachment inquiry into President When the White House ordered Kupperman Supporters have touted this as a strength thanked him for military support Taylor The survey released Friday showed re- good for America’s standing in the world; Donald Trump, addressing the White House to ignore a House subpoena, Kupperman - something US Ambassador to the EU knew was being delayed. spondents split heavily along partisan lines. 46% said his policies have done more harm argument that the probe has been illegiti- filed a lawsuit Friday asking a judge to de- Gordon Sondland leaned into during an “Over 13,000 Ukrainians had been killed Eighty-two percent of respondents identifying than good, while 39% said they have had mate.Democratic House Speaker Nancy cide whose demand he should honor — the 8 September phone conversation detailed in the war, one or two a week,” Taylor testi- as Democrats said they support removing a more positive impact. Pelosi has scheduled a vote for Thursday, congressional subpoena or the White House. by Taylor. fied. “More Ukrainians would undoubtedly Trump from office, while just 13 percent The poll was conducted almost entirely saying in a letter to fellow representatives House Democrats sent Kupperman’s lawyer, Sondland - who was part of what Taylor die without the US assistance.” oppose the move. Among Republicans, 82 before Trump announced on Sunday that that she wants to “eliminate any doubt” Charles Cooper, a letter over the weekend described as an “irregular, informal channel Taylor bookended his opening state- percent said they disapprove of impeaching ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had about the process. contending that the lawsuit lacked merit of US policy-making” that included Energy ment by emphasising the importance of US and removing Trump while 18 percent said been killed in a U.S. raid in Syria. Pelosi says the impeachment inquiry res- and had been coordinated with the White Secretary Rick Perry and Trump lawyer support for Ukraine and the heroism of the they would support the president’s removal. Trump was elected in 2016 with low olution will “affirm the ongoing and existing House. Cooper said the lawsuit had not been Rudy Giuliani - was explaining how Trump Ukrainian people, who he said were stand- Among independents, 47 percent said marks from voters on an array of personal investigation ... establish the procedures “even discussed” with the White House. wanted Ukrainian President Volodymyr ing up to Russian aggression and yearning Trump should be impeached and removed attributes, including honesty, and those for hearings that are open to the American “It would not be appropriate for a private Zelensky to make a public statement about for a “more secure and prosperous life”. from office, while 49 percent said he should assessments haven’t changed. Trump people ... outlines procedures to transfer citizen like Dr. Kupperman to unilaterally opening investigations that could potentially Media captionWhat we know about not. The findings come as the House moves frequently repeats false statements and evidence to the Judiciary Committee ... resolve this momentous constitutional dis- be damaging to Democrats. Biden-Ukraine corruption claims forward with an impeachment inquiry fo- spreads conspiracy theories that have been and sets forth due process rights for the pute between the two political branches of Media captionHow are Republicans “If we believe in the principle of sov- cusing on revelations that the president debunked, including by members of his president and his counsel.” our government,” Cooper responded.Intel- responding to impeachment? ereignty of nations on which our security sought to pressure a foreign nation to own administration. Trump and his Republican supporters ligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff According to Taylor, Sondland said and the security of our friends and allies investigate 2020 presidential candidate More than half of Americans, 56%, said have called the impeachment probe illegiti- calls White House efforts to stop Kupper- Trump was a businessman, and “when a depends, we must support Ukraine in its Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, over the word “honest” does not describe the mate because it is being held behind closed man’s testimony another example of Trump’s businessman is about to sign a cheque to fight against its bullying neighbour,” he unfounded allegations of corruption.On president. Among Republicans, views are doors and the full House never voted for it. obstruction of justice and another possible someone who owes him something… the said.In Taylor’s opinion, the stakes were too Wednesday, the House passed a resolution also mixed on Trump’s honesty: Just about Pelosi says that argument “has no merit.” reason to draw up articles of impeachment. businessman asks that person to pay up high for what he saw as the administration’s establishing rules for open hearings and half say “honest” describes Trump very or There is no law saying the entire House Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy before signing the cheque”. back-channel efforts to use Ukraine as a the questioning of witnesses by House extremely well. has to approve an investigation and the speaks during talks with journalists in Kyiv, Taylor balked at this, insisting that pawn in an US political game; it was more committee members and staff. The vote Even fewer Republicans have a positive majority party in control — currently the Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019… Ukraine didn’t “owe” the US anything. than a political controversy, for Ukrainians marked the first time members of the lower view on Trump’s level of self-control, with Democrats — set out the rules for an im- FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Much of the controversy around Trump’s it was a matter of life or death. chamber voted on matters pertaining to the just 39% saying “disciplined” is a very good peachment process.FILE - Speaker of the Zelenskiy speaks with journalists in Kyiv, back-channel US-Ukraine policy has cen- 4. Tim Morrison, check your Trump impeachment inquiry. Regardless way to describe the president, who often House Nancy Pelosi is joined by House Ukraine, Oct. 10, 2019. tred around whether there was a “quid messages of their views on impeachment, 55 per- lashes out at critics and airs a myriad of Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Phone call pro quo” - a promise of Ukrainian action A key figure emerging from Taylor’s cent of those surveyed said that Trump grievances. Another 29% say it describes Schiff at a news conference as House Dem- Democrats are investigating whether that could be politically beneficial to the opening statement has yet to appear before did something wrong in his dealings with him moderately well, but about as many ocrats move ahead in the impeachment Trump withheld badly needed aid to Ukraine president in exchange for releasing US Congress - Tim Morrison, Eurasia expert Ukraine. Just 35 percent say that Trump say it doesn’t describe him well. inquiry of President Donald Trump, at in exchange for Zelinskiy’s public promise military assistance and giving Zelensky a on the National Security Council staff. did not commit any wrongdoing. The Post The result is an electorate with raw the Capitol, in Washington, Oct. 2, 2019. to investigate Democrats and the Bidens. coveted White House visit.It doesn’t take a Some of the most damaging details about noted that about 1 in 10 respondents believe emotions about the president. Nearly half FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Trump insists there was no quid pro quo working knowledge of Latin to figure that White House efforts to pressure Ukraine that Trump did something wrong, but are say Trump makes them feel angry. And4 Pelosi is joined by House Intelligence Com- between him and Ukraine and has called the “businessman deal” Taylor describes were relayed to Taylor from Morrison. For against impeachment. in 10 Americans, including about 2 in 10 mittee Chairman Adam Schiff at a news his telephone call with Zelenskiy “perfect.” is exactly such an arrangement. instance, on 1 September, Taylor says Morri- Meanwhile, just 38 percent of Americans Republicans, say the president makes them conference at the Capitol, in Washington, But U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William 2. The mystery budget woman son attended a meeting in Warsaw between say they approve how Trump has handled feel overwhelmed. Oct. 2, 2019.Ahead of the vote, hearings in Taylor testified last week the release of $391 There have been multiple reports that Sondland and a Ukrainian official, Andrey his job as president, a figure that matches “It wears you down, it wears you out,” the impeachment inquiry continue Tues- million in U.S. military aid to Ukraine was the order to suspend US military aid to Yermak, in which the EU ambassador di- the president’s job approval from a survey said Bill Cathey, a 57-year-old independent day with the House Intelligence, Foreign directly linked to its willingness to open the Ukraine came directly from the president. rectly tied security assistance to opening conducted in September. The Post-ABC from Charlotte, North Carolina. “And kind Affairs and Oversight committees set to U.S.-related political investigations Trump Taylor’s statement corroborates this, in an investigation into the Ukrainian energy News poll was conducted between Oct. of dampens your spirit throughout the day.” hear from Alexander Vindman, an Army wanted.Trump alleges that when Biden a somewhat unusual fashion.Media cap- company with ties to the Bidens.Morrison 27-Oct. 30 among a national population The AP-NORC poll of 1,075 adults lieutenant colonel who is part of the Na- was U.S. vice president, he threatened to tionChaotic scenes as Republicans storm also attended a meeting in Warsaw between of 1,0003 adults. It has a margin of error was conducted Oct. 24-28 using a sample tional Security Council. hold up loan guarantees to Ukraine unless impeachment deposition Zelensky and Vice-President Mike Pence, of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. drawn from NORC’s probability-based Vindman says in a prepared opening a prosecutor stopped a corruption investi- He describes an 18 July National Secu- and reportedly listened in on the fateful AP-NORC poll: 61% say Trump doesn’t AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to statement obtained and shared by numerous gation into the gas company where Hunter rity Council video-conference in which the 25 July phone call between Trump and respect democratic norms be representative of the U.S. population. media organizations that he was among Biden worked.No evidence of wrongdoing topic of the delayed military aid came up. Zelensky during which the US president AP reported that A majority of Ameri- The margin of sampling error for all re- those who listened in on the July 25 call by the Bidens has surfaced, and the allega- A woman who said she was from the White asked for investigatory “favours” from his cans say President Donald Trump has lit- spondents is plus or minus 4.1 percentage in which Trump pushed Ukrainian Pres- tions of Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 House budget office (OMB) - Taylor could counterpart.House impeachment investiga- tle to no respect for America’s democratic points. Respondents were first selected ident Volodymyr Zelenskiy for “a favor.” U.S. presidential election was based on a not tell who because she was off-screen - tors have already requested that Morrison institutions and traditions, according to a randomly using address-based sampling Trump urged Zelenskiy to investigate debunked conspiracy theory. said that “her boss” had instructed her not appear before Congress. That request will new poll from The Associated Press-NORC methods and later were interviewed on- alleged Ukrainian meddling on behalf of Trump impeachment: Five takeways to approve any additional security money take on additional urgency - and may turn Center for Public Affairs Research.The issue line or by phone. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS NOVEMBER 4, 2019

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New hot-charging lithium ion battery New technologies promise sharper artificial vision for can charge an electric car in 10 minutes blind people Engineers at Pennsylvania State University heat the battery. The higher temperature By Kelly Servick have developed a new lithium ion battery allows the battery to rapidly charge without that can charge an electric vehicle in 10 triggering lithium plating. minutes. The technology could offer electric In tests, researchers showed their hot- In 2014, U.S. regulators approved a futuristic treatment for cars an additional 200 miles of driving range, charging battery could last for 1,700 charge- blindness. The device, called Argus II, sends signals from a alleviating concerns of becoming stranded discharge cycles without suffering degradation glasses-mounted camera to a roughly 3-by-5-millimeter grid of on long trips. or performance loss. electrodes at the back of eye. Its job: Replace signals from light- In order to encourage the adoption of “In the past, it was universally believed that sensing cells lost in the genetic condition retinitis pigmentosa. electric vehicles by the average driver, lithium ion batteries should avoid operating The implant’s maker, Second Sight, estimates that about 350 electric vehicle makers have been trying at high temperatures due to the concern of people in the world now use it. Argus II offers a relatively crude to find ways to charge lithium ion batteries accelerated side reactions,” said Wang. “This form of artificial vision; users see diffuse spots of light called more quickly. study suggests that the benefits of mitigated phosphenes. “None of the patients gave up their white cane or When the lithium ion batteries currently lithium plating at the elevated temperature guide dog,” says Daniel Palanker, a physicist who works on visual used in electric vehicles are charged at rapid with limited exposure time far outweigh the prostheses at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. “It’s speeds -- quickly taking on 400 kilowatts of negative impact associated with exacerbated a very low bar.” energy -- they become vulnerable to lithium side reactions.” But it was a start. plating, the formation and growth of metallic Because the researchers built the new He and others are now aiming to raise the bar with more lithium around the anode. Lithium plating battery with all commercially available precise ways of stimulating cells in the eye or brain. At the annual diminishes the performance and shrinks the components, they estimate the technology meeting of the Society for Neuroscience here last week, scientists lifespan of lithium ion batteries. is easily scalable. The researchers estimate shared progress from several such efforts. Some have already Researchers at Penn State realized they the battery will be cheaper to produce, as advanced to human trials—“a real, final test,” Palanker says. could avoid this pitfall by charging batteries at the nickel structure eliminates the need for “It’s exciting times.” elevated temperatures. Most batteries charge external heaters. Several common disorders steal vision by destroying and discharge at the same temperature. In to the elevated charge temperature, thus Wang and his colleagues described their “We are working to charge an energy-dense photoreceptors, the first cells in a relay of information from the the lab, engineers charged batteries at a generating a very long cycle life,” Chao-Yang new battery design this week in the journal electric vehicle battery in five minutes without eye to the brain. The other players in the relay often remain temperature of 60 degrees Celsius, or 140 Wang, a mechanical engineer at Penn State, Joule. damaging it,” Wang said. “This will require intact: the so-called bipolar cells, which receive photoreceptors’ degrees Fahrenheit. The batteries quickly said in a news release. “The key is to realize To heat the battery, Wang and his research highly stable electrolytes and active materials signals; the retinal ganglion cells, which form the optic nerve cooled when discharged. rapid heating; otherwise, the battery will partners outfitted a lithium ion battery with a in addition to the self-heating structure we and carry those signals to the brain; and the multilayered visual “In addition to fast charging, this design stay at elevated temperatures for too long, self-heating nickel structure. The casing can have invented.” cortex at the back of the brain, which organizes the information allows us to limit the battery’s exposure time causing severe degradation.” preheat in 30 seconds and works to uniformly (Source: UPI) into meaningful sight. Because adjacent points in space project onto adjacent points on the retina, and eventually activate neighboring points in an early processing area of the visual cortex, a visual scene can be Cookies in space: Oven sent to ISS for baking experiments mapped onto a spatial pattern of signals. But this spatial mapping A cargo craft containing the specially-designed “space against radiation. gets more complex along the relay, so some researchers aim to oven” and baking ingredients took off from the US state ISS astronauts will test the safety vest to gauge its comfort, activate cells as close to the start as possible. of Virginia on Saturday. while Italian carmaker Lamborghini has sent up samples Palanker’s team has designed a retinal implant of about 400 Astronauts are set to test what impact high heat and zero of carbon fibre used in its sports cars to examine the effects photodiodes or “pixels” that replace some of the retina’s spatial gravity have on the shape and consistency of the cookies. of direct space exposure. map. A video stream of the outside world is shown on the inside of The experiment is being dubbed the first instance of The capsule also contains the equipment needed to a pair of glasses in near-infrared light, which the implant’s pixels baking in space. complete a series of spacewalks this month to fix a key convert into electrical signals to stimulate the retina’s bipolar Hilton’s DoubleTree hotel chain, which provided the dough, particle physics detector, as well as a range of research cells. The Paris-based company Pixium Vision is testing the device said the “landmark microgravity experiment” was aimed equipment and crew supplies. in five people who have the photoreceptor-destroying disease at making long-duration space travel “more hospitable”. The shipment, weighing about 8,200lb (3,700kg), is macular degeneration. At last week’s meeting, Palanker presented The Cygnus capsule was also loaded with other unusual expected to reach the ISS on Monday. videos showing that participants who had been implanted with equipment, including sports car parts and a vest to protect (Source: BBC) the prosthesis for about 1 year could recognize objects on a table and read printed or on-screen letters. The artificial vision is good enough to make out the title of a book, Palanker says, though not the words on its pages. His team is now working to shrink the Worldwide observations confirm nearby How homes will be built photodiodes—creating finer pixels and sharper vision—without ‘lensing’ exoplanet on Mars losing too much signal strength. To push to higher precision than electrical stimulation of the eye can achieve, other teams are turning to optogenetics, a technique for activating cells with light. In a clinical trial by Paris- based GenSight Biologics, researchers have injected a harmless virus carrying the gene for a light-sensitive protein into the eyes of five people with retinitis pigmentosa. Retinal ganglion cells that take up the gene can then respond to red light projected into the eye. Whether the trial participants will gain useful vision should become clear next year, says José-Alain Sahel, an ophthalmologist and neuroscientist testing the technology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania and the Vision Institute in Paris. But therapies targeting retinal cells won’t help people who have lost much of their eye to injury or have severe damage to the optic nerve from conditions such as glaucoma. Second Sight aims to treat these patients with Orion, an implant of 60 electrodes that sits directly on the visual cortex and feeds the brain signals from a glasses-mounted video camera. Four of five blind patients who have had the implant for about 1 year could better locate a roughly fist-size white square on a black screen. All five were better able to detect the direction in which a white bar moved across the screen. “We’re encouraged,” says Jessy Dorn, Researchers using telescopes around the been discovered by the microlensing technique. By Stacy Liberatore connected small arms that are hinged director of scientific research at the company in Sylmar, California. world confirmed and characterized an But microlensing events are rare and short in the middle with a clamping device Electrodes that sit on the brain’s surface have drawbacks. From space settlements to airplanes and exoplanet orbiting a nearby star through lived, so the ones discovered so far lie towards at each end that they use to grip onto Because it takes a relatively strong current to activate the target homes on Earth -scientists have developed a a rare phenomenon known as gravitational the Galactic Center, where stars are the most the voxel structures. neurons in the tissue below, activating multiple electrodes at new category of robots that could change the microlensing. The exoplanet has a mass abundant. In contrast, this exoplanet system These appendages allow the robots to once risks triggering a seizure. And activating neighboring way we build high-performance structures. similar to Neptune, but it orbits a star lighter was found in almost exactly the opposite move around like inchworms, opening and electrodes can stimulate the tissue between them, fusing two The V-shaped machines, called Bipedal (cooler) than the Sun at an orbital radius direction as observed from the Earth. closing their bodies in order to move from discrete visual points into a blob. But at the meeting, Second Isotropic Lattice Locomoting Explorers (or similar to Earth’s orbital radius. Around One team led by Akihiko Fukui at the one spot to the next. Sight’s collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, BILL-E), have two miniature arms that cool stars, this orbital region is thought University of Tokyo using a collection of These components are made up of simple Texas, presented evidence that the 60 electrodes could create erect structures piece by piece. to be the birth place of gas-giant planets. 13 telescopes located around the world, struts and nodes and can be easily fastened phosphenes at more than 60 locations. The scientists employed These appendages allow robots to move The results of this research suggest that including the 188-cm telescope and 91-cm together using simple latching systems. a technique known as current steering, which is already used to around like inchworms, opening and closing Neptune-sized planets could be common telescope at NAOJ’s Okayama Astrophysical And because the voxels are mostly empty enhance pitch perception with cochlear implants. their bodies in order to travel from one around this orbital region. Because the Observatory, observed this phenomenon space, they are lightweight but can still be Electrodes that penetrate deeper into the visual cortex could spot to the next. exoplanet discovered this time is closer for 76 days and collected enough data arranged to distribute loads efficiently. get closer to target neurons and use a lower current to activate The BILL-E robots were developed than other exoplanets discovered by the to determine the characteristics of the Every time the robot takes a step onto smaller, more precise points in the tissue. Last week, Xing Chen, a by a team at Massachusetts Institute of same method, it is a good target for follow- exoplanet system. The host star has a the next voxel, it readjusts its sense of neuroscientist in Pieter Roelfsema’s lab at the Netherlands Institute for Technology, which foresee these tiny robots up observations by world-class telescopes mass about half the mass of the Sun. The position to fit the structure it is currently Neuroscience in Amsterdam, presented tests of implants containing designing everything from space settlements like the Subaru Telescope. exoplanet around it has an orbit similar standing on. 1000 of these penetrating electrodes in two sighted monkeys. The on Mars to airplanes and homes on Earth. On November 1, 2017 amateur in size to Earth’s orbit, and a mass about The underlying vision is that just as the animals could distinguish between different letters the researchers Professor Neil Gershenfeld in MIT’s astronomer Tadashi Kojima in Gunma 20% heavier than Neptune. most complex of images can be reproduced flashed into their visual field by activating 10 to 15 electrodes at a Center for Bits and Atoms said ‘What’s at Prefecture, Japan reported an enigmatic This orbital radius around this type by using an array of pixels on a screen, time. Roelfsema hopes to start human trials by 2023. the heart of this is a new kind of robotics, new object in the constellation Taurus. of star coincides with the region where virtually any physical object can be recreated Stephen Macknik, a neuroscientist at the State University of that we call relative robots.’ Astronomers around the world began water condenses into ice during the as an array of smaller three-dimensional New York’s Downstate Health Sciences University in New York He continued to explain that historically follow-up observations and determined that planet formation phase, making this place pieces, which can themselves be made up City, cautions that the brain will eventually form a scar around there have been two broad categories of this was an example of a rare event known theoretically favorable for forming gas-giant of simple struts and nodes. implanted wires, walling them off from their target neurons. robotics — ones made out of expensive as gravitational microlensing. Einstein’s planets. Theoretical calculations show that As it works on assembling the pieces, Such implants are “ruining the cortex for all other implants in custom components that are carefully Theory of General Relativity tells us that this kind of planet has an a priori detection each of the tiny robots can count its steps the future,” he says, “and at best, [the user is] not going to see optimized for particular applications such gravity warps space. If a foreground object probability of only 35%. The fact that this over the structure, explained. much.” He contends that optogenetics promises sharper vision, as factory assembly, and ones made from with strong gravity passes directly in front exoplanet was discovered by pure chance ‘It’s missing most of the usual control making penetrating electrodes unethical. At the meeting, Macknik inexpensive mass-produced modules with of a background object in outer space this suggests Neptune-sized planets could be systems, but as long as it doesn’t miss a presented plans for a technology called OBServ, which would much lower performance. warped space can act as a lens and focus the common around this orbital region. step, it knows where it is,’ Gershenfeld said. add a light-sensitive opsin gene to neurons that reach into the The new robots, however, have birthed light from the background object, making This exoplanet system is closer and ‘Ultimately, such systems could be used visual cortex from a signal waystation at the base of the brain. a third category of robots. it appear to brighten temporarily. In the brighter as seen from Earth than other to construct entire buildings, especially in Those cells, he explained, could be activated with light shined These bots are much simpler than the case of the object spotted by Kojima, a star exoplanet systems discovered by microlensing. difficult environments such as in space, or from the brain’s surface. former, while much more capable than 1600 light-years away passed in front of a This makes it a prime target for follow-up on the moon or Mars.’ Cortical optogenetic systems such as OBServ won’t reach the the latter. star 2600 light-years away. Furthermore, observations with world-leading telescopes The main idea is to eliminate the need clinic anytime soon. Researchers still need to demonstrate that The inchworm-like robots can put by studying the change in the lensed like the Subaru Telescope or next generation to ship large preassembled structures from a virus can safely and reliably endow particular neurons with smaller 3D pieces together, which the MIT brightness, astronomers determined that extremely large telescopes like the Thirty Earth, as these robots could build what is an opsin gene that sticks around for years. They’ll also need to team calls ‘voxels’, to build the structures. the foreground star has a planet orbiting it. Meter Telescope TMT. needed on the space craft or planet using implant a highly precise, yet compact, device under the skull that The robots are basically two This is not the first time an exoplanet has (Source: Science Daily) batches of tiny subunits. flashes light into the brain while reading out neural activity to calibrate stimulation on the fly. But one of the biggest barriers to beaming ultraprecise vision Scientists retract study suggesting mutation shortens life into the brain, many researchers say, is much more fundamental: Scientists have retracted a study that appeared to show people June in the journal Nature Medicine and covered by news their June paper is invalid. discovering which stimulation patterns the brain will be able to may live shortened lives if they carry a DNA mutation that outlets including The Associated Press. The notice was signed by Rasmus Nielsen, senior author interpret. “We don’t think that just because you had, say, a million reduces their chance of HIV infection. In a retraction notice published by the journal last month, of the original paper, and co-author Xinzhu Wei. Both are electrodes or perfect spatial optogenetic activation, everything The study focused on people who carry a specific mutation the authors said they had learned of a technical flaw in the from the University of California, Berkeley. is just solved,” says Baylor neuroscientist William Bosking. “We in both copies of a gene called CCR5. It was published in data they analyzed. As a result, they say the conclusion of (Source: AP News) need to learn how to talk to the cortex.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 HERITAGE & TOURISM NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Tehran ready to relax visa A wild, remote adventure policy for Kyrgyz tourists

TOURISM TEHRAN — Iran is ready to ease visa regu- desklations for Kyrgyzstani nationals in a bid to boost tourism, First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri has said. to tour Iran’s giant dunes He made the remarks on Saturday as he sat down for talks with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev on the TOURISM TEHRAN — Shahdad, a major part desk sidelines of the 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of Govern- of the UNESCO-registered Lut desert, ment (Prime Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has long been a destination for adventurers, nature (SCO) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mehr reported. lovers, off-roaders and trekkers. Situated in southeastern Kerman province, it is home to giant dunes (locally called kaluts), shifting sands, salt plains, meteorite fields and rocky terrain, which offers visitors a breathtaking vistas and unparalleled serenity of the intact nature and wilderness. If you are interested to hit heart of the desert bear in mind that such expeditions are usually carried out by teams on foot, with support and water supply from 4WD vehicles. Over 5,000 foreign sightseers visited the UNE- SCO-registered Lut Desert in the barren heartland of Iran during the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20, 2019), as Europeans, including people from Germany, Italy, Spain and France, constituting the highest number of arrivals. Back in April, about 10 tour operators and plan- ners ecotourism reporters visited natural attractions Iran’s First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri (L) shakes hands in the desert and its nearby cities, mulling over them with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev to become new destinations. during his visit to Bishkek, November 1, 2019. However, local officials are seeking to define new Jahangiri emphasized the need to further cement ties be- tourist routes in compliance with the criteria for safe- tween the two countries in different areas such as banking guarding a World Heritage in order to facilitate visits and tourism, noting that the two countries’ economies can to various parts of a UNESCO site complement each other. The scorching desert is also being considered as Religious, historical, and cultural commonalities between one of the top areas in the world for finding meteor- Kyrgyzstan and Iran can pave the ground for enhancing bi- ites, thanks to its unique parameters. In recent years, significant finds have been made, with the efforts of lateral ties, he added. People visit Shahdad, a touristic part of the UNESCO-registered Lut desert, in Iran’s Kerman province. Elsewhere in his remarks, Jahangiri said that Iran’s access to national and international teams of researchers. the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman, as well as its infrastructure Seven years of satellite temperature data analyzed finds have been made, with the efforts of national and The big and sprawling Kerman province has long including railways, can be used as a way to transfer Kyrgyz by NASA show that the Lut Desert is the hottest spot international teams of researchers. been a destination for globetrotters. Kerman has been goods to the world. on Earth. Based on the research, it was hottest dur- Meteorites, whether more iron-rich or “stony,” are a cultural melting pot since antiquity, blending Per- For his part, the Kyrgyz PM said that Iran has been among the ing 5 of the 7 years, and had the highest temperature generally silvery or black, and therefore stand out in sians with subcontinental tribe dwellers. It is home first countries to recognize Kyrgyzstan’s independence and that overall: 70.7°C in 2005. two major environments – sandy deserts, or icy realms. to myriad historical sites and scenic landscapes such bilateral ties have seen a growing trend since then. The scorching Lut is also considered as one of the According to experts, the dry conditions of a desert as Bazaar-e Sartasari, Jabalieh Dome, Ganjali Khan He put the volume of bilateral trade at $20 million, noting that top areas in the world for finding meteorites, thanks help to preserve the space rocks in as original as con- Bathhouse, Malek Jameh Mosque and Shahdad Desert the figure is not satisfactory considering Iran’s great potentials to its unique parameters. In recent years, significant dition as possible. to name a few. in different sectors, including oil and gas. Abylgaziev said that Bishkek supports Iran’s admission to Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Visits to North Khorasan’s museums jump fivefold in H1 TOURISM TEHRAN — Visits to the complex may be a turning point for deskhistorical and cultural other abandoned buildings in the province Atlanta airport briefly stops heritage museums in North Khorasan to regain their former glory. flights for security check province jumped by fivefold during the Lonely Planet says that most foreign first half of the current Iranian calendar tourists pass straight through North year (started March 21), compared to the Khorasan in transit between Mashhad Flights at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta were briefly same period last year. and Gorgan, but if you have time to ex- stopped Saturday morning after a threatening note was “34,515 people toured historical and plore, it’s worth diverting south from found onboard an American Airlines flight bound for Dallas, cultural heritage museums of the province the capital, Bojnurd, towards Esfarayen, authorities said. during the first half of the year and the famed for its wrestling tournaments, The note was discovered while the plane was still at the gate figure is five times more than that of the the remarkable citadel of Belqays and at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, said Atlanta police same period in the past year,” provincial the partly preserved stepped village of spokesman Carlos Campos. tourism chief Habib Yazdanpanah said Roein some 20km north. “The passengers were disembarked and re-screened at the Sunday, CHTN reported “Although a lot of new building spoils gate, and (police are) on scene to conduct a security sweep of With around 25,000 visits, Mofakham the effect in parts of the village, Roein the plane,” Campos said in a statement. “A temporary ground historical-cultural complex welcomed the is considered Khorasan’s answer to the stop that had been in effect has been lifted and operations at the highest number of visitors during the pe- well-known Masuleh and is a possible airport are back to normal.” riod, he said. starting point for hikes to little-visited The airport said there were no significant travel delays. The [Qajar-era] complex [which is locat- mountain villages.” No emergency landings were required, said American Airlines ed in Bojnurd], was closed for restoration “Currently some 130 eco-lodges are spokesman Joshua Freed. purposes for one year and a half after it active across the province and 20 new “There was a non-credible threat. But out of an abundance was damaged by an earthquake [in May ones will come on stream by the end of of caution, law enforcement searched” an aircraft, Freed said. 2017], the official explained. A view of the Mofakham historical-cultural complex in Bojnurd, the capital of Iran’s the current Iranian calendar year,” a local (Source: CNN) Some tour experts say that revival of North Khorasan province. tourism official said in July. ROUND THE GLOBE Britain’s ‘first city’ rose near ancient spring on Salisbury Plain and its Archaeological ruins at inhabitants built Stonehenge just a mile away, archaeologists say Mohenjo-daro Britain’s first ‘city’ rose near an ancient spring on the Professor Jacques told The Telegraph: ‘At Blick Mead The skulls and bones of aurochs were also placed The ruins of Mohenjo-daro bear a rich history of the Salisbury Plain and its inhabitants built Stonehenge, we found shed loads of stuff. Up until 2006 only 30 deliberately in ditches at Stonehenge, suggesting that Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished between archaeologists believe. finds had ever been recovered from this period at any its builders considered the animals as sacred. 2,500-1,500 BC. Experts have uncovered more than 70,000 stone one site, and now we’re up to more than 70,000, so it’s It also provides a link between the people of Blick Built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium tools from a site at Blick Mead, just a mile away from been a total gamechanger.’ Mead and the builders of Stonehenge. BC, the site lies on the right bank of the Indus River in the famous Wiltshire stone circle. ‘This makes Stonehenge more interesting because it The results from recent excavations are shown in a Larkana District of Pakistan’s Sindh Province. They also found a ceremonial platform which sug- gives it a longer history, linking it back to people from the new documentary, Lost Cities, airing on the National gests the area held a ritual importance for prehistoric Mesolithic. Blick Mead really is the cradle of Stonehenge.’ Geographic channel. hunter-gatherers who lived there 10,000 years ago. He added that if you want to find the people who built Scientist and presenter Dr Albert Lin said the site may Nearby water sources and evidence of cattle roam- Stonehenge, you have to look for their water source. even be one of the first manifestations of a human city. ing in the area that would have been a food source, Blick Mead is a now small watercourse, but in the Ground penetrating radar recently picked up evidence suggests it could have been home to the people who Mesolithic period it was in the middle of a flood plain. of a 30ft structure beneath the ground at Blick Meade built Stonehenge. A big river also ran through the site, providing a which when excavated this summer. Beneath it auroch However hunter-gatherer populations don’t tend to reliable water source throughout the year. footprints were found. settle in one place leading Professor David Jacques from Archives also show it was an area inhabited by su- However the site is in danger from plans to build a the University of Buckingham to believe the site may persized extinct cattle called aurochs, leading archae- tunnel beneath Stonehenge which could harm areas have been a permanent encampment for the elderly, ologists to believe that is why people settled there in waiting to be excavated. children or those who were sick. the first place. (Source: Daily Mail)

Daylight Saving Time changes return to mess with your travel schedule

The discovery of Mohenjo-daro in 1922 revealed ev- It’s that time of the year again when we get of young children, increase the odds of acci- the main four time zones of the continental idence of the customs, art, religion and administrative to sleep in for an additional hour, reclaim- dents, injuries and illness, and add additional U.S., there actually are eight time zones that abilities of its inhabitants. The well planned city mostly ing that lost 60 minutes of rest borrowed complexity to travel time calculations. (It cover U.S. territory: Atlantic, Eastern, Cen- built with baked bricks and having public baths; a col- from March thanks to the controversial time may, however, cut down on crime.) tral, Mountain, Pacific, Hawaii — Aleutian, lege of priests; an elaborate drainage system; wells, soak change. Gaining an extra hour also works in Here are a few additional facts about Samoa and Chamorro. pits for disposal of sewage, and a large granary, bears travelers’ favor this time of year, making us “spring forward, fall back” season that you Twin boys born on Nov. 6, 2016, unexpect- testimony that it was a metropolis of great importance, less likely to miss our flights due to the time may not know: edly found themselves in the Daylight Saving enjoying a well-organized civic, economic, social and change. (We’re still on the hook for our own The correct term is “Daylight Saving Time” Twilight Zone. Older brother Samuel, officially cultural system. tardiness, of course.) — not “Daylight Savings Time.” born at 1:39 a.m. before the time change, Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list, Mohen- Benjamin Franklin first proposed the con- The time change takes place at 2 a.m. looks younger on official birth certificates jo-daro comprises two sectors: a citadel area in the west cept of “saving daylight” in a 1784 essay, which because fewer trains run at that time. after younger brother Ronan was born at where the Buddhist stupa was constructed with unbaked very reasonably stated that adjusting national In fact, Amtrak adjusts for Daylight Saving As the DOT website solemnly states, “The 1:10 a.m., immediately after the time change. brick over the ruins of Mohenjo-daro in the 2nd century time to mirror the sun’s movements would Time in a unique way: In the fall, Amtrak oversight of time zones was assigned to DOT A number of countries observe Daylight CE, and to the east, the lower city ruins spread out along significantly reduce candle use and expenses. trains sit at stations for an hour until the because time standards are important for Saving Time. Many others do not. Noteworthy the banks of the Indus. Here buildings are laid out along (Unfortunately, researchers say Franklin was clock “catches up,” while springtime trains many modes of transportation.” outliers include: most tropical nations, where streets intersecting each other at right angles, in a high- being satirical.) But in modern times when automatically fall behind by an hour and Hawaii and most of Arizona, as well as daylight hours don’t vary much between sea- ly orderly form of city planning that also incorporated we no longer rely on candlelight, Daylight “attempt to make up the time.” the U.S. territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, sons; parts of Australia; a few select nations systems of sanitation and drainage. Saving Time often seems like more trouble The U.S. Department of Transportation Virgin Islands and American Samoa, do not in Asia including China and India; Iceland; (Source: UNESCO) than blessing. The biannual time change can is the federal entity responsible for regulat- follow Daylight Saving Time. and most African countries. wreak havoc on sleep schedules for parents ing time zones and Daylight Saving hours. Although you may be most familiar with (Source: MSN) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 4, 2019 INTERNATIONAL 11

By Javad Heirannia of family values and civic virtue, “Orange Man” is on a path pre-ordained by God, who absolutely TEHRAN — Robert David Steele, a former Marine Abu Mohammad Salama Killed? Did has a sense of humor. Corps infantry officer and CIA spy as well as an Do you have an opinion on how the impeach- activist for Open Source Everything Engineering ment campaign will end, and who the Democrats (OSEE), regularly answers questions for Tehran Zionists & Kurds Deceive President Trump? will nominate to run against President Trump, if you Times. are certain he will run? Are there any “wild cards.” Within minutes of President Donald Trump’s A. The impeachment campaign will not end well announcement of an alleged raid that allegedly killed Or Is This the Beginning of the End of Israel? for the Democrats. It is only in the news because an alleged ISIS leader known as Abu Bakr al-Bagh- the Deep State wants it to be in the news and is dadi, skeptical commentary emerged. What is your Why? manipulating the polls. In the Heartland everyone summary appreciation? Apart from the Russians, who have very so- agrees that this is a “lynching” and those giving A. Let me begin by saying that people I trust tell phisticated S-400 target acquisition radars covering false testimony against our President are com- me that the raid was very real, with helicopters flying the entire region, who else is saying this is a fake mitting treason. It merits comment that so many 50 feet above the ground at 130 knots. The cost of the raid that never happened? Republicans are retiring precisely because they see raid has been estimated at $30 million. What does A. As you might imagine, because the Zion- the future: the public is going to turn against both not appear to be real are the actual location, and the ists control most mainstream media enterprises, of political parties that have betrayed the public actual identity of the person we claim was killed. and this fake raid serves both the Zionists and the trust and fronted for the Deep State. If President I am among those who denounced the fake warmongering neo-conservatives in the USA that Trump implements #UNRIG (the election reform Bin Ladens including the last one provided by the want to keep ISIS alive, keep stealing Syrian oil, act championed by Dr. Cynthia McKinney and Pakistani military as a gift to help Barack Obama and continue to undermine Syrian sovereignty, al- myself that the Zionists worked so hard to destroy), win re-election. We sent men to their death for po- most no one else is challenging the narrative with not only will he win with a landslide, but he could litical theater. I knew immediately that this latest two exceptions: the Daily Star in the UK has run carry a whole new congress with him. Certainly alleged raid was a fake, but chose to start with a two pieces, “Shock claim top ISIS leader is ‘Israeli by 2022 I expect four to five vibrant parties with headline, “Russia says Baghdadi killing faked by spy’,” and “ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘not blocks of elected representatives in Congress and US [& Israel],” credited to Gordon Duff, founding killed by US military’ Russia claims; and citizen at the state and local level. There are riots all over editor of Veterans Today. Gordon, whom I know journalists everywhere are pointing out the obvious the world – the public is fed up with the corruption personally, has a rich network of contacts on the flaws in the story. My favorite comes from a Nordic and demanding new honest governments. ground, including Russian military commanders country, where an alert citizen quickly noticed that Once the FISA criminal indictments are pro- as well as honest Jews who despise Zionist provo- Google Earth, which updates on a monthly to yearly cessed, in time for the beginning of the presidential cations and lies. The official Russian denunciation basis, not a daily basis, shows the alleged raid site campaign that does not really start until 1 February of the raid as having never happened is a matter of as having been destroyed in the past, not recently. 2020, I believe the President will be assured of record. To that I add the earlier reported death of In addition Newsweek has run with a story, “Oba- winning, and if he creates the truth channel and/or Al-Baghdadi in 2015 in an Israeli hospital, and the ma White House Photographer Suggests Trump like a dog’, provides the best over-all appreciation all those who were complicit in these lies, withdraw uses legal measures to force the media and social alleged but credible aspect of al-Baghdadi being a Situation Room Photo of Unfolding al-Baghdadi of the total context and the likely fraud perpetu- entirely from Syria, and rebuild our military here media to stop violating the 1st Amendment and Mossad operative and Israeli citizen named Elliot Raid Was Staged,” a story I agree with. ated within that context. This entire story cannot at home. Title 7 (anti-discrimination), the outcome will be Shimon, and you have the perfect storm. I believe I have no doubt that the Americans carried out be understood without accepting the very high 06 I have just read “Seven takeaways from the clear by 4 July 2020. the Zionists and the US neo-conservative lied to a real raid with live ammunition and real dead. probability that this was a reverse false flag – a CENTCOM commander’s hot wash of the Bagh- The Democrats not only know they cannot win President Donald Trump, faked the entire raid, Everything else about this appears to have been fake target created for political theater, with the dadi raid,” and I have to say that I simply do not with anyone now running, but they have been faked the alleged DNA testing, and have now put faked, a terrible embarrassment to our President, President of the United States of America being believe that six men “suited up” in suicide vests quoted as saying that they collect more money the President in a terrible spot. unless of course this is a deliberately fake event made a fool of by a combination of traitors in Israel when a supposedly surprise “breach” took place. in donations if President Trump is re-elected. I Accepting that our Special Forces carried out that he has authorized in detail. and the USA, and well-intentioned loyalists who While I have no direct experience my training and believe the Democrats are preparing to “throw” a raid – somewhere -- either al-Baghdadi / Elliot You have been a Marine Corps infantry officer; simply do not know what they do not know about broad experience suggests that the action is over the Presidential election while seeking to take Shimon is still alive as Gordon suggests, and the a clandestine operations officer or spy; the senior the ability of the Zionists and their Kurdish servants in 30 seconds. I also do not believe that the alleged back the Senate. death was faked; or al-Baghdadi died in 2015 and civilian responsible for creating a new national in- to lie to great effect. al-Baghdadi dragged children into a “hole” with him. Tulsi Gabbard is the wild card. This young this new death was faked – someone else was killed. telligence analysis center; and a J-2 intelligence We did not kill al-Baghdadi, we certainly killed 07 ISIS confirming the death and naming a new person was a Congressional staffer who appears I think our President has been lied to. analyst in Afghanistan. What other “indicators” someone else, probably Abu Mohammad Salama or leader is for me consistent with ISIS being a fake to have joined the military with a clear political A deeply suspicious person would also wonder do you personally see that suggest this story is one of his deputies – none of them ISIS leaders, but terrorist organization responsive to US direction – if intent. She started as a military police enlisted if this is not a potential “kill shot” by Benjamin completely false? rather leaders of Haras al-Din, an al Qaida affiliate. President Trump wants a fake death confirmed and person and then became a medical specialist – a Netanyahu against Trump – here is what Ha’aretz A. I personally continue to believe that President What anomalies have you not mentioned, that a new leader named, it is his to command. form of nurse administrator. Not only is she not says, in “Trump Basks in al-Baghdadi’s Bloody As- Donald Trump has been lied to, and is not a party to have emerged since you were first invited to com- This raid may indeed serve the President well, a combat veteran in the correct sense of the word, sassination, but the Festivities Will End Shortly,” the total deception that has been imposed on him ment on this very strange Presidential declaration but the anomalies are troubling. but she is also in direct violation of all US military Trump is bound to be criticized for his blood- by a combination of Zionists and neoconservatives of triumph over what appears to be a fake person? This apparently falsified “triumph” against regulations against use of her appearing in uniform thirsty style, as well as the fact that he hurried to including members of his own staff who failed to Apart from Pablo Escobar’s piece, the single best ISIS – and in favor of the Kurds and the US keeping as part of her political campaign. She has been announce al-Baghdadi’s demise before the Pentagon defend him – in my view this terrible situation demon- commentary I have seen is from James Corbett, military troops and even tanks on top of the Syrian keeping these two facts secret. Now here is what had signed off on final and incontrovertible DNA strates that his new National Security Advisor – a whose video, Something Big Has Happened! points oil fields – comes just as Trump appears ready to most do not know: not only is she Hindu, but she proof that the ISIS leader had indeed been killed. very talented and nice person – is not up to the task out both the similarities with the fake raid to kill criminally indict Obama, Clapper, Comey, Brennan, is also a Brahmin, the India version of 1%. There is On the extremely unlikely chance that al-Baghdadi of protecting the President from being lied to by the the fake final Bin Laden, with the many claimed McCabe, Strzok, and Page, among others. How do no difference between Hillary Clinton’s calling all will emerge somewhere safe and sound, which has military-intelligence complex that is still in a state deaths of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who was deliberately you assess Trump’s prospects for the next months? of us “deplorables,” and Tulsi Gabbard viewing all happened before, Trump would instantly transform, of treason, selected officials not-withstanding. The turned into a fake threat by US propaganda. Four A. This falsified event will play well across America, of us as “untouchables” – as an avowed Hindu she not into a lame duck but into a dead duck. Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Central things jump out from various alternative media and commentaries like mine and those of Gordon must believe that caste divisions should be the law. The above tells me two things: that the DNA was Intelligence Agency as well as the Secretary of State reports – the US and European media continue to Duff and Pablo Escobar and James Corbett will not All indications are that the Deep State is thinking not confirmed as the President claimed; and that have all failed the President by going along with a lie about this raid and parrot the official narrative: be noticed. For all practical purposes, this event hard about a possible run by Bloomberg – a Zionist Benjamin Netanyahu might well choose one day false narrative that they probably knew was false 01 The alleged location of the raid in Idlib, which is a political triumph, never mind that it is rooted at heart – and Gabbard, a cosmetic bimbo whose to “resurrect” Elliot Shimon aka al-Baghdadi, as a but allowed to go forward because of some com- is not friendly ground for the alleged target, has in lies. The Chinese know this is a fake attack, the shallowness may not survive a Presidential cam- reprisal for the Miriam Adelson Medal of Freedom bination of political opportunism, Zionist bribery been pointed out by many as incongruous. Privately Russians know this is a fake attack, by now Trump paign. However, if President Trump continues to that set the stage for her public denouncement of and blackmail, and the President’s own ego – he my military colleagues are saying that the raid was knows this is a fake attack. There are now media ignore Independents, Libertarians, blacks, Latinos, Netanyahu’s wife as crazy and Netanyahu as a servant fell into this one, made it his own, and in so doing launched either from the sea or from Israel, and reports that Trump has ordered the release of the suburban woman, the young, and the elderly on to his wife – this cost him dearly. has disgraced himself in the eyes of Xi and Putin. Idlib was picked for the fake raid precisely because video of the alleged attack, when it comes I expect it the West and East coasts, then Bloomberg-Gab- Interestingly, a separate new story has emerged I see two levels of indicators that persuade me it was near the sea. will be picked apart the way the video from the Christ bard is a winning ticket and – if they win – the about Israel now considering Donald Trump an that this story is completely false. At the strategic 02 The frantic effort to “authenticate” what are Church false flag in New Zealand was picked apart. US Constitution will be discarded with the end of unreliable enemy of Israel, and the likelihood that level this strikes me as a blatant attempt by the Zion- probably lies about instant DNA analysis (DNA tests On a positive note, my colleague Ben Fulford, a free speech, the confiscation of guns, and a police LtCol Alexander Vindman is a Zionist tool – he is a ists and their CIA collaborators who hate President take between 24 and 72 hours although some capa- long-time observer of high finance and low crime state where local mass surveillance is the norm. Jewish-American now betraying the President with Trump to keep the Kurds whom they are arming and bilities may exist that can do a preliminary test in based on Tokyo, has published “Third (fourth?) I do not think Hillary Clinton will run as much false testimony to Congress favoring impeachment. training and leading, in the game. The Daily Beast hours) suggest that the Pentagon is now very uneasy death of Mossad agent Shimon Elliot “al-Baghdadi” as she may delude herself into thinking she could I am inclined to agree with this assessment and published “The Kurds Spotted Baghdadi. The U.S. with the entire narrative including the President’s actually signifies major Middle East change,” and win. Apart from the high probability of her be- believe that Benjamin Netanyahu has Elliot Shimon Abandoned Them Anyway” early on, and then I saw comments on whimpering. Never mind that the US strikes a very upbeat note that I am prepared to ing indicted soon, even if this is done secretly to aka al-Baghdadi tucked away for re-emergence – a “Baghdadi’s death underscores what we’ve lost by has no idea if the original DNA was genuine, it could embrace. The view of his Pentagon sources is that avoid a public battle with the left, for high crimes miniature “Samson option” against the President. abandoning Syria’s Kurds,” from The Washington easily have been pre-matched to the intended patsy this event is going to lead to increased US-Russian including hundreds of millions of dollars taken in Pablo Escobar, writing in The Saker, “Caliph Post, and a series of CIA-sponsored stories about destined for future duty as a “Lee Harvey Oswald.” collaboration in cutting off illegal oil, arms, hu- bribes from the French for Libya, from the Saudis closure: ‘He died like a dog’,” says this: how the Kurds continued to provide leads “even 02 The injured dog – when no one else was in- man, and drug trafficking in the Middle East that for Syria and Yemen, and from the Russians for According to ground sources in Syria, a prevalent after Trump abandoned them” – below is from The jured in a tunnel with no exit where the blast of all benefit the Zionists and the Deep State. I must Uranium One, she is deeply vulnerable on the rumor in Idlib is that the “dead dog” in Barisha could Economic Times of India, “CIA got initial tip-off a suicide vest would certainly have killed the dog emphasis that there are seven or more US military pedophilia front, and the election machines are be Abu Mohammad Salama, the leader of Haras from one of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s wives and a and soldiers would also have been wounded if not and intelligence leadership networks, some purely being secured at the same time that all illegal aliens al-Din, a minor sub-group of al-Qaeda in Syria. courier: Report,” killed by the blast that could only go in one direction evil, some committed to the President’s success. are being stripped from the voting rolls – three Haras al-Din has not issued any statement about it. American officials told the newspaper that the appears to be pure theater. The classification of the All those networks are at war with one another. I million illegal aliens voted for her in 2016, that is I conclude that the raid happened, that Mossad Kurds continued to provide information to the CIA dog’s photo and name as Top Secret takes this to believe the President and the White Hats will tri- not going to happen again. operative Elliot Shimon aka al-Baghdadi was not on Baghdadi’s location even after President Don- new heights of ludicrousness. I have published a umph in time. America is in the middle of a civil war between present; that the Kurds, on behalf of the Zionists, ald Trump’s decision to withdraw the American counterpart account, with photos, of the CIA’s Top If the President wants to make lemonade with those who favor pedophilia, bestiality, transgen- provided fake DNA samples before and after; and troops left the Syrian Kurds to confront a Turkish Secret stealth cat in the spirit of engagement with these lemons, he should declare victory against ISIS derism, and transhumanism, and those who favor that whoever died was not in fact, the alleged target, offensive alone. the official narrative. and leave Syria. His occupation of Syrian oil fields faith, family, and community. The conservatives who was not a real terrorist leader to begin with. The Syrian and Iraqi Kurds, one official said, 03 The underpants allegedly stolen by Kurds is both unconstitutional within the USA and illegal are losing that war because the Zionists – our worst The worst case analysis is that President Donald provided more intelligence for the raid than any from deep within territory hostile to them – has in relation to international treaties and conventions. enemy – control entertainment, the media, and Trump has been “schlonged” by Benjamin Netan- single country. generated a lovely thread on “false flag underpants” You mention the criminal indictments. I pub- the communications and computing networks that yahu personally, the Zionists generally, and their All this suggests that in combination, the Zionists – are so unbelievable I have to question the san- lished “SPECIAL: Game-Changing Court Filing they use for espionage and insider trading. I am controlled Kurdish paramilitary servants. and their treasonous allies in the US Departments ity and professionalism of everyone who allowed by Michael Flynn Defense Lawyer Sidney Pow- not certain the President is fully familiar with the There is, however, a best case analysis that the of State and Defense and the CIA, are all seeking this narrative to go forward. In combination with ell…PLUS DoJ Criminal Inquiry Plus Seth Rich depth and breadth of the Zionist threat within the French shadow foreign minister has shared with to block the President from fulfilling his campaign everything else, this strikes me as truly depraved Murder Central Brennan Task Force Plus Stone & USA, one reason I value the opportunity to publish me, and I include it in the spirit of deference to promise to get our forces out of the Middle East, and Mossad humor, giving the Americans a pair of used Manafort to Get Off?” a few days ago and it has gone in Tehran Times. He and his family have received the opinion of others. His view is that this was a attempting to keep the Kurdish rebellion against underpants – probably including sperm – as a form viral in part because Sidney Powell, the attorney briefings from me that bring together distinguished deliberately fake raid intended to not only achieve the lawful Syrian government alive. of screwing with the goyim shiksas – the Zionist term for my colleague General Michael Flynn, has filed authors – my Memoranda for the President: 9/11 a political bounce across a largely ignorant public, Given that al-Baghdadi has been reported dead for non-Jewish girls who can be treated as whores. a detailed federal court document that itemizes Truth is the stake in the heart of Zionism in the but to set the stage for the “treasure trove” of intel- seven times, I have to ask myself, is it possible that 04 The alleged burial at sea of body parts – a the many crimes committed by all those seeking USA along with my memo on the Epstein case, ligence actually obtained elsewhere, that crucifies CIA and DoD and State did not know this? Or that suicide vest leaves the lower body – is so reminiscent to fabricate the narrative of Russian election inter- the “Nine Veils of Evil,” and my collected Tehran Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and John Bren- their Middle East action officers are all Zionists, of the ocean burial of the last Bin Laden that it sug- ference and Donald Trump as a Russian asset. The Times articles, many censored in the USA, that nan and Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff and Chuck many dual US-Israeli citizens, and some being gests that those behind this narrative are absolutely murder of Seth Rich is now part of the conspiracy I published as TRUMP vs. THE DEEP STATE: Schumer among others, for having created ISIS bribed and blackmailed directly by the Zionists? certain we are all stupid. led by President Barack Obama, and complicity in Recent Reflections of a Former US Spy & Marine and conspired with Israel as well as Saudi Arabia From where I sit, the President has fallen victim 05 This is all about oil and keeping ISIS alive as murder is on the table for all those who committed Corps Officer. At Thanksgiving the President and to destroy Syria. to a grand deception and he has no one – least a joint Mossad-CIA operation. I am quite sure at treason in mis-directing secret intelligence against his intimates will soon be receiving a copy of my My French colleague observes that the surprise of all the treasonous FBI – that he can rely on to this point that President Trump knows he has been then candidate Donald Trump. new book, EYES ONLY: For the President (and travel of Pelosi and Schiff to Jordan and Afghanistan; protect him from traitors within our own ranks. manipulated into making a fool of himself, and I I will end on a most positive note: while I would the Public): Everything the Deep State Does Not the closure of all Israeli embassies and consulates At the tactical level there are too many false speculate that he is privately talking to President like to see our President do more to defend the Want You To Know. immediately after the raid (ostensibly over a labor notes across the entire story, to include dogs, an Putin about how to continue his plans to totally US Constitution (especially the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Iran is correct is insist on the end of Israel – an dispute, but 100% closure suggests government alleged tunnel with no exit, a site that has clearly withdraw US forces from the region. I am reminded Amendments), to bring all our troops home from invented state rooted in lies, bribes, blackmail direction), and the resurfacing of the Epstein story been destroyed in the past, instantaneous DNA of the private conversations of John F. Kennedy and all over the world; and to address the huge prob- and genocide – and the restoration of Palestine with what I consider to be a falsified autopsy con- testing with the samples provided by the Kurds Nikita Khrushchev, where they both agreed that lems facing the working class and people of faith in to the Palestinians. Similarly here in the USA we clusion of murder all suggest that in conjunction who are controlled by the Zionists, and more. The their own worst enemies were their own generals the USA, on balance I believe that in the next few must insist on the death of the Deep State and with the forthcoming FISA criminal indictments, similarities with the false final Bin Laden raid that who wanted war, not one another. Today I do not months the world will see political, legal, economic, its Zionist underbelly so as to restore of integrity President Trump is getting ready for a coup d’grace led to many US deaths after the fact as part of the believe the Russian generals want war, but too many and cultural triumphs by our President that could to our Constitutional Republic. I will pray for against the Democratic leadership and its Zionist cover-up, are startling to include – I am not mak- of the American generals are posturing pimps for not have been imagined since the days of John F. the day that our President meets the Supreme state sponsors. He concluded his observation by ing this up – throwing the alleged target’s body war because that is how they earn their retirement Kennedy. Leader, in Tehran, to “make the deal.” Be assured sharing the below post from Majestic 12, a Q Anon parts into the ocean. I keep waiting for CIA to jobs – they are also lying to the Secretary of Defense Unlike JFK, our President cannot be assassinat- of the coincidence of interest between patriotic affiliate: release a photo of al-Baghdadi’s library before the and the President about our readiness for war – not ed. He will triumph. It is my hope that Iran will American conservatives, and the Islamic Repub- Majestic 12? @TS_SCI_MAJIC12 Oct 30 alleged hide-out was allegedly flattened, it would only are we not ready for sustained war away from understand that behind the political theater and lic of Iran. We will win this fight, using ethical, Majestic 12 Retweeted Israel in Atlanta not surprise me at all to learn that the long-dead the USA, but we will absolutely lose any war that completely apart from our President’s continued legal, non-violent means, Insha’Allah. It helps Ending the Endless Wars is bad for Israel. al-Baghdadi was allegedly reading Orange Man, includes Russia or China as a committed adversary. tolerance of traitors in key positions, there is a us here in the USA if Iran and the Palestinians #UnsealEpstein is bad for Israel. the new book by America’s greatest conservative It is my hope that the President will realize that he house cleaning going on. From election reform triumph in the Middle East – and vice versa. Iran #DrainTheSwamp is bad for Israel. cartoonist. has been treated with such scorn by Israel and the to military tribunals to a global currency reset and the USA have a common enemy: the Zionist #Disclosure is bad for Israel. Pablo Escobar’s article, “Caliph closure: ‘He died Kurds and that this gives him the strength to fire and a national debt jubilee to the reinstatement state of Israel. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Winners for Mustafa Prize 2019 Tehran Golden Adobe Award to be awarded

SOCIETY TEHRAN — The winners of the 3rd Musta- deskfa Prize 2019 will be announced and granted announces winners awards during a ceremony on November 11, IRIB reported. SOCIETY TEHRAN — The 4th Teh- city» and «urban resilience». Held biennially, the Mustafa Prize is a science and tech- deskran Golden Adobe Global This year›s award discussed issues of sustain- nology award, granted to top researchers and scientists of Award ceremony wrapped up in Tehran on able urban development, citizens’ participation, the Islamic world. Saturday by announcing winners from among cultural and social development of the city, 512 urban management projects both from architecture, urban planning, urban cultural Iran and 27 other countries. heritage and regeneration, smart and creative Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi announced human-centered city, resource allocation, in- the winners and awarded the top projects. vestment, entrepreneurship, employment and The event was held on the occasion of the the city›s economy, infrastructure development, World Cities Day which is annually observed public transport and utilities. on October 31. Urban infrastructure’s influence For the first time, the number of projects on the emissions curve has increased by 100 percent this year, as 197 UN Secretary-General António Guterres projects from the country and 322 projects in a message to commemorate World Cities from 27 countries worldwide were submitted, Day 2019 said that “The choices that will be IRNA quoted Gholam Hossein Mohammadi, made on urban infrastructure in the coming the director for international affairs at Tehran decades – on urban planning, energy efficiency, Municipality, as saying. power generation and transport – will have In total, 21 projects were chosen as the top a decisive influence on the emissions curve. During a press conference held on Sunday at the Institute of projects and 21 others were also recognized Indeed, cities are where the climate battle Culture, Art and Architecture in Tehran, the president of Mustafa to be honored, he highlighted. will largely be won or lost.” Prize, Mehdi Safarinia, said that 90 scientists from 30 countries He went on to say that the winners have Over half the world’s population now lives will attend the ceremony. been chosen in seven different categories in cities and this is projected to increase to The award will be granted to two scientists in the field of of urban management and development. In Architecture, Urbanism, Cultural Transportation and Urban Services category. over two-thirds by 2050. biomedical science and technology and three scientists in all Reza Karami Mohammadi, head of Teh- Heritage and Urban Regeneration catego- Adobe is the smallest unit in constructing Cities consume more than two-thirds of the fields of science and technology whose names will be announced ran Disaster Mitigation and Management ry, Nasrollah Abadian, Tehran’s District 11 a building in ancient Iranian architecture world’s energy, and account for more than 70 at the ceremony, he noted. Organization, ranked the first in category mayor, won the award for museums of war which dates back to some 7,000 years ago. percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Along with the Mustafa Prize ceremony in 5 universities of of Resiliency, Livability and Sustainable and cigarettes project, and retrofitting 10 The Tehran Golden Adobe Global Award While being the main cause of climate the country, there will be scientific programs. Urban Development, introducing an earth- historical houses in the area. aims to recognize the importance of local change, cities have great potential to pro- The winners will be granted cash prizes financed through the quake alert system. The founder of MyTehran online sys- government and urban management in pro- vide solutions. Compact, walkable or cycling endowments and contributions made to the prize, he said, calling The award of Public Participation and tem Mohammad Farjud won the award moting the socio-economic environments, cities with good public transport can greatly on the benefactors to participate in the event. Urban Social-Cultural Development cat- in Smart and Creative Human – Oriented the sustainability of cities and regions, and reduce our carbon footprint, while greater Hassan Zohoor, head of the Mustafa Prize Scientific Com- egory went to Nicaraguan Ambassador to Cities category. improving the livability of the citizens. energy efficiency and the use of renewable mittee, for his part said that 5 scientists from Iran and Turkey Iran, Mario Barquero, for a project called Yusef Hojjat, the founder of Bi-dood bike The third edition of the Award was held energy sources can substantially decrease will be awarded in the third edition of the event. Nicaraguan Women Cook with the Sun and sharing system in Tehran, also won the first in 2016, after three years the fourth edition the amount of carbon dioxide produced by Pointing out that 202 research centers and 512 scientists have Grow Organic Vegetables. prize in Development of Infrastructures, Public of the event was held focusing on «smart homes and offices. been invited to submit projects, he said that some 1,649 had attended the nomination process of 2019 Mustafa Prize. The Mustafa Prize is awarded in four categories of information New WHO report to bolster efforts to Sperm whale washed up on Wales and communication science and technology, life and medical science and technology, nano-science and nanotechnology and tackle leading causes of urban deaths beach had plastic sheeting in stomach all areas of science and technology. All the nominees have been evaluated and elected with the A new report by the World Health Or- A baby sperm whale found washed-up participation of 500 jury members and 200 universities from ganization offers guidance and tools for on a beach in Wales had plastic sheeting 35 countries, he stated. urban leaders to tackle some of the leading and other marine rubbish in its stomach, He went on to note that this year, after evaluating the cases, causes of death in cities. experts have said. 10 files have been sent to the Mustafa Prize Policy Council, Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) The 22-foot long male calf washed up 5 of which were selected to receive the award, who are from - like heart disease, stroke, cancer and near Abersoch, Gwynedd, on Tuesday Iran and Turkey. diabetes - kill 41 million people worldwide and is the first sperm whale to wash up In all specialized fields of the Mustafa Prize, the nominees every year, and road traffic crashes kill on the Welsh coast in over 100 years. should be Muslim and have high profile in scientific research. 1.35 million. A post-mortem examination found However, there would be no other limitations regarding gender “Over half the world’s people live in that the animal was malnourished and and age, according to Zohoor. cities, and the numbers are rising,” said Fortaleza, and actions to create walkable below a healthy weight. and any bodily fluids to avoid any risk of Mustafa Prize, the Iranian version of Nobel Peace Prize, was Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO streets for seniors that have reduced elder- Experts from the Cetacean Strand- infection from them. launched in 2013 with the mission to promote science and tech- Director-General. ly pedestrian deaths by 16% in New York ings Investigation Programme and the “There is the possibility that this may nology in the Islamic world. “City leaders take decisions that impact City, the report aims to share knowledge Zoological Society of London (ZSL) who have been an animal that was already ill.” In 2015, the first edition of the prize was held in Tehran and on the health of billions, and for cities to between urban policy planners. conducted the post-mortem were per- It comes after a sperm whale spotted professors Jackie Y. Ying and Omar M. Yaghi, were the two win- thrive, everyone needs access to services that Of the 19 case studies cited, 15 are plexed as to how it had found its way to close to the Northumberland shoreline ners of the 2015 Mustafa Prize. will improve their health – public transport, from developing countries, where 85% such shallow waters given the species died after beaching itself earlier in the The Mustafa foundation seeks to encourage education and safe, clean and attractive outdoor spaces, of premature adult deaths through NCDs generally lives in deeper southern waters month – with the 30-tonne mammal research and is set to play the pioneering role in developing healthy food, and, of course, affordable take place, and over 90% of road traffic which are hotter and where they feed attracting crowds when it was spotted regional relations between science and technology institutions health services.” fatalities are recorded. on giant squid. in the shallows of the North Sea. working in member states of the Organization of Islamic Countries. The report, titled ‘The Power of Cities: Over 90% of future urban population Rob Deaville, of the ZSL, said: “A Director of the whale and dolphin As the name of the event suggests, the Mustafa Prize is held Tackling Non-Communicable Diseases and growth will be in low or middle-income large piece of blue plastic sheeting was charity Orca, Sally Hamilton, said: “It’s biennially during the Islamic Unity week in Iran, which is an- Road Traffic Injuries’ is geared towards countries, and seven of the world’s 10 largest found in the stomach and a relatively tragic to see animals like this sperm whale nually celebrated between two dates of the birthday of prophet mayors, local government officials and cities are in developing countries. large mass of ropes ... [this] may have dying on our doorstep. Until we can re- Muhammad (PBUH) by Sunnis and Shia. city policy planners. The initiatives cited in the report are had some impact on the animal’s ability duce our reliance on plastic and stem the The prize will be granted to the works which are deemed to Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, similar to those implemented under the to digest any ingested prey. flow of pollution into the oceans, we will have improved human life and made tangible and cutting-edge it highlights key areas where city leaders Partnership for Healthy Cities initiative, “There was no evidence of recent feed- see more marine wildlife affected by this innovations on the boundaries of science or have presented can tackle the drivers of NCDs, including a joint WHO, Bloomberg Philanthropies ing, although numerous squid beaks in increasing threat.” new scientific methodology. tobacco use, air pollution, poor diets and and Vital Strategies initiative that brings the stomach indicated it was weaned and Because the whale was so small it is lack of exercise, and improve road safety. over 50 cities together to share policies had been historically feeding.” thought it may have come from a ma- “By replicating the most effective meas- and plans on tackling NCDs and injuries. Experts are carrying out assessments triarchal pod rather than rather than a WORDS IN THE NEWS ures on a global scale, we can save millions The network, led by Mr Bloomberg, to decipher how the animal – which is bachelor pod. of lives,” said WHO Global Ambassador for has helped ensure 216 million people are the second smallest sperm whale ever The mother pods are found in warmer Speight sentence commuted NCDs and injuries, and three-term New covered by at least one intervention to recorded in the UK – was washed up. and tropical waters south of Britain while York City Mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg. protect them from NCDs and road traffic A spokesperson from the British Di- the male pods are found in colder waters (February 13, 2002) “We’re working to raise awareness among injury since 2017. vers Marine Life Rescue, said: “Whales, north of the UK. Fiji coup leader George Speight has had his death penalty for city leaders and policy makers about the real Some 193 countries have committed to dolphins and porpoises are mammals like Sperm whales, which are the second treason commuted to life in prison by the country’s president, gains that can be achieved when effective reducing premature deaths from NCDs by us humans, and therefore able to carry deepest diving creature, have the largest Ratu Josefa Il Ilo. This report from Phil Mercer. programs are in place.” a third by 2030, and halving road traffic serious diseases that can be transmitted brains on Earth – five times heavier than George Speight has been spared death by hanging and is now From anti-tobacco actions in Beijing and deaths and injuries by 2020, through the between us. a human brain. They can live for more starting a life sentence in jail. It’s been a day of high drama in Bogor, to road safety initiatives in Accra Sustainable Development Goals. “We would advise members of the pub- than 60 years. Fiji: it started with Speight walking confidently into court at and Bangkok, a bike sharing scheme in (Source: WHO) lic to avoid all contact with the carcass (Source: The Independent) the start of his trial for treason. He immediately pleaded guilty, but broke down and wept as the presiding judge, Justice Michael Scott, donned a ceremonial black cap to order his execution by hanging. ENGLISH IN USE Within hours the case was being reviewed by Fiji’s mercy commission, headed by the attorney-general, which advises LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION the president on issues of clemency. The government said last week it would introduce legislation to take the death penalty off the statute books and replace it with DOE not convinced to transfer water ســازمان محیطزیست؛ برای انتقال آب خزر life in prison It’s two years since Speight’s armed gang of nationalists from Caspian Sea مجاب نشده ایم stormed parliament. The target of the uprising was Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji’s first ethnic Indian prime Studies carried out so far has not yet convinced the Department پرویــن فرشــچی معــاون محیــط زیســت دریایــی ســازمان حفاظت محیط زیســت گفــت: مطالعاتی minister. He was accused by Speight of dismantling of Environment (DOE) to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to the rights of the indigenous majority at the expense of کــه مــا را بــه انتقــال آب خــزر بــه فــات مرکــزی مجــاب کنــد، هنوز تکمیل نشــده اســت. the Indo-Fijian minority. central Iran, Parvin Farshchi, deputy director of the DOE for marine بــه گــزارش روز شــنبه خبرآنلیــن پرویــن فرشــچی در خصــوص وضعیــت آبــی کشــور .Speight may appeal the life sentence. The weeping affairs has said figure with his head bowed as the earlier death sentence Over the past few years Iran has faced recurrent drought spells and گفــت: طــی ایــن سـ ـالها بــا خشکســالی و کمبــود بــارش روبـ ـهرو بودیــم، بنابرایــن was passed, stood in stark contrast to the confident low precipitation and the value of water has become more tangible, ارزشگــذاری آب ملموستــر مطرحشــده اســت. and charismatic man who brought down democracy in May 2000. Khabaronline quoted Farshchi as saying on Saturday. معــاون محیــط زیســت دریایــی ســازمان حفاظــت محیــط زیســت دربــاره مســائل Words She further explained that water transfer from the Caspian Sea to مطرحشــده در خصــوص انتقــال آب خــزر بــه فــات مرکــزی گفــت: ایــن موضــوع از spared: if someone is spared, they are not punished central Iran has been a matter of interest for some years now and سـ ـالها پیــش مطــرح بــوده و در ســال 1389 نیــز مطالعــات گوناگونــی در ایــن حــوزه treason: the crime of betraying your country pleaded guilty: stated in court that he had committed in the [Iranian calendar year of] 1389 (March 2010-March 2011) صــورت گرفتــه اســت. .a crime various research and studies on the issue were conducted donned: put on clemency: kind treatment from a person who has the authority to punish statute books: the collection of laws that are in force in PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM a particular country “extra-, extro-” Think back Cool as a cucumber accused: charged with committing a crime appeal: to request someone in authority to change a decision Meaning: outside or beyond Meaning: to think about things that happened in Explanation: calm and composed, especially in times bowed: lowered, looking at the ground For example: Chris’s behavior that morning was the past of stress charismatic: able to influence and inspire people by quite extraordinary. For example: Thinking back, it amazes me how we For example: Practicing meditation has helped me their personal qualities survived on so little sleep. to be as cool as a cucumber in times of trouble. (Source: BBC) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 4, 2019 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Iraqi PM urges safety of Five candidates to vie for Algerian presidency protesters as unrest continues TEHRAN— Algeria’s electoral authority has said the coun- try’s presidential election next month will be contested by TEHRAN — The situation in Iraq remains were closed. five candidates - all part of the political establishment that tense. Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has Protesters said they will not stop until has drawn the ire of months-long protests demanding the gathered the country’s security chiefs for a the message gets to the government and departure of the ruling elite. meeting, and called for measures to ensure corrupt officials are kicked out. The contenders are former Prime Ministers Abdelm- the safety of protesters amid an ongoing Further south in Hillah, Nasiriyah, Di- adjid Tebboune and Ali Benflis, former Culture Minister wave of anti-government demonstrations. waniyah and the holy city of Karbala, most Azzedine Mihoubi, former Tourism Minister Abdelkader Abdul-Mahdi held a meeting with the government offices were closed. Bengrine and Abdelaziz Belaid, head of the El Mostakbal country’s security chiefs as well as on In the country’s southern oil-rich port Movement party. Saturday night. city of Basra, public schools were shut down According to Al Jazeera, Mohamed Chorfi, the head of the During Saturday night’s meeting, which for the first time since the demonstrations electoral body, told reporters in the capital, Algiers, on Sunday was also attended by Interior Minister Yas- began last month. that the final list of candidates for the December 12 poll will sin Al-Yasiri, the participants reviewed the At the start of October, street protests be passed to the constitutional council for final validation. performance of security forces in line with erupted in several Iraqi cities over unem- An original 23 candidates had applied but only five made their duties to ensure domestic stability, ployment and a lack of basic services.The the final list, according to Chorfi. Rules for candidates in- protect peaceful demonstrators, as well as rallies resumed on October 25 after a pause cluded gathering 50,000 signatures from citizens on voting safeguard the country’s public and private of about two weeks, but took a violent turn. lists from at least 50 regions. property and vital installations. The prime minister has agreed to resign Observers expect a weak turnout. On Sunday, the protesters spilled out provided that a successor is designated. into the streets of the capital Baghdad and It took more than six months of negotia- several other cities, shutting down streets, tions before Abdul-Mahdi was appointed a schools and government offices. year ago. Finding a successor approved by In China, Macron wants to According to Press TV, in Baghdad, uni- all political factions will not be an easy task. versity students parked their cars in the mid- President Barham Salih has promised take Beijing ‘at its word’ dle of main thoroughfares, blocking traffic. to call for early elections. Police officers manning nearby checkpoints Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sis- on free trade did not intervene. and the national teachers union extended In Kut to the east, protesters blocked tani has appealed for calm, warning of the Students took part in sit-ins at schools, its strike that was launched last week. main roads and bridges, and most schools danger of Iraq plunging into a civil war. TEHRAN— French President Emmanuel Macron will seek to make China deliver on promises to grant more access to foreign companies, eyeing agribusiness and Over 4,000 Sudanese militiamen slain UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ over finance, advisers said ahead of his arrival in Shanghai for a giant import fair. in Saudi-led war against Yemen Rohingya crisis Macron, who will attend the fair along with other Euro- pean officials including incoming EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan, would take China “at its word” that it aims to open itself up to trade, a presidential adviser said ahead of the Nov. 4-6 trip, Reuters reported. “Since this fair is supposed to demonstrate China’s openness, well, let’s prove it with access to its agrobusi- ness market and progress on the EU-China deals,” the adviser added. Macron will travel with a business delegation of 30 com- panies ranging from blue chips to small firms. He will seek greater access in the fields of finance and aerospace as well as fewer export restrictions for French poultry. China has long been dogged by Western allegations of unfair trade practices, from forced tech transfers to pro- tectionist market entry policy. That has led to disputes with the United States in par- ticular, which has slapped tariffs on Chinese exports. The French adviser said Washington was right to push for better behavior from the Chinese, even if France does not nec- TEHRAN — The spokesman for Yem- now present in the al-Khobe area of Saudi TEHRAN —United Nations chief An- Myanmar was responsible to “ensure essarily support President Donald Trump’s trade moves. eni Armed Forces says more than 4,000 Arabia’s southern border region of Jizan, tonio Guterres has expressed “deep” a conducive environment for the safe, “The United States ask the right questions, but don’t Sudanese militiamen fighting alongside located 967 kilometers (601 miles) south- concern over the plight of hundreds of voluntary, dignified and sustainable necessarily have the right answers,” the French adviser said. Saudi-led military forces against Houthi west of the capital Riyadh, in the name of thousands of Rohingya refugees, urg- repatriation of refugees”. Ansarullah fighters have been killed and the so-called Fifth Brigade. ing Myanmar to assume responsibility Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung many more injured ever since the Riyadh Saree highlighted that 2,000 Su- by dealing with the “root causes” of San Suu Kyi was present at the summit, Thousands rally in Lebanon regime and its allies launched a military danese militants are stationed in the their flight and work towards their sitting expressionless as Guterres spoke. aggression against Yemen. al-Majazah area of Asir region, while safe repatriation. Myanmar does not recognize the in show of support for Speaking at a press conference in the another 600 are deployed in Saqam area According to Al Jazeera, a brutal army Rohingya as citizens. capital Sana’a on Saturday afternoon, in Narjan region. campaign in August 2017 forced more The country says it welcomes back President Aoun Brigadier General Yahya Saree said 4,253 The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forc- than 740,000 members of the most- those who agree to a bureaucratic status Sudanese militants have lost their lives es added that 1,000 Sudanese forces are ly-Muslim minority to flee Myanmar’s below full citizenship, and if they agree to 1 “General Aoun is a reformist and sincere man - not in clashes with Yemeni forces, noting deployed in Yemen’s southern provinces of Rakhine state, most seeking refuge in live under tight guard after their villages corrupt nor a thief,” a supporter who gave her name as that the total number of the Saudi-paid Aden and Lahij, and that they are present overcrowded camps across the border were incinerated. Diana told AFP news agency. Sudanese mercenaries killed in Yemen in Ra’s al-Abbas area, Aden Internation- in Bangladesh. During its crackdown, Only a few hundred Rohingya have “There has been corruption in the state for 30 years. since the beginning of the current year al Airport and al-Anad Air Base. which was launched in response to attacks returned to Myanmar so far, with many The president isn’t responsible. He’s trying to fight against stands at 459. Saree noted that Sudanese mercenar- by an armed group, the military carried fearing further persecution in the Bud- graft,” she said. According to Press TV, Saree pointed ies have perpetrated various crimes and out mass killings and gang rapes with dhist-majority country. Berri supports Hariri reappointment out that 185 Sudanese militiamen have abuses, most notably cases of rape, during “genocidal intent”, according to United Guterres also called on Myanmar “to Meanwhile, Lebanon Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri been killed and tens of others wounded the past two years, and that the involve- Nations-mandated investigators. ensure humanitarian actors have full and said he supports the reappointment of Saad Hariri as Prime in battles against Yemeni army forces and ment of Sudanese child soldiers in battles Speaking at the start of a meeting unfettered access to areas of return”. Minister. allied fighters from Popular Committees against Yemeni forces is among the crimes in Thailand with the leaders of the As- A leaked ASEAN report earlier this In an interview with Mustaqbal Web Berri said that his during the past few months. and violations committed by the Saudi-led sociation of Southeast Asian Nations year said the repatriation effort could position regarding the designation of a new prime minister He said 5,000 Sudanese fighters are coalition of aggression. (ASEAN), Guterres said on Sunday take a further two years. is known and that he has “informed the relevant parties.” According to Daily Star, a statement from Berri’s office said that the comments published by Mustaqbal Web were Thailand says new Asian trade deal to be signed in 2020 not accurate without elaborating further. Regarding government formation, Berri said he was in TEHRAN— Thailand said on Sunday that Southeast sive and rules-based international trading system and ASEAN and India. favor of a smaller government than the one currently in place. Asian nations are committed to signing a pact by February expansion of value chains.” Nor did Modi mention the trade bloc, whose 16 coun- “I am committed to representing the protest, but in this 2020 on forging what could become the world’s largest According to Reuters, new impetus to reach agreement tries would account for a third of global gross domestic case the issue is political,” he said. trade bloc, even after new demands by India dealt a blow has come from the U.S.-China trade war, which has helped product and nearly half the world’s population, in Twitter Berri added that he had contacted the head of Parlia- to the process backed by China. knock regional economic growth to its lowest in five years. posts after meeting Thai and Indonesian leaders. ment’s Finance and Budget Committee, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, Going into this weekend’s summit of the Association of “The early conclusion of RCEP negotiations will lay An Indian foreign ministry official later told a media and that the next committee meeting will take place next Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok there had been the foundation for East Asia’s economic integration,” said briefing “Let’s take all the RCEP questions tomorrow.” Tuesday to start discussing the 2020 budget, expected to hopes of finalizing negotiations this year on the 16-nation a statement from China’s foreign ministry after Premier Southeast Asian countries had hoped at least a provi- be completed and approved within a month. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Li Keqiang met Southeast Asian leaders. sional agreement could be announced on Monday. In remarks published last week by local daily Al Joum- But the ASEAN chairman’s final statement released But Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not But India has been worried about a potential flood houria, Berri said he tried to persuade the caretaker Prime on Sunday night said the 10-nation grouping welcomed even mention the RCEP talks in opening remarks at a of Chinese imports. A person with knowledge of New Minister not to resign. a “commitment to sign the RCEP Agreement in 2020”. meeting with Southeast Asian leaders and instead spoke Delhi’s negotiations said new demands were made last Hariri submitted his resignation to President Michel “This will significantly contribute to an open, inclu- only of reviewing the existing trade agreement between week “which are difficult to meet.” Aoun last Tuesday, on the 13th day of nationwide protests and roadblocks against state sectarianism and corruption. Hezbollah slams Twitter for ‘politicized’ suspension of TV channel accounts TEHRAN — The Lebanese resistance media platform had been influenced by the protests across Lebanon which led to the operate on its website. movement Hezbollah has slammed the policies of the government in Washington. resignation of the cabinet led by Prime However, the same news agency said U.S. current political rancor U.S.-based social media website Twitter The U.S. government has blacklisted Minister Sa’ad Hariri. specific television shows with Twitter is widely viewed as equal to for its decision to suspend pages related to Hezbollah, a popular group in Lebanon with It also comes amid a rise in the popular- names of Al Manar were still available the group, saying it came under political huge political influence, while government ity of Hezbollah in Lebanon and in other on the platform on Saturday. civil war: Tillerson pressure. officials and lawmakers in Washington countries in the Middle East, especially The suspension of Al Manar’s accounts Hezbollah’s TV channel Al Manar said have consistently pressured others to cut after the group managed to successfully on Twitter comes as the website and oth- on Saturday that most of its Twitter ac- or restrict their relations with the group help the government in neighboring Syria er U.S.-based social media organizations 1 The shift was the main topic during a private meet- counts had been made unavailable. despite the fact that it is represented in to win a years-long battle against terrorists. with vast global audience have repeated- ing on Wednesday by Senate Republicans, the report said, It accused the Twitter of giving in to “po- the Lebanese government and parliament. A Twitter spokesman told the AFP ly claimed that they are not influenced citing multiple people familiar with the session who spoke litical pressures”, an apparent suggestion Twitter’s decision to suspend accounts news agency that the social media plat- by the policies and decisions of the U.S. on the condition of anonymity. that the decision by the U.S.-based social run by Al Manar came after a series of form could not allow illegal groups to government. Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana argued that there may have been a quid pro quo but said that the U.S. government often attaches conditions to for- eign aid and that nothing was illegal in Trump’s doing so Roadmap by religious authority for Iraq’s political future in the case of aid to Ukraine, the individuals familiar with 1 Some political parties are seeking to use popular hard in recent days to show that the demonstrators have people’s demands and calls for peaceful protests by the the GOP meeting said. protests in their own favor to achieve their political goals. chanted slogans against the religious authority and even demonstrators. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who ran against Trump in These parties, influenced by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, have attacked on some of their offices during the protests. In should be noted that implementation of political 2016, echoed Kennedy’s argument that such conditions are pursuing other goals than pushing for reforms in In addition, some Arab media are trying to show that and economic reforms will not take place without stability are a tool of foreign policy and a quid pro quo is not illegal the country. there is a gap between the Iraqi people and the religious and security in any country. That is why Iraqi political unless there is “corrupt intent.” The second point is the failure of efforts by some foreign authority. But an examination of the position of the religious groups should stop politicking and not be tempted to settle The discussion underscores the dilemma for congres- countries to exploit protests in Iraq. Foreign media, authority since the beginning of the protests shows that scores. Instead, they should join hands to do reforms until sional Republicans as they frantically seek a new strategy especially those affiliated with the U.S., have worked the religious authority urges the government to meet the country leaves this critical stage behind. to defend the president. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS NOVEMBER 4, 2019

City boss Guardiola What can Tokyo 2020 learn from accuses Liverpool star Mane of diving the Rugby World Cup? Pep Guardiola has accused Liverpool star Sadio Mane of div- ing as the Manchester City boss lit the fuse on next weekend’s In many ways, the Rugby World Cup was a in Japanese baths (strictly forbidden), the explosive clash between the Premier League title rivals. mini dress rehearsal for Japan, as it gears up vast majority of foreign fans were impeccably Mane scored Liverpool’s winner in the fourth minute of to host an even bigger sporting event next behaved at the Rugby World Cup and added stoppage-time as the leaders scored twice in the final mo- year: the Tokyo Olympics. to the festival atmosphere. ments to escape with a 2-1 victory at Aston Villa on Saturday. While there are many differences -- far However, some videos of drunken fans But the Senegal winger had been booked for simulation fewer countries participated in the Rugby cavorting on public transport went viral on in the first half at Villa Park and that didn’t escape Guar- World Cup but it was spread out over 12 host Japanese social media, leading some to warn diola’s attention. cities -- there are some lessons Tokyo 2020 of “improper” behavior when the Olympics Asked about Liverpool’s comeback, Guardiola, speaking can learn from the tournament. come around. after City came from behind to beat Southampton 2-1, told Contingency planning may not While rugby fans are well-known for a BBC Sport: “It has happened many times, what Liverpool be enough healthy thirst, Olympic organizers may also have done, in the last few years, it’s because (Mane) is a Rugby World Cup organizers spent hun- find a clash of cultures between foreigners special talent. dreds of hours gaming out every possible and the ultra-reserved Japanese when it “Sometimes he’s diving, sometimes he has this talent to scenario for what would happen if a typhoon, comes to public drunkenness. score incredible goals in the last minute. He’s a talent.” earthquake or volcano struck a venue in Japan, And it’s not just the fans. Some Uruguay Liverpool remain six points clear of City ahead of their one of the world’s most seismically active players appeared to have let the side down crucial showdown at Anfield on Sunday and Guardiola knows countries that is also battered by hurricanes by allegedly trashing a nightclub after losing the European champions will be tough to catch given their each year. their final match, sparking legal action from relentless drive. In the end, even the worst-case scenario the owner to reclaim thousands of dollars “If it’s one time, two times, ‘we were lucky, we were lucky’, planning was insufficient as Hagibis, one of in damage. but it happened in the last two seasons many, many times. the largest and most powerful typhoons in Get the kit in They have a special character to do that,” Guardiola said. recent years, reared up from the Pacific and warned against top-level competition at Cup that could extend to Olympics events If the Rugby World Cup is anything to go “We look at ourselves, we know which team we face, I took direct aim at Tokyo. the height of the Japanese summer when not familiar to Japan is how fans “adopted” by, Olympic organizers should make sure think they have won 10 and drawn one. Next week we go to Changing venues was impossible as the the heat and humidity are unbearable. another team. they are fully stocked on memorabilia and Anfield to try to play them.” storm covered practically the entire Japa- Japanese fans rock Images of Japanese supporters gamely replica clothing. (Source: Mirror) nese archipelago and organizers were forced Tokyo 2020 already has no concerns singing other national anthems -- including Spurred by the brilliance of the home to cancel three fixtures as Hagibis brought about filling the stadiums -- tickets could young children selected as mascots -- or trying team, sales of the Brave Blossoms replica historic rains and ferocious winds that killed have been sold several times over -- and the the New Zealand haka war dance wowed the shirts exploded, with long queues forming We’re not in a great place more than 80 people. Japanese fans melted many hearts at the world and showed the “omotenashi” (Japanese outside specialist clothing shops several with VAR, says Chelsea The Olympics are not being held during Rugby World Cup. welcome) Tokyo 2020 hopes to emulate. hours before they opened. peak typhoon season (although the Para- While they may not have been familiar Players responded, starting a trend of Stocks quickly ran dry, leaving many dis- boss Lampard lympics are) but Tokyo is never safe from with all the finer points of rugby, they cheered bowing deeply to the crowd as per Japanese appointed. And it was not just Japan team earthquakes and typhoons can strike most enthusiastically and fairly for all the teams, tradition after every game. shirts that proved popular but Japanese fans Frank Lampard believes the Premier League are setting a of the year round. creating a sensational atmosphere remarked Foreign fans (mostly) rock lapped up shirts from all the top teams -- the dangerous precedent with the use of the Video Assistant Tokyo 2020 has its own weather-related upon by all competing nations. Despite scare stories about rugby fans famous All Black jersey a particular favorite. Referee (VAR) after technology intervened to give Watford controversy to deal with as doctors have A unique feature of the Rugby World drinking Tokyo dry and flashing their tattoos (Source: AFP) a late penalty in Chelsea’s 2-1 win at Vicarage Road. Lampard’s Chelsea moved up to third in the league with victory on Saturday but they endured some nervy moments in the closing stages after Gerard Deulofeu converted an Dominant Vinales storms to Malaysian Union GK Rafa Gikiewicz confronts 80th-minute penalty for the hosts. Deulofeu went down under slight contact from Chelsea’s MotoGP victory own fans in chaotic Berlin derby Jorginho and after initially pointing for a goal kick, referee Anthony Taylor was advised by the VAR to overturn his decision. “We’re not in a great place with it,” the Chelsea manager told reporters after the match. “I know (using screens) is a bit contentious, I know it could mean every fan might call for it and there might pres- sure on the referees. “But if we are overturning decisions because one referee somewhere else thinks it was more of a penalty than the referee on the pitch, then I think we are in a really danger- ous place. You’re going to be tossing a coin every week.” At the start of the season, the Premier League decided that it would only use technology for “clear and obvious” errors by on-field referees. Not a single penalty or red card was given by VAR in the opening nine rounds of the competition, but last weekend it made headlines by overturning five key decisions. Lampard feels there has been a change in policy despite receiving guidance at a meeting earlier this week. Spain’s Maverick Vinales stormed to a lead at Sepang after starting second on the Chaotic scenes marred Saturday’s home end. (Source: Reuters) dominant victory in the Malaysian MotoGP grid and never looked threatened. Bundesliga match between Hertha Following the final whistle, Hertha fans Sunday as world champion Marc Marquez By the halfway mark, he had opened Berlin and Union Berlin that saw Union lit fireworks in the stands and threw them fought his way from near the back of the up a two second lead over second-placed goalkeeper Rafa Gikiewicz confront his onto the pitch. On the other end, several Ashleigh Barty wins richest starting grid to finish second. Marquez, and was over three seconds ahead team’s supporters who had stormed onto masked Union supporters broke through prize in tennis at WTA Finals Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso came of him when he crossed the finish line. the pitch afterward. and reached the pitch. in third but there was disappointment for Marquez’s performance was even more The highly anticipated derby between the But Gikiewicz raised his fists to fight off World No.1 Ashleigh Barty set the seal on a memorable French rookie Fabio Quartararo, who only astonishing, however, after he started 11th two Berlin sides -- their first in Germany’s the Union supporters before they could 2019 by claiming the biggest prize in tennis history with managed a lacklustre seventh-place after on the grid following a terrifying crash in top flight -- was also briefly delayed after reach the Hertha supporters. a 6-4 6-3 win over defending champion Elina Svitolina in starting from pole. qualifying that saw him thrown from his the first half when visiting Hertha fans “The people moved back to the stands. the title match of the WTA Finals in Shenzhen Sunday. Vinales’s second win of the season bike. threw flares onto the pitch at Union’s Alte But we will definitely try to identify Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty has made history was a major boost following last week’s Within a few laps the Repsol Honda Forsterei stadium. everyone,” Union communication chief in beating defending champion Elina Svitolina at the $14 Australian MotoGP, where he crashed out rider, who was crowned world champion Match referee Deniz Aytekin opted Christian Arbeit said. “That’s also shows that million WTA Finals this morning. after leading for much of the race -- and for the sixth time last month, had smashed to keep the players in the tunnel for five we are a family. Here, our keeper prevented It wasn’t an easy victory, as Barty was tested further in compatriot Marquez went on to win. his way through the pack and was trying minutes before returning for the second half. someone else from doing a stupid thing.” the second set, but ran out the eventual winner 6-4, 6-3. The Monster Energy Yamaha rider to chase down Vinales. “It’s just sad when something like this Flares were also sent toward Union’s Barty had won two of her round robin matches before said the victory felt “amazing” after his While he did not manage to catch his happens. I am just relieved that nobody bench, but coach Urs Fischer praised the final, so she pocketed a cool $6.4 million - of that, a disappointing performance in Phillip compatriot, Marquez nevertheless opened was injured on the pitch. It has nothing to Aytekin’s effort to control the match. massive prize of $3.4 million for the final win. It is the big- Island. up a sizeable gap with the rest of the field do with football,” Aytekin told reporters “I didn’t think it was so bad. [The gest ever prizemoney awarded in men’s or women’s tennis. “In Phillip Island, I felt like I had the and cruised to a comfortable second place. after the match. players] all remained calm,” Fischer said If she had lost, Barty would have only received $3 million victory in my hands but I made a mistake The 26-year-old said the first lap, which “The players’ health stands above all. after the match. “And because it was so in total, which would still have been quite the prize after and I crashed,” he told reporters at the catapulted him to the front, was “incredible” In accordance with the police, we decided calm, nothing much happened. Thank god. claiming over $10m in prizemoney throughout the season. Sepang circuit following the penultimate and congratulated his team for the good to go through with the match because at But you shouldn’t target those rockets at The 23-year-old’s latest triumph capped a dream regular race of the season. result. the end of the day everyone’s safety is the supporters.” season in which Barty also landed her maiden grand slam “Here all weekend I’ve been very “We started from 11th, and we cannot biggest concern.” Berlin police told ESPN FC that Hertha crown at the French Open in June. consistent. I knew if I got first place I had forget that here normally we struggle a Union won the match 1-0 when fans had also lit fireworks on their way to the It also completed her perfect preparation for next week’s a chance to push, push and push.” lot,” he said. substitute Sebastian Polter converted a stadium, with one minor injury reported. Fed Cup final against France in Perth, where Barty will The 24-year-old surged into an early (Source: Eurosport) penalty in the 90th minute in front of the (Source: ESPN) bid to lead Australia to glory for the first time since 1974. Svitolina, as she won all her matches in the round robin stages, would have pocketed $6.8m for the win, but still won $3.5m for finishing runner up. Nadal’s late-season injury jinx strikes again (Source: CNN) Rafael Nadal’s vulnerability to late-season injuries resurfaced his career since. this weekend as the 19-time Grand Slam champion was forced Nadal has enjoyed a fantastic 2019, winning both Roland Anger grows at Real Madrid out of the Paris Masters with an abdominal muscle strain. Garros and the US Open to move to within one of great rival The 33-year-old has carved out one of the sport’s greatest- Roger Federer on the list for most Grand Slam titles. over use of VAR ever careers in spite of persistent injury troubles, a pattern But he has been far from an ever-present on tour. which has continued in 2019. The Spaniard handed Federer a walkover when they were Real Madrid’s hierarchy remain dismayed by the use of VAR The latest problem has put his participation at both the set to meet in the Indian Wells semi-finals before pulling out in Spanish football after yet another incident on Saturday ATP Tour Finals and the Davis Cup in doubt. of the following Miami Open with the same right knee issue. evening that they feel should have seen them awarded a Nadal, who has never won the title at Bercy or the Tour A left wrist problem forced him to end his Laver Cup penalty. Finals, also withdrew from the Paris Masters before the halfway through the event in September, and Paris was his The ball quite clearly struck Zouhair Fedal’s hand in the quarter-finals on his last appearance in 2017 with a knee first appearance since. final stretch of the game but no action was taken. problem and missed last year’s tournament with another Many pundits consistently predicted Nadal would struggle “In phases of the game we’ve taken a step back and then abdominal injury. to enjoy a long career due to his gruelling style of play and he there’s a play involving VAR that we won’t talk about anymore,” The world number two, who will usurp Novak Djokovic at has proved them wrong time and again since. Sergio Ramos said of the decision to not award the penalty. the top of the rankings next week, has still only won two ATP I keep playing. ”No, that’s not an issue.” “I saw it clearly, but the referee hasn’t seen it.” titles indoors, a figure at least partly down to his November “I finished the tournament with (a) 28-millimetre strain, Nadal said he would fight to be fit for the season-ending It was a confusing incident that’s open to interpretation, injury woes. so have been a big, big thing after that. championships in London, which start on November 10, but the Betis defender’s hand wasn’t considered to be in an He had been due to play Canadian youngster Denis “I remember (it) well because I couldn’t play semi-finals of until it is “impossible”, but will first head home to Mallorca unnatural position and so the penalty wasn’t given. Shapovalov in the semis with a final against Djokovic at stake, the Davis Cup against Israel... So for me, I took almost a month to start his recovery. But those upstairs at Madrid believe the decision was but announced he was pulling out just minutes before the outside of the tennis court, so we don’t want to repeat that.” Should he miss London, Davis Cup organizers, including something similar to not being awarded a penalty against scheduled start of the match on Saturday. Long injury history Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique, will be desperate for Nadal Mallorca, similarly the foul on Vinicius Junior that wasn’t But Nadal insisted it was not worth the risk, having also Nadal’s first injury-enforced absence from the ATP Tour to be ready for the inaugural finals of the team event, with called against Villarreal last season. suffered with a similar injury 10 years ago. came as a 16-year-old in 2003 when he hurt his elbow in a fall Federer and Djokovic both skipping that week in Madrid. The club are furious again and feel as though they’re “I had this issue in the US Open 2009 with a bad experience,” during training and had to miss the French Open -- an event It will also be a busy 2020, though, for Nadal, with the Tokyo fighting a losing battle. he said. “Because I started the tournament with, if I remember, he has gone on to win a record-breaking 12 times. Olympics wedged between Wimbledon and the US Open. (Source: Marca) around six, seven, millimetres of strain and I keep playing, He has missed at least one tournament in every year of (Source: France24) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 4, 2019 SPORTS 15

Iran eye third Intercontinental Greco-Roman wrestlers claim two golds at Beach Soccer Cup title U23 World TEHRAN – Two Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed SPORTS TEHRAN – Iran look gold medals at the U23 World Championships in Budapest, deskto defend title at the Hungary on Saturday. 2019 Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Meysam Dalkhani and Aliakbar Yousefi seized two gold in Dubai, the UAE. medals at the 63kg and 130kg, respectively. Team Melli have been drawn in a tough Facing 2013 Cadet World bronze medalist Levani group at the 9th edition of the competition. Kavjaradze from Georgia, Dalkhani fell to a 6-2 deficit in The prestigious competition will be the second period, but with less than 30 seconds left, the held at the Kite Beach in Dubai, the UAE Iranian put the Georgian to his back with a hip toss for four from Nov. 5 to 9. points and a 6-6 lead on criteria. Defending champions are pitted against Kavjaradze’s corner challenged the call, but it failed, three-time winners Russia, Mexico and resulting in a point for Dalkhani and securing a 7-6 win. Egypt for the two semi-final spots from At 130 kg, 2019 Junior World champion Yousefi picked up Group B. his second World gold medal of the year, winning by injury Hosts the UAE will meet European default over five-time World champion Zviadi Pataridze powerhouses Italy and Spain and Asian from Georgia. champions Japan in Group A. (Source: UWW) “We have recently won a bronze medal at the ANOC World Beach Games in Doha and some of players traveled to Turkey to Iran to send three participate in a beach soccer tournament. We know that we will have a difficult task swimmers to Qatar’s in the competition because all participating Swimming World Cup teams play in the high level,” Iran coach Abbas Hashempour said. IRNA – Iranian three-member swimming team will “Russia are one the best teams in the depart for Qatar on Tuesday to take part at the 2019 world and Mexico and Egypt are also strong FINA Swimming World Cup. and want to qualify for the semis. Our goal Mehdi Ansari, Benyamin Ghare Hassanloo and Alireza is to reach the final and I believe in my Yavari will represent Iran in the event. players. We want to achieve what we’re The competition will be held in Doha’s Hamad Aquatic aiming for,” he added. Centre from November 7-9. The Intercontinental Cup is second only The 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup is a series of to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup as the seven three-day meets in seven different cities between largest and most prestigious event on the August and November 2019. This edition is held in the international beach soccer circuit, featuring long course (50 meter pool) format. an exclusive assembly of the world’s very best national teams from each continent. Since the World Cup is a biannual soccer tournament. Mohammad Ahmadzadeh, Amirhossein lem Mesigar, Mostafa Kiani, Mohammad Thailand 2019 semi-finals competition, this event is now the most Iran squad: Akbari, Saeid Piramoon, Mohammadali Masoumizadeh, Ali Mirshekari, Hassan important annual international beach Peyman Hosseini, Hamid Behzadpour, Mokhtari, Mehdi Shirmohammadi, Mos- Abdollahi line-up confirmed With the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019 group stage action coming to an end on Sunday, Iran handed tough group at Asian Iran take bronze at FISU the tournament’s four semi-finalists have now been confirmed. Handball C’ship 3x3 World Cup As the dust settles on 12 pulsating matches in Chonburi, Group A winners DPR Korea will now tackle Group B runners-up Korea Republic, while reigning champions Japan – who topped the Group B standings – are set to meet Australia after they finished second in Group A. Both matches are scheduled to be played on Wednesday. In addition to Continental glory being on the line, the competition’s top three finishers are guaranteed places at next year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Nigeria. DPR Korea (Group A winners) Son Sung-gwon’s talented charges recorded three successive victories to claim their place in the last four, scoring 11 goals in the process and conceding only twice. With captain Ri Su-gyong impressing throughout, DPR Korea opened their account in fine style courtesy of a 5-1 win over fellow semi-finalists Australia, before going on to beat Vietnam 3-0 and then host nation Thailand 3-1. SPORTS TEHRAN – Iran have The 2020 Asian Men’s Handball Cham- SPORTS TEHRAN – Iran’s University of Vienna. No fewer than nine players have found the net for deskbeen handed a tough pionship will be the 19th edition of the deskAzad University wom- In the men’s tournament, Paulista the East Asians at Thailand 2019 as they look at add a group in the 2020 Asian Men’s Handball championship held under the aegis of en’s team wrote their name in the history, University of Brazil defeated Chile’s second title to the one they claimed in 2007. Championship. Asian Handball Federation. winning the first-ever medal at the Interna- University of Chile in the final match. The Persian are drawn in Group A The championship will take place at tional University Sports Federation (FISU) Huaqiao University of China won the with Bahrain and New Zealand. Kuwait City, Kuwait from January 16 to University World Cup - 3x3 on Sunday. bronze medal. Qatar, Japan and China are in Group B. 27, 2020. The Iranian representative edged past The 2019 edition of the University Group C consists of South Korea, Saudi The competition acts as the Asian ISEG Senegal 14-13 in Xiamen, China to World Cup - 3x3 was held in Xiamen, Arabia and Australia. qualifying tournament for the 2021 win a bronze medal. China, for a fifth year in a row. Host Kuwait are pitted with the UAE, World Men’s Handball Championship The gold medal went to Chinese team The competition was hosted by Huaqio Iraq and Hong Kong in Pool D. to be held in Egypt. Tsinghua University who beat Austria’s University from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3.

Renard: There is outstanding young talent in Saudi Arabia After more than a decade in Africa, where he enjoyed that just made it to the final. Obviously, we’re hoping very successful stints in Zambia, Côte d’Ivoire and they go on and win the title. Morocco, winning the CAF Africa Cup of Nations title With the national team, we had one friendly against twice and qualifying for the FIFA World Cup™, French Mali, which was very physical, and then we went straight coach Herve Renard decided to switch continents. His into the qualifiers. We’ve played three games so far, Korea Republic (Group B runners-up) new destination is Asia, where he headed in July to beating Singapore at home and drawing away to Yemen Sunday’s narrow 1-0 defeat of Myanmar saw champions take up the coaching reins of Saudi Arabia. and Palestine. This proves that our group is far from Korea Republic finish second in Group B after Hur Jung- Despite a busy schedule and having little time to easy, with all the teams expecting to win points. We jae’s side had been forced to wait until Matchday Three prepare for the ongoing FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ hope to improve soon and start to show our potential to confirm their progress. qualifying campaign, the coach took time out to talk in order to make the Saudi fans happy. That victory came after a taxing 2-1 win over China exclusively to FIFA.com. “It was time for a new challenge, Do you have a specific coaching philosophy or PR on Matchday One and a disappointing 2-0 loss to and I hope I’ll succeed in Saudi Arabia,” he said. certain tactics you like your teams to adhere to? eventual group winners Japan on Matchday Two. During the interview, the 51-year-old Frenchman For me the most important philosophy is to play as a Korea Republic’s success at Thailand 2019 comes discussed, among other things, his objectives with the team. We use the width of the pitch to pass the ball and after they failed to progress from the group stage at Saudi national team, his memories of more than a decade try to move around intelligently. As long as we do this, the 2017 edition and some six years since their last AFC in Africa, and why he likes to have a good relationship then we can develop technically and deploy different U-19 Women’s Championship triumph. with his players wherever he goes. tactics depending on the game. Against Singapore, Japan (Group B winners) FIFA.com: After a lengthy stay in Africa, what for example, we started with a 4-2-3-1 and the team Under the wily guidance of head coach Futoshi Ikeda, motivated you move to Asia and accept the Saudi offer? players get on very well with each other. I told them looked very organized. We put in a good performance Japan breezed into the semi-finals as Group B’s top team Herve Renard: Life did. I think it’s important to that they must be happy in what they do; wearing the and won 3-0. As I said, as long as we have the talent, after winning all three of their group stage matches. seek new experiences and strive for success. Yes, I national team shirt is an honor for any player and you demonstrate technical maturity, and work as a team, Sunday’s hard-fought 2-1 victory over China PR worked for more than a decade in Africa and feel I must work hard for it. then we can always get better. came in the wake of similarly successful outings against was successful there, but it was time for a change. I What do you hope to achieve with Saudi Arabia? You then took Morocco to the World Cup finals Myanmar and Korea Republic who they beat 5-0 and wanted to continue working with national teams and We’ve started the qualifying campaign for the 2022 for the first time in 20 years. How was that experience? 2-0 on Matchdays One and Two respectively. had received an offer from Saudi Arabia to take charge World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup. Our first goal is It was very special. We set ourselves some goals and The five-time champions have impressed thus far as of the senior side. I know the Saudi team very well, as to finish top of Group D in order to progress to the we achieved the most important one by qualifying for they seek to not only retain their Continental crown but they took part in the most recent edition of the World final round. Another task is to bring fresh faces into Russia 2018, where we put in very good performances. also go on to defend the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Cup in Russia and are one of Asia’s heavyweights. You the team, but that has to be a gradual process. There We didn’t have great results despite playing better than title they claimed in 2018. can’t turn down that kind of offer. After all, they are a are many outstanding young talents here and we have our opponents. At the personal level, my relationship Australia (Group A runners-up) big name within the game, and I think if we work hard, to give them an opportunity. They won the AFC U-19 with the players was excellent. The team spirit was A last gasp 1-0 win over Vietnam on Matchday Three we’ll achieve what we’re aiming for. Championship and took part in the U-20 World Cup in there all the time. During international breaks, even helped Australia secure a second successive AFC U-19 You’ve been here less than three months, so how Poland this year. We’re keen to include young players our injured players wanted to come and stay with the Women’s Championship semi-final appearance. did you get to know the players so quickly and what and hope they gain the necessary experience to help team at our camp. I was very happy with the atmosphere. Mary Fowler, who was sensational during the was your initial plan? us build a strong team for the future. So, now you’d like to return to the FIFA World competition’s qualifiers, bagged her third of the tournament The plan was to watch all the players. Luckily, the In your experience, what are the strengths of Cup only this time with Saudi Arabia? to seal the dramatic victory, one which came after an national league started and we had four teams playing Saudi players and how would you rate the first three Yes, certainly. When you experience the atmosphere opening day loss to Group A winners DPR Korea and a in the AFC Champions League. During the first squad games of the qualifiers? of a World Cup, you would want to get there again. far more encouraging 3-1 defeat of Thailand. get-together over ten days, we got to know each other Saudi players are very skilled, which allows them Nothing beats participating in the world’s greatest Australia are in their eighth AFC U-19 Women’s and established the foundation of our work. Over time, to compete at the highest level across the continent. football tournament. I’ll work very hard to lead Saudi Championship appearance, with their best performance things improved and everyone just wanted to focus Four Saudi teams took part in the AFC Champions Arabia to the 2022 finals. to date coming in 2006 when they finished third. on playing. Things also got better off the pitch. 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No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Persian stories Zip Code: 1599814713 CULTURE TEHRAN — An anthology lived during the 12th and 13th centuries, was deskof stories by Iranian released by the Okumuslar Publishing House writers has been published by the Turkish in Istanbul in June 2018. publishing house Dogu in Istanbul. He also added that the Dogu Publishing The book “Iranian Story Anthology” House is interested in Persian literature and was released on Friday, Iranian translator has published several books on the history of Turkish literature Behruz Dijurian, who of Iran, modern Iran, and relations between is also the translator of the collection, told the Ottomans and Iran. the Persian service of the MNA on Saturday. Dijurian spent the past year translating GUIDE TO The anthology carries stories by Sadeq “Iranian Story Anthology” and his fellow writer SPIRITUAL AWAKENING Hedayat, Ali-Ashraf Darvishian, Rasul Parvizi, Sadeq Hedayat’s “The Blind Owl”, which is Jalal Al-Ahmad, Hushang Golshiri, Hashem scheduled to be published in Istanbul in the People’s hearts are shy and timid, and turn to him Akbariani, Ali-Akbar Janvand, Yusef Alikhani near future. who tames them and shows them affection. and the translator. “I intend to provide a bridge between “I hope that Turkish readers will like the Turkish and Persian literature by my books,” Imam Ali (AS) collection. The publisher plans to support he noted. other collections of such stories from Persian A Turkish translation of Iranian author writers if Turkish readers welcome the present Mehdi Yazdani-Khorram’s novel “I Love anthology,” said Dijurian whose Turkish Manchester United” by Dijurian came out Turkish, Afghan ensembles translation of the Rubaiyat of Baba Afzal by Demavend Publications in Istanbul Front cover of “Iranian Story Anthology” released by the Dogu Publishing to perform in Iran’s Kashani, a book by the Persian poet who in 2015. House in Istanbul. Regional Music Festival “Dandelion Season” filming begins “Last Fiction” picked as best at Epic By Samaneh Aboutalebi in California ACG Fest TEHRAN — The 12th edition of Iran’s Regional Music Festival will host three ensembles from Turkey and Afghanistan, the director of the festival, Ahmad Sadri, said during a press conference in Tehran on Sunday. An Afghan group led by musician Mohammad- Nasim Khoshnavaz and two Turkish ensembles led by artists Ubeydullah Sezikli and Yavuz Selim Kafkasyali are scheduled to give performances during the festival, which will open in the southern Iranian city of Kerman on Thursday. “The quality of the festival can improve and the number of participants can increase if we gain support from cultural officials,” Sadri noted. “The festival can also be one Maryam Pirband (L) directs Gohar Kheirandish in a scene from “Dandelion Season”. “The Last Fiction” by Ashkan Rahgozar. The director of the 12th Regional of Kerman’s tourist attractions ARTTEHRAN — Filming Razi, Reza Musavi and Nima Jafari along ARTTEHRAN — Iranian mythology that reveals human nature. Music Festival, Ahmed Sadri, for Iranian and even foreign deskhas started on the with American actors Rudy Youngblood, deskdirector Ashkan “Harvie & the Magic Museum” co- attends a press conference in tourists,” he added. co-production between Iran and the Sayed Badreya, Daniel Baldwin and Oscar Rahgozar’s award-winning movie “The directed by Inna Evlannikova and Martin Tehran on November 3, 2019 The festival will be hosting U.S. “Dandelion Season” by U.S.-based Torre are starring in the movie. Last Fiction” has been named best feature Kotík from Russia won the Grand Jury to brief the media about the several groups from different Iranian filmmaker Maryam Pirband in the Afshin Ahmadi from Iran and Stefano animation at the Epic Animation, Comics Prize in the feature competition, while festival. (ILNA/Alireza Khazrai) Iranian provinces. American state of California, the Persian Milla from the U.S. are collaborating on and Games Fest – Epic ACG Fest in “Tragic Magic” by Geoff Clark from the Ganjali Khan Square and several other historical sites service of ILNA reported on Sunday. the project as cinematographers. Mountain View, California. U.S. received the Grand Jury Prize in the are the main venues for outdoor performances, while The latest edition of the Action on Film “Dandelion Season”, which is “The Last Fiction” is about Zahak’s short competition. halls in universities and hotels in Kerman will host some MEGAFest, a film and screenplay festival Pirband’s debut feature film, is about an treacherous rise to the throne in Jamshid in The award for best comic single went performances. in the U.S., agreed to produce “Dandelion Iranian family that lives in Los Angeles. Persia. The young and naive hero Afaridoun to “FAT” by Fangya Deng and Yalong Li, Exhibition of musical instruments, photos and music Season” after its screenplay written by To solve some problems, each member of will have to save the kingdom and its people and the award for best original design in books and CDs as well as workshops, meetings and seminars Pirband was selected by the jury as a winner. the family must find solutions for their from darkness. But he must first conquer the games category was bestowed upon will be organized on the sidelines of the festival, which will Iranian actors Gohar Kheirandish, Hamid own personal issues. his own demons in this portrayal of Persian “Terran Resistance” by Shicong Hao. come to an end on November 10. Korean, Iranian artists unite for Tehran exhibit “Am I a Wolf?” named best By Manijeh Rezapoor “And it is not just the form but that specific character that is portrayed with only one or two colors. I think we have animation at DOK Leipzig TEHRAN — A joint exhibition of Korean and Iranian art good relations with those from the Far East like Korea and highlighting beautiful Korean landscapes and the revered Japan. They are our spiritual friends,” he stated. ARTTEHRAN — The Iranian short “Am I a art of Persian calligraphy opened at the residence of the Shirchi also noted that the exhibit could be the first step deskWolf?” by Amir-Hushang Moin won the South Korean ambassador in Tehran on Saturday. towards forming a bridge between Iranian and Korean artists. Golden Dove for best animated film at the 62nd DOK Leipzig, The exhibition features works by Korean artists Kwak “This exhibit may not be a powerful one, however, it has a German festival for documentary and animated films, Suk-son, Chung Sung-tai, Chung So-yeon and Jin Li Ba, a good cultural feeling and it will probably be held in Seoul, the organizers announced on Saturday. and Iranian calligraphers Ali Shirazi and Esrafil Shirchi. which I think can be a good connection. Korea’s calligraphy is The movie is about a group of children who perform The artists are members of the Korean Art Association very specific and is somehow close to ours in forms, meaning the familiar story of the wolf and the yearlings in school as and were invited through the association to the exhibit whose and concept,” Shirchi added. a puppet show. The nanny goat grieving for its yearlings theme is the beauty of Korea. Korea Ambassador Ryu Jeong-hyun also told the Tehran and the angry wolf in its solitude face each other. “In Korea, there are specific types of paintings with their Times that his motivation for holding the exhibit is to expand In the international competition for short documentary own special styles,” Suk-son told the Tehran Times at the bilateral cultural collaboration. and animated films, “Puberty” by Elena Kondrateva from opening ceremony. “Culture and art is a universal language and we can Russia also received the Golden Dove for best documentary. “Paintings are divided into two types in Korea; one is Korean artists Kwak Suk-son, surrounded by guests, does better understand each other through the exchange of “Asho” by Jafar Najafi from Iran won an honorable made with black ink, which is considered the traditional a painting at the opening ceremony of a joint exhibition by culture,” he said. mention in this category. painting of Korea. The other type is made with a distinct Korean and Iranian artists at the South Korean ambassador “We can become friendlier through these cultural activities; “Exemplary Behavior” co-directed by Lithuanian kind of Korean color, which is created on special varieties of residence in Tehran on November 2, 2019. this is the reason I like to promote these types of cultural filmmakers Audrius Mickevicius and Nerijus Milerius was papers with particular types of powder used for paintings,” want to learn more about Persian calligraphy. events,” he mentioned. awarded the Golden Dove in the international competition he added. “I believe calligraphy is the interaction of alphabets and He added that there are a variety of art fields in his country, for long documentary and animated films. In this exhibit, the participating Korean artists have forms, which look like paintings, and we believe if we attend and that this time he invited very traditional artists of Korea The Golden Dove in the Next Masters Competition for displayed both types of the paintings, he noted. this joint exhibit we could learn more from one another,” and artists of Persian calligraphy from Iran, which results long documentary and animated film went to “Safety123” by Birth, life, dream, love, festival and mountain views are Suk-son noted. in good harmony. Austrian filmmakers Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler. among the topics of the works on display in the exhibit. However, Shirchi, who also attended the opening ceremony “Also we have very modern style artists who we are The Switzerland-based Iranian filmmaker Majid Suk-son also said that the artists have created these of the exhibition, said that there is one specific character that is planning to hold an exhibit of their works next,” he noted. Movasseghi was a member of the Interreligious Jury at paintings especially for the exhibit each in his or her own reflected in the art, poetry, literature and music of the Far East. Jeong-hyun also mentioned that he is planning to the 62nd DOK Leipzig, which took place in the German studio. “They have created this character with ink in black and hold a joint exhibit of Korean and Iranian art back in city from October 28 to November 3. He also added that they don’t know much about Persian white, which has an impressive impact on the visitors,” his country later on. calligraphy but calligraphy is famous in Korea and they really he added. The exhibit will be running until November 6. “Sleep No More” wins screenplay award at Rhode Movie “Harriet” tells a different story about U.S. slavery NEW YORK (Reuters) — When director “This image of her sisters being taken The petite, 5 foot-tall (1.5 meter) Tubman is really, really could make me believe it.’ And Island festival Kasi Lemmons started work on the first major away, her brother having to leave his wife played by Cynthia Erivo, a London-born actress I really think that that’s what it’s about. I movie about Harriet Tubman, the 19th century right after childbirth, her sister saying, ‘no, with Nigerian parents who won a Tony award think the most service that I can do to this ARTTEHRAN — Iranian screenwriter Iman slave turned hero of the Underground Railway, I can’t leave my children.’ The choices that in 2016 for her lead role in the Broadway revival character is to bring, help bring this perfectly deskDavari received first prize in the screenplay she decided to focus less on the brutality of people had to make and the fact that she was of the musical “The Color Purple.” realistic performance.” competition of the Flickers’ Rhode Island International slavery and more on human stories. motivated to go back to rescue her family,” The casting of a British actress to play a Erivo said she worked hard to capture Film Festival (RIIFF) for his work “Sleep No More”, the “I really felt that I wanted to speak about Lemmons added. woman seen as an African-American icon Tubman’s physicality. organizers announced last week. a different kind of violence, which was family Tubman was born into slavery in the early has caused controversy in the United States, “It was really about finding the map of Kenneth Sanabria from Costa Rica won the grand prize separation, which I hadn’t seen as much 1800s in Maryland. As a young adult, she but Lemmons said she thought Tubman’s her face,” she said. “So we would look at of the festival in this section for his screenplay “Blood and of but is very much the Harriet Tubman escaped slavery by running nearly 100 miles story “was big enough to share.” pictures, discuss, you know, her downturned Ash”, while “Yosemite” written by Daniel Talbott received story and what she was motivated by,” said through forests and fields. She then risked Lemmons said she was struck by Erivo’s mouth, her eyes, how she would hold them, the grand prize of the festival in the national section. Lemmons. Lemmons co-wrote the screenplay her life several times to return to Maryland “physical stature and her athleticism and her body, where the tension was, try to find “Like a Secret” By Iranian writer Saeid Zamanian was for “Harriet”, which opened in U.S. movie and lead dozens of slaves to freedom via the her singing voice and those cheekbones. ... her voice. Because I knew I didn’t want her also among the 42 finalists in the screenplay competition. theaters on Friday. Underground Railroad. I felt like, ‘Oh, I’m looking at somebody who to sound like me.”