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Iran unveils anti-sanctions plan ECONOMY TEHRAN — Moham- which is comprised of 12 executive pack- deskmad Baqer Nobakht, ages, prepared by university professors head of Budget and Planning Organiza- and economic experts. tion, unveiled the first section of a com- The plan seeks to shed light on impacts prehensive plan aimed to tackle U.S.-led of the various scenarios of the sanctions We will unitedly sanctions against Iran, ISNA reported. and Iranian organizations’ duties to en- In a letter to President Hassan Rouhani counter them, to investigate the sanctions published on Friday, Nobakht enumerated impacts on the general budget and prepare defeat sanctions the first part of the comprehensive plan, retaliatory measures, 4 See page 2 Iranian bank gets green light to open branch in Mumbai ECONOMY TEHRAN — India has of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) deskapproved a proposal had earlier approached the Reserve Bank from Iran’s Bank Pasargad to open a of India (RBI) suggesting that they should branch in Mumbai, Indian Express re- allow the entry of Iranian banks into India ported on Saturday. to facilitate bilateral trade. This decision comes amid the U.S. an- Sources said two banks from Iran, Bank nouncing sanctions and asking other coun- Pasargad and Parsian Bank, had applied tries to minimize oil purchases from Iran. to set up maiden branches in India, while According to the report, the Federation another Iranian lender, 4

Trump wants “regime change” in Germany: Gabriel Unlike the mutual respect and affection has singled out the EU’s largest econo- that relationship between former US pres- my for the bulk of his abuse, slamming ident Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, everything from country’s trade surplus, Donald Trump’s dislike of the German and Merkel’s refugee policy (tweeting sta- chancellor has been apparent from the tistics about German crime rates), to its start of his term. car industry and its contributions to NA- Merkel and Trump’s leadership styles TO’s coffers. are poles apart: the German chancellor This week at the NATO summit in believes in unity, analysis, and compro- Brussels, Trump had a new axe to grind mise, while Trump likes to smash the status with Germany, saying it was a “captive of quo, belittle others, and create disharmony. Russia” because of a planned gas pipeline president.ir Out of all EU countries, however, Trump between the two countries. 13 EDITORIAL U.S. sanctions impact on Iran is mostly psychological: Italian expert ARTICLE Mohammad Ghaderi EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW and TPP. Sondoss Al Asaad Tehran Times editor-in-chief Political analyst from Beirut By Payman Yazdani To know more about the reasons behind his @ghaderi62 unilateral measures and possible impacts of TEHRAN — Italian expert Pastori Gianluca is of the White House’s new sanctions on Tehran, the view that Trump’s unilateralism has a lot to we reached out to political science associated NATO and the do with his domestic considerations and the U.S. professor of Milan Catholic University of the Bahrain’s Ayatollah sanctions impact on Iran is mostly psychological. Sacred Heart, Dr. Pastori Gianluca. puzzle of a nuclear Trump’s withdrawal from the Joint Compre- Following is the full text of our interview Qassim Treated in hensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which was signed with him: deal with Iran by the U.S., Russia, France, Germany, China, UK Q: Considering the fact that the EU and other London and Iran was the clear breach of international parties to the JCPOA have announced that they meeting of NATO (North Atlantic law and norms. will stick to the deal, will the U.S. sanctions be n Monday, 9 July 2018, Bahrain’s, Treaty Organization) Heads of His withdrawal from the JCPOA was not his had already pulled out of many international as effective as the sanctions on Iran before the 80-year-old, top spiritual leader, AState and Government was held first unilateral act in international arena. He agreements such as Paris climate treaty, NAFTA JCPOA? 7 O Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim ar- on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 July rived in the United Kingdom on Monday 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. NATO leaders and was immediately taken to hospital met in Brussels amidst a terse environ- ‘Groups like ISIS have got no public support in Kashmir’ to receive primary medical treatment, ment that threatens to further weaken by specialised doctors. Ayatollah Qa- the post-war order. By Syed Zafar Mehdi on the political front and more emphasis has political mess with future of democracy and rule ssim’s health had deteriorated ever This year’s meeting came at a tense TEHRAN — Zafar Meraj is a Kashmir-based been given to the military approach. The result of law becoming uncertain with every passing since the government have stripped his time for transatlantic relations since the senior journalist and political commentator. He is further alienation of Kashmiris from India. day. The very existence of the political leadership citizenship and stormed his domicile U.S. president is set to sit down one-on-one is the founder editor of Kashmir Monitor and Burhan Wani had emerged as a poster boy of the in that country is at stake and to save themselves in 23 May 2017, and placed him under with Russian president Vladimir Putin on has reported from Kashmir for many leading new-age resistance and his death at the hands they have evidently ‘downgraded’ Kashmir as seen house arrest. May 16 in Helsinki. One of the topics the U.S. Indian news organisations. of forces aggravated the situation. in recent election rallies. However, this all has During the raid, the security forces president sought to discuss with his Western The incidents of violence have alarmingly Many young and educated Kashmiris have in not deterred the pro-Pakistan lobby in Kashmir. violently dissolved a peaceful sit-in, counterparts in Brussels was “the nuclear increased in Kashmir valley in past two years recent years joined the armed movement against One sees green Pakistani flags prominently dis- organised in solidarity with the leader. deal with Iran” and its fate. Regarding this since the killing of young rebel commander Indian rule in Kashmir, and it has become a largely played at pro-militant gatherings and funerals. 5 youth were murdered, around 300 controversial issue Time wrote: Burhan Wani. What reasons do you attribute indigenous movement now. What do you think Recently, BJP pulled out of an alliance were arrested and many were injured. “After ripping up the Iran nuclear to this resurgence of armed rebellion against drove these young men towards this path? with PDP in Kashmir, leaving power vacuum Further the authorities imposed a strict deal in May, the Trump Administration Indian rule in Kashmir? A: Most of these youth have in one way or the in the troubled state. Do you think it was a blockade Duraz; the hometown of Aya- is fanning out across the globe to rally A: There always has been a good section of other been victims of ‘state terror’ and they also ‘marriage of inconvenience’ in the first place? tollah Qassim and other prominent support for a return to economy-crippling population that questions the state’s accession with see no future in India especially with the rise of Should PDP have joined the alliance with a dissents. He was hospitalised in No- sanctions against Tehran.” India and demands right to self-determination right wing forces in the country. party that is seen as fiercely majoritarian and vember, December and June for severe It continues: “The effort comes ahead to choose the political destination of the state. Pakistan seems to have in recent years put anti-Muslim? pelvic and back pains, accompanied of President Donald Trump’s trip next This idea has all along been there and got further Kashmir on the backburner. Even in the ongoing A. It was an unholy alliance of two pro-In- with many restrictions. week to Europe, where he is expected to strengthened with the armed struggle launched campaign for general election, we haven’t heard dia parties having nothing common in their Ayatollah Qassim’s medical team have pressure leaders into joining the far-reach- in early 1990s. New Delhi is aware of all this and much about Kashmir from political parties. Do political thought for Kashmir. This alliance confirmed his need to undergo surgery, ing campaign to handcuff major aspects has been trying to contain the situation. But un- you think they still have a policy on Kashmir? was doomed and people here are happy that after performing medical tests. In a state- of Iran’s economy, including driving oil fortunately, it has failed to address the problem A: Unfortunately Pakistan has got caught in a it ended sooner. 6 ment, they said, “Today, Tuesday, 10 exports to zero. If European allies don’t July 2018, a specialised examination join, Trump has threatened secondary was performed for Ayatollah Sheikh sanctions on any company that does Isa Qassim by the consultant physi- business with Tehran.” cian that is specialised in the disease, According to the Time and other West- which Ayatollah Qassim suffers from. ern sources, Donald Trump intends to After the initial diagnosis and differ- press NATO leaders over the Joint Com- ent medical procedures, the diagnosis prehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and coincided with that of the doctors in “The president hopes his bare-knuckled Bahrain, and the required treatment is approach will coerce European leaders to Iran holds int’l available in the hospital where Ayatollah unite behind him, even as they publicly Qassim is staying currently in the British oppose a return to sanctions and scamper paragliding capital, London.” to salvage the existing nuclear deal without Clearly, the denaturalisation of American participation. This is while the championship Ayatollah Qassim and various dis- White House keeps to press its European sents is a systematic reprisal against allies for increasing the military and de- The two-day paragliding accuracy the political and religious freedom fense budget (to 2% of their GDP). landing competition brought together in Bahrain. 7 While the transatlantic tensions are athletes from Turkey, Afghanistan and raising day by day due to the imposi- Iraq and 200 participants from Iran Condolences tion of tariffs on steel and aluminum Mahdi Zavvar in Kuh-e Khalil in Urmia in northwest imported from Europe, what meaning of Iran. Dear Bagher Nassir, can negotiations on the JCPOA imply? Paragliding is the recreational and We express condolences over the Does Trump intend to make a deal with competitive adventure sport of flying his European partners in this regard? Do paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, death of your relative. NATO’s European members welcome foot-launched glider aircraft with no

Tehran Times/ Tehran Times/ May his soul rest in peace. the integration of the JCPOA amid their rigid primary structure. Tehran Times staff and management conflicts with the U.S.? 7 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS JULY 15, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Rouhani We will unitedly defeat sanctions congratulates Rouhani: The policy U.S. has taken toward Iran and the entire world cannot last Macron on POLITICS TEHRAN — President this is that no international body backs the Bastille Day deskHassan Rouhani said on “unlawful” sanctions moves against Iran. Saturday that Iran will continue its economic “The United Nations, the Atomic Ener- POLITICS TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rou- relations with the rest of the world despite gy Agency and all countries in the world, desk hani sent a message on Saturday to his French sanctions by the United States, assuring that except a few countries, are opposed to the counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday congratulating the Iranian nation and government will defeat policies, plans and words of U.S. officials,” anniversary of the French national day, known as Bastille Day. the sanctions by standing together. the president remarked. “I hope that we would witness expansion and consolidation Speaking after a meeting with government Rouhani went on to say that U.S. approach of ties in various spheres through efforts and use of capacities leaders, Rouhani said, “We are very hopeful toward Iran and the entire world cannot last and common views, and also [I hope] we would counter unilat- that the trend of economic engagement with for long. eralism which is being followed by certain countries and boost the world will continue as before.” “The path and policy of the U.S. toward multilateralism,” Rouhani said in his message. Rouhani said the U.S. has become “more Iran, the region, the Islamic world and even France’s national day marks one of the most symbolic mo- isolated” even among its allies since imposing its allies cannot continue.” ments of the French Revolution. sanctions on Iran. The president said Iran will counter the “Today, we are in conditions in which the sanction through amity between the nation EU deadline on United States is more isolated than ever over and government. “We have succeeded when the sanctions issue. America’s illegal actions the government and nation have been on the JCPOA future ... have even isolated it among its own allies side of each other.” over, MP says as we just saw,” Rouhani said. The president added the country will face On May 8, Donald Trump withdrew the on problems in areas of energy, transporta- U.S. from the 2015 nuclear agreement and tion, basic needs and the production sector. announced restoration of sanctions against “Today we can counter the plots of the POLITICS TEHRAN – The spokesperson of the Par- desk Iran. His move was only welcomed by Israel, enemies and continue our path, and the liament National Security and Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia and the UAE. people should be confident that though Committee has said the EU’s deadline on the future of the JCPOA The United Nations’ International Atom- Rouhani says sanctions on Iran has made there will be pressures we can leave the is over, calling for retaliatory actions as Europe fails to provide ic Energy Agency has repeatedly confirmed U.S. isolated, even among its allies problems behind.” Iran with a practical economic package. that Iran is abiding fully to the terms of the Noting the sanctions target ordinary Seyed Hossein Naghavi Hosseini underlined that the European nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Rouhani said as the U.S. failed to abort the coups, this time again it will “fail” to realize people, Rouhani said his administration will countries had promised to make up for Iran’s losses as a result of Comprehensive Plan of Action. 1979 Islamic Revolution through engineering its “plot”. The president said the reason for provide the essential needs of the country. U.S. unlawful withdrawal from the nuclear deal and reinstating the secondary sanctions by offering the package in two months. But their delivered package neither makes up for Iran’s losses nor ensures that the Europeans themselves will remain committed Minister: Leader has ordered SNSC to study worries over satellite jamming to their obligations, he said. POLITICS TEHRAN — Leader of the Islamic “There is no such permit to use jamming. The ICT He further said that the package offers some general prom- deskRevolution has recently ordered the Ministry has given no permit to no organization in this ises and lacks an action plan, adding that it does not meet any Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) to investigate regard,” he said, adding, “The ICT Ministry has no role of Iran’s expectations and ignores Iran’s rights. worries over health hazards of satellite jamming waves or interference in using jammers.” that are used to block unwanted channels, ICT Minister Concerns over satellite jamming in Iran were given Trump Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said in an interview serious voice as early as 2012, when then ICT minister with the Etemad newspaper published on Saturday. Reza Taghipour called for attention to the “various” and miscalculating Azari Jahromi said recently a group of health prac- “very bad” biological hazards of the waves. titioners communicated their concerns over jamming Despite such statements, however, governments in Iran: ex-diplomat waves to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who in response or- Iran have more frequently denied the fact that jamming dered the SNSC to investigate the issue. waves negatively impact the human body. Some workgroups were then formed within the coun- In 2010, then health minister Marzieh Vahid Das- POLITICS TEHRAN — Hamid Reza Asefi, a for- cil to carry out the Leader’s order, Azari Jahromi said. tjerdi shunned away from concerns by health practi- desk mer Iranian Foreign Ministry diplomat, The minister added that about one month ago devices Regarding what organization has authorized the use tioners and parliament representatives by saying that has said that U.S. President Donald Trump is not aware of were installed in five cities, including Tehran and Shiraz, of jammers, Azari Jahromi said his respective ministry the latest findings did not indicate any biohazard from realities in Iran and has made miscalculations. to measure the strength of the waves. has had no role in it. jamming waves. “The U.S. president is unaware of realities in Iran. He has not studied history of the relations between the two countries and does not know Iran’s capabilities,” the former Iranian Guardian Council Turkey firm to trade with Iran by using ambassador to Paris and Foreign Ministry spokesman told rejects FATF national currency: Erdogan the Jam-e Jam daily in an interview published on Saturday. He said Iran will not accept any negotiation with the U.S., POLITICS TEHRAN – The Guard- POLITICS TEHRAN – Turkish adding if Trump was really interested in dialogue with Iran he deskian Council will not con- deskPresident Recep Tayyip had had to compensate for the mistakes of his predecessors, firm legislation to join the Financial Action Erdogan has said that his country is deter- adopted a different approach, and showed respect for Iran Task Force (FATF) as it is contrary to the mined to trade with Iran with its national as an equal partner. constitution, the council’s spokesman Ab- currency (Turkish lira), IRNA reported on basali Kadkhodaei said on Saturday. Saturday. Iran’s presidential chief of staff Mahmoud In an interview with CNN on Saturday, IRGC: Iran able Vaezi said in June that the Rouhani admin- Erdogan said fluctuations in price of foreign to build modern istration is not trying to join the FATF. currencies is an international problem and The FATF is a set of measures designed trade with national currencies is a way to weapons to make financial affairs transparent and settle this problem. verifiable. makers, who are members of the Velayat The Turkish leader also said his country which have complicated transactions in dollar Leader of the Islamic Revolution Aya- (rule of jurisprudence) faction, issued a will use national currency in trade with Russia because they have to be processed through POLITICS TEHRAN – The deputy commander of the tollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on June statement on June 9 calling on other fel- and China. the American financial system. deskIslamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has 20 that parliament should pass legislation low parliamentarians not to approve the The first foreign exchange swap in the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lav- underlined Iran’s capability to produce different types of weapons to combat money laundering according to FATF as the U.S. pullout from the nuclear Iranian rial and Turkish lira came in April rov said last Monday that major European based on international standards, the Fars news agency reported. its own criteria. agreement has put the fate of the accord after months of anticipation, which followed countries party to nuclear agreement with “Today, there is no weapon that cannot be produced domes- “As we have stated about some ‘inter- in disarray. an agreement signed last year to use local Iran – France, Germany, and the UK – have tically at the best international quality rate,” General Hossein national conventions recently raised in the The statement said since the U.S. intends currencies in trade, according to Press TV. agreed to maintain trade with Tehran inde- Salami said while addressing a ceremony in the southeastern Majlis,’ the Islamic Consultative Assembly, to impose “crippling” sanctions on Iran an “Given the signing of an agreement for pendent from the U.S. dollar. province of Sistan-Balouchestan on Saturday. which is cultivated, matured and prudent, approval of the FATF will pave the way for forex swap in Iran’s rial and Turkey’s lira be- “Everyone agrees that this [U.S. sanctions] Elsewhere, he underlined enemies’ weaknesses and failures in must make laws independently on issues the U.S. to get access to all the economic and tween Iranian and Turkish central banks, the is an absolutely illegal and unacceptable policy, confrontation against the resistance front, saying, “The Zionists such as combating terrorism or battling banking transactions by Iran. Central Bank of Iran opened the first letter of but, of course, this can hardly be changed planned to occupy territories from the Mediterranean to the Eu- money-laundering,” the leader.ir quoted The FATF announced in June that the credit (LC) on April 17, 2018 to finance trade and there will be enough struggle in trade, phrates but Hezbollah did not allow their dreams to come true.” Ayatollah Khamenei as saying. organization will continue suspension of coun- with Turkey,” the bank said in a statement. economic and political spheres,” RT quoted A number of principlist Iranian law- ter-measures against Iran by October 2018. Iran is under unilateral U.S. sanctions, Lavrov as saying. 30 million bypass Telegram’s Iranian diplomat to meet Indian officials on Monday By staff and agency sources, although he clarified later that Iran understands Under the nuclear agreement, Iran is obliged to put limits on filtering: India’s ‘difficulties’ with its energy choices and respected its its nuclear activities in exchange for termination of sanctions. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will meet sovereign right to choose partners,” the newspaper quoted The entire world, excluding despots in Saudi Arabia and judiciary Indian External Affairs Ministry officials on Monday, The the deputy envoy as saying. the UAE along with extremists in Israel, has expressed an POLITICS TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy prosecutor gen- Hindu reported on Friday. President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 unequivocal support for the preservation of the nuclear deskeral has said more than 30 million users of The visit is taking place as the U.S. is putting pressure on nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, on May agreement without the United States. Telegram in Iran are bypassing the messaging service’s filtering. New Delhi to halt its oil imports from Iran. 8 and plans to re-impose sanctions on Iran. Concurrent with this policy the Joint Commission of the Abdolsamad Khorramabadi said the users access telegram According to the newspaper, a U.S. team headed by a He has asked countries to cut their oil imports from Iran JCPOA held first meeting at the foreign ministerial level in by using Hotgram and proxies, underlining that the anti-fil- senior Treasury Department official will also hold meetings by November. Vienna on July 6. European Union foreign policy chief Federica tering tools run counter to policies and goals set by the High with Indian officials on Tuesday. India is one of the major importers of the Iranian oil. As Mogherini, who chaired the meeting, announced that Iran and Council on Cyberspace, ILNA reported on Saturday. “This week Iran’s deputy envoy had warned that India the third largest economy in Asia, India has announced that the remaining parties to the nuclear agreement had agreed He noted that instead of helping such apps and tools get would face a ‘deprivation of all other privileges Iran has of- it would not respect extraterritorial sanctions not backed the to continue negotiations, including on economic measures, expanded and popular, the government should support local fered to India’ if it chose to replace Iranian oil from other United Nations. over how to save the deal. apps and combat enemies’ dominance. Back in April, Tehran’s Culture and Media Court signed a decree for telecommunication companies to block Telegram, Iran’s military chief to visit Pakistan citing national security concerns. Iran’s military chief is to visit Pakistan after the On Friday, English-language Pakistani dai- telligence towards fighting terror. face of the terrorists. countries agreed, alongside Russia and China, ly The Nation reported, citing defense sources The Russian side cited the Russian intelli- The group was defeated in both countries to join efforts in fighting Daesh in Afghanistan. that senior intelligence officials from Iran, Russia, gence agency as announcing that around 10,000 towards the end of last year. It’s remnants, how- ‘A place cannot be Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces China, and Pakistan had reached an agreement Daesh terrorists were functioning actively in nine ever, are still active. Major General Mohammad Baqeri is to make the to join efforts against Daesh’s presence in Af- provinces in Afghanistan. The group maintains a presence in Afghan- insecure for Iran trip at the head of a ranking military delegation ghanistan. The Iranian side cited concerns regarding istan, most notably in the eastern province of while secure for upon the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart The officials agreed over integrated efforts for Daesh’s growing influence in Afghanistan, ac- Nangarhar. (Source: Press TV) General Qamar Javed Bajwa “soon,” Tasnim News rooting out the outfit from Afghanistan during cording to The Nation. enemies’ Agency reported on Saturday. a meeting in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The group’s Afghanistan branch, known as POLITICS TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution Guards The two sides will be discussing development Sergei Ivanov, the chief of the press bureau of Daesh-Khurasan, was ”involved in planning con- deskCorps has the capability to demonstrate its of bilateral defensive cooperation and relations, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, had tinued suicide attacks especially in Pakistan,” the power in different areas and “one of those areas is the Strait border security, and fighting terrorism as well also told Russia’s TASS news agency about the meeting was told. of Hormuz”, the representative of the Leader at the IRGC as the developments across the region and the meeting on Tuesday. Most recently, the group claimed responsibility said on Saturday, indirectly warning that Iran would close Muslim world. The quartet also agreed on confronting “all for a bomb attach that killed at least 128 people the strategic waterway if it cannot export its oil. Bajwa visited Tehran last November after other terrorists groups” in the Central Asian in an election rally in Pakistan’s southwestern “It is not possible that a place be insecure for Iran but secure 10 Iranian border guards were killed and two country, the daily said. province of Baluchistan on Friday. for the enemies,” Hojatoleslam Abdollah Haj Sadeqi asserted. others injured in an ambush near the town of The drive, it wrote, was aimed at “ensuring Daesh began its campaign of bloodshed and Sadeqi said today the IRGC is at “height of readiness” and Mirjaveh in the southeastern Iranian province of regional peace and to eliminate terrorism from destruction in Iraq and Syria in 2014. It seized large if the enemy seeks to undermine the Islamic revolution “its Sistan and Baluchestan, which borders Pakistan. the region”. swathes of land in lightning strikes, prompting entire existence will be put in jeopardy”. The upcoming visit by Baqeri is also expected The meeting also discussed ways to stop the the countries to call for the help of their allies, The cleric added, “Today, in terms of intelligence and (mili- to feature assessment of the progress made in arrival of Daesh Takfiri terrorists from Iraq and including the Islamic Republic. tary) equipment, we have the power to defend the revolution.” the implementation of the agreements reached Syria in Afghanistan. Iran has been lending military advisory as- between the countries during Bajwa’s visit. The participants further agreed to share in- sistance to the Iraqi and Syrian armies in the I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 15, 2018 INTERNATIONAL Trump, at ‘magical’ Scottish golf course, France marks Bastille Day preps for Putin meet with major military parade ‘Together Against Trump’: Huge protests across London U.S. President Donald Trump was holed up at his golf course on the west coast of Scotland Saturday ahead of a summit with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin that could be overshadowed by accusations Russians meddled in the U.S. 2016 election. In an uproarious trip to Europe, Trump harangued mem- bers of the NATO military alliance, scolded Germany for its dependence on Russian energy and shocked Britain by publicly criticizing Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy. Trump apologized to May for the furor over his withering public critique, blaming “fake news” and promising instead a bilateral trade agreement with Britain after it leaves the Fighter jets streaked over Paris on Saturday as part of a mas- European Union in March. sive military parade in a “demonstration of controlled force” on While Trump took tea with Queen Elizabeth, a U.S. fed- France’s national day, due to be followed by a street party if “Les eral grand jury charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with Bleus” win the World Cup. stealing data from the campaign of Democratic presidential Thousands of people, many of them tourists, thronged the candidate Hillary Clinton. Champs Elysées avenue to watch the march past involving 4,290 Trump has repeatedly said the investigation into suspected soldiers, 220 vehicles, 250 horses, 64 jets and 30 helicopters. Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election - which he President Emmanuel Macron flagged off the two-hour spec- casts as a “rigged witch hunt” - makes it hard for him to do tacle and was joined by two guests of honor: Singapore Prime substantive deals with Moscow. Minister Hsien Loong and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono. Meanwhile, chanting “Donald Trump has got to go,” tens The theme of this year’s Bastille Day was “fraternity in arms” of thousands of protesters marched through London Friday and featured Spanish gendarmes, Belgian armored vehicles and waving banners and banging pots to demonstrate against an Airbus A400M military transport plane from the German the U.S. president on his first official visit to Britain. Under defense fleet. a brilliant blue sky, demonstrators streamed through cen- France’s military chief Francois Lecointre who was appointed tral London’s main streets carrying placards saying “Dump by Macron last year after his predecessor resigned following a Trump” and “Keep your tiny hands off women’s rights,” while “We wanted to embarrass him and I think we have done and it’s not equal,” said 10-year-old Beatrice Carrell, who spat over defense spending cuts, said the July 14 parade was a others sang “Trump’s going home, Trump’s going home, that today. came to protest with her mother Jilly and older sister Scarlett. “demonstration of controlled force”. he’s going!” in reference to a popular English football song. “We know how sensitive he is. It is horrible to hear the Activists kicked off the demonstrations Friday by floating Macron has since raised the defence budget and pledged to Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn was among the throng. inflammatory language that he uses and I am embarrassed a six-meter-high blimp outside Parliament depicting Trump lift it further to two percent of GDP in seven years, in line with “Trump represents everything I hate: racism, bigot, mi- that [Prime Minister] Theresa May has done so much to as a snarling orange baby. NATO guidelines. sogynist, xenophobe. As a mother of daughters I want to welcome him.” Trump told the Sun newspaper that he was avoiding the “With this... we will address the shortcomings of the past, im- show that he can’t treat women like he does,” Diana Yates, London regards its “special relationship” with the United capital as much as possible. prove the present and prepare the future of our country by giving 67, said as demonstrators nearby cheered and drivers honked States as a keystone of foreign policy and May has courted “I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwel- it the means to defend itself,” Macron said on Friday evening. horns in support. Trump ahead of Britain’s departure from the European Union. come, [there is] no reason for me to go to London,” he said. France is deploying 110,000 police and security forces na- Organizers said 250,000 people protested in London But some Britons see the U.S. leader as crude, volatile, Paul Fonseca, 23, said of the inflatable: “I think it’s hi- tionwide this weekend to secure the huge street parties if the and other protests were expected in major cities around unreliable and opposed to their values on a range of issues. larious. It’s an accurate representation of his politics which national team win the World Cup on Sunday. the country, including Windsor where the U.S. president Those demonstrating against Trump included women’s rights are so immature. He never enters into adult discussion.” The country has been repeatedly targeted by extremists over had tea with Queen Elizabeth. campaigners, environmentalists, supporters of immigration London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who has clashed repeatedly previous years in attacks that have claimed 246 lives since Jan- “Lock him in the tower,” one homemade placard said, and LGBT groups. with Trump on Twitter, defended the demonstrations as uary 2015, according to an AFP toll. just yards from where Prince Harry married Meghan Mar- “Here, queer and angry,” one banner said. “Immigration free speech. He said pro-Trump supporters would march “Everything is being done so the French can live these festive kle in May. is not a crime,” another said. Saturday and some were present Friday, kept away from moments with peace of mind, despite the terrorist threat which Police, who declined to put a number on the size of the “Our message to our government and our prime minister the main demonstration by the police. remains at a high level,” Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said demonstration, had sealed off parts of London including is: ‘We don’t want a special relationship with bigots,’” Len “The idea that we restrict freedom of speech, the right to Friday. Piccadilly and Regent Street for marchers, while thousands McCluskey, the head of the country’s biggest trade union, assemble, the right to protest because somebody might be The Eiffel Tower will be closed to visitors for the occasion, and filled Trafalgar Square to listen to speeches. told Reuters. offended is a slippery slope,” Khan told BBC Radio. police requested this week that it be shut on Sunday too when “Trump is not welcome in Britain,” said Grish Gregoran, “It’s important to protest because Mr. Trump has wrong (Source: agencies) the World Cup final between France and Croatia will be shown 58, a shopkeeper who took the day off to attend the protests. opinions and it’s not right the way he treats women. It’s unfair on a giant screen in the shadow of the monument. A secured fan zone for 90,000 people will be set up for the broadcast, one of about 230 such zones across the country. “We will stop letting people in when this limit is reached,” Second Pakistan political party warns of pre-election rigging Paris police chief Michel Delpuech said, urging fans “to arrive as early as possible Survivors blame security lapse for deadly Mastung blast (Source: AFP) A second major Pakistani political party too, [because] the blast occurred right in the Saturday warned of pre-poll rigging ahead middle of the crowd.” of a general election on July 25, a day after Jameel Ahmed, Israrullah’s uncle, was tensions were ratcheted higher by the dra- among the scores of people killed. Explosive thrown at house matic arrest of former premier Nawaz Sharif. “There was no security, no checking. Peo- Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, chairman of ple were coming and going as they pleased of former Sinn Fein leader the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), said the ... there were security personnel there, but caretaker government installed ahead of the they were not checking anyone,” Israrullah Gerry Adams vote was not giving his party a “level playing told Al Jazeera. field” in the campaign. Deaths ‘cannot be in vain’ An explosive device was thrown at the home Gerry Adams in “The press is facing censorship, political Provincial officials said they would beef up Belfast overnight, the former Sinn Fein leader said on Saturday, activists are being detained, and this is not security for candidates following the attack. saying the attack may have been carried out by Irish nationalist only a violation of human rights but also Raisani’s BAP party is suspending electoral militants opposed to Northern Ireland’s peace deal. pre-poll rigging,” he told a press conference activities for three days, party leader Saeed A second device was thrown at the home of the party’s former in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Hashmi told Al Jazeera. Northern Ireland Chairman Bobby Storey, he said. PPP politicians have said they have been “It is obvious that we will rethink security Adams told journalists that no one was hurt in either attack, prevented several times from holding cam- a bit, but the process will continue,” he said, but that two of his grandchildren had been in his driveway 10 paign rallies, including one in Punjab province Security lapse least 73 bodies of those killed were trans- hours after the blast. minutes before and could have been killed. last week. Meanwhile, the death toll from a suicide ported after the attack, a crowd of people The provincial government on Friday de- A police spokesman said remnants of “large industrial, fire- Media, politicians, and analysts have attack on an election rally in southwestern Pa- at the morgue waited to receive the bodies clared two days of official mourning throughout work-type devices capable of causing serious damage or injury” widely accused the powerful military of kistan has risen to at least 129, government of relatives killed in the blast. the province, with all flags to fly at half-staff. were found at both locations after the attacks, which he said took meddling in the polls, which would be only officials say, as relatives continue to throng to a ’No security’ Other political parties condemned the place late on Friday. the second democratic transition of power major hospital to collect deceased loved ones. Bangul Khan was meters away when the attack, with Pakistan People’s Party chair- The Belfast attacks came after days of street violence in North- in the country. The military denies taking Several of the wounded from the attack explosion occurred. man Bilawal Bhutto Zardari saying he would ern Ireland’s second city Londonderry, which police blamed any “direct role” in politics. were still under treatment on Saturday, and “I was standing on the stage,” he told Al suspend his campaign for the day following on militant Irish nationalists opposed to a 1998 peace deal that Bhutto’s statement aligned his party against the death toll could rise, provincial health Jazeera from his hospital bed in Quetta’s the attack. Adams helped to broker. the military establishment and brought him official Mustafa Jamali told Al Jazeera. Civil Hospital. “Devastated by continued attacks on in- Asked if dissident Irish nationalists were responsible for the closer to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz A suicide attacker struck an election rally of “Siraj came on stage … and when he start- nocent Pakistanis. Loss of Siraj Raisani & attack on his home, Adams said that “there may be a connection (PML-N) party of Nawaz Sharif, who has the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), a newly ed speaking, the explosion occurred. I don’t 120 innocent people in Mastung cannot be with what is happening in Derry”, referring to Londonderry. claimed for months that he is the victim of formed political group, in the southwest- know what happened after that.” in vain must insure this mindset is defeated,” Adams later said he was willing to meet with dissident na- a military conspiracy. ern town of Drigarh, about 35km south of Khan had shrapnel from the suicide blast he tweeted. Bhutto Zardari was in Peshawar tionalists and pro-British groups involved in violence in east The election will pit the PML-N against Balochistan’s provincial capital Quetta, on lodged in his leg and shoulder. At least six of on Friday, where he met Danyal Bilour, the Belfast in a bid to end recent street violence. its main rival, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Friday afternoon. his relatives were killed in the attack. son of Awami National Party leader Haroon Northern Ireland’s peace deal largely ended three decades a party led by cricket star-turned-politician The explosion occurred in the middle “There was no security from the govern- Bilour, killed in a suicide attack on a political of violence between Irish nationalists who wanted the region Imran Khan. On Friday the political temper- of a packed crowd, just as BAP leader Siraj ment there. There were roughly 60 or 70 of rally earlier in the week. to join the Republic of Ireland and pro-British unionists who ature rose as Sharif, who was banned from Raisani was taking the stage. [Siraj Raisani’s] personal security, one of The violence has sparked fears of a return to wanted it to remain British. More than 3,000 died in the violence. politics for life last year, returned to Paki- Raisani, who was running for a provincial them you can see lying here,” he says as he the series of attacks, mainly targeting secular Several groups of dissident Irish nationalists remain active and stan from London and was arrested. He was assembly seat in Pakistan’s general election gestures to a nearby bed. parties, carried out in the run-up to Pakistan’s carry out occasional attacks, but their capacity is tiny compared sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison later this month, was killed, his brother Lash- Israrullah, wounded in the neck and on last general election in 2013. with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which decommissioned for corruption earlier this month. kari Raisani told Al Jazeera. his arms, says he was dragged to the political At least 158 people were killed and more its weapons after the 1998 deal. The party’s current head, Sharif’s younger Images from the blast site following the rally by his uncle. than 672 wounded in more than 120 attacks Many of the dissidents consider Adams and his Sinn Fein brother Shahbaz, told a press conference in attack showed scores of bodies strewn across “I was right at the back, and the explosion in the six weeks leading up to that election, party - the former political wing of the IRA - as having betrayed Lahore on Sunday that his party members the ground, some covered with the party’s took place in the centre,” he told Al Jazeera. according to the Pakistan Institute of Peace the Irish nationalist cause by signing a peace agreement with would wear black armbands to express their green and white flags. “There were a lot of people wounded, and Studies (PIPS) research organization. the British government. support. At Quetta’s main civil hospital, where at I ran away. There were a lot of people killed, (Source: agencies) Political leaders in Northern Ireland have warned that Brit- ain’s decision to leave the European Union and the possibility of infrastructure on the border between Northern Ireland and the ‘U.S. law doesn’t apply here’: India’s defense chief resists pressure over S-400 deal with Russia Irish republic for the first time since 1998 could help dissident groups to recruit new members. American laws are their own matter locally and have nothing Sanctions Act (CAATSA) mandates the U.S. administration October. The S-400 Triumf is the most advanced Russian Police on Friday blamed dissident group including the Real to do with India, the country’s defense chief said, refusing to punish entities engaging in significant transactions with anti-aircraft system available for export, designed to en- IRA for several nights of violence in Londonderry. to bow to a US sanctions threat over its planned purchase Russia’s defense sector companies. gage aerodynamic targets at a range of up to 400km and On Friday, 74 petrol bombs and two improvised explosive of Russian S-400 air-defense systems. Refusing to bow to the threat of potential sanctions, ballistic missiles up to 60km away. One S-400 division devices were thrown during street violence in the city, which Police New Delhi has relayed to Washington that the threat of Sitharaman said that the 39,000 crore ($5.7bn) deal to can engage up to 36 targets simultaneously, while the Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable George Hamilton unilateral U.S. sanctions will not have an impact on its de- purchase five S-400 units has nearly been finalized. “Our launcher can use at least four interceptor missile types, said included attempts to murder police officers. cision on the possible purchase of S-400 Triumf air defense defense relation with Russia has endured several decades suited to different targets. A spokeswoman on Saturday said police were attending in- missile systems from Russia. and we have conveyed this about it to a US Congressional India is not the only country that is being pressured by cidents at two locations in West Belfast, but did not give any “We have told the U.S. Congress delegation that this is delegation which visited India recently,”Sitharaman told a Washington because of plans to purchase Russia’s S-400. further details. U.S. law and not a UN law,” India’s defense minister Nirmala group of reporters at her office in South Block. U.S. lawmakers have been threatening sanctions against Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he “unequivocally Sitharaman noted, apparently referring to a US federal bill The deal is expected to be finalized by the fall, to be Turkey and are seeking to ban F-35 deliveries if Ankara condemned” the violence in Londonderry and Belfast, writing that was implemented in 2017. sealed during a summit between Prime Minister Nar- goes ahead with the deal. in a post on Twitter. The so-called Countering America’s Adversaries Through endra Modi and President Vladimir Putin in India this (Source: RT) (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY JULY 15, 2018

STOCK MARKET Tax income TEDPIX 108916.6 IFX 1226.72 Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir increases 14% CURRENCIES USD 43,190 rials in a year EUR 50,423 rials ECONOMY TEHRAN— According to expenses also rose to 2,43 quadrillion rials desk GBP 57,999 rials the latest data released by (about $56.26 billion), some 17 percent more the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), tax income rose than the figure for the preceding year. AED 11,761 rials 14.1 percent during the last Iranian calendar Iranian government earns budget from Source: mehrnews.com year (March 2017- March 2018) to reach 1.15 various sources including the revenues and quadrillion rials (about $26.6 billion), Tasnim offering capital assets and divesting financial news agency reported on Saturday. assets to the private sector, the report said. Based on the data which showed the According to Head of National Tax Ad- The official said the figure should reach President Hassan Rouhani’s economic details of the government’s budget perfor- ministration Kamel Taqavinejad, the share of 11 percent by the end of the country’s Six strategy is to significantly reduce the gov- COMMODITIES mance during the mentioned period, along tax revenues in Iran’s gross domestic product Five-Year National Development Plan ernment’s dependency on oil and instead WTI $71.01/b with the tax revenues the country’s current (GDP) has reached eight percent. (March 2021). collect tax more systematically. Brent $75.33/b OPEC Basket $72.15/b Private sector welcomes secondary forex market ECONOMY TEHRAN— Establishment of secondary website running under Iran Trade Promotion Organization), Gold $1,241.95 /oz deskforeign exchange market was one of the Seif informed. Silver $15.85/oz main demands of private sector and now that this market According to the governor, the secondary market will is set up private sector welcomes its activity, according to only provide private sector businessmen and those from Platinium $834.20/oz the chairman of Exports Committee of Iran Chamber of small businesses with services. Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA). Iranian government is on the process of renovating its In an interview with IRIB, Adnan Mousapour said this foreign currency system via managing domestic foreign market has already brought some fruitful results such as currency market, reigning the currency rates, improving Pakistan raises rate most balance in foreign currency exchange rate. cooperation with exchange shops, and reinforcing exports. On July 4, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Launching a secondary foreign exchange market is the since 2008 as economic Valiollah Seif announced about official inauguration of latest in a series of steps Iranian government has taken secondary foreign exchange market in that day. oil commodities to sell their foreign currency earnings to curb the rampant forex rates and lessen the impact of pressure builds The secondary market will allow exporters of non- to importers of consumer products at sabtaresh.com (a renewed U.S.-led sanctions on its economy. Pakistan’s central bank increased its key rate for a second straight meeting as economic pressures build ahead of a tense national vote. The target policy rate was raised to 7.5 percent from 6.5 percent, Iranian bank gets green light Annual investment State Bank of Pakistan Governor Tariq Bajwa said in a Karachi brief- making rises 4.1% ing on Saturday. The increase by 100 basis points was predicted by to open branch in Mumbai nine economists in a Bloomberg survey with 12 expecting a hike of Saman Bank, had sent an ap- The presence of an Iranian bank in India ECONOMY TEHRAN — Investment added growth in the previous year, IRNA 1 desk lower or higher magnitude. It’s the biggest move since November plication to set up a representative office. will open up a significant financial channel making in Iran rose 4.1 reported on Friday. 2008 when the previous benchmark discount rate rose by two The government has so far cleared only the that will ensure the smooth flow of funds percent during the past Iranian calendar year Iran›s growth of non-oil gross domestic percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Tehran Stock Exchange-listed Bank Pasargad’s between the two countries. India imports a (ended on March 20, 2018), Central Bank of product (GDP) hit 4.3 percent in the past year, With elections scheduled for July 25, there’s growing speculation proposal for a branch in Mumbai, while the large quantity of oil from Iran and has com- Iran (CBI) Governor Valiollah Sief announced. Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) has reported. that Pakistan will have to seek IMF support as its current-account other Iranian banks’ plans are yet to get the mitted an investment of $500 million for the The official also said that all economic The figure including oil sector reached deficit widens and foreign reserves dwindle. A caretaker adminis- green light, sources said. development of the crucial Chabahar port. sectors of the country have experienced value 3.7 percent, the report added. tration in Islamabad has ruled out filing a formal request with the Washington-based lender and after July 25 a new government will need to approach the IMF as a “matter of urgency,” according to Iran unveils anti-sanctions plan Bilal Khan, a senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank Plc. 1 to find solutions to manage liquidity increase, to and trade programs, to study divesting governmental shares to put forward programs to prosper domestic production and job “The current-account deficit is getting worse,” Bajwa said. “We prepare a program to supply energy as well as basic goods under the private sector, to facilitate public and private cooperation on creation, and those programs to tackle U.S.-led sanctions in the want to suppress aggregate demand.” the sanctions, to arrange specific programs for railway and sea implementation of development projects, to prepare a plan to fields of information technology (IT) and information and com- (Source: Bloomberg) transportation under the sanctions, to plan industrial, mining decrease absolute poverty and improve life quality of the poor, to munication technology (ICT).

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Public Relations Dept. of IRIB Public Relations Dept. of IRIB I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 15, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT 5 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL JULY 15, 2018 NEWS IN BRIEF Russia-China-Iran- After quadrilateral meet on ISIS, group Pakistan officials hold quadrilateral kills 132 people in Pakistan attacks meet on ISIS INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — A few days after Pakistan, INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — In an interesting and un- deskIran, China and Russia agreed to join deskprecedented development, the top intel- hands to root out ISIS from Afghanistan and the region, ligence officials of Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan held a the terrorist group carried out the deadliest bombings in quadrangular meeting in Islamabad earlier this week to Pakistan’s troubled election campaigning, killing at least frame a common strategy to eliminate the threat posed by 132 people, including a political candidate. groups like ISIS in Afghanistan and the region, said reports. The bombings at election rallies in southwest region of According to Pakistan’s daily The Nation, the four coun- Baluchistan coincided with the return of deposed Pakistani tries agreed to cooperate and coordinate in fight against premier Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan and his subsequent arrest the ISIS and all other terrorist groups in the central Asian on Friday. Interestingly, ISIS claimed responsibility for the country. The meeting was aimed to “ensure regional peace attacks that come less than two weeks before the general and to eliminate terrorism from the region.” election in Pakistan, which is expected to be closely contested. Another prominent Pakistani daily Dawn, quoting un- According to reports, the target of one of the attacks was named officials, also confirmed that the meeting took place Akram Khan Durrani, who is contesting against cricketer- on Tuesday. The report said the meeting besides dealing with turned-politician and chief of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) the threat of ISIS, could provide a basis for greater regional on Mutahida Majlis Amal (MMA) ticket. He managed to cooperation for peace in Afghanistan. escape unhurt but Siraj Raisani, who was running for a pro- “The conference reached understanding of the impor- vincial seat on Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), ticket was tance of coordinated steps to prevent the trickling of ISIS killed in another attack. terrorists from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan where from Khan, who has been vigorously campaigning in past few they would pose risks for neighboring countries,” he said. days, strongly condemned the attack on his rival. “There The participants unanimously agreed that coordinated seems to be a conspiracy to sabotage the 25 July elections steps were required to defeat the menace of terrorism and but the people of Pakistan will not allow any design intended secure the region. to target these historic elections to succeed,” he tweeted. As a mark of respect to the people killed in the attack, Balochistan government has announced two-day mourn- Widening cracks ing in the province. The national flag will be at half-mast at all public buildings. Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf and Pakistan to reports. have been responsible for many deadly attacks in Afghanistan, in India-U.S. trade Peoples’ Party also called off their rallies on Saturday. The prevailing security situation in Afghanistan and the especially against the Shia Hazara community. ties as tariff war Pertinently, the attacks comes a day after the meeting threat posed by groups like ISIS to the regional peace and However, they had not been able to gain foothold in Pa- of intelligence heads of Pakistan, Russia, Iran and China stability figured prominently in the discussions. kistan so far. Friday’s attacks, claimed by the group, are an continues in Pakistan in which mutual cooperation and coordination ISIS has been active in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, indication that ISIS has emerged as the biggest threat to against the menace of terrorism was discussed, according also referred to as ‘Khorasan’, over the past few years. They peace and stability in the whole region. INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — The cracks in the India-U.S. desktrade ties are widening with many top In- dian executives and government officials expressing concern over the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries ‘Groups like ISIS have got no public support in Kashmir’ and questioning the hard-nosed stance of Washington. On Thursday, a group of Indian officials held a meeting 1 There has been a rebellion in to resolve this longstanding dispute as per with U.S. trade representatives in Washington at the Annual PDP following the imposition of governor’s the aspirations of the people of Kashmir? Leadership Summit of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership rule in Jammu & Kashmir. What led to this A. With BJP, which has extreme views Forum (USISPF), according to reports. rebellion and do you think they can stitch about Kashmir, in power in India and the Despite India’s status as an important American ally, together an alliance with BJP to form next widespread instability in Pakistan, there the country did not receive an exemption from U.S. tariffs government as is being reported in media? seems to be very little chance of any posi- on aluminum and steel imports, which forced New Delhi A. I don’t give much credence to this ‘rebel- tive dialogue between the two countries to to respond with its own set of tariffs on roughly $240 mil- lion’. Some political opportunists have got resolve the longstanding dispute. lion of U.S. goods, which will come into effect from August. addicted to power and they don’t want to Do you think Kashmir gets less cover- Ajay Singh, the chairman and managing director of In- leave it. Most of the ‘rebels’ lack any politi- age in the international media compared to dia’s private airline SpiceJet, while speaking at the summit cal ideology or for that matter a strong base other conflict zones like Palestine, Yemen, questioning the direction of the relationship between the among the masses. Syria and Afghanistan? two countries. Recently, a prominent journalist and A. It gets coverage only when there is some “We need to talk about this a lot more,” Singh said. “Where editor was killed by unidentified gunmen major incident of violence. Very few people do we see ourselves several years from now? Is this really outside his office in Kashmir. There have have been writing or discussing about the a strategic relationship? Is it that we will trust each other been such incidents in the past too. Do you genesis of the problem and any serious move enough? Will India trust the U.S. to be there when India believe it has become increasingly difficult to impress upon two countries to sit across needs them? And will the U.S. trust India with technology for journalists in Kashmir to report freely the table and resolve it. that’s obviously been developed with a great deal of effort?” and fearlessly? U.S. recently pulled out of the Iran Meanwhile, stung by public backlash and criticism over A. It was a gruesome murder that has cre- nuclear deal and asked all countries to stop oil its plan to cut oil imports from Iran, Indian government has ated a big void in Kashmir’s media fraternity. imports from Iran. India also seems to have said that it will take a “considered and considerate’ view The killers are at large and no one knows why buckled under the U.S. pressure. What’s the based on ‘national interest’ on the issue and find a way to and who killed him. Admittedly, his murder general sense in Kashmir over the American secure its energy needs. has further added to the uncertainty and in- policy of war-mongering, sabre-rattling and security among the journalists here. bullying other nations? There have been reports about ISIS A. I don’t think groups like ISIS have got in its ideology. A. U.S. has never had good reputation in Trump won’t pull trying to gain foothold in Kashmir and we any public support in Kashmir. No doubts The dialogue between India and Kashmir and since Donald Trump assumed have even seen their flag fluttering at militant ISIS flags are sometime seen in the hands Pakistan over Kashmir has failed to make power, his anti-Muslim policies and his deal- U.S. troops from funerals. According to you, is the presence of of agitating youth but that looks more to headway. Do you see any possibility of these ings with Muslim countries have come for Afghanistan, ISIS in Kashmir a reality or a myth? mock at the State than having any faith two estranged neighbors coming together strong criticism in Kashmir. Ghani says Is Sharif’s arrest a blessing in disguise for PML-N INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — After their meeting at the deskNATO Summit, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he does not believe U.S. President Donald Trump will withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, where the ahead of Pakistan elections? U.S. in involved in the longest and disastrous war in its history. By Syed Zafar Mehdi “Today, we also decided to sustain our presence in Af- ghanistan until conditions indicate a change is appropriate,” TEHRAN — A week after being sentenced to 11- year prison the leaders said in a joint statement. term by an accountability court in the Avenfield proper- Speaking to media after the summit, Ghani said Afghani- ties case, the deposed Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif and stan is a “subject of consensus, not a subject of dissent.” daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested upon their arrival “There was uniform support across the board. Support will in Lahore on Friday night. The father-daughter duo were be extended to 2024.” Ghani said, adding that the support whisked away from the aircraft and transferred to Islamabad included backing for the current effort for peace and recent in a special plane. A helicopter was waiting at the Islamabad ceasefire with the Taliban. airport to take them to Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Last week, on an unannounced visit to the war-torn Rawalpindi, close to army headquarters. country, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the The former prime minister’s audacious decision to return Trump administration was prepared to “support, facilitate to Pakistan to face the charges, less than two weeks before and participate” in peace talks between the Afghan govern- the country goes to polls, has become a subject of animated ment and the Taliban, suggesting that the U.S. war machinery debate on prime-time TV shows and newspaper columns in had failed in Afghanistan. Pakistan. The seasoned political strategists in the country are weighing the pros and cons of his decision. Nobody is quite sure whether the decision is based on profound wis- India’s Defence dom or sheer foolhardiness, whether the risk is calculated minister rejects or miscalculated. While Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League UN report on (PML-N), was sentenced to a total of 11 years in jail, his daughter Maryam Nawaz was given seven-year prison term Kashmir in the same case. The verdict, which came ahead of general INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — India’s Defence Minister election in Pakistan, has dealt a heavy blow to PML-N’s deskNirmala Sitharaman, rejecting the recent- chances to regain power. However, some analysts believe ly-released United Nations (UN) first-ever comprehensive the decision can prove a blessing in disguise for the party, words.” How history will remember this verdict depends report on human rights situation in Kashmir, has dubbed considering the massive sympathy wave it can generate in stan and India, victim card can turn around your political largely on PML-N’s fate in this election. it “baseless”. the rural belt. fortunes overnight. The choice in front of the deposed The one man who must be rejoicing right now is Pakistan “The report (on Kashmir) is prepared sitting somewhere Despite the unsavory turn of events, Sharif has managed premier was clear: to run the gauntlet and play his card Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, whose party has lately else. Assessment made by the UNHRC is without basis. If to put up a tough front. After the verdict last week, Sharif well. That is what he did. emerged as a force to reckon with. PTI has a strong political only they see what is on the ground. Indian Army shows the vowed to return to Pakistan to “face prison”. Referring to the Speaking to media persons on his way back home, Sharif rivalry with PML-N and Imran Khan had single-handedly maximum restraint,” Sitharaman said on Friday. court sentence, he said he was being “punished for turning said his resolve cannot be shaken. “There are blockades led the crusade against Nawaz Sharif government, calling it India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has also tagged the course of Pakistan’s 70-year history”. “I will continue everywhere. People have been arrested and they are being corrupt and incompetent. After the verdict was announced the exhaustive 49-page report, which urged all the parties to my struggle till the people of Pakistan are freed from the given the message to not come to the airport,” he said, as- last week, jubilant scenes were witnessed in PTI’s election end the cycles of violence and ensure accountability for past slavery imposed on them by some generals and judges,” serting that the elections did not remain credible and the rallies as supporters expressed hope of clean-sweeping the and present abuses, as “biased and motivated”. he said, firing a salvo at the country’s military leadership, results would not be acceptable. Again, these are the words upcoming election. When the report was released last month, Pakistan’s per- which is believed to be more powerful in some matters than of an old warhorse who despite being wounded knows how Meanwhile, PML-N supporters, who were deterred from manent representative in the UN Farukh Amil welcomed the political leadership. to outdo and overtake others. going to airport to receive their leader, have vowed to carry the recommendations made in the report to form a Com- The verdict had been announced. Sharif knew he was With elections just ten days away, Sharif and Maryam out country-wide rallies in the run up to July 25 elections. mission of Inquiry to investigate human rights abuses in not going to escape the clutches of law. Absconding and cannot campaign for their party, but former’s brother Shah- They know that the election result will determine the real Indian-controlled Kashmir. But India reacted sharply to it, hiding somewhere in UK would have spelt doom for his baz Sharif has been vigorously raising the issue of ‘injustice’ fate of their leader. Whether Sharif’s term in Adiala Jail will terming it “fallacious, tendentious and motivated,” a lodged political career. So, a seasoned campaigner that he is, done to Sharif in PML-N’s election rallies. He has termed be short or long will be decided on July 25. So, it is still too a formal complaint with the world body. Sharif decided to turn an adversity into an opportunity, the verdict “flawed, politically motivated and with glaring by going home and facing the jail. In countries like Paki- loopholes”, and said that “history will remember it in black early for Imran Khan’s PTI to celebrate. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 15, 2018 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 NATO and the puzzle of a nuclear Bahrain’s Ayatollah Qassim deal with Iran treated in London 1 The British Prime Minister Theresa In this equation, Trump asks the European May has recently asked other European coun- authorities to cease their support for the tries to remain silent against Trump’s actions JCPOA and the continuation of the nuclear in imposing tariffs on imported goods from deal in exchange for a decrease in the U.S. Europe, and not to seek retaliatory meas- economic and security pressures. It should ures. She also asked European authorities be noted that one of the main reasons for to negotiate with the U.S. president on the the European leaders’ refusal of offering a JCPOA. Indeed, what’s going on among conclusive, detailed and effective package to NATO members? Iran regarding the JCPOA was their secret The truth is that in near future, the negotiations with the American officials. JCPOA will turn to the Europe’s leverage Since the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear for making deals with the United States in deal, Mike Pompeo the American Secretary security grounds, an issue witch its signs of State had been constantly in contact with we could well see in the Brussels summit. the European troika’s foreign ministers, It shouldn’t be forgotten that in its cal- and announced them the exact positions culations, the EU is still regarding itself and policies of the U.S. government. as dependent to the United States. Those In the course of the NATO summit, we like Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron and witnessed the continuation of the Europe’s Angela Merkel are adjusting their policies paradoxical game playing towards the JCPOA. 1 Bahrain’s Court of Cassation convicted Ayatollah in the international system based on their It shouldn’t be forgotten that the EU’s main Qassim of «illegal collection of funds and money laundering, security dependence on the United States. strategy towards Iran and the JCPOA, is to serving foreign interests» and sentenced him to one year in It might be possible that the European of- make us remain as part of the nuclear deal jail suspended for three years. ficials agree on “restraining Trump”, but as long as possible, and without benefiting It also ordered him to pay $265,266 in fines. This arbitrary prosecution is related to his religious duty of collecting char- that’s all, and we can’t expect them to go Canada, Donald Trump discussed various and Trump. The tensions were so high that from its advantages, so that the influence ities, known for the Shiite community as «Khoums.» Indeed, further as to fulfil their obligations in this subjects with Angela Merkel, the German the meeting ended with no final statement. of the U.S. sanctions would be multiplied. the government have violated this religious ritual and have regard. The EU would never confront the Chancellor, including Iran nuclear deal, tariffs Now the U.S. president is pursuing the same The offering of the EU’s unacceptable and confiscated and the charities. U.S. seriously, since “resisting against the on steel and aluminum imported from Europe, approach I dealing with NATO states. useless package of proposals is also to be The Shiite community in Bahrain have long endured a White House” is in no way defined in Eu- and the increase of NATO defense budget. Trump and the European countries analyzed in the same vein; a weak package pivotal and methodological persecution in an attempt to forge rope’s strategies and tactics. But these talks resulted in the intensified both regard the tensions raised in the in- which is resulted from the special relations the demographic representation. Since the onset of the 2011 In the course of the G7 recent meeting in disagreements among EU member states ternational system as a “single package”. between the U.S. and Europe. peaceful uprising, scores of Bahraini villages have been sub- jected to an ongoing clampdown and restrictions. Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, blatantly re- press rights to freedom of expression and belief, and practice Iran-Russia strategic ties to end U.S.-Saudi-Israe- aprolonged campaign of sectarianism, which insults the 70% of the Shiite majority. In his speeches, in Duraz’s Imam Sadiq mosque where li-backed terror in region: analyst he used to preach up to June 2016, Ayatollah Qassim has frequently stressed on encountering any attempt to ignite TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A former U.S. army psychological chaos or extremism in Bahrain. This central Friday prayer; warfare officer and counter-terrorism analyst said strategic the largest Shiite religious congregation, held in Duraz, has cooperation between Tehran and Moscow means an end been banned too. Armoured vehicles were deployed to cordon to invasion of countries near Iran and Russia by terrorist off the mosque and various police checkpoints were set to mercenaries backed by the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Israel. thoroughly lock down the village. “Strategic cooperation between Iran and Russia means Today, the Bahrainis express their concerns that Bahrain stopping all U.S.-Saudi-Israeli terrorist mercenaries from might not permit the return of their leader to Bahrain. They being able to continue invading countries nearby Russia stress that they do not trust the government which has deceive and Iran…,” Scott Bennett, from San Francisco, told the them on several occasions, particularly in the coming months Tasnim News Agency on Friday. that are going to witness a new parliamentary elections. Scott Bennett is a U.S. Army Special Operations Of- They urge the international community and the effective ficer (11th Psychological Operations Battalion, Civil Af- governments to exert effective efforts on Bahrain to intiate an fairs-Psychological Operations Command), and a global authentic reconciliation, dialogue and reforms; after releasing psychological warfare-counterterrorism analyst, formerly thousands of prisoners of conscience and giving assurance to with defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. He received the exiled dissents to return to their homeland. a Direct Commission as an Officer, held a Top Secret/Sen- sitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) security clearance, and worked in the highest levels of international counterterrorism in Washington DC and MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. He has developed and managed psychological warfare theories, products, and operations for Three takeaways from U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Central Command, Guantanamo the State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, and other government agencies. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Sci- TEHRAN (FNA) — The United States government claims it ence in Advertising and Spanish Minor from San Jose State has the authority to keep prisoners locked up at the Guantanamo University in California, a Master of Arts in International Bay detention camp for a century without charging them with a Business and Public Policy from George Mason Universi- crime, as long as the US keeps fighting terrorist groups like the ty in Virginia, and a Ph.D. (ABD) in Political Theory from being able to continue invading countries nearby Russia to balance out the U.S. claim and agenda toward absolute Taliban, Al-Qaeda or its affiliates. the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. He and Iran; rebuilding the areas which have been destroyed global domination—or as they have stated elsewhere, “Full Three arguments could be made against this colonial policy: currently resides in California. so far by the U.S.-NATO-Saudi-Israeli war against Syria— Spectrum Dominance”. 1- President Donald Trump has said no one should be let out The following is the full text of the interview: which is a war crime incidentally; uniting with China to As you know, this year’s NATO meeting comes ahead of Guantanamo. It has also become the Trump administration’s Senior Iranian official Ali Akbar Velayati has contribute to the rebuilding and industry management of of Trump’s direct meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, de facto policy to transfer no one out of Guantanamo. Nobody conveyed a message from Leader of the Islamic Revolu- the oil and natural resources of the Syria, Iraq, and Iran; on Monday. What do you think about this meeting? has been cleared for release by a periodic review board under tion Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei to Russian President building alternative economic systems, agreements, cur- A: Trump instinctively has a respect and admiration the Trump administration either. The government has likewise Vladimir Putin during a recent meeting in Moscow. What rencies, and banks so that the U.S.-Saudi petrodollar and for President Putin and Russia, and is longing for an op- made no effort to transfer those who were already cleared before is your take on this? banking system cannot be used as an economic warfare portunity to both openly recognize logical opportunities Trump became president, A: The Iranian leadership is very wise to meet with Russian campaign against independent nations; and communicate for joint-partnerships, and sign agreements to end the These measures and trials are illegal under US law and Geneva leaders and impress upon them the mutual interdependence the emergence of the Russia-Iran alliance to other members negative and destructive elements which are creating conventions. The same laws have also rejected Trump’s claim of destinies, which Iran and Russia share. In other words, of Europe, so that European nations are encouraged to see blocks between Russia and America. Trump admires to have the authority to seize and detain terrorism suspects and what the Iranian leadership is saying is very simple and easy that Russia-Iran represent stability in the Middle East and Russia’s strength of character, its natural conservative indefinitely deny them access to courts or lawyers. to understand, which is what the U.S. does to Iran, they will are the best alternative to the U.S. agenda for instability, social and political laws, and Russia’s enormous patience 2- The camp, where inmates endure open-ended interrogation also do to Russia—and China for that matter—unless these destruction, and U.S. hegemony. and longsuffering it has shown in the face of the current and torture, is an international symbol of the US administra- nations stand together against such international tyranny, Velayati also quoted Putin as hailing the oil coopera- American political schizophrenia toward Russia. Trump tion’s aggressive anti-terror policies. Many detainees committed terrorism, and hypocrisy. So Iran is appealing to Russia tion between Iran and Russia, saying Russia has announced has been married so far to two women from the Slavic-Rus- suicide. The deaths have brought new scrutiny and criticism of to consider its own long-term self-interests and stability, readiness to make investment as high as $50 billion in Iran’s sian Orthodox areas, and he appreciates the unique and the prison, along with fresh calls for its closure. and asking President Putin to honestly reflect upon both oil and gas industry, and that Russian firms could replace beautiful femininity and special grace Russian culture Many inmates are being held at Guantanamo Bay illegally the trustworthiness of the United States and the long-term the western companies that have left Iran. Do you believe has compared to the toxic feminism, homosexuality, and and should be released immediately. The UN Working Group agenda the U.S. has toward Russia—as well as the region that it is time that Russia, Iran and China should form a liberalism rampant in the West. on Arbitrary Detention says there is no legal basis for holding and the world. It also comes at a very interesting time, since separate economic front against U.S. hegemony? To a degree, the European nations know Trump’s conserv- of them, who have been at the military-run jail on Cuba since in Washington DC, the Congress is conducting hearings on A: Russia, Iran, China, Syria, North Korea are among a ative character inclines him more in the direction of Putin 2001. The prisoners, whose torture and interrogation are still FBI corruption and certain members of Congress are desper- few of the nations which are openly demanding—not ask- and Russia because it is more harmonious to Trump than the ongoing, should be released and given an enforceable right to ately trying to brand Russia as the greatest foe and enemy ing—that the era of “regime change” and reckless military European humanism, atheism, and liberalism—which Trump compensation and other reparations. and rival the U.S. has in the world. This U.S. hysteria and adventurism to conquer and steal the natural resources of despises. So Putin should also recognize that Europeans 3- Despite numerous calls for the return of Guantanamo Bay, animus, although shameful, would also seem to be helpful a nation by creating revolution or civil war in that nation, is will be much more inclined to make deals and agreements the US also has a naval base on Cuban soil. There are ways in to the Iranian-Russian dialogue. finally over. This was essentially voiced by President Putin with Russia out of their own self-interests, and this will which the lease and the 1903 Treaty that created it can only be Following the meeting, Dr. Velayati further described when he said at the United Nations regarding the Libya be triggered if Europeans see Trump and Putin becoming described as illegal. his discussions with the Russian president as “highly con- invasion and destruction by NATO, “Do you realize what closer, happier, more trusting, and more optimistic in their The 1903 Treaty that brought about the base at Guantana- structive, transparent and friendly.” Iran’s Leadership has you have done?” All nations did, but few had the honor to agenda for the world and each other. So Putin should use mo was invalid from the beginning, as it was imposed by force. long viewed relations with Moscow as “strategic”. What does repent of such a heinous act of war by Britain, France, the this summit to create a new definition of graciousness and After four years of military occupation the US decided against strategic cooperation with Russia mean? U.S., and NATO. As a result of this terrible tragedy, the world hope and impress it upon Trump; as well as make it clear a complete annexation of Cuba, instead they wanted a system A: Strategic cooperation between Iran and Russia means is growing more desirous of separate and distinct economic, that Russia and Iran are never going to seek a war with the that would allow political and economic control, the answer was stopping all U.S.-Saudi-Israeli terrorist mercenaries from political-military intelligence powers in the world, in order U.S., but will never be put into a Libya situation. to grant Cuban independence under US terms. The Treaty was signed, supposedly granting Cuban independence, but merely transforming Cuba into a quasi-protectorate. The treaty was binding in 1903, but is illegal in the post-colo- U.S. sanctions impact on Iran is mostly psychological: Italian expert nial age. After the Second World War the decolonisation process 1 A: U.S. sanctions can undoubtedly cessful to force other states and companies Is the EU able to keep the JCPOA alive What are the reasons behind the White began and a new set of norms and principles based around the affect Iranian economy, especially if they out of Iran Market? by its taken measures? House unilateralism in all fields? UN Charter meant that obsolete, unequal, colonial laws were focus on capital goods. However, I think their A: U.S. pressures could lead several A: EU’s ability to keep the JCPOA alive is a A: Trump’s unilateralism has several being replaced. impact is – first and foremost – psychological. states to stop their orders for Iranian oil. matter of willingness. The nuclear deal is the reasons but I think it has a lot to do with Lastly, the Treaty breaks the rules of sovereignty. Article 56 The main aim of the JCPOA was to open a Secondary sanctions (i.e. sanctions targeting main success of European diplomacy while domestic consideration. It aims at strength- of the Vienna Convention allows for denunciation or withdrawal direct channel between the U.S. and Iran, countries trading with Iran) could have the European industries have a strong interest in ening Trump’s position in his supporters’ from a treaty containing no provision on an ending. It is quite overcoming the mutual estrangement that same effect, although I do not think their the Iranian market. However, the European eyes. His ‘muscular’ position is the oppo- unrealistic to say that a lease has no end, no other international followed the revolution in 1979. The new combined action would be able to push Iran Union is facing a very difficult period due site of Barack Obama’s ‘softer’ attitude and lease has lasted for over 99 years, yet this one has lasted for sanctions impact on this point and fuel the out of the market. Once again, I think the to its own domestic problems, and foreign confirms the fracture existing between the over a hundred without an end in sight, despite the illegality of opinion that things can never change, with main impact will be psychological. U.S. policy currently ranks quite low in its agen- two administrations. Moreover, in Trump’s the situation. negative consequences also in the economic decision to break the deal could encourage da. I do not think that U.S. position could political narrative, a ‘great America’ is an America’s continued occupation of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba realm. Iran to retaliate, leaving the moderate path really affect the European attitude, but EU ‘all powerful America’, and an ‘all powerful is completely at odds with the principles of the United Nations Washington has asked other states to it is currently following, and this could weakness can negatively reverberate on its America’ cannot be bounded by the ties of Charter, which highlights “the right to self-determination and stop buying Iran›s oil. Will the U.S. be suc- mean the end of the JCPOA. support to the deal. multilateralism. the right to dispose of a peoples natural resources.” I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 ADVERTISEMENTS JULY 15, 2018

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HERITAGE TEHRAN — The historical mosque of Sari, deskthe capital of northern Mazandaran province, is not totally brought down to earth despite being on a massive fire for hours on Thursday. The fire was allegedly sparked due to faults in electrical cables, ISNA reported. Initial reports cited by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts A general view of Hasanlu archaeological site and Tourism Organization said the amount of damage cannot be estimated until the fire completely dies down. The excavations has revealed important knowledge about However, CHHTO deputy director Mohammad-Hassan Tale- bian, who personally inspected the mosque, said on Friday that the prehistory of northwestern Iran, particularly during roughly 70 percent of its Qajar-era portions, which constitute the late 2nd and early 1st millennia BC. its most significant sections, are not affected. “Some experts believe that the mosque was primarily con- Among the most important objects uncovered at Hasanlu black ware being of much finer quality and probably made structed on the ruins of a Sassanid-era (224–651) fire temple while were an unusually decorated silver bowl, several iron gar- in imitation of metal vessels. others say it was first erected as a one-iwan (portico) mosque in ment pins headed by bronze lions, a solid gold bowl, a knife Experts say parallels to the motifs on the Hasanlu objects the year 140 AH,” the official explained. handle with gold cloisonné, and two hollow bronze horse have been found in Elam, Assyria, north Syria, and Urartu, Restoration work will soon be commenced, he concluded. heads that served to hold liquids. indicating that Iran not only received considerable cultural According to the Britannica Encyclopedia, Hasanlu was and artistic stimuli from other areas but also in turn exerted The Golden Bowl of Hasanlu, ca. 900 BC, National inhabited from about 2100 to about 825 BC, but the richest influence on the Middle East. Museum of Iran period yet excavated dates to the 10th and 9th centuries Iran currently has 23 properties inscribed on the UNESCO The excavations has revealed important knowledge about BC. The period, often called “Mannaean” after the name World Heritage list, the latest of which, “Sassanid Archae- the prehistory of northwestern Iran, particularly during the of the people who lived in the area, is characterized by a ological Landscape of Fars Region”, gained the privilege French tourism to Egypt in late 2nd and early 1st millennia BC. gray pottery accompanied by black and red varieties, the on June 30. 2018 spikes 146% Intl. conference to address troglodytic architecture in Iran Tourists’ flows to Egypt has resumed and Egypt has restored its leading position again as the best tourism destination in the HERITAGE TEHRAN — Tens of creativity,” says an introduction to the con- desk region, according to the French pioneering travel magazine experts, researches and ference. TourMaG on Thursday. academia will discuss arenas of troglodytic “We hope that through holding the The 20-year-old magazine revealed that percentage of French architecture in Iran during an international third international conference on troglo- tourists visited Egypt in 2018 alone has increased to 146 per- conference, which will be held in Hamedan dytic architecture in Iran, that is a rare cent. “Tourists no longer prefer going to Tunisia or Turkey only, in October, phenomenon globally, the researchers pay Egypt is back in the competition again after years of instability,” The 3rd International Troglodytic Archi- even more attention to this creative art of the magazine added. TourMaG revealed that “600,000 French tecture Conference aims to explore topics the human being… it helps to understand tourists visited the land of the Pharaohs in 2010. But six years ranging from fundamentals, technologies, our invaluable heritage better… something later, only 70,000 paid touristic visits to Egypt in 2016.” culture to the nature of troglodyte archi- that our architecture and urban planning “This increase in tourists’ numbers visiting Egypt is an out- tecture. is in dire need of.” come of the restoration of security, order and safety of travelers,” “Heritage of Troglodytic Architecture for The organizers also say “We aim to take a TourMaG explained. Generations” has been adopted as the theme positive step toward a better understanding One year ago, exactly on July 15, 2017, French Ambassador of the conference, which is organized by the of this type of architecture through holding to Egypt Stephane Roumtier said in a press conference in Al- Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and these conferences.” exandria that “Egypt will witness an increase in the number of Tourism. The historical Kandovan village in French tourists received in 2017.” “These structures were not considered northwest Iran is one the most famous He praised Egypt’s increased security procedures to protect as the creative artistic masterpieces of their examples of troglodytic architecture tourists at archeological sites, as witnessed during his visit to builders. Troglodytic structure became for- in the country. Its abundant ice-cream the Pyramids last July. Roumtier explained that the French gov- gotten while many other native assets were cone-shaped homes are resembling that A typical home in the historical Kandovan village, northwest Iran ernment is going to cooperate with its Egyptian counterpart to lost … though they were filled with life and of Turkey’s Cappadocia. organize awareness campaigns aimed at attracting tourists from all over the world. The trade volume between Egypt and France reached €2 bil- China says its citizens are ‘reluctant’ to lion ($2.29 billion), while the volume of investment reached €4 billion ($4.58 billion), according to Roumtier. (Source: Egypt Today) travel to U.S. given trade war China claims its citizens are “reluctant to visit” the United vice president of the U.S. Travel Association. “So there is States given the escalating trade tussle and safety concerns, no econometric evidence yet that travel from China to the even as tourism agencies in the U.S. say they see no current U.S. has flattened or decreased.” ROUND THE GLOBE evidence of a slowdown. Laurie Armstrong Gossy, a spokesperson for San Fran- China’s state-controlled Global Times tabloid reported cisco Travel, said China is the city’s “number one market in on Wednesday that “interest in traveling to the U.S. has visitor spending” and added that the latest statistics “don’t Natural and Culturo- withered as peak vacation season approaches.” reflect any impact [from the trade spat]. We may know more Historical Region of Kotor It’s the latest salvo in the growing tensions between the two at the end of the summer.” nations. Tourism is a rich vein that China can tap to hurt the “It is too early to determine what kind of impact this may U.S. economy. Chinese tourists rank as top foreign spenders in have, and we will continue to aggressively market Las Vegas The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor is located the United States and summer is traditionally one of the peak as the greatest travel destination around the world,” said in the Boka Kotorska Bay, on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. times of year for tourists traveling from mainland China and ministration to roll back some of these [tariff] measures Amanda Peters, a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Convention In the Middle Ages, this natural harbor was an important Hong Kong to California and other U.S. locations. because of the costs they would impose on the U.S.,” he added. and Visitors Authority. artistic and commercial center with its own famous schools The Global Times article cited data from Mafengwo, a local Chorzempa said he doesn’t expect the travel advisory to Stephen Lawson, a spokesman for Visit Florida, said there of masonry and iconography. trip-planning site, that showed searches down in the first have very much impact on Chinese tourism numbers. He were nearly 300,000 Chinese travelers last year that visited The property encompasses the best preserved part of the six months of 2018 for major American travel destinations believes the bigger impact will be Beijing’s “pushing of a the Sunshine State. “China is a very important market for bay covering its inner south-eastern portion. such as Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Las Vegas. patriotic line ‘not to go to the U.S.” Florida’s tourism industry. We are confident that our world- The paper said the data from Mafengwo also showed Earlier this week, the paper ran a story headlined: “China class shopping, theme parks and sightseeing will continue increased interest in travel to Russia and some Europe- should make tourism, services the main battlefield in trade to draw more and more Chinese visitors to Florida.” an countries, including France. It said the switch to other frictions with U.S.” Even so, escalating tensions could have an impact. destinations “could hurt” key sectors of the U.S. economy Potential for economic damage Chorzempa said there are cases in China of at least one that rely on tourism. A downturn in Chinese tourism could certainly cause hotel putting what it calls a “tariff” on American visitors The report comes on the heels of China’s embassy in pain. Overall, nearly 3 million Chinese tourists visit the U.S. as part of the retaliation against the trade tussle. “We can Washington late last month issuing a security advisory to annually and spending has topped $30 billion in recent expect that kind of nationalist sentiment to rise as the trade its citizens about potential dangers traveling in the U.S., years, according to figures from the National Travel and war ramps up,” he said. including to be alert to “suspicious individuals, and avoid Tourism Office, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s There’s a history of the Chinese using tourism as an eco- going out alone at night.” International Trade Administration agency. nomic weapon to punish other countries. “I would expect that the Chinese would play up the angle ITA declined comment for this story. The White House Last year, South Korea’s tourism industry was on the of the trade war costing the U.S. in terms of tourism because didn’t respond to a request for comment. receiving end of the wrath of Beijing’s anger over installing they want to amplify the impact,” said Martin Chorzempa, a Still, U.S. travel officials insist they are not seeing any the U.S.-built THAAD anti-missile defense system. Beijing fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, slowdown in Chinese tourism just yet. launched a South Korean tourism boycott that led to a halt The inscribed property comprises 14,600 ha with a landscape a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. “There are constant questions about whether a news mo- of packaged tours and reportedly cost the economy nearly composed of two interrelated bays surrounded by mountains “If people in the tourism industry see these things, the ment has resulted in a dip in travel, but data trends simply do $7 billion before it ended in late 2017. rising rapidly to nearly 1,500 meters. Chinese might hope that they put pressure on the U.S. ad- not happen in real time,” said Jonathan Grella, an executive (Source: CNBC) The property is linked to the rest of the Boka Kotorska Bay through a narrow channel forming the principal visual central axis of the area. Ancient coral testifies to the Sahara’s brutal past The outstanding universal value of the Culturo-Historical The deserts of Arabia and northern Africa Red Sea. The Red Sea coral showed no evidence Region of Kotor is embodied in the quality of the architecture grew more arid as Europe shivered in the These isotopes contain clues to past of such cooling during that time period. in its fortified and open cities, settlements, palaces and mo- nineteenth century. temperatures of the Red Sea and, thus, Instead, the data suggest that local con- nastic ensembles, and their harmonious integration to the The eastern Sahara and Arabian de- of the deserts that surround it. ditions were substantially drier between cultivated terraced landscape on the slopes of high rocky hills. serts were even drier two centuries ago The scientists were able to reconstruct about 1750 and 1850 than they are today. The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor bears than today. annual temperatures and aridity from the That dryness may be explained by at- unique testimony to the exceptionally important role that Thomas Felis at the University of present back to 1751. That period includes mospheric circulation patterns that carried it played over centuries in the spreading of Mediterranean Bremen in Germany and his colleagues the last part of the Little Ice Age, a centu- warm, dry air to the eastern Sahara and cultures into the Balkans. analyzed strontium, calcium and oxygen ries-long chill across Europe and much of Arabian deserts. (Source: UNESCO) isotopes in coral growing in the northern the globe that lifted around 1850. (Source: nature.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 15, 2018 SCI/MED 11 Scientists now have evidence that herpes Geometry helps solve the could trigger Alzheimer’s disease mystery of Mars’ water The Martian surface is crisscrossed with what looks like the scars of running water cut into its dusty dry surface. For years, research- We know about the devastating effects of fections leading to more deposits of amyloid ers have argued over the source of this water, whether it was fed Alzheimer’s, but scientists still aren’t cer- beta, mice bred with human-like A? were by rainwater falling from the sky or from ice melting beneath the tain about how it gets started. New research better able to fend off the damage of HSV-1, surface. By taking a statistical approach to the features, a trio of lends credence to an older idea that bacteria suggesting these proteins are indeed some researchers now argue for rivers of rainwater. and viruses could be contributing to the root kind of counter-attack measure. The team studied all the mapped river valleys on Mars, measuring causes of the brain disease. That idea – that these plaques are trying the angles where they divided from one another. These angles are In this latest study, the association has to stop the brain getting infected – isn’t a determined by how dry an area is and whether water has emerged only been spotted in mice and petri dishes, completely new one, but it’s now looking from the ground, among other things. They found that the angles but it’s still a significant finding. even more plausible. are comparatively low, allowing them to rule out the influence of When infected with herpes viruses, previ- Levels of herpes viruses groundwater as a major formation process for the channels. ously linked to Alzheimer’s, neurons in both It also matches up with research published The narrow angles of the valleys bear a stronger resemblance the mice and the lab tests quickly developed just a few weeks ago, showing higher levels to those found in Earth’s arid landscapes, such as in the deserts amyloid beta (A) plaques – thought to lead of herpes viruses in the brains of people who of Arizona. In Florida, where groundwater re-emerges, the river to Alzheimer’s. have died with Alzheimer’s. networks have much wider angles between their tributaries. The scientists behind the study are sug- “It’s possible that chronic infection with According to lead author Hansjörg Seybold, this implies there gesting that the plaque build-up might be the pathogens like herpes that remain present must have been a similar hydrological environment with sporadic result of some kind of defense mechanism defense response in the brain,” explains one Alzheimer’s disease.” throughout life could lead to sustained and heavy rainfall on Mars over a prolonged period. The rainwater would put in place by the body, as it tries to protect of the researchers, Rudolph Tanzi from the Based on past research, the scientists damaging activation of the amyloid-based have quickly run off over the surface, shaping the network of valleys. itself from attack. MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative chose herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) and her- immune response,” says one of the team, Seybold, a physicist at ETH Zurich, worked with terrestrial geol- Sticky buildups of proteins Disease (MIND). pesvirus 6 (HHV-6) as likely contenders for Robert Moir from MIND. ogist James Kirchner, also at ETH Zurich. Edwin Kite, a planetary Those sticky buildups of proteins then “In this way, we have merged the infec- an Alzheimer’s link – HSV-1 is the virus that A “Key insight is that it’s not direct killing specialist at the University of Chicago, was the third team member. start damaging the connections between tion hypothesis and amyloid hypothesis into causes cold sores, by the way. of brain cells by herpes that causes Alzheim- Their research was published June 27 in the journal Science Advances. brain cells rather than guarding them. one Antimicrobial Response Hypothesis of Not only did experiments show virus in- er’s, rather it’s the immune response to the Although Mars is dry today, scientists think it once held an ocean For years, questions have been asked virus that leads to brain-damaging neuroin- of water in much of its northern hemisphere nearly 4 billion years about how the onset of Alzheimer’s is linked “It’s possible that chronic infection with flammation.” ago. The thicker atmosphere it used to have kept the liquid on the to the amyloid beta plaques found in the It’s important to note that so far these surface. As water evaporated, it would have condensed around the brains of those who have the disease. This pathogens like herpes that remain present links have only been shown in mice and lab volcanoes in the highlands south of the ocean, then rained down, new research further bolsters the hypothesis throughout life could lead to sustained and tests. And there are many other variables carving out the river valleys. that the herpes virus is somehow involved. involved than just herpes – like the misfolded (Source: space.com) “Our findings reveal a simple and direct damaging activation of the amyloid-based tau proteins that join forces with the amyloid mechanism by which herpes infections immune response,” says Robert Moir. beta plaques to cause havoc in the brain. trigger the deposition of brain amyloid as a (Source: sciencealert.com) Eating fruits and vegetables Could gravitational waves reveal how Parental chromosomes kept apart during could reduce symptoms of fast our universe is expanding? embryo’s first division, say scientists asthma: new study People who eat a lot of vegetables and fruits will less likely asth- ma and suffer from it, a new study suggests. Health experts say that the antioxidants and the anti-inflammatory contents found in fruits and vegetables protect people from breathing issues. The researchers of the study, from Paris 13 University and French health institutes INSERM, claim that the symptoms of asthma are 30 percent less likely to appear in a person that has a healthy diet. If a person eats more meats or sugary products, this could make asthma harder to control. The scientists discovered that men who have a healthy diet had a 30 percent less chance of experiencing the symptoms of asthma and women who ate healthily had a 20 percent less chance of suffering from the conditions. For men who already had asthma are 60 percent less likely to have problems controlling their symptoms if they stuck to a healthy diet. For the women who have asthma, a healthy diet reduces the symptoms by 27 percent. The researchers of the study stated that not enough research has been conducted in the past that showed the effects of a diet Since it first exploded into existence 13.8 moving away from the Earth. The emitted It was long thought that during an embryo’s rental chromosomes only, and we couldn’t for asthma and their findings could help prevent a person from billion years ago, the universe has been gravitational waves, if detected on Earth, first cell division, one spindle is responsible make sense of the cause of the separation,” developing asthma in the first place, For the study, the participants expanding, dragging along with it hundreds should provide an independent and precise for segregating the embryo’s chromosomes says Judith Reichmann, scientist in EMBL’s were asked to fill out a questionnaire about their symptoms over of billions of galaxies and stars, much like measurement of the system’s distance. Even into two cells. Scientists now show that there Ellenberg group and first author of the paper. a one-month period. raisins in a rapidly rising dough. though black hole-neutron star binaries are are actually two spindles, one for each set of “Only when focusing on the microtubules The researchers measured the participants’ diets by using Astronomers have pointed telescopes incredibly rare, the researchers calculate that parental chromosomes, meaning that the -- the dynamic structures that spindles are a daily food dairy which researchers randomly selected every to certain stars and other cosmic sourc- detecting even a few should yield the most genetic information from each parent is kept made of -- could we see the dual spindles for three days per person. The diets that were high in vegetable, es to measure their distance from Earth accurate value yet for the Hubble constant apart throughout the first division. the first time. This allowed us to provide an whole grains, and fruits were considered to be healthy while and how fast they are moving away from and the rate of the expanding universe. It was long thought that during an explanation for this 20-year-old mystery.” sugary foods, salt, and meat were considered to be less healthy. us -- two parameters that are essential to “Black hole-neutron star binaries are embryo’s first cell division, one spindle is Mitosis is the process of cell division, (Source: Tech Times) estimating the Hubble constant, a unit of very complicated systems, which we know responsible for segregating the embryo’s when one cell splits into two daughter cells. measurement that describes the rate at very little about,” says Salvatore Vitale, chromosomes into two cells. The organism grows and de- which the universe is expanding. assistant professor of physics at MIT and EMBL scientists now show that there velops Experimental spaceplane But to date, the most precise efforts lead author of the paper. “If we detect one, are actually two spindles, one for each It occurs throughout the lifespan of have landed on very different values of the prize is that they can potentially give a set of parental chromosomes, meaning multi-cellular organisms but is particularly engine completes multiple the Hubble constant, offering no definitive dramatic contribution to our understanding that the genetic information from each important when the organism grows and resolution to exactly how fast the universe of the universe.” parent is kept apart throughout the first develops. The key step of mitosis is to pass test firings is growing. This information, scientists Two independent measurements of the division. an identical copy of the genome to the DARPA’s Phantom Express experimental spaceplane has taken believe, could shed light on the universe’s Hubble constant were made recently, one This dual spindle formation might explain next cell generation. For this to happen, a step closer to flight with Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR-22 booster origins, as well as its fate, and whether using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the high error rate in the early developmental DNA is duplicated and organized into rocket engine successfully completing 10 test firings in 240 hours. the cosmos will expand indefinitely or another using the European Space Agen- stages of mammals, spanning the first few dense thread-like structures known as Based on the Space Shuttle main engine, the new variant ultimately collapse. cy’s Planck satellite. The Hubble Space cell divisions. The “aim of this project was chromosomes. is designed for rapid recycling as part of an effort to create an Now scientists from MIT and Harvard Telescope’s measurement is based on to find out why so many mistakes happen in The chromosomes are then attached to aircraft-like launch vehicle that can send satellites into orbit as University have proposed a more accu- observations of a type of star known as a those first divisions,” says Jan Ellenberg, the long protein fibers -- organized into a spin- rapidly as airliners leave airports. rate and independent way to measure Cepheid variable, as well as on observations group leader at EMBL who led the project. dle -- which pulls the chromosomes apart The Experimental Spaceplane program is a being developed the Hubble constant, using gravitational of supernovae. Both of these objects are Dual spindle formation and triggers the formation of two new cells. as a partnership between DARPA and Boeing, with the aim of waves emitted by a relatively rare system: considered “standard candles,” for their “We already knew about dual spindle The spindle is made of thin, tube-like both speeding up the launch of orbital payloads and bringing a black hole-neutron star binary, a hugely predictable pattern of brightness, which formation in simpler organisms like insects, protein assemblies known as microtubules. down costs. The idea is forthe spaceplane could launch small energetic pairing of a spiraling black hole scientists can use to estimate the star’s but we never thought this would be the case During mitosis of animal cells, groups of such satellites of 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) for US$5 million apiece at a rate and a neutron star. As these objects circle distance and velocity. in mammals like mice. This finding was a big tubes grow dynamically and self-organize of 10 flights in 10 days. in toward each other, they should produce The other type of estimate is based on surprise, showing that you should always into a bi-polar spindle that surrounds the space-shaking gravitational waves and a observations of the fluctuations in the cos- be prepared for the unexpected.” chromosomes. flash of light when they ultimately collide. mic microwave background -- the electro- Scientists have always seen parental chro- The microtubule fibers grow towards The system’s velocity magnetic radiation that was left over in mosomes occupying two half-moon-shaped the chromosomes and connect with them, The researchers report that the flash the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang, parts in the nucleus of two-cell embryos, but in preparation for chromosome separation of light would give scientists an estimate when the universe was still in its infancy. it wasn’t clear how this could be explained. to the daughter cells. of the system’s velocity, or how fast it is (Source: eurekalert.org) “First, we were looking at the motion of pa- (Source: Science Daily) Some of Jupiter’s moons are leaving “footprints” in its aurorae, scientists claim Since it arrived in orbit around Jupiter in July of 2016, magnetic field is significantly more powerful than anything the Juno mission has been sending back vital information we see on Earth. about the gas giant’s atmosphere, magnetic field and weather In addition to reaching power levels 10 to 30 times greater patterns. With every passing orbit – known as perijoves, than anything higher than what is experienced here on Earth which take place every 53 days – the probe has revealed (up to 400,000 electron volts), Jupiter’s norther and south- To achieve this, the unmanned, autonomous Phantom Express things about Jupiter that scientists will rely on to learn more ern auroral storms also have oval-shaped disturbances that lifts off vertically from a launch pad. After reaching hypersonic about its formation and evolution. appear whenever Io and Ganymede pass close to the planet. velocity, it goes into a sub-orbital trajectory to the edge of space, Interestingly, some of the most recent information to A “northern and a southern main auroral oval are visible, where it releases a piggyback second stage to send the payload come from the mission involves how two of its moons affect surrounded by small emission features associated with the into orbit. The key to the spaceplane is an updated version of one of Jupiter’s most interesting atmospheric phenomenon. Galilean moons. We present infrared observations, obtained the AR-22 engine. It burns a mixture of liquid hydrogen and As they revealed in a recent study, an international team of with the Juno spacecraft, showing that in the case of Io, liquid oxygen to produce over 375,000 lb of thrust for at least researchers discovered how Io and Ganymede leave “foot- this emission exhibits a swirling pattern that is similar in 100 seconds. prints” in the planet’s aurorae. These findings could help appearance to a von Kármán vortex street.” From June 26 to July 26 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, astronomers to better understand both the planet and its A Von Kármán vortex street, a concept in fluid dynamics, Aerojet Rocketdyne carried out 10 test firings interspersed with moons. is basically a repeating pattern of swirling vortices caused inspections and data reviews. The purpose was to demonstrate The study, titled “Juno observations of spot structures by a disturbance. In this case, the team found evidence of a that it’s feasible to recycle the engine fast enough after each flight and a split tail in Io-induced aurorae on Jupiter“, recently vortex streaming for hundreds of kilometers when Io passed to be ready for the next one, as well as improve the design for appeared in the journal Science. The study was led by A. High-energy electrons close to the planet, but which then disappeared as the moon the operational variant. Mura of the International Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) Much like aurorae here on Earth, Jupiter’s aurorae are moved farther away from the planet. “Aerojet Rocketdyne has continued to refine the reusable and included members from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight produced in its upper atmosphere when high-energy elec- Reconstructed view of Jupiter’s northern lights through engine technology we originally developed for the Space Shuttle Center, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Italian Space trons interact with the planet’s powerful magnetic field. the filters of the Juno Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph program,” says Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and pres- Agency (ASI), the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), However, as the Juno probe recently demonstrated using instrument on Dec. 11, 2016, as the Juno spacecraft ap- ident. “With the AR-22 we are taking reusability to the next level the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory data gathered by Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) and Jovian proached Jupiter, passed over its poles, and plunged towards and have demonstrated that daily, affordable access to space is (JHUAPL), and multiple universities. Energetic Particle Detector Instrument (JEDI), Jupiter’s the equator. (Source: Universe Today) within reach.” (Source: newatlas.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY JULY 15, 2018

‘Accepting water scarcity is a step Iranian couples usually wait 4.5 towards solving water stress’

ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Water scarcity is not a new issue deskin a country like Iran which is located in an arid years to have first child and semi-arid region and accepting this fact is a step towards solving SOCIETY TEHRAN — Iranian cou- cities and border areas should all be included water stress, Davood Parhizkar, director of Iran’s Meteorological desk Organization (IMO) has said. ples wait 4.5 years on the in shaping population policies, he added. Over the past 11 years, the mean precipitations in the country has average to have their first child, director for “Without such policies couples won’t be not met normal levels, ISNA quoted Parhizkar as saying on Saturday. the National Institute for Population Studies willing to have children and even childbearing and Comprehensive Management affiliated would become a social vulnerability,” Abbasi to the Ministry of Science has said. concluded. “Currently we are meeting replacement Dropping fertility rates threatens level fertility but if the gap increases we will global economy experience below-replacement fertility,” IRNA According to a report by Business Insid- quoted Mohammad Jalal Abbasi as saying er, 46% of the world’s population lives in on Saturday. countries that are below the average global Replacement level fertility is the total replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman. fertility rate which is the average number Because these countries (59 to be exact, of children born per woman needed to keep including BRIC nations Brazil, Russia, and the population the same from generation to China) are not repopulating quickly enough generation, without migration. This rate is to sustain their current populations, we are roughly 2.1 children per woman for most beginning to see a substantial imbalance in Our ancestors were very well aware of the geographical and cli- countries, although it may modestly vary the ratio of elderly dependents to working-age matic characteristics of the country and that’s why they used qanats with mortality rates. people, which will only intensify over the [ancient system of deep underground tunnels and wells built in the Population policies should be formulat- coming decades. Middle East to channel water from a mountain to a dry lower region] ed in a way that encourage childbearing or The United Nations predicts that by 2100 in arid areas which indicates that they were good at managing water at least keep the current replacement level nearly 30% of the population will be made of consumption, he explained. fertility, Abbasi said, adding that such pol- people 60 years and older. Life expectancy IMO director went on to say that “not paying attention to dis- icies should be designed in accordance with 1990 the possibility of having the first child However, he said, proper family planning also continues to increase steadily, which tinguished climatic characteristics of each area would result in family’s welfare, women’s health, etc. within the first year of the marriage was 95 would decreases the chances of unwanted means those dependents will be living even unsustainable development.” Raising marriage age, delaying having percent while the number decreased to 93 in pregnancy as many of such cases would end longer. “First we all have to accept the fact that water is scarce in our children, and increasing age gap between 2009. Moreover the possibility of having the up in abortion which would harm women’s The global increase of elderly depend- country and even over the years with higher precipitation amounts children are among the main reasons regulat- second child was 95 percent in 1990s which health. ent populations will have harmful economic we should know that mean precipitation in Iran is one-third of the ing replacement level fertility, he explained. dropped to 80 percent in 2000, he regretted. Starting a family and the willingness to consequences. Health care costs for the el- global averages. In order to maintain the current replace- Commenting on family planning Abbasi have children requires a reasonable condition derly will strain resources, while the smaller “Secondly we need to assess all projects regarding climate change ment level fertility and possible increase of criticized some skeptic views on the issue by and in order to increase fertility rate explicit working population will struggle to produce and factor in the climatic characteristic of each region in setting up the rate national plans to ease marriage by believing that family planning diminishes and coherent population policies should be enough income tax revenue to support these such projects and avoid launching new projects had they exceed the identifying socio-economic factors contrib- fertility rate by enabling individuals, to freely instituted, he suggested. rising costs. It’s likely this will cause spending carrying capacity of each area. uting to below-replacement fertility should determine the number and spacing of their enhancing quality of life, creating more power to decrease, consumerism to decline, “And lastly we should create a water consumption culture so that be drawn up, he highlighted. children and to select the means by which jobs, improving environmental conditions, job production to slow - and accordingly the everyone feel accountable for their water use,” he said, adding “if Abbasi went on to say that in the year this may be achieved. and promoting welfare in outskirts of the economy to stagnate. need be we can pass strict laws to stop wasting water.”

Tehran subway line 7 Can the Middle East solve its water problem? By Katy Scott that removes salt from water by pushing seawater through a partially reopens semi-permeable membrane. In one of the hottest, driest places on earth, water is so scant Secretary General of the IDA, Shannon McCarthy, says she SOCIETY TEHRAN — Tehran subway line 7 was par- it needs to be filtered from the sea. is optimistic that renewable energy will make the process both desk tially reopened on Sunday, ISNA news agency The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the world’s cheaper and cleaner. reported. most water-scarce region, with 17 countries below the water Buying their way out of the water crisis Subway line 7 is 22 kilometers long. With 23 stations the line poverty line set by the United Nations. The greatest amount of desalinated water is produced in the connects southeastern Tehran to northwestern parts of the city. Much like money spent from an overdrawn bank account, Gulf region, where some countries are 90% reliant on desalinated The subway line was first partially opened in June 2017 but was water in the region is being withdrawn faster than it can be water for domestic use, explains McCarthy. closed due to safety issues in November 2017. replenished, meaning MENA countries are essentially “living “These countries have a high dependence on desalination Now after almost 8 months the line is again operational and beyond their means.” because there is not really an alternative,” she adds. deliver rides in 5 stations stretching over 6 kilometers. This is the finding of a recent World Bank report, which However, these kinds of nonconventional water supplies Except for line 7 currently there are five fully operational outlines how the region can move beyond water scarcity to can be expensive to implement, making them less common Erath’s surface is 71 percent water, but the Middle East and subway lines in the city of Tehran which deliver some 2.2 mil- greater water security. in poorer countries. North Africa have access to barely any of it. The region is lion rides on a daily basis, and line 6 is still under construction. Home to six percent of the world’s population, yet just one According to Sadoff, there are cheaper alternatives for the most water scares in the world, home to just one percent Once lines 6 and 7 are completed they can increase the metro percent of the world’s freshwater resources, the report found producing water. of the world’s freshwater resources. ridership to some 5 million a day. that the MENA region needs to take critical action to narrow “Other technologies short of desalination, like wastewater The metropolis of Tehran is struggling with foul air all year the gap between water supply and demand. “You harm the ecosystems that are dependent, and you treatment, groundwater recharge, the capture of rainwater and round. While inversion cause great deal of discomfort for the Confronting ‘absolute water scarcity’ disrupt economic production and household welfare.” storm water to recharge aquifers, aren’t necessarily particularly citizens during cold seasons, ground-level ozone pollution in- Water scarcity has been a challenge for hundreds of years However, degradation is not irreversible, explains Sadoff, expensive,” she says. creases during summer months. And this is why developing public in MENA. one of the lead authors of the World Bank report. However, poorer territories like Yemen, Libya, the West transport, as a partial solution to address the issue, should be Today, rapid population and economic growth, shared water “It’s possible that after a year of very strong rains, those Bank and Gaza still largely rely on groundwater resources, in a top priority. supplies across borders, and the effects of climate change including aquifers could be restored,” she says. lieu of producing their own water. It is these places that pay According to a report published in April by the U.S.-based frequent droughts, declining rainfall and high evaporation rates According to the World Bank, unsustainable use of the highest price for inadequate water supply and sanitation. Health Effects Institute, an independent research organization have significantly impacted water supplies in the region, according groundwater occurs across the Arabian Peninsula, the Maghreb The World Bank report found that inadequate supply of providing high-quality, impartial, and relevant science on the to the 2018 Arab Regional Report. and in Iran. But some countries in the Middle East and North water and sanitation costs the MENA region approximately health effects of air pollution, over 95% of the world’s popula- A total of 13 countries in the MENA region fell under the Africa have become incredibly resourceful in producing their $21 billion per year in economic losses. tion breathe unsafe air and the burden is falling hardest on the benchmark for “absolute water scarcity” in 2014, as per the own water. That includes healthcare costs, lost productive time due to poorest communities. latest available data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Removing salt from the sea being sick, and premature mortality. Experts estimate that exposure to air pollution contributed of the UN. A popular way to supplement the insufficient water supply is The pressures of population and economic growth and to more than 6 million deaths worldwide last year, playing a Countries suffer from absolute water scarcity when their to separate salt from seawater in a process called desalination. climate change are expected to further exacerbate water stress role in increasing the risk of stroke, heart attack, lung cancer annual water supply from natural sources drops below 500 MENA accounts for nearly half the world’s desalination capacity, in MENA. The World Bank report suggests this will increase and chronic lung disease. China and India accounted for more cubic meters per person to satisfy household, agricultural and according to World Bank calculations, making it the largest competition for water resources that are shared across borders, than half of the death toll. industrial needs. desalination market in the world. and, in turn, heighten political tensions. Seven of these countries facing absolute scarcity are found Desalination is practiced in 150 countries worldwide and If things continue “business as usual,” 60% of the MENA in the Arabian Peninsula, known for its fierce desert climate the International Desalination Association (IDA) estimates region will face high to extremely high water stress by 2040, LEARN ENGLISH and minimal precipitation. that more than 300 million people around the world depend according to World Bank estimates. By 2050, the World Bank As a result, some countries are consuming much more water on desalinated water for some or all of their daily needs. says climate-related water scarcity will cost the region 6 to Buying a TV than they can sustain. But desalination in the Middle East has a large carbon 14% of its GDP. Unsustainable consumption footprint as the region is reliant on energy-intensive thermal For Sadoff, there are three clear strategies to enhance limited A: Seriously, I don’t know why we need to get a new TV. Unsustainable water use occurs in areas where water is taken desalination plants. This process uses fossil fuels to generate water supplies. B: Honey I told you already. I can’t appreciate the graphics from rivers and underground layers of rock saturated with heat to evaporate and condense water to a purified form. “You can become more efficient with the water that you use, level and detail of the games on my PlayStation 3 on our old TV. water, known as aquifers, at a rate faster than it is replenished Added to this, chemicals and brine -- water saturated with you can use water for different things than you’re using it for C: Good afternoon folks! How can I be of service today? by rain, according to the World Bank report. salt -- left over from the process are discharged into the sea, now, and the third way is to make more water, to create these B: I’m looking to upgrade to a newer, bigger television set. “When you draw down more water than is replenished, and can damage marine ecosystems. nonconventional water resources,” she says. C: You’ve come to the right place! What size are you looking for? then you begin to degrade the aquifer itself,” Claudia Sadoff, To offset the environmental cost, several ambitious projects As water grows ever scarcer, all three strategies may be key A: Just a normal sized TV for our living room. director general of the International Water Management in the region are experimenting with solar-powered desalination to securing water for future generations. C: I see. Well this set here is on sale. It’s a forty six inch HDTV Institute, tells CNN. and reverse osmosis desalination -- a less energy-hungry process (Source: CNN) screen and has all the works. Three HDMI connectors, USB, VGA and S - Video ports. It even has a DVI port so you can hook up your PC or laptop! This is without a doubt the complete home theater experience! ENGLISH IN USE B: This is exactly what I need! Can you imagine watching movies or playing video games on this thing? LEARN NEWS TRANSLATION A: Honey, I think it’s a bit too big. I don’t even think it will fit in our living room. Hearing screening helps diagnose پیشگیری از ناشنوایی 15 هزار نفر در کش ور در ده سال گذشته C: Not to worry, we will deliver and install it in your home. It comes with a wall mount so you can just hang it on the wall 15,000 newborns in 10 years like a picture! معــاون توانبخشــی ســازمان بهزیســتی کشــور گفــت: در 10 ســال گذشــته از ۱۵ هــزار ناشــنوایی کــه B: This is great! How much will this set me back? Hearing screening has helped diagnose some 15,000 infants over the past C: Lucky for you, this is the last one we have in stock so it’s half off! 10 years, deputy director for Iran’s Welfare Organization for rehabilitation مــی توانســت بیمــاری آنهــا دیــر شــناخته شــود، پیشــگیری شــده اســت !B: I’ll take it حســین نحــوی نــژاد روز جمعــه در گفــت وگــو بــا خبرنــگار خبرگــزاری فــارس گفــت: حداقــل affairs has said. 85 Key vocabulary At least 85 percent of the newborns undergo hearing screening tests carried درصــد نوزادانــی کــه متولــد مــی شــوند تحــت غربالگــری شــنوایی توســط ســازمان بهزیســتی قــرار appreciate: to be grateful for (something) out by the Organization which would set the scene for early intervention for مــی گیرنــد و بــا مداخلــه بــه هنــگام زمینــه آن فراهــم شــده کــه بتوانیــم فرآیندهــای توانبخشــی و upgrade: get something better, more modern, more useful hearing-impaired babies, Fars news agency quoted Hossein Nahvinejad as آموزشــی را آغــاز کنیــم. .hook up: connect saying on Friday وی افــزود: یــک میلیــون و 500 هــزار نفــر معلــول در کشــور وجــود دارد کــه از ایــن تعــداد 225 هــزار the works: the best things offered Out of 1.5 million people living with different kinds of disabilities in Iran some set me back: cost 225,000 are suffering hearing impediment, Nahvinejad highlighted. نفــر، جمعیــت کــم شــنوا و ناشــنوا هســتند. wall mount: attached to a wall Supplementary vocabulary projector: a machine for projecting an image onto a screen or other surface PREFIX/SUFFIX PHRASAL VERB IDIOM plug in: to connect (an appliance) to an electrical outlet speaker: a device that converts electrical signals into sounds “-ity, -ty” Warm up (to) To cut corners loud enough to be heard at a distance Meaning: to start liking someone or something more as remote control: a device used to control an apparatus or Meaning: forming nouns denoting quality or condition you spend more time with them, especially if you didn’t really Explanation: to do something badly or cheaply machine from a distance For example: Civil rights activists were appalled by like them in the beginning For example: They really cut corners when they built cable television: a television service in which the subscriber’s the brutality of the police. For example: The new puppy was scared of my husband this bathroom; the shower is leaking. television is connected to a central receiver by cable when we first got him, but he warmed up to him pretty quickly. (Source: irlanguage.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 15, 2018 WORLD IN FOCUS 13 Three Palestinians injured as Israeli Trump wants “regime warplane strikes Gaza-Egypt border change” in Germany: Gabriel 1 Merkel responded that she’d had first-hand experience At least three Palestinians have sustained where some 1.8 million people are living of living in East Germany when it was actually controlled by the injuries when the Israeli military carried out under a crippling blockade. Soviet Union. That, for Merkel, was a pointed comeback. an airstrike against an area on the border Israeli forces open fire on Gaza Sigmar Gabriel, who served as vice chancellor and foreign between Egypt’s troubled Sinai Peninsula protesters, kill Palestinian teen minister under Merkel, says it’s time for Berlin to take a much and the besieged Gaza Strip. Elsewhere, Israeli regime forces have tougher line with the U.S. president. Palestinian sources said the aerial at- reportedly killed a Palestinian teenager and “Any attempt to accommodate him, any ingratiation, only tack targeted a position of Hamas resistance injured 25 others when they opened fire on allows him to go one step further,” Gabriel said in an interview movement in the border town of Rafah on protesters taking part in a weekly march in with Der Spiegel . “Trump only recognizes strength. So we have Saturday afternoon, leaving two Palestin- the besieged Gaza Strip in solidarity with to show him that we are strong.” ians injured, Arabic-language Ma’an news the West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar. Social democrat Gabriel said that Trump “gives the North agency reported. In a statement issued on Friday, the Pal- Korean dictator a guarantee of survival and at the same time The sources added that the injured were estinian Health Ministry in Gaza identified wants a regime change in Germany.” transported to Abu Yousef Al Najjar Hospi- the killed protester as 15-year-old Uthman “This president does not care about the West,” he added. “He tal in Rafah to receive medical treatment. Rami Hals. wants a following, not a partnership.” Israeli military aircraft also fired three An earlier announcement said at least 25 Some political analysts believe Trump’s antipathy towards missiles at the Salahuddin military site in people had been wounded by Israeli gun fire Merkel is not personal but stems from a desire to weaken Germany the central Gaza Strip, before pounding an on peaceful demonstrators protesting the and create cracks in EU solidarity. German politicians have been open area near Queen round-about east of Tel Aviv regime’s policy of expelling local quick to close ranks around Merkel and speak out against the Gaza City. Palestinian residents from the village in the U.S. president’s latest salvo about Russian-gas reliance. Additionally, Israeli aerial attacks tar- occupied West Bank. Christian Molling from the German Council on Foreign Re- geted a Hamas site in the city of Beit Lahia, The victims of the Friday attack on Pal- lations says that Trump’s complaints about NATO is part of a located about five kilometers north of Gaza gression, which ended on August 26, 2014, On June 13, the United Nations General estinians marching near the buffer zone, larger strategy: “NATO is only a playground for the much larger City. There were no immediate reports of killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians, including Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Turkish and which separates the Gaza enclave from regulatory and ideological conflict between the U.S. government casualties or the extent of damage caused. 577 children. Over 11,100 others – including Algerian-sponsored resolution, condemning the Israeli-occupied territories, included and many European governments and the EU.” Local sources also told Ma’an that explo- 3,374 children, 2,088 women and 410 elderly Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the a woman, according to local reports. “He sees Germany as the entry point to try to crack the Eu- sions were heard in various areas of the Gaza people – were also wounded in the war. Gaza Strip. Residents of Khan al-Ahmar, located just ropean Union,” Josef Janning from the European Council on Strip as Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles The Gaza Strip has been under an Is- The resolution, which had been put for- outside al-Quds (Jerusalem), are resisting Foreign Relations told Deutsche Welle. “Because if you want to flew overhead. raeli siege since June 2007. The blockade ward on behalf of Arab and Muslim countries, an Israeli scheme to demolish Palestinian crack a pack, you attack the alpha animal.” Early on Saturday, Israeli warplanes had has caused a decline in the standards of garnered a strong majority of 120 votes in homes and buildings there. We Are Not Prisoners’ of Russia, Nor the U.S. carried out a number of airstrikes against living as well as unprecedented levels of the 193-member assembly, with 8 votes In a separate incident, a number of Meanwhile, Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas shot the southern part of the Gaza Strip. unemployment and unrelenting poverty. against and 45 abstentions. Palestinian protesters choked on tear gas back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s accusation that Berlin was The Israeli military alleged in a state- Palestinians in Gaza have been rallying The resolution calls on UN Secretary at a noontime rally on Friday in clashes “captive” to Russia on Wednesday, saying “we are not prisoners” ment that the aerial bombardment was in every Friday since March 30 as a part of a General Antonio Guterres to make propos- with Israeli troops in the town of Kafr of Moscow or Washington. retaliation for a barrage of at least 17 rock- peaceful campaign known as the Great als within 60 days “on ways and means for Qaddum, east of the West Bank city of “We are not prisoners, neither of Russia nor of the United ets or mortars launched by Hamas into the March of Return. So far, some 140 Pales- ensuring the safety, protection, and well-be- Qalqilya. States,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a NATO summit in occupied Palestinian territories. tinians have been killed by Israeli forces in ing of the Palestinian civilian population According to a report by the Gaza-based Brussels. “We are one of the guarantors of the free world and It also claimed that Israel’s so-called anti-occupation protests in the Gaza Strip. under Israeli occupation,” including “rec- Palestinian Information Center, Israeli mili- that will stay that way.” Iron Dome system managed to intercept A total of 14,811 Palestinians have also ommendations regarding an international tary patrols brutally attacked a weekly march He added that Berlin plans an increase in defense spending five of the launches, but one landed inside sustained injuries, of whom 366 are report- protection mechanism.” in Kafr Qaddum. of 80 percent by 2024, saying “that is of such a magnitude that a rural settlement in Sha’ar HaNegev Re- edly in a critical condition. It also calls for “immediate steps towards The report further stated that Pales- it should be recognized.” (Source: agencies) gional Council area. The Gaza clashes reached their peak ending the closure and the restrictions im- tinian photojournalist Nidal Eshtiyeh, The Israeli military frequently bombs on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary posed by Israel on movement and access who works for a Chinese TV Channel, the Gaza Strip, with civilians being the main of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which into and out of the Gaza Strip.” also sustained rubber bullet wounds in target of such attacks. coincided this year with the United States The United Nations Children’s Fund his leg as he engaged in press coverage Iraqi protesters withdraw In early July 2014, Israel waged a war embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied (UNICEF) has said children in the Gaza Strip of the march. on the Gaza Strip. The 50-day military ag- al-Quds (Jerusalem). are the main victims of Israeli atrocities, (Source: Press TV) from Najaf airport

The situation has returned to normal at the airport of the Iraqi holy city of Najaf after protesters decrying economic hardship withdrew from the facility. Nicaragua unrest: Student protester livestreams attack State television said on Friday that flights had resumed at A dramatic video has emerged on social media of besieged reporters: “They all came with firearms, they came to kill.” the airport. anti-government student protesters in Nicaragua’s capital Meanwhile, in Masaya, a town south of the capital, Earlier in the day, hundreds of Iraqis stormed the facility and Managua pleading for their lives as gunfire is heard in the clashes intensified, with reports that at least two people halted air traffic, Reuters said. background. had been killed. The protests came after days-long demonstrations in the south- The images streamed live on Facebook on Friday - a day The violence came soon after President Daniel Ortega ern oil hub of Basra against unemployment and poor quality of of a nationwide strike - showed the students taking cover left Masaya following a traditional march in the legendary public services. in the campus of the National Autonomous University of revolutionary stronghold. Also on Friday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited Basra Nicaragua (UNAN) and pleading to loved ones. The feed Nationwide strike and met with military and security officials. then abruptly ended. Political tensions have soared since protests against a So far, two people have been killed during scuffles between the Another video circulating on social media showed now-aborted pension reform began in mid-April and have demonstrators and security forces, one during the Basra protests, several masked individuals in plain clothes and flak since mushroomed into general opposition to Ortega and and another in the southeastern province of Maysan. jackets firing high-caliber weapons from behind a bar- his government. Speaking to Press TV, Naseer al-Omari, author and political ricade at the area where students were taking cover at Ortega has lamented the crisis and called for dialogue commentator, said the unrest was a result of growing distrust the university. with his opponents, but protesters accuse the president of in Iraq’s political system. The videos come as rights groups say more than 270 establishing a dictatorship that is characterized by nepotism The country needs billions to recover from a three-year struggle people have been killed in clashes between pro-Ortega and brutal repression. against the Takfiri terror group of the Islamic State in Iraq and forces and demonstrators over the last three months in Last week, Ortega ruled out early elections - a key demand But official media announced business as usual in several the Levant (ISIL/Daesh). the deadliest protests in Nicaragua since its civil war of the protesters - saying they would violate the constitution. trade zones. The United States, which has been leading scores of its allies ended in 1990. Protesters and their supporters also held a nationwide Friday’s strike, called by the opposition Civic Alliance in a so-called anti-ISIL mission, has said it would not contribute According to Al Jazeera’s Mariana Sanchez, reporting strike on Friday, the second in the three months of an- for Justice and Democracy group, came after four police money to the country’s reconstruction. from the capital Managua, at least three people were taken ti-government demonstrations. officers and a protester died on Thursday as clashes erupted away from the UNAN campus on Friday in a Red Cross Opposition supporters said the strike was 90 percent between opposition activists and government forces and ambulance thanks to a negotiation conducted by clergy. respected across the country with banks, markets, gas sta- their paramilitary allies in the southeast town of Morrito. A young person who was at a nearby the church told tions, schools and shops closed among deserted streets. (Source: agencies)

U.S. to open new military bases in Iraq, Kuwait: reports New reports says the United States will open Earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador subsequent occupation of the country, ac- Citing a statement from the U.S. com- new bases in Iraq and Kuwait in defiance of to Iraq Douglas Silliman and Kurdistan cording to the California-based investigative mand in Kuwait, the Kuwaiti daily said widespread calls to end its military presence Regional Government (KRG) Prime Min- organization Project Censored. the facility is intended to serve as a stra- in the region. ister Nechirvan Barzani broke ground on The invasion plunged Iraq into chaos and tegic military logistics supply point and The Erbil-based BasNews reported on the largest American consulate building led to the rise of terrorist groups. the largest aerial port of debarkation in Friday that the U.S. is planning to inaugu- in Erbil. The U.S. and a coalition of its allies fur- the Middle East. rate its third military base in Iraq, near the The new U.S. consulate, which will ther launched a military campaign against The facility, the statement said, is further town of al-Qa’im in western Anbar Province be built on a 200,000 square meter purported the Islamic State in Iraq and the meant to fill the gap until the opening of Two people dead in protests over economic bordering Syria. piece of land, will cost $600 million. Levant (ISIL/Daesh) targets in Iraq in 2014, West Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait in 2023. conditions in S. Iraq The report quoted a source from Anbar The construction project is expected to but their operations in many instances have “Once finished, the total functional space Meantime, at least two people have lost their lives and more Province as saying that the new American take four years. led to civilian deaths. at ‘Cargo City’ will feature an area of nearly than a dozen others sustained injuries in protests over dire eco- facility will join the already operating US The U.S., strongly backed by Britain, in- Iraqi officials have in numerous occasions 33,000 square meters,” said Captain Sean nomic conditions in southern Iraq as hundreds of other protesters airbases in Iraq, namely Ain al-Assad in vaded Iraq in 2003 under the pretext that called on the U.S.-led coalition forces to Murphy, a civil engineering flight officer in stormed the airport of the holy city of Najaf and disrupted air Anbar and Habbaniya, both in Anbar. the then regime possessed weapons of mass withdraw from their homeland. charge of the $32 million project. traffic temporarily. The source also noted that the new base destruction. No such weapons, however, Separately on Friday, Kuwait’s al-Rai “We are optimizing our workspace by Authorities in the province of Maysan said on Friday that one will oversee several Anbar cities, the western were ever found in the country. newspaper reported that the U.S. will soon reducing our footprint from 230,000 square protester was killed and 15 others were injured in the provincial desert of Iraq and the strategic international More than one million Iraqis were killed open a major military air hub near the coun- meters, excluding the flight line,” he added. capital of Amarah, adding that the angry demonstrators were road connecting Baghdad to Damascus. as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and the try’s international airport. (Source: Press TV) reportedly attempting to storm the governor’s office. Elsewhere in the province of Dhi Qar, at least 25 security forces were wounded as they tried to break up crowds of protesters in Nasiriyah, the provincial capital. Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki in Ethiopia for landmark visit Earlier on Friday, security forces killed another demonstrator Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has arrived in Addis Aba- due to resume commercial flights to Asmara on Wednesday. in the city of Basra as Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi was on an ba for a three-day state visit, as part of an unprecedented Both Eritrea and Ethiopia are expected to benefit from official visit there. Basra residents, decrying poor government softening of tensions between his country and Ethiopia. renewed trade ties between the two nations. Ethiopia, a services and corruption, warned of more rallies if their demands Saturday’s visit by Afwerki, his first in 20 years, comes landlocked country, will start using the ports of Eritrea, were not met. a week after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made which will increase turnover. They held protest rallies in the oil-rich port city for a fifth a landmark visit to Eritrea’s capital, Asmara. Thousands celebrate in Addis Ababa as straight day and blocked access to the nearby commodities port “Words cannot express the joy we are feeling now. History Ethiopia, Eritrea restore relations of Umm Qasr. is being made as we speak,” Afwerki said during a lunch Meantime, thousands have thronged the streets to cel- Basra is an important hub for oil exports which account for hosted by Abiy . ebrate the arrival of Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki for over 95 percent of Iraq’s government revenues. “Lives have perished but we are lucky to observe today a three-day visit, at Bole international airport in Addis Another protest rally was also held in capital Baghdad on ... We are one people - whoever forgets that does not un- Ababa, Ethiopia. Friday against poor services, unemployment and corruption. derstand our situation,” he added. Ethiopia’s government spokesman said Eritrea’s Pres- Meanwhile, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq’s top Shia cleric, An agreement signed in Asmara by the two Horn of ident and his delegation would visit an industrial park in issued a statement, expressing his solidarity with the protesters. Africa nations on Monday formally ended a conflict that the southern Ethiopian town of Hawassa later on Saturday. He added that he was concerned about people’s difficult living has been ongoing for more than two decades. Isaias is also due to give a speech in Addis Ababa on Sunday. conditions. The newly-appointed reformist Abiy first instigated Eritrea and Ethiopia have so far agreed to open embassies, The protests over basic services come at a sensitive time when the peace overtures and restoration of relations in April. visit by Afwerki, who has been president of Eritrea since develop ports and restart flights. Eritrea is due to reopen Iraqi political factions are trying to form a coalition government Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi, reporting from Nairobi in its independence in 1993. its embassy in Addis Ababa on Monday. after the May 12 parliamentary elections. neighboring Kenya, stressed the important value of the As part of the thawing of relations, Ethiopian Airlines is (Source: Al Jazeera) (Source: Press TV) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS JULY 15, 2018 World Cup final; Croatia chase Ex-Napoli boss Sarri replaces Conte as Chelsea manager history, France heal wounds

Maurizio Sarri says he wants to bring “entertaining football” to Chelsea after becoming their manager on a three-year deal. The 59-year-old replaces fellow Italian Antonio Conte, who was sacked on Friday after two years at Stamford Bridge. Sarri led Napoli to two second-place finishes in his three sea- sons in charge of the Serie A side, who named Carlo Ancelotti as his successor in May. “It is an exciting new period in my career,” said Sarri. “I hope we can provide some entertaining football for our “Feel the power of dream at fans and that we will be competing for trophies at the end of the season, which is what this club deserves.” 2018 World Cup” He is the 13th managerial appointment by Blues owner Roman Abramovich since his takeover of the club in 2003, including It is a World Cup final few would have predicted. Croatia face nation to do so. This is the furthest they have advanced in the Portugal, they fell short. The memories of that defeat are driving Jose Mourinho and Guus Hiddink on two occasions. France at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday aiming to competition, bettering their third-place finish 20 years ago, the team - and the country - this time. Sarri’s appointment had been widely expected, with Chelsea win a first major international trophy, while their opponents when their brilliant run was ended at the last four stage by... The SudOuest newspaper sees Sunday as a chance to heal agreeing compensation to bring him to Stamford Bridge because are in a third final in six World Cups and attempting to add a eventual champions France. While this year’s semi-final victory the “scar” of two years ago. This time, they say, “the context is he had two years left on his Napoli deal and had remained on the second title to the one they won in Paris 20 years ago. shattered dreams in England, it sparked wild celebrations in different: the players have grown, and there’s Kylian Mbappe”. Italian club’s payroll after Ancelotti’s arrival. The man leading them, Didier Deschamps, is in his third Zagreb and beyond, with thousands of fans pouring onto the The forward is “on fire”, “inspires fear”, and is one of France’s Sarri never made it as a player and, unable to make a living tournament in charge and hoping to become only the third streets, singing, letting off flares and waving red, white and “many weapons capable of breaking the Croatian siege”. as a footballer, he worked as a foreign currency trader at the person to lift the trophy as a player and manager. blue flags. The French media have paid particular attention to their Banca Toscana. His counterpart, Zlatko Dalic, has been Croatia manager “Dream, Dream, Dream! Croatia are in the World Cup final,” team’s extra preparation time for the final. They played their He was attached to the international department, which in- for just nine months but is 90 minutes from winning football’s said the Sportske Novosti newspaper, adding Dalic “has entered semi-final 24 hours before Croatia’s, and all their knockout volved business trips to Europe’s financial centres, including biggest prize and completing one of the more unlikely triumphs into legend” after surpassing the achievement of the 1998 team. ties have been won in normal time, while their opponents have the City of London - but the role never stoked his imagination in World Cup history. “The Fiery Ones are in the final, the nation is in a trance - needed extra time (and penalties twice) in each of their three quite like football did. The view in Croatia: ‘Dream, dream, dream’ one more step to the title!” said the Jutarnji List. games since the group stage. He coached part-time, hopping from one Tuscan town to With a population of 4.17 million, you would think Croatia Davor Kovacevic, journalist with the Sportarena website, According to Le Figaro, that is a “godsend” against a “talented another and in 2001, when foreign currency traders like him would be the smallest country to have reached a World Cup wrote: “They say we didn’t excite in our games. Who cares? and promising team capable of posing problems”. were no longer as useful to banks as Italy prepared to adopt the final. But that accolade goes to Uruguay, who won the inau- We excited ourselves, that’s what matters. As if France did For Le Point, it all comes down to the players’ states of euro, Sarri decided to take a leap of faith and leave his well-paid, gural competition in 1930 with an estimated population of excite. And they are worth three to four time more than us.” mind. Despite the extra time, Croatia’s mental state has been regular-hours role, for what he says is “the only job I would do about 1.7 million. The view in France: ‘Healing the scar of 2016’ “faultless” and the team “seems unbeatable”. for free”. At 20th in Fifa’s world rankings, Dalic’s side are the low- France reached the final of their home European Cham- Perhaps it will be a game won by individual brilliance... (Source: Star) est-ranked team to reach a World Cup final, and the 13th different pionship in 2016 but, despite being strong favourites to beat (Source: BBC) Pitana’s path from film extra to Croatia coach Dalic chooses the hard Ajax agree deal for Man Utd’s World Cup final referee path to success Blind

Manchester United have agreed to sell Daley Blind to Ajax for a fee that could eventually rise to £18.5m. Blind, 28, joined United from Ajax for £13.8m in 2014, when fellow Dutchman Louis van Gaal was in charge. Able to play in defence or midfield, Blind was a regular under Van Gaal - but his appearances have reduced since Jose Mourinho arrived at Old Trafford. He did play in both the 2016 FA Cup final and the following year’s Europa League final victory over Ajax. It is understood the Dutch club will pay an initial £14m to re-sign Blind on a four-year deal. (Source: BBC) Argentine Nestor Pitana’s roundabout ing to prevent a corner and seconds later Zlatko Dalic’s coaching career has mirrored he had a back injury. route to becoming a World Cup final ref- awarded Chacarita a penalty. his team’s campaign at the World Cup - a The coach acted decisively and sent the eree has taken in work as a film extra and “If I had been playing, the match prob- long, hard road to recognition and respect AC Milan striker Kalinic home five days as a security guard at a disco as well as a ably would not have finished,” said furious on the back of the hard currency of results. into the tournament, leaving Dalic with spell playing basketball at regional level. Estudiantes president Juan Veron after The 51-year-old was mentored by Mi- only 22 players but renewed authority. Real Madrid say they have The 43-year-old from the small sub-trop- his side’s 2-0 defeat. roslav Blazevic, the architect of the young “It’s very sad that this has happened, ‘no intention’ of making offer ical province of Misiones will become the Pitana is also remembered for his part in a nation’s journey to the 1998 World Cup but I’m not going to dwell on these things,” second referee after compatriot Horacio Superclasico derby in 2014 when River Plate semi-finals, but made the decision in 2010 he added. for Neymar Elizondo to officiate at both the opening scored a late winner from a corner that Boca that moving to the Gulf was the only way “From day one, I have celebrated sol- match and final after being picked for Sun- Juniors claimed should not have been given. to prove his worth as a coach. idarity and unity because the teams that Real Madrid have again denied “constant reports” linking them day’s match between France and Croatia. Having played basketball and football Seven years on, he took over a Croatia didn’t have this have already gone home, with a move for Paris St-Germain striker Neymar. At 1.92 meters tall (6ft 3in), Pitana is at regional level, Pitana took up refereeing squad in disarray and slowly rebuilt the they’re on the beach.” The Champions League winners had already described reports a physically imposing figure who, having and also studied physical education. unity that has allowed them to get the best Respect is a word that has peppered linking them with the Brazil man, 26, as “outright false” on 2 July. learned his trade in the cut-and-thrust world He also took on odd jobs which included a out of their individual talent and reach Dalic’s outpourings, and it was central to “Real Madrid wish to clarify that the club has no intention of of Argentine domestic football, does not minor acting role as a prison guard in the 1997 Sunday’s final against France. his decision to head to Saudi Arabia eight making any offer for the player,” the club said. take to being bullied by angry players. Argentine film “La Furia” as well as working “I have always been an optimist through- years ago and coach Al-Faisaly, moving on It comes after Real denied earlier this month they had agreed “Pitana is as strong as a rock,” Pierluigi as a lifeguard and a security guard at a disco. out my time in the dugout,” Dalic said to manage two of the biggest teams in the a deal to sign PSG and France forward Kylian Mbappe. Collina, the head of FIFA’s refereeing com- He made his refereeing debut in the top through a translator on Thursday. region in Al Hilal and Al Ain. Neymar joined PSG for a world record £200m from Barcelona mittee, told Argentine media at the start of the flight of Argentine football in 2007, became “I look for positives in everything. We “Throughout my career and in my life, last summer and scored two goals at the World Cup to help Brazil tournament. “He won’t allow himself to be an international referee three years later have had many problems, if I had created I’ve always taken the harder path and had to the quarter-finals. taken in by the players’ protests and demands.” and officiated at four matches at the last more problems, we would not be in the final. to fight for everything,” he said. “The two clubs enjoy an excellent relationship and, as such, if According to the statistics on website World Cup in Brazil. “The culture of our national team was “I did not want to stay on in Croatia and Real Madrid were at any stage to consider securing the services of Transfermarkt, Pitana has refereed 347 “For any kid who loves football, the in tatters, with players boycotting the shirt. be a middling coach, relying on handouts. a PSG player, they would approach the club in the first instance,” professional games, shown 1,658 yellow dream is to get to the World Cup final,” Now we are in the final and people are Croatian coaches are not respected in Eu- the club statement went on. cards and 108 red cards and awarded 81 he told FIFA’s website. celebrating on the streets. If I played a rope, even if we get great results, they look A Spanish television report had claimed Real had offered penalties since his debut in 2007. “This team have worked so hard to small part in that, then I am very happy.” for brand names. 310m euros (£275m) for the forward, who scored 28 goals in Like any referee, he has not avoided get where we are, we’ve managed one of Dalic has played a decisive role in turning “That’s why I started at the bottom 30 games for French champions PSG last season and has been being caught up in controversy. the greatest achievements in the world of around the culture of the squad, but he faced of the ladder. When Asia called I did not regularly linked with a move to Real. In a league match in April, he failed to refereeing. And now we want to finish the another challenge in Russia when Nikola hesitate, I knew I would get to work with (Source: Goal) see the Estudiantes goalkeeper had been job, in the best way possible.” Kalinic refused to come on as a substitute in great players. unable to keep the ball in play while try- (Source: Mirror) the opening match against Nigeria, saying (Source: Reuters)

Chelsea sign Jorginho after Head-to-head matchups that could decide the World Cup final Key head-to-head matchups that could decide Sunday’s to the final, encapsulating the backs-to-the-wall attitude Man City pull out of deal World Cup final between France and Croatia: of their resilient side. Luka Modric v N’golo Kante They were exposed early in the semi-final by the pace Chelsea have signed Italy international Jorginho from Napoli While the fluid nature of the modern game ensures there of Raheem Sterling, however, and in Mbappe they face a after Manchester City pulled out of a £50m deal. are rarely exclusive head-to-head battles in the midfield, player with a considerably better record of delivering the Jorginho, 26, has signed a five-year contract to join former there is little doubt the performances of Modric and Kante final product than the England forward. Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri at Stamford Bridge. will be key to the destination of the World Cup. Ivan Perisic v Benjamin Pavard On Thursday, City were assured by Jorginho’s agent that the Modric, technically gifted and rich in big match expe- Perisic was Man of the Match in the semi-final against midfielder still wanted to join them, despite Napoli president rience after winning four Champions League titles in five England after scoring Croatia’s equaliser and then providing Aurelio de Laurentiis saying the player favoured Chelsea. seasons at Real Madrid, is the beating heart of the Croatia the assist with a looping header for Mario Mandzukic’s winner. “I am absolutely ecstatic to be here at Chelsea,” Jorginho said. team and can be elusive as he prompts, probes and switches A player who thrives on confidence, the Inter Milan “It is not easy to become part of such a big team so I am very, the line of attack. wingback tormented England’s Kyle Walker in the second very happy. I am excited to play in such an intense league for a Apparently indefatigable, Modric plays a full role in Kylian Mbappe v Dejan Lovren half after he had been given licence to push forward down team that gives everything to play and win.” the defensive effort and has the ability to suddenly pull Teenager Mbappe is already established as one of the the left flank. Brazil-born Jorginho had been at Napoli since 2014 and scored a defence-splitting pass out of the bag at a key moment. players of the tournament with his raw pace causing huge Pavard came into the French side at the start of the tour- four goals in 36 appearances for the side last season as they When Kante plays well, France play well is a saying problems for opposing defences from the start of France’s nament as a replacement for the injured Djibril Sidibe and finished second in Serie A. with much currency largely because of the holding mid- campaign. has played well enough to maintain his position even though He scored a penalty in Napoli’s 4-2 Champions League defeat fielder’s ability to snuff out danger in the space in front His two goals against Argentina in the round of 16 illus- the incumbent right back has regained fitness. by Manchester City in November and also played for Italy in a of the back four. trated that he has a sublime touch to go with his blinding His magnificent half-volleyed strike in the last 16 match 1-1 draw with England in March. His distribution skills also help in the rapid transition speed and although he has not found the net since, no de- against Argentina was his most high-profile contribution Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia described him as “one from defence to attack that make France such a threat on fender is going to enjoy an evening trying to contain him. to the run to the final but more important, perhaps, was his of the most coveted midfielders in Europe”. the break, and he sometimes has an eye for goal himself, Lovren and Domagoj Vida have formed a rock-solid part in keeping the likes of Belgium’s Eden Hazard quiet. (Source: BBC) often popping up with a raking shot from the edge of the box. central defensive partnership for Croatia during the run (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y JULY 15, 2018 SPORTS 15 Sports minister calls for Iran football players Father of Iran’s cycling to be exempted from military service Agha Ghaffar passes away SPORTS TEHRAN — Iran’s Min- deskister of Sports and Youth SPORTS TEHRAN – Hassan Agha Ghaffar, father of Affairs Masoud Soltanifar has called for seven deskIran’s cycling, passed away at the age of 87 in national football team players to get an ex- Tehran on Friday. emption from their military services. Agha Ghaffar was a pioneer for the sport in Iran and represented Seven Iranian players namely, Sardar Az- the country in the first international competition in Egypt in 1959. moun, Saeid Ezatolahi, Alireza Beiranvand, Tehran Times staff wishes to express deepest sympathy and Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Majid Hosseini, Ali condolences to his family and Iran’s sports society. Gholizadeh and Mehdi Torabi have not served military service and must complete up to two years of Iran military. Spokesman for the Conscription depart- ment of Iranian Armed Forces Mousa Kamali Mohammad Naderi joins said the sportsmen who win medals in the Olympic Games, gold medal winners at the Belgium’s KV Kortrijk Asian Games and the finalists of the World Championships will be handed exemptions TASNIM — Iranian defender Mohammad Naderi joined Belgian club from military service, and theses footballers KV Kortrijk on Friday. are not included. The 21-year-old player has joined the Belgian team from Tractor Iran national football team are preparing Sazi on a four-year contract. to participate at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and Naderi can also play as central defender or defensive midfielder. the military service could make problem for He is the KV Kortrijk’s second summer transfer after attacker Il- some players in Team Melli. ombe Mboyo. AFC Asian Cup will be held from January 5 Naderi is fifth Iranian player who has joined Belgian First Division A. to February 1, 2019 in United Arab Emirates. Kaveh Rezaei, Omid Noorafkan and Ali Gholizadeh play at Royal Iran have been drawn in Group D along Charleroi Sporting Club, while Ramin Rezaeian is a member of K.V. with Iraq, Vietnam, and Yemen. Oostende. Team Melli will start the campaign with a match against Yemen on January 7. Iran have not won the trophy since 1976. Markus Martin Neumayr on Iran’s Siah Jamegan face three-point deduction by FIFA Esteghlal’s radar SPORTS FIFA have decided to deduct three-points Renan Silva was a member of Siah Jamegan in 2015. for failing to pay a former player and lost their top position deskfrom Iranian football club Siah Jamegan Siah Jamegan’s arch-rivals Padideh were faced six-point in Iran’s Pro League. for overdue payments to their player. deduction last season after they failed to pay their ex-player Sepahan are another Iranian club have suffered the Brazilian attacking midfielder Renan da Silva, more Zoran Knezevic. FIFA’s punishment. commonly known as Renan Silva, filed a complaint against The punishment has imposed by FIFA’s disciplinary Siah Jamegan, who dropped down from Iran Professional Siah Jamegan after the Mashhad-based football team didn’t committee. League (IPL) to the first division last season, will start next pay him his salary. In February 2008, Persepolis faced a six-point deduction season on minus three points. Belgium beat England to claim third place in World Cup Belgium put two unanswered goals past Eng- cleared off the line by Alderweireld. land in the World Cup’s third-place game at Belgium, at last, put the game to bed when Kretovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg on De Bruyne fed Eden Hazard who broke into Saturday to achieve their best-ever finish at the box and beat Pickford at the near post World Cup level. The Belgians grabbed an to make it 2-0 in the 82nd minute. immediate lead through Thomas Meunier --- Keep calm and carry on England who netted the go-ahead goal inside the In the end, football didn’t come home. It PLDC — German midfielder Markus Martin Neumayr has been match’s first five minutes, before doubling didn’t even finish third. But it did give us all linked with a move to Iranian football team Esteghlal. their lead in the game’s final stretch through a smile as Southgate’s likable team made an The 32-year-old attacking midfielder has caught the eye of a late Eden Hazard strike. improbable run to the semis and for a week Esteghlal coach Winfried Schaefer. Belgium’s opening goal came in just the or so, made a nation believe. Make what He can strengthen Esteghlal’s midfield line along with Server fourth minute of play when Romelu Lukaku you will of the opposition England faced in Djeparov and Farshid Esmaeili. fed Nacer Chadli who crossed the ball in from this tournament, but this is a young team Neumayr started his football career playing for local clubs a wide position for Thomas Meunier who that can take confidence from its success in before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt in 2003, however, within blasted a shot past England keeper Jordan Russia and hopefully build for the future. a few months, he was picked up by Manchester United. Pickford to give Belgium the lead. The path forward for Belgium is some- During his spell with Manchester United, he played on the The goal was fastest ever scored by Bel- what less clear. No longer a dark horse, right side of midfield, although on some occasions he would play gium in its World Cup history. Roberto Martinez’s uber-talented side in the middle of the park. It was all Belgium in the early going and in the 23rd minute when Raheem Sterling lofted a free kick into the box towards John entered this World Cup as one of the Neumayr has also played at MSV Duisburg, Wacker Burghaus- England’s attitude toward the match was teed up Harry Kane at the top of the box, Stones. But the danger was cleared by Jan favorites. After beating Brazil, the Red en, Bellinzona, FC Luzern and Kasimpasa. perhaps best summed up by Danny Rose’s only for the Tottenham striker to put his Vertonghen. Devils looked like true contenders only socks. effort wide of Thibaut Courtois’ goal. Belgium had a golden opportunity to dou- to get shut down by a French side that will Maybe it was because coach Gareth Belgium nearly doubled its lead in the ble its lead just five minutes later when Kevin most likely lift the Jules Rimet trophy in Southgate had made five changes from the 35th minute when Youri Tielemans lofted De Bruyne released Lukaku inside the 18, 24 hours time. Unlike England, youth is team that lost the semifinal to Croatia on a ball into the area for Toby Alderweireld. but the striker’s first touch was too heavy, not on Belgium’s side. Beiranvand linked with Wednesday, but there was a creeping de- But the defender’s audacious over-the-head allowing Pickford to snuff out the danger. With many of the team’s stars already on spondency about England’s performance effort sailed just over the crossbar. England’s best chance to equalize came in the wrong side of 30, the 2020 European Dynamo Kiev: Report in the first half as if the players would have England started the second half with a bit the 70th minute when Eric Dier was released Championship may be Belgium’s last chance preferred to be somewhere else. more impetus and had a good opportunity and broke into the Belgium box and beat to capitalize on its “golden generation.” TASNIM — Iran national football team and Persepolis goalkeeper The Three Lions’ first real chance came in the 50th minute when Kieran Trippier a charging Courtois, only to see his effort (Source: Yahoo) Alireza Beiranvand has been reportedly linked with a move to Ukrainian club side Dynamo Kiev. Beiranvand, whose contract with Persepolis runs until 2021, will weigh up the Ukrainian club’s offer, the Iranian media reported. Liverpool seal signing of Xherdan Shaqiri Beiranvand represented Iran in three matches in the 2018 Liverpool have completed the signing of Xherdan Shaqiri, “As a player you always want to be on the biggest stage imitating the double-headed eagle displayed on Albania’s World Cup and blocked a penalty kick from Cristiano Ronaldo the Merseyside club announced on Friday. in football. A few years ago I wanted to come too but it flag, which led to a £20,000 fine for Switzerland. to deny Portugal a 2-0 lead in Group B. Shaqiri underwent a medical on Friday and becomes didn’t happen. I’m really happy that now I’m finally here. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said Shaqiri “is someone Persepolis General Manager Hamid Reza Garshasbi has said Liverpool’s third signing of the summer. Sources told ESPN “I want to improve myself too, I want to be with the best who makes a big difference to the squad and team, because Beiranvand will not leave the team. FC the 26-year-old signed a five-year contract after the Reds and I want to win titles. That’s what I’m here for.” he can fit in so many positions in our system. He gives us Beiranvand had been earlier linked with a move to the pro- triggered a £13 million clause in his Stoke City contract. Shaqiri moved to Stoke in 2015 from Inter Milan and greater flexibility in how we can use our current players also.” fessional Turkish football club Caykur Rizespor Kulubu in the The Switzerland international has been a player on Liv- scored 15 goals in 92 appearances for the Potters, who were Shaqiri began his career with FC Basel and joined Bay- country’s Super Lig. erpool’s radar since 2014 and had his heart set on a move to relegated from the Premier League last season. ern Munich in 2012, spending two and a half years at the Anfield when the club’s interest first emerged this summer. At the World Cup, Shaqiri scored a 90th-minute winner Bundesliga giants before a six-month spell with Inter Milan. “I’m very happy to be here. It’s a huge club with big history, to give Switzerland a 2-1 victory over Serbia in the group He won league titles in Switzerland and Germany plus big players and a fantastic coach,” Shaqiri told Liverpool’s stage last month. Shaqiri, an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo, the Champions League with Bayern in 2013. website. “So I’m really glad and happy to be here. was then the subject of a FIFA inquiry for celebrating by (Source: ESPN) Nabil Maâloul takes charge of Qatar’s Al Duhail

Nabil Maâloul replaced Djamel Belmadi as Al Duhail’s head coach, Madrid 2018: Blind football debutants impress with the club citing ‘special reasons’ for Belmadi’s departure. Brazil remained under the spotlight after Spanish capital who came in numbers with Maâloul, a former professional football player and Tunisia winning their fifth International Blind Sports Mexican flags, the North American team manager, will now join the team for a training camp in Austria. Federation (IBSA) Blind Football World qualified for the 11th place play-off against The Qatari football team will face Iran’s Persepolis on August Championships in Madrid, Spain, last June. Thailand. With two goals from Jorge Lan- 28 in the 2018 AFC Champions League quarter-final first leg tie. But Worlds debutants Costa Rica, Iran, zagorta, they defeated the Asian team to (Source: the-afc) Mali, Mexico, Russia* and Thailand also finish their participation with a win. enjoyed a competition to remember. Russia They all played fearlessly and with sheer The European champions reached the passion, some of them even challenging the bronze medal-match against China after most established countries. Check out how concluding second in Group C, eliminating Esteghlal to withdraw from each of them did: hosts Spain in the quarter finals and losing Costa Rica to Argentina in the semi-finals. Russia’s re- Iran’s Super Cup As the first country from Central America peated endeavours to score were blocked by PLDC — Esteghlal have decided not to participate at the Iran’s to compete at a World Championships, Costa a stern Chinese defence, and a single goal Super Cup. Rica showed a bright future after finishing from their opponent meant Russia settled The match has been scheduled for July 20 but it seems the ahead of experienced teams such as France for fourth place. Blues are not going to play Persepolis. and South Korea and taking 14th. They Thailand Esteghlal are currently holding a camp in Turkey and will re- achieved their first Worlds victory against They were one of the most impressive portedly withdraw from the match with its arch-rivals Persepolis. South Korea 2-1. teams with their physical strength and fast- Persepolis, as champions of Iran Professional League, will Iran paced attackers. The Asian Championships have to face Iran Hazfi Cup’s title-holders Esteghlal in Tehran’s The Paralympic silver medallists finished bronze medallists began with a surprising Azadi Stadium on July 20. third in the ‘Group of Death’ against respective Mali first Worlds win against Costa Rica. They 3-0 win over Turkey. But they lost against Esteghlal have announced they will return to Iran on July 22 American champions and bronze medallists The Eagles from West Africa rocked the beat Mexico but lost to Iran on penalties, Morocco 3-0 to take third in the group. Fa- and it means the team will withdraw from the match. Argentina and Colombia, and London 2012 world with their individual flair, frightening ending 10th. tigue and injuries began to strike Thailand, The Iran Super Cup is regarded as the curtain raiser for a silver medallists France. They then defeated pace and unforgettable song – ‘Zimbo.’ Mali Mexico leading to losses against Iran and Mexico new league campaign since the competition’s creation in 2005. Thailand and Mali to achieve ninth place. finished third in Group D, picking up their Backed by their compatriots living in the and a 12th place finish. Prayer Times Noon:13:10 Evening: 20:41 Dawn: 4:18 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:00 (tomorrow) JULY 15, 2018 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Studies on world literature honored Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 at Parvin Etesami Literary Awards Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. ARTTEHRAN – Two books Tel: 88911433 desk Webmaster: [email protected] on world literature have Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 shared the award for best literary research at the 8th Parvin Etesami Literary Awards while No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran works in other categories were only awarded P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Zip Code: 1599814713 with honorable mentions. “The Intercultural Literature of Expatriate Writers in Germany” by Narjes Khodai and “World Literary Schools” by Maryam Hosseini received the award during a ceremony at Jamaran Hosseinieh on Saturday. The award has been named after Persian poet Parvin Etesami (1907-1940), one of the most prominent Persian poets of the 20th century. Her poetry is based upon themes of social, humanitarian and mystical concepts, and contains no allusions to romantic love or feminine sentiment. Artworks in “Transition” “Parvin is really a unique poet,” a director warn of environment damage of the Parvin Etesami Literary Awards, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad-Ali Mahdavi-Rad, ARTTEHRAN – An Iranian artist warns of a severe said at the award ceremony. deskcrisis facing the environment with her latest “She has talked of serious issues in her mixed media collection titled “Transition”. divan… and her poetry is full of human aspects,” Asal Bassir is showcasing the collection composed of 10 artworks he added. in an exhibition that opened at Tehran’s Idea Gallery on Friday. “Today Was Saturday If You Were” by Fariba “I have made use of recycled materials along with tree branches Shadlu and “Leili Azar” by Azam Saadatmand in my works to warn of the growth of consumerism in today’s won honorable mentions in the poetry category. industrialized society and emphasize the need to respect nature,” In the drama section, “Keep out of the Reach she said in a press release published on Saturday. of Children” by Fereshteh Farshad, and in the fiction category, “Let Troy Burn” by Anahita Arvan received an honorable mention. “Farewell on the Street” by Maryam Eslami and “The Horned-Noses” by Azra Musavi won honorable mentions in the children’s An unidentified person (L) accepts an award from a director of the Parvin Etesami Literary Awards, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad-Ali literature section. Mahdavi-Rad at Jamaran Hosseinieh in Tehran on July 14, 2018. (Fars/Hossein Mersadi)

DEFC to review Tahmineh Milani to head jury “My Mother, My Tribe” of Sakhalin filmfest

Art lovers visit an exhibition of artworks by Asal Bassir at Teh- ran’s Idea Gallery on July 13, 2018. “I try to be well aware of the environment since I consid- er myself a citizen of mother earth. As a student of art, I have made my best efforts to raise my objections to the destruction of nature,” she said. “While we are well aware of the role of people in endangering the environment and destroying nature, we should not be ignorant of their role in reviving nature and reducing damages,” she added. By this exhibition, Bassir also said, “I do not mean to give hope to the visitors but make them aware of the surroundings.” The exhibit will be running until Wednesday at the gallery located at No 26, 18th St., Sanai St., Karim Khan Ave.

Iranian shorts to compete in L.A. festival Masumeh Bahmanbeigi in a scene from the documentary “My Mother, My Tribe” Filmmaker Tahmineh Milani in an undated photo by Ezzatollah Parvazeh ARTTEHRAN – Tahmineh Milani is the director of over twenty TEHRAN – Four Iranian short films will be competing in the ARTTEHRAN – The Doc- Bahmanbeigi, an Iranian nomad woman deskMilani, the director of movies, including “Children of Divorce”, Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival, which will be held in the deskumentary and Exper- who migrates to Tehran to raise her vis- such acclaimed movies as “Ceasefire” and “The Legend of Ah”, “The Hidden Half”, American city from July 26 to 28. imental Film Center (DEFC) plans to ually-impaired children that succeeded “Two Women”, will preside over the jury “The Fifth Reaction”, “What Else Is New?”, review Ezzatollah Parvazeh’s acclaimed in music and literature. of the official competition of the Sakhalin “Kakadu”, “The Unwanted Woman”, “Pay- documentary “My Mother, My Tribe” this In December 2017, the film won the International Film Festival in Russia. back” and “One of Us Two”. evening. special jury award at the 11th Cinema Verite Actress Maria Shukshina and filmmak- The first part of her “Ceasefire” psy- The review will be held after a screening festival, Iran’s major international festival ers Alexei German Jr. and Alexei Popogreb- chodramas broke Iran’s box office records at 5 p.m. along with critic Ahmad Talebine- of documentary cinema that is organized sky, all from Russia, and South Korean in 2006. jad and Parvazeh, the DEFC announced by the DEFC every year. screenwriter Choi Jung-mi are members The Sakhalin International Film Festival on Saturday. The screening is open to the public and of the jury, TASS, Russia’s official news will take place on the Island of Sakhalin “My Mother, My Tribe” about Masumeh there is no admission charge. agency, announced on Friday. from August 24 to 31. Jamie Cullum brings new material to Montreux, takes a jab at Trump MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) — British sing- since 2004, which was shortly after the release of his breakout Cullum said the Montreux Jazz Festival, founded by the A scene from “Mr. Director” by Ali Erfan-Farhadi er-songwriter Jamie Cullum mixed classics with new material album “Twentysomething”, which went on to become the late Claude Nobs and directed by Mathieu Jaton since 2013, The movies are “Foruzan” by Mir Abbas Khosravinejad, “Limit” at Montreux Jazz Festival, telling the crowd he was happy No. 1 selling studio album by a jazz artist in Britain. “always supports musicians in their creative endeavor, they by Javad Darai, “Mr. Director” by Ali Erfan-Farhadi and “Manicure” to be away from London during a visit by U.S. President “To be here is a dream, coming back here five times to don’t tell you when you have to finish, they say ‘go and do by Arman Fayyaz, the organizers have announced. Donald Trump. Montreux, this is one of the greatest festivals of the world. I what you want and have fun’.” A single mother has a frightening night alone in her home in Cullum, who turns 39 next month, leapt from the piano don’t take it lightly at all, so many of my heroes played here,” Wearing black and backed by a band and two female “Foruzan”. during the opening number “Get Your Way” to set the tone Cullum told the crowd of 4,000 at the festival’s 52nd edition. vocalists, he played tracks from his repertoire including “Limit” tells the story of a desperate man who frantically pleads for a high-energy two-hour show at Stravinski Auditorium “You know who we have in London at the moment, a “All at Sea” and “These are the Days”. with strangers to accompany him to his home, without being clear that ended at midnight on Friday. visitor… What I’m saying is it is very, very good to be here,” A whispered solo “What a Difference a Day Makes” was on his intentions. It was Cullum’s fifth appearance at the prestigious event he said. followed by Rihanna’s “Don’t Stop the Music”. In “Mr. Director”, a ten-year-old boy named Sina directs his first movie in an unorthodox manner. “Manicure” is about a young man who tries to prevent the Acclaimed “Downton Abbey” TV series Young Portuguese inmates sing Mozart village from finding out a secret that will destroy his life and his to be turned into a movie opera on way to freedom wife’s legacy after her suicide. Filmmakers from different countries, including America, Ethiopia, LONDON (Reuters) - A movie is to be LISBON (Reuters) — Inmates from one Sweden, Latvia, Morocco, Spain and France, will attend the festival. made of “Downton Abbey”, the award-win- of Portugal’s biggest youth prisons took ning television period drama about a British to the stage at a prominent Lisbon music household in the early 20th century, and venue this week to perform Mozart’s ‘Così McQueen thriller “Widows” the original stars will reunite for the project. fan tutte’ - a unique initiative using opera to Julian Fellowes, who created the show, reintegrate prisoners back into society and to open London Film Festival has written the screenplay and will also pro- reduce reoffences. duce the movie, production and distribution This was the second performance outside LONDON (Reuters) — British director Steve McQueen will company Focus Features said on Friday. of the prison in as many years for the four-year open his first major feature since “12 Years a Slave” won an Oscar Brian Percival, who directed the first old project, which has helped a former inmate Downton Abbey cast member Maggie Members of the Opera in Prison project in 2013 when thriller “Widows” kicks off the BFI London Film and several other episodes, will reprise the land a job in the Gulbenkian Foundation’s perform during a rehearsal at Calouste Festival in October. role for the film, and production will start Smith poses for the media at a hotel in concert hall. Others hope to follow suit and central London, Britain August 13, 2015. Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal The film stars Academy Award winner Viola Davis, “Fast and later this summer. launch a music career. July 11, 2018. (Reuters/Rafael Marchante) Furious” actress Michelle Rodriguez and “The Night Manager’s “When the television series drew to a (Reuters/Dylan Martinez) “That’s the best social reintegration we Elizabeth Debicki among other big names. close it was our dream to bring the millions country home as well as the lives of their can do,” said Carla Pragosa, a director of the Silva, dressed like most other performers in a The festival website describes the movie, set in Chicago, as a of global fans a movie and now, after getting servants. Leiria prison for young offenders. white tee-shirt and black jeans, told Reuters. “complex thriller about a group of women with nothing in com- many stars aligned, we are shortly to go It went on to win several Golden Globes The project brings together officers and “But my two daughters are here to see the mon except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal into production,” producer Gareth Neame and Primetime Emmy awards and there inmates as well as their families and friends, concert and I think they’ll be proud.” activities”. said in a statement. has long been speculation that it would be who sing or work on scenic design. Director Paulo Lameiro and his team in- It is adapted from an 1980s television series by British crime “Julian’s script charms, thrills and enter- turned into a film. Tiago Silva was among the 19 young in- troduced inmates to classical music, heard writer Lynda La Plante. tains and in Brian Percival’s hands we aim Fans as well as cast members took to mates who got up on stage to sing in front of their stories and found a way to bring their “Watching the UK TV version of Lynda La Plante’s original to deliver everything that one would hope Twitter to express their delight at the news. hundreds of people at the foundation’s concert experiences to the big stage. thriller as a teenager in the 80s had a major impact on me and so for as Downton comes to the big screen”. “Delighted to announce we’re getting hall, while accompanied by the acclaimed During the concert, Silva, who is serving a it feels very special to be sharing this film with a UK audience,” The show, which first aired in 2011 and the band back together!” actress Joanne Gulbenkian Orchestra - an experience the seven-year sentence for a crime he would not McQueen said in a statement. went on for six seasons gaining a huge fol- Froggatt wrote on Twitter alongside a picture 23-year-old will never forget. reveal, also performed a rap song dedicated The film, co-written by McQueen and novelist Gillian Flynn, lowing in Britain and the United States, of her with fellow cast members Michelle “I don’t see my family often because they to his family, in which he apologized to his will kick off the Oct 10-21 festival at its Opening Night Gala. followed the Crawley family in their huge Dockery and Maggie Smith. don’t have enough money to visit me in prison,” mother for his wrongs.