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Annual non-oil exports set to Hakim mediates between Sadr, reach $50b by March 2019 ECONOMY TEHRAN— Iran’s val- goods and services exports, also said deskue of non-oil exports is that development of non-oil exports planned to reach $50 billion in the cur- requires expansion of investment and rent Iranian calendar year, which ends on banking ties; but despite the limitations Maliki to make big alliance March 20, 2019, according to an official in these fields, the country’s trade bal- at Trade Promotion Organization (TPO). ance was positive during the first four In a press conference on Tuesday, months of current Iranian calendar Mohammadreza Modoudi, the dep- year (March 21-July 22), Fars news See page 13 uty head of TPO for development of agency reported. 4

Pakistan’s Imran Khan to visit Iran after swearing-in ceremony POLITICS TEHRAN — Paki- e-Insaf (PTI) political party, accepted Iranian deskstan’s prime minis- President Hasan Rouhani’s invitation to visit ter-in-waiting Imran Khan will visit Iran Tehran. However, the visit will be finalized and Saudi Arabia following his swearing-in by the foreign ministries of the two countries ceremony later this month. after the PTI forms his government. Imran Khan was offered a state visit On August 4, Khan told Iranian Am- of Iran, Saudi Arabia by the respective bassador to Islamabad Mehdi Honardoost heads of state to which he had agreed, the that Pakistan was “ready to play a con- Times of Islamabad reported on Monday. structive and positive role between Iran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek- and Saudi Arabia”. Corbyn and Netanyahu clash on Twitter By staff & agencies Tunisia in 2014, had laid a wreath at the A furor over alleged anti-semitism in graves of members of a Palestinian group Britain’s main opposition party widened that killed 11 Israeli athletes and a German when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin policeman at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Netanyahu and Labor Party leader Jeremy It said the cemetery houses a memorial Corbyn exchanged accusations on Twitter to the dozens killed in the 1985 Israe- over Israeli bloodshed. li bombing of the Palestine Liberation Labor has been wrestling accusations Organization headquarters in exile in of anti-semitism for months. Tunis, as well as the graves of members

File photo Britain’s right-leaning Daily Mail on of Black September, a PLO splinter group Friday reported that Corbyn, on a visit to that carried out the Munich attack. 13 EDITORIAL Iran’s 50% share of Caspian Sea cannot be legally verified: expert Mohamad bin Mohammad Ghaderi TEHRAN (MNA) — The director of the Inter- cannot elicit such a thing from them.” as pipeline construction, fishing, oil extraction Zayed, Zionist Tehran Times editor-in-chief national Institute of Khazar Sea Studies (IIKSS) “These conventions explicitly stated that Iran and the and environmental concerns. The document, in @ghaderi62 told Mehr News Agency that Iran’s 50% share of Soviet Union had equal rights to the Caspian Sea, and particular, bans the presence of any non-littoral culprit in Mid-East Caspian Sea does not have a legal basis. this was only related to the shipping regime not to the states’ armed forces in the water. In an interview with Mehr News Agency Dr. sea bed or defining the boundaries and territories. They In response to a question what the biggest By Yosra Bakhakh Why we don’t Maysam Araee Daronkola, the director of the did not refer to territorial waters, or international waters achievements of the Aktau’s summit were, the TEHRAN — The Arab media announced International Institute of Khazar Sea Studies based on modern international maritime law,” Araee said. director of IIKSS said “the fight against terrorism, a meeting of a United Arab Emirates top negotiate with U.S. (IIKSS) said on Monday that Iran’s 50% share He said that if Iran will benefit more if it refers the fight against organized crime, addressing security delegation with Tel Aviv offi- of Caspian Sea cannot be legally verified. to international laws as they will provide a solid environmental concerns, banning the presence of cials late last week. The UAE delegation he Supreme Leader of the Islamic In response to a question whether Iran’s 50% ground in favor of Iran’s interests. any non-littoral states’ armed forces in the water was led by Mahmoud al-Shamsi, head Revolution, in his high-profile re- share of Caspian Sea can be verified according He also said that the shares of littoral coun- were some of positive points of the yesterday’s of the UAE’s intelligence agency. He Tmarks on Monday, emphasized that to 1921, 1940 agreements between Iran and the tries were not defined in the convention of the convention,” while stressing that the negative was accompanied by four other Emirati the Islamic Republic of Iran will not enter former USSR, Dr. Araee Daronkola said “politically legal status of the Caspian Sea signed on Sunday aspects of the convention should not be neglected. security personnel. into negotiations with the United States. speaking one can say that Iran and the Soviet by the five littoral states in the fifth summit in Dr. Araee, at the end, emphasized that the This is not the first time such reports There are some points in Ayatollah Union’s shares of this sea were 50%, and this is Kazakhstan’s northwestern city of Aktau. boundaries need to define in the future negoti- have appeared. Last year, the Middle Ali Khamenei’s statements that should in line with our national interests, but if we look The convention regulates access to sea bed, ations in order for the Parliament to be able to East Eye website reported on the UAE’s be taken note of. at these conventions from a legal perspective one surface water and also solves other issues such ratify the convention. security cooperation with Israel, accord- The first point is that the United States, ing to which Abu Dhabi inked a contract especially Donald Trump’s government, with an Israeli company to secure the is to blame for the current situation by U.S.-North Korea talks to yield no result: ex-Iranian envoy safety of important Emirati oil facilities. withdrawing the U.S. from the 2015 nu- TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The former Iranian some of its commitments operational,” he added. talks and because the U.S. continues to restrict The agreement called for installation clear agreement and restoring primary ambassador to China highlighted the US gov- On Thursday, North Korea’s foreign ministry North Korea’s interactions with the world. of a comprehensive regulatory network and secondary sanctions against Iran. ernment’s non-commitment to its international issued a scathing statement accusing some (un- That’s upsetting to Pyongyang, the ministry says, throughout the UAE, which allowed the Although President Trump has said obligations and expressed pessimism about the named) members of the Trump administration of because it has already made some concessions — like authorities to monitor the activities of he is ready to negotiate with Iran without future of Washington-Pyongyang talks, saying “going against the intention of president Trump” to stopping missile tests and returning the purported Emirati citizens and others in public preconditions and backed down from his the negotiations will likely produce no outcome. improve relations between the U.S. and North Korea. remains of 55 American troops who served in the places -- from the moment they would previous positions, his withdrawal from “The evidence shows that there is no way for “Some high-level officials within the U.S. Korean War — and hoped Washington would do leave home until they returned. the international nuclear agreement has these negotiations to yield results,” Javad Man- administration are making baseless allegations the same by offering concessions of its own. In spite of the reports revealing a left no room for dialogue. souri told the Tasnim News Agency. against us and making desperate attempts at “Expecting any result, while insulting the new secret agreement and cooperation Moreover, Trump is regarded unreliable “Because basically, the U.S. does not follow intensifying the international sanctions and dialogue partner and throwing cold water over between Israel and the UAE, once upon even among the United States’ allies in logic, law, and justice due to its reliance on power pressure,” the statement says. our sincere efforts for building confidence,” the a time in the Emirate, Arab honor and the world. Now, European countries are and wealth,” the former diplomat noted. The “high-level officials” they’re referring to are statement adds, is “a foolish act that amounts to ideal were upheld with resistance to very worried that a person such as Trump “Given the fact that North Korea has sever- almost certainly Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, waiting to see a boiled egg hatch out.” Israel. Why has the UAE turned into has taken the helm at the White House. al times experienced the U.S.’s reneging on its who is leading the negotiations on the U.S. side, The statement — boiled eggs and all — is the one of the leading countries seeking Secondly, the only way forward is that promises, it should not be expected that some- and National Security Adviser John Bolton, who latest sign that both sides have made little pro- relations with the Zionists in the past Trump acknowledge this fact that all the thing important occurs in the region through also coordinates efforts related to North Korea. gress in their months-long talks to dismantle few years? United States’ conspiracies against Iran negotiation; unless the White House sometime North Korea is mad that Bolton effectively North Korea’s nuclear program, according to Mohammad Bin al-Mokhtar al-Shang- since the 1979 Islamic Revolution have (in future) is forced to change its views and make blamed Pyongyang for the sputtering nuclear the American news website Vox. hiti, professor of political ethics at Hamad ended in failure. Trump should have Bin Khalifa University, blames the Emir- been advised by senior political experts ate’s new rulers for the change in attitudes like Zebigniew Brzezinski, who served towards Israel. as national security adviser under the Rice harvest He believes that Zayed bin Sultan Jimmy Carter administration, to accept Al Nahyan, the founder of the modern a “powerful Iran”. season in Emirate, felt he was affiliated with the Undoubtedly, if Trump does not Islamic and Arab Ummah, and therefore want or fails to accept such a fact, he opposed the Zionists early on. Howev- must face the dire consequences which northern er, Emirate’s tendency towards Israel would come to haunt the U.S. in the today is proof of its separation from its region and the wider world. He must Iran paddy roots and values. look at the record of extremist figures The new policy towards Israel of such as John Bolton, Mike Pompeo fields Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sul- and Rudy Giuliani who form his inner tan Al-Nahyan’s (MbZ) is derived from circle. Each of these neo-cons symbol- With more than half of summer already ignorance and arrogance. However, that ize the failure of the George W. Bush passed, farmers in the northern prov- is not everyone’s view in the UAE. Imad administration’s policies. ince of Gilan have started harvesting Al-Din al-Juburi, a political commenta- Third, Iran will not negotiate with the rice from the paddy fields. tor, believes that the younger leaders of Trump administration at all, because Planting season begins in mid- the Arab states in the Persian Gulf such Trump as president is not even trusted spring when the weather gets warm in as Mohammed bin Zayed in the UAE by the closest people around him. the region. Rice seeds are first planted and Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Even before Trump walked out of the close together in one flooded paddy Arabia are following in the footsteps of multilateral nuclear treaty, the Barack and grows into seedlings that will be Egypt, Jordan and the Palestine Liber- Obama administration failed to comply Mojtaba Mohammadi transplanted into paddy fields. ation Organization. When one of the fully with the agreement. Obviously, in such The province with 238,000 hect- largest Arab powers, Egypt, decides to a situation, negotiations with a country make peace with Israel, the movement

IRNA/ ares of paddy fields ranks first in rice that is challenging the world order would production nationwide. of the UAE towards Israel is more or less be totally useless and illogical. considered natural. 13 II NN TT EE RR NN AA TT II OO NN AA LL DD AA II LL YY 2 POLITICSPOLITICS AUGUST 15, 2018 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Zarif felicitates Shamkhani highlights role of private Lebanon on defeating Israel sector in ‘economic war’ on Iran in the 2006 war POLITICS TEHRAN — Secretary of He noted that the current economic war deskSupreme National Secu- is “more complicated than the military war” POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister rity Council Ali Shamkhani said on Tuesday and suggested that the private sector can be desk Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday con- that the private sector plays an important role of great help in economic policy-making. gratulated the Lebanese over their military victory over the in countering the “economic war” launched The top security official said, “New invading Israeli army in 2006, known as the 33-day war. against Iran by the Trump administration. mechanisms have been adopted to in- In two separate messages to his Lebanese counterpart “In the current economic war, the pri- volve the private sector in the country’s Jibran Bassil and Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, vate sector plays the same role that Basij policy-making process.” Zarif offered his congratulations over the great victory of the used to play during the eight years of sacred U.S. President Donald Trump an- Islamic resistance movement over Israel in the war. defense,” Shamkhani said during a meeting nounced Washington’s exit from the nuclear In the 33-day war, Israel suffered a great military defeat with representatives from the chamber of deal on May 8 and ordered restoration of at the hands of Hezbollah. Israel lost 121 military person- commerce and entrepreneurs. sanctions against Iran. nel. The five-member Winograd Committee, appointed to The resistance against the invasion of the The first batch of sanctions was snapped examine Israel’s performance concluded that the war “was Saddam army into the Iranian territory in the back on Monday, August 6. The second batch a big and serious failure” for Israel. 1980s is known as “sacred defense”. will be restored on November 4. Shamkhani said at the time that the “sen- Back in May, U.S. Secretary of State Mike ior military strategists in the world were of Pompeo said that Washington will apply eco- U.S. must pay Iran the opinion that Iran would be defeated” nomic and military pressure against Iran $110 billion in in the war, Basij forces entered the scene and will impose “the strongest sanctions in damages: VP and “foiled the hegemonic system’s plots”. history” on the Islamic Republic. All-inclusive talks prerequisite for Deputy foreign ministers of Caspian POLITICS TEHRAN — Laya Joneidi, the vice pres- deskident for legal affairs, has said the U.S. Caspian seabed carve-up: expert countries to meet government must pay Iran $110 billion in compensation POLITICS TEHRAN — A senior Deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian over the damage it has done to the Iranian nation. desk “Individuals and private companies harmed by U.S. political analyst believes countries are planning to hold a meeting measures over the past few decades have filed complaints all Caspian Sea littoral states should sit in Azerbaijan this fall to discuss the con- in Iranian courts and verdicts have been issued in their down for negotiations over carving up vention on the legal status of the Caspian favor. By now, the amount of compensation the U.S. must seabed of the Caspian Sea. Sea, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Ab- pay has crossed 110 billion dollars,” Khabar Online quoted “The arguing is over the seabed and drakhmanov told reporters on Tuesday. Joneydi as saying on Monday. subsoil resources,” Davoud Hermidas-Ba- “This meeting should take place no later She added that following the U.S. withdrawal from the vand, professor of political science and than six months according to the instruction 2015 nuclear pact with the Islamic Republic, Iranian courts international law, told ISNA in an interview given by the heads of state, and according have been receiving new cases against the U.S. government. released on Tuesday. this issue has put Iran in an unpleasant to the agreements stipulated in the adopted in implementation of the provisions of the “In the case of dividing the seabed, joint situation… The issue should be raised documents. Moreover, there is already an convention, in particular, in the work over negotiations should be conducted and a for reassessment. agreement that the group will gather and such a fundamental and important docu- Ban on Twitter reassessment should take place,” he said of “The reconsideration should not be based start working directly this fall. According ment as an agreement on the method of the oil-and-gas rich body of water, under- on the length of the beaches, since the contracts to the preliminary data, this refers to the establishing the so-called straight base- won’t be lifted: lining that Iran’s stake has been ignored of 1921 and 1940 were by no means depend- meeting to be held in Azerbaijan,” Abdra- lines,” the foreign minister said. during several two-sided agreements be- ent on the coast length and they considered khmanov said, TASS reported. Following the meeting of the fifth Cas- Judiciary tween Russia and the former Soviet states. the totality of the sea as common property.” He noted that these consultations will pian summit in Aktau on August 12, the “The Russians previously divided Cas- As a result, Iran’s portion of the seabed and concern the implementation of the agree- presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, pian Sea’s seabed and subsoil resources substrate resources should go beyond what ments reached in the convention on the Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed the POLITICS TEHRAN — Deputy Attorney General under bilateral treaties, one of which was is now contemplated, the expert explained. legal status of the inland sea on Sunday. convention on the legal status of the Cas- deskAbdolsamad Khorramabadi said on Tues- initially reached with Kazakhstan in 1998 “Iran previously assumed that it shared Cas- “According to the convention and in pian Sea. The work on the document has day that Iran would not lift the ban on Twitter, dismissing followed by the ones by Azerbaijan and pian Sea jointly with the then Soviet Union, pursuance of it, the ministers of foreign been underway since 1996, and the draft calls by ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi to Turkmenistan. Here, a very insignificant but currently, three other countries have affairs of the Caspian states, who held their convention was finally agreed upon at the unblock the social networking service. share was determined for Iran.” been added so that if they want to consider meeting the day before the summit, de- meeting of the foreign ministers of the The committee which screens online websites for criminal “They [the five littoral states] should a stake, it will be a 60 to 40 share. However, cided to establish a special mechanism, Caspian states on December 4-5, 2017 in content cannot oppose judiciary directives, so the issue of have followed tradition to make decisions what has now been clinched [by the sides] a group under the auspices of the minis- Moscow. Several sectorial documents on unblocking Twitter will not be discussed in the committee jointly, not through bilateral contracts. So is 15 miles of coastal waters,” he concluded. tries of foreign affairs, which will engage cooperation in the region were also signed. and the ban will remain in place, Khorramabadi said in a statement, ISNA reported. The request made by the ICT minister for discussing the unblocking of Twitter in the committee is contrary to legal Iran, Iraq sign principles, he added. agreement to beef Majlis research center to review up border security First Announcement Caspian Sea POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran and Iraq desk convention signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday for a better guarding of common borders. INTERNATIONAL TENDERS NO.: 97/K-185 POLITICS TEHRAN — Majlis research center chief The agreement was signed by Iranian border deskKazem Jalali announced on Tuesday that chief Qassem Rezaei and Hamid Abdullah Ibrahim the body is slated to review the Caspian Sea legal status. al-Hosseini, Iraq’s border guards commander. -Tender Holder: Security Paper Mill of the Central Bank of I.R. of Iran. General Rezaei said Iran attaches great im- Jalali said that the convention does not deal with the -Tender subject: Purchase, Installation and Setting up one set of Quality Control System for Paper/ water share, IRNA reported. portance to expansion of cooperation given that As President Hassan Rouhani earlier said in Aktau, the the two countries share long borders. Board Machines (QCS) reason behind Iran’s membership in the Caspian Sea con- “We believe that such cooperation will result vention is to prevent certain countries from building military in more security,” he said. -Tender deposit: An unconditional and extendable bank guarantee from Iranian bank for the The 1,609-km shared borders of Iran and Iraq bases there or try to meddle in other regional issues, he said. amount of 25,000 Euro or 1,265,000,000 Iranian Rial. Jalali also referred to the environmental concerns of the render inevitable the joint specialized meetings between the border guards of the two countries, Caspian Sea, saying at the moment the inland sea faces major Deadline for receiving tender documents: Maximum Ten days after second advertisement - environmental problems. Fars news agency quoted him as saying. Elsewhere, he said that Daesh was created by the hegemons to create instability in regional -How to get document: Bidder can receive the tender documents by sending their written inquiry Council approves countries, including Iraq. to Fax: +98 11 4313 2566 or sending letter to email address [email protected] or refer to national policies to counter However, the enemies’ plot was foiled thanks to God, he added. basic of tenders of Iran with address http://Iets.mporg.ir psychological “Annihilation of Daesh made the Iraqi people happy and this success made our responsibility to warfare expand cooperation in boosting security in border Deadline for submitting offers: areas heavier,” he said. POLITICS TEHRAN — The Supreme Council for Maximum until dated 16.09.2018 (97/06/25). deskEconomic Coordination on Tuesday approved the macro policies on informing the public Iraqi PM walks back about combating psychological warfare and economic - Time of opening of technical offers: issues, Fars reported. on commitment to U.S. In a meeting headed by President Hassan Rouhani, the Maximum Three week after deadline submitting offer. members of the council discussed ways to raise public aware- sanctions on Iran ness about psychological warfare and encourage people’s participation in the fight against economic corruption. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has contra- - Validity period of financial offers: During the meeting, a number of proposals on ways to dicted his recent reluctant commitment to abide avoid a reduction in the supply of necessary goods were also by renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran, saying his gov- The offers must be valid for 180 days after 16.09.2018 (97/06/25). examined. The members of the council also exchanged views ernment only committed to not using dollars in on policies to prevent a rise in commodity prices. transactions with Tehran. -The offers no sign, conditional, altered and the offers that submit after the expiration of the period Al-Abadi’s remarks came at a news conference of bid submission will be considered as null and void. in the capital, Baghdad, on Monday, the same Trump after day that it was claimed that Iran cancelled an -Tender Holder reserves the rights to reject some or all of the offers. forcing Iran upcoming visit by him. “I did not say we abide by the sanctions, I said The winner of tender must be submitting an unconditional and irrevocable performance bond to negotiate: we abide by not using dollars in transactions. We have no other choice,” he said. guarantee equal to 10% of value of the contract. Rezaei Asked if Baghdad would stop imports of commodities, appliances and equipment by POLITICS TEHRAN — The Secretary of Iran’s - Place for receiving and submitting tender documents: desk government companies from Iran, he said the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said matter was still being reviewed. 7th km Chamestan Road, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran, Security paper Mill -department of the on Tuesday that the U.S. president is trying to exert economic “We honestly have not made any decision pressure on Iran to force Tehran to come to terms with the U.S. regarding this issue until now,” added al-Abadi, commercial department building. “Today, our enemies have lined up against us with their who is heading a fragile caretaker government - Delivery time: 5 month after signing the contract. utmost capacity. Mr. Trump wants to devalue our national until a new one can be formed following Iraq’s currency and stop our oil export to force us to return to the parliamentary election in May. For further information, prospective bidder may contact us via the following negotiation table,” said Rezaei. Last week, al-Abadi said Iraq disagreed with He made the remarks at a meeting with entrepreneurs the U.S. sanctions on Iran, but would abide by Tel:+98 11 43132630 , 43132739 Fax: +98 11 43132566 and start-up owners in the fields of science and technology. them to safeguard its own interests, triggering Hailing what the entrepreneurs are doing as pioneers of criticism from Iran-allied Iraqi politicians and growth and economic flourishing, Rezaei said that entre- in the Islamic Republic. Web site: http://www.takab-cbi.ir E-mail: info @ takab-cbi.ir preneurs are warriors in the economic war. (Source: Al Jazeera) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2018 INTERNATIONAL

Erdogan says Turkey will boycott With gun salutes, Pakistan marks 71 years of U.S. electronics, lira steadies independence Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on national security adviser John Bolton met Tuesday Turkey will boycott electronic prod- Turkey’s ambassador to the United States to ucts from the United States, retaliating in a discuss the detention of Brunson. The pastor’s dispute with Washington that has helped Turkish lawyer launched a fresh appeal on drive the lira to record lows. Tuesday for his release. The lira TRYTOM=D3 has lost more than Traders said news that Finance Minister 40 percent this year and crashed to an all-time Berat Albayrak will hold a conference call low of 7.24 to the dollar early on Monday, with up to 1,000 investors to discuss the hit by worries over Erdogan’s calls for lower economy might also have helped support interest rates and worsening ties with the the currency. United States. “I think the investor call Albayrak has The weakness of the Turkish currency has scheduled has helped lira firm,” said TEB Pakistan has kicked off a day of celebrations marking the country’s rippled through global markets. Its drop of Investment strategist Isik Okte. “I believe the 71 years of statehood and independence. as much as 18 percent on Friday hit U.S. and new and important topics will be discussed This year, the anniversary comes amid political change with European stocks as investors fretted about in this call, otherwise there would not be a new government taking over following the July 25 general banks’ exposure to Turkey. such an attempt.” elections. Pakistan’s former cricket-star-turned-politician Imran On Tuesday the lira recovered some “The concerns are ongoing in the market Khan is to become the next prime minister. ground, trading at 6.53 to the dollar at 0918 but it is possible to mention a limited opti- President Mamnoon Hussain hoisted the national flag at a GMT, up around five percent on the day. mism for the first time in a while,” a foreign ceremony in Islamabad on Tuesday while Pakistanis across the It was supported by news of a planned exchange trader said. country raised the banner at their homes and on their cars. conference call in which the finance minister Turkey’s business lobbies called on Tuesday Fireworks erupted over the capital, Islamabad, at midnight on will seek to reassure investors concerned by for a tighter monetary policy to stabilize the Monday, ushering in the festivities. During the day, gun salutes Erdogan’s control of the economy and his lira, and for diplomacy to solve U.S.-Turkish were held in Islamabad and the four provincial capitals. resistance to interest rate hikes to tackle disputes. Festive rallies and school functions were also taking place. double-digit inflation. Following Monday’s meeting between Pakistan gained independence when British left India and Erdogan says Turkey is the target of an Bolton and Turkish ambassador Serdar split the subcontinent in 1947. economic war, and has made repeated calls terrorism charges of a U.S. evangelical pastor “What you want to see is tight monetary Kilic, U.S. officials have given no indication (Source: AP) for Turks to sell their dollars and euros to in Turkey, and last week Washington raised policy, a tight fiscal policy and a recognition that the United States has been prepared to shore up the national currency. tariffs on Turkish metal exports. that there might be some short-term economic give ground in the standoff between the two “Together with our people, we will stand Erdogan said his government would offer pain — but without it there’s just no credibility countries’ leaders. decisively against the dollar, forex prices, further incentives to companies planning to of promises to restabilize things,” said Craig Ankara has repeatedly said the Brunson Trump signs $717bn U.S. inflation and interest rates. We will protect invest in Turkey and said firms should not Botham, Emerging Markets Economist at case was up to the courts and a Turkish our economic independence by being tight- be put off by economic uncertainty. Schroders. judge moved Brunson from jail to house military budget into law; knit together,” he told members of his AK “If we postpone our investments, if we Dollar-denominated bonds issued by arrest in July. Infuriated by the move, Party in a speech. convert our currency to foreign exchange selected Turkish banks continued to fall on which Washington said was insufficient, China, Russia prime targets “We will impose a boycott on U.S. elec- because there’s danger, then we will have Tuesday, although sovereign bonds steadied. Trump sanctioned two Turkish ministers tronic products. If they have iPhones, there given into the enemy,” he said. Relations between NATO allies Turkey and and doubled tariffs on metal imports, adding U.S. President Donald Trump has signed the 2019 U.S. military is Samsung on the other side, and we have U.S. dispute the United States are at a low point, hurt by to lira’s slide. spending bill into law, authorizing the Defense Department to our own Vestel here,” he said, referring to the Although the lira enjoyed a small respite a series of issues from diverging interests in White House economic adviser Kevin Has- invest around $717 billion into military strategies that will target Turkish electronics company, whose shares on Tuesday, investors say measures taken Syria, Ankara’s plan to buy Russian defense sett said Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Russia and China. Trump approved the massive budget on Monday rose five percent. by the Central Bank on Monday to ensure systems and the detention of an American was monitoring the financial situation in during a signing ceremony at Fort Drum, a U.S. Army base which The United States has imposed sanctions liquidity fail to address the root cause of lira pastor, Andrew Brunson. Turkey “very closely”. is home to the Army’s 10th Mountain Division and has deployed on two Turkish ministers over the trial on weakness. The White House on Monday said U.S. (Source: Reuters) the most troops to U.S. wars abroad since the 9/11 attacks. “We believe our war fighters deserve the tools, the equip- ment, and resources they have earned with their blood, sweat, and tears,” Trump said. “This authorization will give America’s Italy motorway bridge collapses on Genoa buildings in war fighters the firepower they need to win any conflict quickly and decisively.” The new act allows the Pentagon to spend $639.1 billion in heavy rains, ‘dozens’ feared dead base funding, while earmarking another $69 billion to fund wars overseas and some $8.9 billion for obligatory military expenditures. A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday over the northern carried out at the time of the collapse, adding that the bridge Trump said the budget was aimed at revitalizing the U.S. Italian port city of Genoa, killing dozens of people according was constantly monitored. military, one of his key campaign promises. to the local ambulance service, in what the transport minister The highway is a major artery to the Italian Riviera and “Hopefully, we’ll never have to use it, but if we do, no one said was likely to be “an immense tragedy”. to France’s southern coast. Train services around Genoa stands a chance,” Trump said of the U.S. military prowess. A section of the bridge crashed down from a height of have been halted. Under the new law, troops will get 2.6 percent pay rise, their about 50 meters over a river and some railroad tracks and A witness told Sky Italia television he saw “eight or nine” first pay raise in around a decade. buildings. It collapsed at about 11:30 a.m. (0930 GMT) during vehicles on the bridge when it collapsed in what he said was More importantly, the act identifies emerging technologies torrential rainfall, the local fire brigade said. an “apocalyptic scene”. such as artificial intelligence, space and counter-space capabili- The head of the ambulance service said there were “dozens Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said in a tweet that ties, cyber attacks, foreign influence operations, and hypersonic of dead”, according to Italian news agency Adnkronos. At he was “following with great apprehension what seems like weapons as threats. It also singles out Russia, North Korea, China least 10 people were killed and 20 vehicles were involved, an immense tragedy”. and Iran as adversaries that need to be countered. local police sources said. The office of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he was Countering Russian aggression Helicopter footage on social media showed trucks and heading to Genoa in the evening and would remain there The U.S. has long accused Russia of seeking to intervene in its cars stranded on either side of the roughly 80-metre long on Wednesday. Defence minister Elisabetta Trenta said the democratic process, a claim that received much more attention collapsed section of the bridge, which was built on the A10 army was ready to offer manpower and vehicles to help with following Trump’s surprising victory over his Democratic rival toll motorway in the 1960s. the rescue operations. Hillary Clinton in the 2016 race for the White House. An ambulance official told Reuters the service could only Shares in Atlantia, the toll road operator which runs the Then-U.S. President Barack Obama and all 16 U.S. intelligence confirm two injured people so far, “but we suppose there motorway, were suspended after falling 6.3 percent after agencies alleged that Moscow had orchestrated a massive online are unfortunately a lot of dead.” in total, was carried out in 2016. The highway operator said news of the collapse. campaign, including hack attacks against the Democratic Party, Restructuring work on the bridge, which was 1.2 km long work to shore up the foundation of the bridge was being (Source: Reuters) to turn the page in Trump’s favor. The act specifically states that part of the massive military funding will go to “cyber warfare and influence operations to counter Russian aggression, cyber, and information warfare threats.” Man suspected of terrorism attack on UK parliament after Stepping up pressure on China The new budget will also fund Trump’s Space Force, the sixth driving into pedestrians branch of the U.S. military which will specifically focus on mil- itarizing the space. A man deliberately drove a car into pedestri- of their emergency committee at 1300 GMT Trump said an space force was necessary to confront what ans and cyclists on Tuesday before ramming to discuss the incident. he called U.S. “adversaries” in space, specifically naming China it into barriers outside Britain’s parliament “All Londoners, like me, utterly condemn “In order to maintain America’s military supremacy, we must in what appeared to be the second terror- all acts of terrorism on our city,” London’s always be on the cutting edge,” the president said. “That is why ism attack on the building in just under 18 Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Twitter. we are also proudly reasserting America’s legacy of leadership months, police said. U.S. President Donald Trump, who has in space. Our foreign competitors and adversaries have already Three people were injured in the incident. previously spoken out about security issues begun weaponizing space.” The driver, a man in his 20s, was arrested by in London, said on Twitter: “These animals “We’ll be catching them very shortly,” he added. “They want armed officers at the scene moments later. are crazy and must be dealt with through to jam transmissions, which threaten our battlefield operations He was not co-operating with detectives, toughness and strength.” and so many other things. We will be so far ahead of them in a Britain’s counter-terrorism police chief said. Cordons around parliament began to be very short period of time, your head will spin.” “Given that this appears to be a deliberate lifted about six hours after the incident and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced Thursday that act, the method, and this being an iconic site, Westminster Underground station, close the Space Force will come to life over the next few years. we are treating it as a terrorist incident,” to parliament, was reopened to the public. Under the new act, products by Chinese tech giants Huawei and London Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu However, streets immediately surrounding ZTE will largely be banned from use by the U.S. government and told reporters. the scene remained closed off. government contractors. The policies against Russia and China In March 2017, Khalid Masood, 52, killed Nigel Evans, a lawmaker from May’s fall in line with Trump’s new national security strategy, which four people on nearby Westminster Bridge Conservative Party, said the incident had was released earlier this year. and stabbed to death an unarmed police shown security measures at parliament Afghanistan, Iraq officer in the grounds of parliament before were effective but might still need to be The Pentagon is allowed under the new budget to spend $5.2 being shot dead. reviewed. billion to prolong operations in Afghanistan, 16 years after the It was the first of five attacks on Britain “I’m sure that (debate about) pedestri- U.S. soldiers invaded the country on terrorism charges. last year which police blamed on terrorism, Londoners or the rest of the UK in connection sealed off a large area around the parliament anization of Parliament Square and which The U.S. military will also receive $820 million to contin- three of which involved vehicles being used with this incident.” building in central London, usually bustling vehicles should be able to access so closely in ue operations in Iraq. as a weapon. Police said a silver Ford Fiesta was driven with tourists and government workers. parliament will be reignited,” he told BBC TV. New weapons purchases Basu said the suspect in Tuesday’s in- through a group of cyclists and pedestrians “I saw the cyclists, injured cyclists. I don’t Britain is on its second-highest threat level The new act also authorizes $7.6 billion to purchase 77 F-35 cident was in custody but was not co-op- during the morning rush hour before hitting know if he’s hit these people or if they’ve just of “severe”, meaning an attack is considered Joint Strike Fighters, $24.1 billion to fund the construction of 13 erating with detectives. Although he had a barrier in front of the Houses of Parliament dived to escape,” witness Jason Williams told highly likely and the authorities say a dozen new ships and $452.6 million for six additional AH-64E Apache not been formally identified, the man was at 0637 GMT. reporters. “It didn’t swerve, there was not extremist plots had been foiled since Masood’s attack helicopters. The U.S. Navy will also be allowed to purchase not believed to be known to security forces, Camera footage showed the vehicle taking another car going behind him. It looked like attack in Westminster last year. 24 F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets and 10 P-8A Poseidon naval Basu added. a wrong turn before veering across the road it was planned.” Last week, a Muslim convert admitted surveillance aircraft and 25 AH-1Z Cobra helicopters. The BBC, citing unnamed sources, said and into a security lane leading to parliament Images shot by a Euronews journalist plotting to kill more than 100 people by Additionally, the number of soldiers on active duty will be the man was from the Birmingham area of before smashing into the protective barrier showed police pointing their guns at the driving a truck into pedestrians on London’s increased by 15,600 next year. central England and, while not known to as two police officers jumped to safety. vehicle shortly after the crash. Footage on Oxford Street, the capital’s major shopping “The act sets active duty end strength for the Army at 487,500 the MI5 domestic spy agency or Britain’s The man was detained on suspicion of social media showed a handcuffed man being thoroughfare. in fiscal 2019, which begins Oct. 1, 2018. The Navy’s end strength counter-terrorism network, was known terrorism offences and no weapons had been led away by heavily armed police. In October last year, 11 people were injured is set at 335,400, the Marine Corps’ at 186,100 and the Air Force’s to police. found, Basu said. British Prime Minister Theresa May, who when a car collided with pedestrians near at 329,100,” according to Pentagon. “At this early stage of the investigation, Two people were taken to hospital and like other lawmakers is on holiday during London’s Natural History Museum, raising The next year’s budget also bars the delivery of F-35 jets to no other suspects at the scene have been one woman was still receiving treatment parliament’s summer recess, said her thoughts fears of an attack, but police later said the NATO ally Turkey amid concerns over Ankara’s purchase of identified or reported to police,” Basu said. for serious but not life-threatening injuries. were with the people injured. Government incident was a road traffic accident. Russian missile defense systems. “There is no intelligence of further danger to Armed officers swarmed the scene and security officials were due to hold a meeting (Source: Daily Star) (Source: agencies) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY AUGUST 15, 2018

STOCK MARKET Iran welcomes TEDPIX 130927.7 IFX 1501.42 investment by Swiss Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir companies in water, CURRENCIES USD 42,000 rials energy projects EUR 47,923 rials GBP 53,641 rials ENERGY TEHRAN – Iranian sector”. deskEnergy Minister Reza “At the time, it was decided to set up a AED 11,437 rials Ardakanian said Iran welcomes Swiss task force to monitor the implementation Source: mehrnews.com companies to contribute in the country’s of these cooperation”, he added. water and energy projects, Iranian Energy Ardakanian further pointed to renewable Ministry’s news portal, PAVEN, reported. energies as another potent area for bilateral The minister made the remarks in a cooperation between Iran and Switzerland, meeting with Swiss Ambassador in Tehran saying that Swiss companies could use Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian (1st R) met with Swiss Ambassador to Tehran COMMODITIES Markus Leitner on Tuesday. Iran’s infrastructure to produce and sell Markus Leitner (C) on Tuesday. WTI $68.14/b Mentioning the two countries long history solar power to the neighboring countries of cooperation in water and energy sectors, like Afghanistan. Center on Urban Water Management interest in bilateral and regional cooperation Brent $73.71/b Ardakanian said, “Our cooperation goes Constructing small hydroelectric (RCUWM-Tehran) as well as managing with the Islamic Republic saying “It is hoped OPEC Basket $70.30/b back to 15 years ago when in 2002 I met power plants, wastewater management, border waters, were among other areas that mutual cooperation will increase in the with the Swiss ambassador at the time and desalinization, water and wastewater proposed for future cooperation. future and further collaborations will take Gold $1,197.30/oz we decided to start cooperating in water treatment, collaboration with Regional Leitner for his part expressed his country’s place in water and energy sectors”. Silver $15.11/oz Platinium $810.15/oz ‘NITC ready to confront Non-oil exports from Shahid Rajaee Sources: oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com sanctions’ Port rise 2.6% in 4 months yr/yr ENERGY TEHRAN — National ECONOMY TEHRAN — The NEWS IN BRIEF deskIranian Tanker Com- deskweight of non-oil ex- pany (NITC) is ready to confront the ports from Shahid Rajaee Port, in south IMIDRO’s U.S.-led sanctions against the country, of Iran, increased by 2.6 percent during underway project the company’s board of directors’ chair- the four-month period from March 21 to man emphasized. July 22 of this year compared to the same worth $18b to Seyed Ahmad Moqimi also said that period of time in the past year, according to be completed by Iran’s oil export was not stopped even one the director of Shahid Rajaee Port Special March 2021 time during the previous sanctions, Shana Economic Zone. reported on Monday. Allah-Morad Afifipour said 11.993 ECONOMY TEHRAN — The value of projects under Earlier in May, NITC Managing Direc- million tons of non-oil commodities were deskimplementation by Iranian Mines and Mining tor Nasrollah Sardashti had said that his for the sanctions condition”, he asserted. exported from this port during the men- and Transport and Urban Development Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMI- company has made the necessary planning NITC, which operates the largest tanker tioned four-month period, IRIB reported Minister Abbas Akhoundi. DRO), which are planned to be completed by the end of the (to confront the sanctions) and NITC fleet fleet in the Middle East and has the world’s on Tuesday. Upon the completion of this phase within country’s Sixth Five-Year National Development Plan (March is ready to operate under any condition. largest fleet of super tankers, transports In late February, the third phase of the three years, using 8.6 trillion rials (about 2021), is $18 billion, according to the head of the organization. “We have an experience of five-year Iranian crude and also acts as an inde- development plan of Iran’s biggest container $204.7 million), the port’s capacity will be Mehdi Karbasian also said that these projects will create activity under the sanctions and now re- pendent entity in contracts with foreign port, Shahid Rajaee port, was launched increased to eight million TEU, the Head jobs for over 32,000 people once they are put into operation, lying on our fruitful experiences of those concerns for crude oil transportation based in southern Hormozgan province and in of Ports and Maritime Organization Mo- IRNA reported. years we have made necessary planning on prevailing international freight rates. the presence of President Hassan Rouhani hammad Rastad said. Iran’s oil UK unemployment falls to new 43-year U.S. economy seen strong in 2018, production stands low but pay growth slows to slow in 2019: CBO at 3.737m bpd in UK unemployment dropped to a new Rate hikes U.S. economic growth will probably ac- growth in business investment and gov- July: OPEC 43-year low in the three months through BOE officials expect unemployment to celerate this year before slowing in 2019 ernment purchases slows,” CBO director June but the pace of wage growth eased. fall to 3.9 percent this year and Governor to well below the Trump administration’s Keith Hall said in a statement. The jobless rate stood at 4 percent, Mark Carney has signaled that further rate 3 percent target as a fiscal stimulus fades, Republicans have said the tax cuts, ENERGY TEHRAN — According to OPEC’s latest the least since February 1975, the Office hikes will be needed to return inflation to the congressional researchers projected on which increased the nation’s debt, would deskmonthly report published on August 13, oil for National Statistics said on Tuesday. 2 percent target, assuming Britain avoids Monday. pay for themselves through strong economic production in Iran stood at about 3.737 million barrels per day Economists had expected it to stay at a chaotic departure from the European In an updated economic outlook, the growth. The Trump administration has (bpd) in July, falling 56,300 bpd from 3.793 million bpd in 4.2 percent. Union next year. nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the economy can sustain 3.0 percent June, based on secondary sources. The decline helps to explain why Wage growth excluding bonuses slowed (CBO) projected that inflation adjusted or growth over the long term, an assertion The OPEC’s report also announced Iran’s oil output based the Bank of England increased interest to 2.7 percent, the weakest since January real gross domestic product (GDP) would many economists have disputed. on direct communication. It said the country’s oil production rates this month. Policy makers believe but still ahead of the 2.4 percent rate of grow 3.1 percent this year, exceeding 2.2 The CBO also cautioned that trade ten- in July increased to 3.806 million bpd, a 4,000 bpd rise from inflationary pressures are building in inflation. Upward pressure on settlements percent growth in 2017 due to lower income sions could make a bigger dent on GDP 3.802 million bpd in June. the labor market as skill shortages force is expected to come from the public sector, taxes, increased government spending and growth than anticipated. An escalating Meanwhile, the report put the country’s average heavy oil some employers to raise wages to attract where millions of workers will this year private investment. U.S.-China trade war could result in tariffs price at $71.44 in July, a $0.25 or 0.3 percent decrease from and retain staff. benefit from the easing of a cap on pay The government slashed corporate on all goods traded between the world’s $71.69 in June. There was little sign of overall wages increases in place since 2010. and personal income taxes in January in two largest economies. The report put average Iranian heavy crude price at $67.56 taking off in the latest data -- pay growth There were some signs of weakness in the a $1.5 trillion package and the U.S. Con- Washington also has traded tariffs with since beginning of 2018 up to the report publishing day. slowed to a nine-month low of 2.4 per- labor market report. While vacancies were at gress passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill the European Union, Canada and Mexico. cent between April and June -- but the a record, the jobless rate fell thanks to a drop in March. “When CBO completed this economic BOE sees a pickup toward 3.5 percent in economic activity, and employment rose This has buoyed consumer and business forecast in early July, the agency estimated this year. by just 42,000, less than half the increase spending as well as government outlays, that the macroeconomic consequences of Annual non-oil exports set to For policy, much depends on produc- expected. The employment rate dipped to which combined with accelerated soybean the U.S. tariffs and foreign retaliatory tariffs tivity. Without a significant improvement, 75.6 percent. exports to lift the economy to a 4.1 percent that had been implemented at that time reach $50b by March 2019 firms may find their profit margins coming The increase in employment over the annualized rate in the second quarter from would be small,” said Hall. 1 Iran exported $15.45 billion of non-oil products during under pressure and increase prices to past year was driven by UK nationals as a 2.2 percent pace in the January-March Tariffs then “affected goods that ac- the mentioned four-month period, with 14.69 percent rise from compensate. Flash figures for the second foreigners arrive in fewer numbers since period. The April-June growth rate was counted for less than 1.5 percent of the $13.471 billion in the same time span of the past year, according quarter show output per hour rose 0.4 the Brexit vote. There was a record drop in the highest in nearly four years. total value of U.S. trade. However, trade to Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). percent, leaving productivity up just 1.5 employment among EU nationals, driven But the CBO said it expected growth to policy has already changed since early percent on the year. by citizens of the eight countries that joined slow in the second half as jolts to consumer July and may continue to evolve, so the The pound initially climbed after the the bloc in 2004. spending and agricultural exports either effects of new tariffs may become more data, before paring gains and trading 0.2 Separate figures showed a record drop fade or reverse. For instance, some second- substantial and have a larger effect on the percent higher at $1.2790 as of 9:41 a.m. in the number of people on a zero-hours quarter soybean exports were aimed at economy than CBO accounted for in its in London. The market-implied prob- contract in their main job, with 780,000 beating Chinese tariffs that took effect in current projections.” ability of another BOE rate hike in May now working with no guarantee of hours July and cut future shipments. From 2023 to 2028, the CBO forecast 2019 edged up to about 45 percent, from from week to week. “In 2019, the pace of GDP growth slows the economy growing by about 1.7 percent 39 percent on Monday. (Source: Bloomberg) to 2.4 percent in the agency’s forecast, as each year. (Source: Reuters)

TPO Head Mojtaba Khosrotaj (2nd L) and TPO Deputy Head Mohammadreza Modoudi (2nd R) in a press conference on Tuesday Top EU bank supervisor urges ‘bold action’ by Turkey to fix lira It is while the country’s imports of non-oil goods stood at A central bank that staked its reputation on a stable currency can happen if central bank independence is ignored.” $15.179 billion during the four-month time, with 4.05 percent has some tough advice for Turkey: Be bold to stem the lira crisis. The lira rallied on Tuesday and was up 5.7 percent as of fall from the figure of last year. “I’m convinced this downward spiral can be stopped,” 9:54 a.m. in Istanbul. The currency has dropped more than 40 Addressing the same press conference on Tuesday, TPO Head said Joachim Wuermeling, an executive board member at percent this year, making it the second worst global currency Mojtaba Khosrotaj put non-oil exports to the neighboring coun- Germany’s Bundesbank, which spent decades defending the after Venezuela’s bolivar. The depreciation has stoked an tries at $8.03 billion during the first four months of this year, Deutsche mark before the introduction of the euro. “There inflation rate that breached 15 percent last month, more than which indicates 34 percent growth from the figure of the same are classic instruments Turkey can use. But bold action is triple the official target. time span in the past year, IRIB reported. missing,” said Wuermeling, who helps supervise the region’s The Bloomberg banks index was up 0.5 percent as of 9:32 Iran has exported $47 billion of non-oil commodities in the largest banks. a.m. in Rome. Lenders with high exposure to Turkey such past calendar year and as the Deputy Industry, Mining and Trade Turkey is in turmoil as a face-off with the U.S. compounds as Italy’s UniCredit SpA and Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Minister Younes Sinaki predicted in mid-April, the figure will issues built up by years of growth-at-all-costs policies. Turkish Argentaria were among the biggest gainers. register $8 billion annual increase to stand at $55 billion in this President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has vowed the country won’t The European Central Bank has the option of crisis-proofing year, some $5 billion more than the figure anticipated by the use higher interest rates to bolster the currency and choke lenders by ordering them to increase reserves for risks, he TPO deputy head on Tuesday. consumer-price growth. The lira has lost about a quarter said. Wuermeling, who is a member of the ECB’s supervisory of its value against the dollar since the U.S. sanctioned two board, said it hasn’t yet seen the need to call an emergency government ministers, pushing the economy toward a full- bank bonds given the “tense” market environment and fallout meeting on Turkey. blown financial meltdown. from political risks, they said. In times of turmoil, supervisors generally ask banks about Bank of Japan’s split message Wuermeling said there’s no need to “over-dramatize” the Unorthodox approach their liquidity, their exposure to troubled markets and what continues to puzzle market risk that Turkey’s problems will infect the euro area. The While Turkey’s central bank raised borrowing costs to 17.75 collateral they hold. The Bundesbank doesn’t see a need to Bloomberg Europe Banks and Financial Services Index fell percent in June from 8 percent in April, it hasn’t tightened make “supervisory demands,” according to Wuermeling. While Two weeks after the Bank of Japan tweaked monetary policy, the 2.7 percent in the week through Monday, led by lenders with since. In a July 24 policy decision, the first since Erdogan the country’s banks, which have 20.8 billion euros ($23.7 market still struggles to read a seemingly divided central bank direct exposure to the country through their units there. Stocks won re-election along with sweeping new powers, officials billion) of risk tied to Turkey, none of the major European that has promised broader fluctuations in yields while also trying rallied Tuesday. Wuermeling said supervisors have the option bowed to political pressure to refrain from raising rates again. lenders with extensive operations in Turkey are German. to keep them ultralow. to order banks to hold more capital against Turkey assets. Erdogan holds some unorthodox economic views, notably On the monetary policy front, the Bundesbanker said he At a policy announcement on July 31, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko “A worsening of the situation in Turkey would put pressure that cheaper credit leads to slower inflation. doesn’t see any reason to put in place currency swap lines to Kuroda suggested a wider band between plus or minus 0.2 percent on profit at the banks,” analysts at Frankfurt-based DZ Bank AG “A country that relies on foreign creditors for half of its maintain Turkey’s access to euros. for yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds. The bank had wrote in an emailed report on Monday. “But the diversification financing needs can’t lastingly ignore the rules of global financial “It’s up to Turkish authorities to engage in confidence- previously kept the yield movements within plus or minus 0.1 of their businesses means that strain looks manageable.” markets without suffering damage,” Wuermeling said in an fostering measures to ensure creditors don’t withdraw their percent. (Source: Nikkei) Investors should still take “defensive” positions on European interview in Frankfurt Monday. “Turkey shows the bad that money,” he said. (Source: Bloomberg) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2018 ENERGYADVERTISEMENT 5

Oil edges up on Saudi output U.S. dollar strength could soon become an ‘unbearable burden’ cut and Iran sanctions on the oil market, analyst says The prospect of continued strength in the U.S. dollar over the com- Oil prices rose on Tuesday after Saudi million bpd next year, 30,000 bpd more ing months should constitute an even greater concern to bullish oil Arabia said it had cut production in July, than forecast last month, with much of traders than an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest though concerns over a slowdown in global the increase coming from new U.S. shale economies, an analyst told CNBC on Monday. economic growth kept a lid on markets. production. Investors are currently seen weighing bullish factors that include Benchmark Brent crude oil was up 50 U.S. oil output from seven major shale potential supply disruptions to Iranian crude exports against more cents at $73.11 a barrel by 0855 GMT. basins is expected to rise 93,000 bpd in bearish indicators, such as broad greenback strength and a ramp-up U.S. light crude gained 55 cents to $67.75. September to 7.52 million bpd, the U.S. in production by OPEC and its allied partners. Saudi Arabia told the Organization of Energy Information Administration (EIA) “There are lots of variables in the oil market, the most impor- the Petroleum Exporting Countries that said in a monthly report on Monday. tant of which is Iran. If 1 million barrels per day or more of Iranian it had reduced crude output by 200,000 Global oil demand is also rising, but exports go AWOL, the current fragile supply-demand balance will barrels per day (bpd) to 10.29 million not as fast as supply. be upended — potentially sending oil prices above the May peak,” bpd in July. The OPEC report said it expected world Tamas Varga, senior analyst at PVM oil associates, said in a research OPEC itself, using secondary sources, oil demand to grow by 1.43 million bpd in note published Monday. estimated in a report published on Monday 2019, down from 1.64 million bpd in 2018. “The most obvious thing that could change this bullish view is that Saudi production was at a slightly OPEC said the demand slowdown not the U.S.-China trade war, but the strong dollar that, if (it) lasts, higher level of 10.39 million bpd last month. would come on the back of potentially will put (an) almost unbearable burden on consuming countries,” But both figures suggest the kingdom, lower economic growth as a result of trade he added. de facto leader of OPEC, is keen to avoid a disputes between the United States and International benchmark Brent crude traded at around $72.80 repeat of a global glut that has depressed China as well as turmoil in emerging on Friday morning, little changed from the previous session, while prices over the past few years. markets. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) stood at $67.43, down around “We do not think that Saudi Arabia is China’s economy is showing further 0.3 percent. interested in seeing Brent crude below $70 signs of cooling as the United States Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar climbed to a 13-month high against a a barrel,” said SEB commodities analyst prepares to impose even tougher trade basket of six major currencies on Monday, amid renewed financial Bjarne Schieldrop. tariffs, with investment in the first seven turmoil in Turkey. The greenback edged around 0.1 percent higher Saudi Arabia is OPEC’s biggest producer of expected export declines from Iran as particularly the United States, is rising months of the year slowing to a record low during early afternoon deals, trading at 96.460 against major peers. and the only major exporter that can easily the United States re-imposes sanctions quickly, limiting demand for OPEC oil. and retail sales softening, data showed Typically, crude futures trade inversely to the greenback. A stronger adjust output to balance global supply. on Tehran’s oil industry. OPEC expects oil supply by countries on Tuesday. dollar makes oil more expensive to much of the world, so oil prices The lower Saudi output comes at a time But output from non-OPEC countries, outside the cartel to increase by 2.13 (Source: Reuters) tend to fall as the dollar rises. To be sure, recent strength in the U.S. currency has fueled a cautious mood in oil markets. Yet, bullish sentiment found some OPEC revises down global oil demand growth estimate support from expectations that looming U.S. sanctions against Iran OPEC revised slightly down on Monday its estimates for according to OPEC. could significantly hamper its crude exports. global oil demand growth in 2018 and 2019, while it revised Referring to non-OPEC oil supply, OPEC revised up “It feels like self-harm at the moment in the oil market,” Paul up—for yet another month—its forecast for non-OPEC its forecast for 2018 by 73,000 bpd from the previous Hickin, EMEA oil analyst at S&P Global Platts, told CNBC’s “Squawk supply growth. MOMR to 59.62 million bpd this year, an increase of 2.08 Box Europe” on Monday. In its Monthly Oil Market Report published on Monday, million bpd year-on-year, mostly due to higher-than- “With these risks from sanctions, from the escalating trade war OPEC revised down its oil demand growth forecast for forecast Chinese supply. For 2019, the United States, Brazil, with China and even from smaller local things like with Turkey, it 2018 by 20,000 bpd from the previous month’s projection Canada, the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, Australia, and all feeds into a risk to the demand picture further out,” he added. and now sees the world demand for oil increasing by 1.64 Malaysia will be the main growth drivers, while Mexico Iran sanctions million bpd, due to weaker-than-anticipated demand in and Norway are expected to see the largest declines, OPEC The U.S. started reinstating sanctions against Tehran last week, Latin America and the Middle East in the second quarter. said, but noted that “the 2019 forecast is subject to many with a second set of potentially more damaging measures due to Total global oil demand is expected to reach 98.83 million uncertainties.” follow in early November. Iran is OPEC’s third-largest oil producer bpd this year, OPEC’s latest estimates show. For 2019, “However, if any unexpected supply outages should — behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq — and currently pumps around global oil demand growth is expected to slow down from occur due to natural disasters/technical shortcomings and 3.65 million barrels per day, according to Reuters data. 2018, with growth forecast at 1.43 million bpd, some these coincide with any geopolitical supply disruption, The last time Iran was sanctioned, about half its current oil ex- 20,000 bpd lower than OPEC’s prediction last month. Next it could bring the market into an imbalanced situation,” ports of some 2.4 million barrels were removed from the market. year, total world oil consumption is anticipated to cross the cartel warned. disruptions at a time, OPEC cautioned that its current However, this time around, many energy analysts believe sanctions the 100-million-bpd mark and reach 100.26 million bpd. “Furthermore, investment has not yet returned to the projections for the global economy are based on “no will remove far less, maybe around half the prior amount. In 2019, the Americas will be the key OECD demand levels seen prior to the price crash of 2014,” OPEC said. significant rise in trade tariffs” and the assumption that On Friday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned the growth driver, while China and India will see the highest Apart from warning about insufficient investments “current disputes will be resolved soon.” energy market outlook could become “far less calm” as U.S.-imposed oil demand growth levels among non-OECD countries, and a much tighter oil market in case of several supply (Source: oilprice.com) oil sanctions against Iran take effect. (Source: CNBC) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 6 INTERNATIONAL AUGUST 15, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s diplomacy Watch out Trump, China is taking has costs Africa from under your nose By Bruce Riedel By David A. Andelman chief efecutive of DP World, told me in an interview. “But as soon as the Chinese moved Since the ascension to the throne of King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Look out Donald Trump, while you’re not in, of course, the Chinese basically loaned Al Saud in 2015 and the rise of his son Mohammed bin Salman watching, China is quietly stealing a continent them more than what they needed — to the first as defense minister and then as crown prince, the kingdom’s from you. And India may not be far behind. point there the government became helpless.” foreign policy has faced difficult choices in a fraught region. With Currently, the battle for supremacy on the rare exceptions the Saudis have lurched from one poor decision African continent is being fought out between China has failed to take any note of this, to the next; the Canada caper is the latest. The erratic diplomacy the leaders of Asia’s two superpowers -- China while the Djibouti government has said it was is hurting the kingdom. and India -- and, for the most part, the United simply rewriting the terms of its contract with The first tough decision of the new leadership is still their worst, States is nowhere to be seen. DP. The London Arbitration Court disagreed to intervene in the Yemeni civil war. The Zaydi Shiite Houthis Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian and termed it an outright seizure. were on the doorstep of taking Aden, the last major city out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi all but tripped Sultan Sulayem paused and continued, their control. Operation Decisive Storm turned into the world’s over each other last month crisscrossing the “What is killing Africa is the infrastructure worst humanitarian catastrophe of our times. The Saudi bombing continent on personal goodwill visits. is collapsing and the only way to improve it of a school bus this week is symptomatic of the Saudi coalition’s is through public-private partnerships. And difficulties in avoiding civilian casualties in launching airstrikes Meanwhile, the President of the African now, after Djibouti, who is going to invest?” against targets in a poor, backward country. Development Bank had to come hat in hand to Djibouti is hardly the only African nation Two American presidents have colluded in the war, providing Washington, where, a source with knowledge to be seduced by what would appear to be political and military support for the Saudi coalition — a black mark of the situation told me, all he got to see were easy Chinese money that will be difficult if on our country. So has the United Kingdom. The war has no end in some officials in the Treasury Department not impossible to repay without selling its sight, and the total collapse of the poorest nation in the Arab world President Trump has still not visited the patrimony of raw materials at wholesale is an increasingly likely outcome, according to the United Nations. continent and has not announced plans to prices, thereby holding them hostage to or The blockade of Qatar was also intended to produce a quick Saudi do so. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold their joint press tying them ever closer to the Chinese sphere. victory. The Qatari emir was excommunicated from Wahhabism Why should we care? China and India care conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. Nigeria agreed to a three-year $2.5 billion and was then to be deposed. As in Yemen, the Saudi leadership deeply. After all, Africa is home to Nigeria currency swap to boost its reserves with the had no concept of how to implement its decision; Riyadh and its -- poised to become the world’s third most understanding that the yuan would become allies had a goal but no serious scheme to achieve it. Some reliable populous country and all the challenges that As China and the U.S. are embarking on a a Nigerian reserve currency. evidence suggest that they were planning a military invasion of poses in terms of more jobs for an increas- virulent trans-Pacific trade war, China is The African Development Bank, Adesina Qatar but U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson vetoed the plan ingly youthful population, not to mention told me, has a number of programs designed (probably without President Donald Trump’s knowledge). food and infrastructure. embedding itself in country after country to stem this drift away from western-style The Saudis ended up in open-ended and expensive quagmires in But it’s also where critical, strategically across Africa. capitalism. But China’s commitments may Yemen and Qatar with no strategy to achieve success. Fortunately for essential minerals including lanthanum, be simply too large and too seductive. Riyadh, the usual leader of the international community, America, cerium and neodymium, essential for the Public debt in sub-Saharan Africa has through which some 12.5% to 20% of global The U.S. has few such profound ties to under Trump is largely oblivious to the damage done. The palace’s electric cars of the future, are located. soared from 28.5% of gross domestic product trade passes annually. Africa. Yet it has become quite clear since biggest success has been in courting a president who does not care And as Akinwumi Adesina, the President in 2012 to 48% of GDP this year, according The U.S. maintains Camp Lemonnier the late years of the Obama administration about human rights, humanitarian catastrophes or regional stabil- of the African Development Bank, told me to the International Monetary Fund, mean- with 4,000 personnel stationed in what that Africa is where instability can quickly ity. The relationship was cemented by Trump’s visit to Riyadh last this week, “there are 400 million hectares of ing broad swaths of the continent must use the Navy describes as “the primary base of morph into direct attacks on American se- year and Prince Mohammed’s trip to the United States this year. A arable land in the savannas of Africa” that will large chunks of their output just to service operations for U.S. Africa Command in the curity. Al Qaeda and ISIS have discovered visit to Washington by the king is in the works. “determine the future of food in the world.” their debt. Horn of Africa.” vast new reservoirs and support in terms Congress, on the other hand, is turning against the kingdom, as Not surprisingly, Modi announced in All too often, pledged against this debt of manpower, funding and easy plunder in is the press and the public. Mohammed is increasingly seen as an an address to the Ugandan Parliament, the are the natural resources ranging from oil As it happens, the base is located not far several African nations. autocrat who can’t tolerate any dissent, rather than as a modernizer first by a serving Indian Prime Minister, that in Nigeria and Angola to rare minerals in from a massive new billion dollar Doraleh American troops have begun dying in opening up the country. Criticism and dissent is not tolerated, even India would be opening 18 new embassies, Congo and deeply important geo-strategic Container Terminal complex that includes terrorist incidents, most recently in Niger, if it is the dissenting opinion of women who fought for the right “deepen[ing] our partnership and engagement locations like Djibouti. roads and a hotel, in addition to the port, all where four U.S. soldiers died in an ambush to drive in the only country in the world that ever made driving a across the vast expanse of Africa.” At the same time, two-way trade between built by Dubai-based DP World, the mam- by ISIS. Yet American interests diverge quite gender-based issue. Xi came with an even grander proposal the U.S. and Africa has plummeted from moth owner and operator of ports and related dramatically from China’s in many corners of Indeed, the international business community has come to a -- membership in China’s mega development roughly $142 million in 2008 to $55 mil- facilities in more than 40 countries. Last year, this complex continent. China has little interest very different conclusion about the country’s policies, especially project: the Belt and Road initiative, initially lion last year, largely because the U.S. has China opened its first overseas military base in building strong, democratic institutions in the wake of Mohammed’s shakedown of his own people last involving development of massive land and become increasingly energy self-sufficient, right next door. and states. Its goal is to create dependencies fall to pay for his expensive adventures. Hundreds were detained trading corridors across Eurasia and extend- removing the need for African crude oil. On February 22, armed Djibouti troops, that will advance its own agenda of control without charge, and then forced to turn over their assets to the gov- ing its scope even more broadly. Already, Meanwhile, as China and the U.S. are em- without any warning, seized control of the DP and security. ernment. Foreign direct investment in the kingdom dropped 80% it has loaned some $94 billion to African barking on a virulent trans-Pacific trade war, World facility and claimed it for Djibouti’s So, it is long past time for Trump to pay from over $7 billion in 2016 governments and state-owned companies. China is embedding itself in country after government. more than lip service to Africa’s needs and to $1.4 billion in 2017, ac- The palace’s But these Chinese-led initiatives and this country across Africa. The London Court of International Ar- undertake a substantive visit to this region cording to the United push into Africa have only been accompanied Take Djibouti, the tiny nation barely the bitration ruled the seizure illegal. where he is losing a vast and potentially quite Nations, and down from biggest success by considerable peril and deep challenges size of Vermont, which occupies a strategic “Before the Chinese arrived, we had no deadly war. over $12 billion when King has been in to the United States and its interests there. corner of Africa overlooking the Gulf of Aden, problems here,” Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, (Source: CNN) Abdullah was still on the throne. Jordan and Oman courting a each attracted more foreign president investment last year than who does not Pakistan’s 72nd Independence Day celebrated in Tehran Saudi Arabia. The number care about INTERNATIONAL TEHRAN — Pakistan’s 72nd Independ- their pledge to serve their country with dedication. of companies also fell sig- deskence Day was celebrated in Tehran with The Ambassador said that Pakistan was moving on the nificantly. Concerns about human rights, traditional fervor. An impressive ceremony was held in this path of democracy and this is the third parliament being the rule of law and arbitrary humanitarian morning at the Residence of Ambassador of Pakistan in convened. Referring to the oath taking ceremony of the newly detention are also encour- which a large number of members of Pakistani community elected parliamentarians, she described it as a victory of aging capital flight. catastrophes or from all walks of life participated. the people of Pakistan. She said the participation of youth, Foreign investment is regional stability. The ceremony commenced with hoisting of the national women and minorities in the recent elections was high and crucial to Saudi Arabia’s flag by Ambassador Riffat Masood whilst the children from encouraging, which is a sign of continuation of democratic ambition to diversify the economy and create new cities; Vision Pakistan Embassy International School and College, Tehran process in the country. Referring to the scourge of terror- 2030 needs robust foreign investment. It was entirely predictable ism and extremism in the country during the past years, that the erratic policies of the royal palace would discourage inves- she said the anti-terrorism operations of Zarb e Azb and tors who value stability and predictability — open-ended wars and Radd ul Fassad launched by the armed forces have broken feuds do not encourage confidence in decision-making. the back of terrorists. She said the law and order situation The Saudi decision to expel the Canadian ambassador from in the country has also improved. Riyadh, freeze trade ties and withdraw 15,000 Saudis from Ca- The Ambassador said the people and the government nadian schools and hospitals in response to the Canadian foreign have joined hands for the progress and development of the minister protesting the detention of female critics is another poor country and several mega project are underway which would call by the Saudi leadership. Saudi flights to Canada was halted bring economic stability in Pakistan. Aug. 14. This is reckless. More Saudis than Canadians will have Referring to the Kashmir issue, the Ambassador said their lives disrupted. Pakistan will not leave the Kashmiri brothers alone and Riyadh is undoubtedly pleased by the weak response of Wash- would continue to stand with them extending full support ington to the Saudi moves; the administration has again shown in their just struggle to achieve self-determination. its total disregard for human rights. But the Saudis have gotten Saying that several posters have been placed on billboards little concrete support from their Arab allies in the Canada boycott. in Tehran and Mashhad with congratulatory message of Iran’s The most disturbing piece of the Saudi war on Canada is a tweet. It recited the national anthem. The messages of the honorable Supreme leader on the occasion of Pakistan’s Independence was quickly removed, but it raises profound questions about the President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Justice Day, the Ambassador described it as a sign of deep Pakistan- kingdom and its current leadership — questions Salman should (Rtd) Nasir-ul-Mulk were read out on this auspicious occasion. Iran friendship. A group of students from Pakistan Embassy very much want to avoid. The tweet, which was posted in English, Ambassador Riffat Masood, in her address, extended International School and College sung national songs. French and Arabic, showed a picture of a passenger plane descend- felicitations to members of the Pakistani community living The ceremony ended with prayer for peace and prosper- ing into Toronto and was accompanied by a threat against anyone in Iran on the Independence Day and urged them to renew ity of Pakistan. who criticizes the kingdom. The message was clear: Toronto will suffer a catastrophic ter- rorist attack like 9/11. It was also an implicit endorsement of the 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on America. The U.S. and Canadian Intelligence services ought to be seeking The Jordanian ‘No’ the answer to who posted such a threat. The press has linked the By Mohammed Abu Rumman to reset the terms of the Palestinian refugee in support of UNRWA in order to secure he believes that the UNRWA-Palestinian site involved to the royal palace but that is unconfirmed. The tim- issue in Israel’s favor,” said the report, “as alternative financial support that would refugee issue is one of the final status is- ing suggests that it was posted by parties in the know about what Jordan has barely emerged from one diplo- it did on another key issue in December, counter the political agenda behind the at- sues in the Palestinian cause along with the government was planning to do. The Saudi media is carefully matic battle in the aftermath of the Trump when Trump recognized Jerusalem as Is- tempts to eliminate the agency altogether. Jerusalem, Israel’s and Palestine’s borders, controlled by the palace. The quick withdrawal of the message administration’s decision to recognize Je- rael’s capital.” This means that the deal of The Hashemite Kingdom announced at the sovereignty and land. It is, indeed, a po- does not alter the fact that it was sent for a purpose — indeed that rusalem as the capital of Israel, before be- the century is in full swing with the influence time that countries pledged $100 million in litical issue before being a humanitarian, may have been the intention. ing engaged in another. This one is about of the powerful team in Washington, which donations, out of the $450 million needed financial or economic issue. Conspiracy theorists have long claimed that the Saudi govern- Washington’s attempt to abolish the United is focusing more on Israel’s interests than by UNRWA. The decision-makers in Amman view the ment was either deliberately blind to the al-Qaeda 9/11 plot, or, Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) the Israeli right-wing itself is. There are 122,000 students in Jordan UNRWA issue from this critical perspective worse, complicit in it. The evidence and multiple investigations by reducing and then eventually cancelling Perhaps these are the facts that prompted studying in UNRWA schools, and around and believe that, as much as it affects the do not support such theories. But they remain persistent and at U.S. donations to the agency, which make former Jordanian Prime Minister Taher Al- 7,000 people work in them. In light of Palestinian cause, it is also linked to Jordan’s least one points a finger at one of the king’s sons, who died under up 40 per cent of its total budget, both op- Masri to wonder indignantly, in response the current economic and financial situ- domestic situation at various levels. allegedly suspicious circumstances. That theory is laid out in a erational and emergency. to the leaks regarding the date of the deal’s ation in the Kingdom, it would be a huge Unfortunately, on the Arab side, Jordan book titled “Secrets of the Kingdom.” The Toronto photo tweet An important report published by Foreign proposal or postponement, what is actually burden to the state if the world were to is fighting the UNRWA battle on its own. The will only reinforce questions about Saudi behavior. Policy magazine, reveals Jared Kushner’s left of it. We can read the same gist in another abandon its responsibilities to fund the question remains that if the threat of stopping The entire spat is certain to further discourage investment in plan for UNRWA; it is he, you may recall, important article by Robert Fisk in Britain’s UN agency. U.S. support is ultimately in favor of Israel Saudi Arabia. It is very much like a similar tangle with Sweden last who oversees U.S. policy on the “deal of the Independent. We are facing hasty U.S. action However, what is more important to Jordan and the liquidation of the Palestinian cause, year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is standing strong in his posi- century”. The report contains serious leaks to end the final solution issues: Jerusalem, than all of this is that UNRWA is also an issue can’t the Arabs, at the very least, say, “We will tion, as he should. He should go further and suspend Canada’s $12 about the administration’s real intentions refugees and even the Jewish identity of of the Kingdom’s national security, according offer ourselves as the full financial alterna- billion arms deal for infantry fighting vehicles with the kingdom behind its position; as stated clearly, the Israel, as resolved by its recently approved to a senior Jordanian official. This was told to tive to support the Palestinian refugees, as a until the war in Yemen ends. That would get the Saudis’ atten- U.S. wants to strip millions of Palestinian Nation State Law. the Americans very clearly when they offered form of a strong Arab power card, which we tion. America should stand with its friend and ally and suspend its of their refugee status. A large number of Jordan has been aware of the dimensions Jordan direct U.S. aid as an alternative to will lose in the event that Kushner’s project own arms supplies to the kingdom until it stops the war. them are in Jordan. of what is happening, and about five months UNRWA. Jordan said, “No.” is implemented?” (Source: Al Monitor) “The Trump administration appears ready ago rushed to prepare the Rome Conference King Abdullah’s position was clear: (Source: Middle East Eye) I NI TN ET RE RN NA AT TI OI O N N A AL L D D A A I I LL YY AUGUST AUGUST15, 2018 15, 2018 ANALYSISANALYSIS & &INTERVIEW INTERVIEW 77 Why Trump cancelled Iran Deal

By Eric Zuesse his bringing another member (Ukraine) any rapprochement with Russia — and, into the EU (which still hasn’t yet been therefore, they smear Trump for anything The following is entirely from open online culminated). he might try to do along those lines. sources that I have been finding to be Trump is instead building on his Both Obama and Trump have been trustworthy on these matters in the past. alliance with King Saud and the other aiming to extend America’s aristocracy’s These sources will be linked-to here; none GCC monarchs, a group who can more dominance around the world, but they of this information is secret, even though directly cooperate to control the value employ different strategies toward that some details in my resulting analysis of of the U.S. dollar than the EU can. Fur- politically bipartisan American-aristo- it will be entirely new. thermore, both conservative (including cratic objective: the U.S. Government’s It explains how and why the bot- Orthodox) Jews in the United States, global control, for the benefit of the U.S. tom-line difference between Donald and also white evangelical Protestants aristocracy, at everyone else’s expense. Trump and Barack Obama, regarding in the U.S., are strongly supportive of Obama and Trump were placed into the U.S. national security policies, turns out Israel, which likewise sides with the Arab White House by different groups of U.S. to be their different respective estima- oil monarchs against Iran and its allies. billionaires, and each nominee serves tions of the biggest danger threatening Trump needs these people’s votes. his/her respective sponsors, no public the maintenance of the U.S. dollar as the Trump also sides with the Sauds against anywhere — not even their voters’ welfare. world’s leading or reserve currency. This Canada. That’s a matter which the theorists An analogous example is that, whereas has been the overriding foreign-policy who assert that Israel controls the U.S., Fox News, Forbes, National Review, The concern for both Presidents. instead of that the Sauds (allied with Amer- Weekly Standard, American Spectator, Obama placed as being the top threat ica’s and Israel’s billionaires) control the Wall Street Journal, Investors Business to the dollar, a breakaway of the EU U.S., ignore; they ignore whatever doesn’t Daily, Breitbart News, InfoWars, Reu- (America’s largest market both for exports fit their theory. Of course, a lot doesn’t fit ters, and AP, are propagandists for the and for imports) from alliance with the their theory (which equates “Jews” with Republican Party; NPR, CNN, NBC, CBS, United States. He was internationally “Israelis” and alleges that “they” control ABC, Mother Jones, The Atlantic, The a Europhile. Trump, however, places the world), but people whose prejudices are New Republic, New Yorker, New York as being the top threat to the dollar, a that deep-seated, can’t be reached by any Magazine, New York Times, Washington breakaway of Saudi Arabia and of the facts which contradict their self-defining Post, USA Today, Huffington Post, The other Gulf Arab oil monarchies from the prejudice. Since it defines themselves, it’s Daily Beast, and Salon, are propagandists United States. Trump is internationally a part of them, and they can never deny it, for the Democratic Party; but, they all a Sunni-phile: specifically a protector of because to do so would be to deny who and draw their chief sponsors from the same fundamentalist Sunni monarchs — but what they are, and they refuse to change small list of donors who are America’s especially of the Sauds themselves — and that. The Sauds control the dollar; Israel billionaires, since these few people con- they hate Shia and especially the main does not, but Israel does the lobbying, trol the top advertisers, investors, and Shia nation, Iran. and both the Sauds and Israel want Iran charities, and thus control nearly all Here’s how that change, to Saudi Ara- had started at Bretton Woods in 1944. Arabia (he’s Saudi-Israeli centric against scenario war-gamed by the Pentagon destroyed. Trump gets this pressure not of the nation’s propaganda. The same bia as being America’s main ally, has It came crashing to an end not in 1974 Iran) — that’s the world’s largest weap- would be “the destruction of oil wells only from the billionaires but from his people who control the Government happened — actually it’s a culmination (which was step two after the 1971 step ons-purchaser, as well as the world’s in the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council]. voters. control the public; but, America isn’t of decades. Trump is merely the latest one had ended the 1944 system) but on largest producer of oil (as well as the The Strait of Hormuz does not have to And, of course, Democratic Party bil- a one-Party dictatorship. America is, part of that process of change. Here is the day when Ronald Reagan entered largest lobbies). be blocked, as destroying the oil wells lionaires push the narrative that Russia instead, a multi-Party dictatorship. And from the U.S. State Department’s offi- the White House in 1981. The shockingly The Saudi King owns Saudi Arabia, would be far more effective.” controls America. It used to be the Repub- this is how it functions. cial historian, regarding this history: sudden ascent, from that moment on, including the world’s largest and most And what the potential loss of over lican Joseph R. McCarthy’s accusation, Trump cancelled the Iran deal be- By the 1960s, a surplus of U.S. dollars of U.S. federal Government debt (to be valuable oil company, Aramco, whose oil 20% of the world’s oil supply would mean that the “commies” had “infiltrated”, cause a different group of billionaires caused by foreign aid, military spend- paid-off by future generations instead is the “sweetest” — the least expensive to is terrifying; the implosion, with unfore- especially at the State Department. So: are now in control of the White House, ing, and foreign investment threatened of by current taxpayers) is shown, right extract and refine — and is also the most seen consequences, of the quadrillion Trump kicked out Russia’s diplomats, and of the rest of the U.S. Government. this system [the FDR-established 1944 here, in a graph of “U.S. Federal Debt as abundant, in all of the world, and so he derivatives pyramid, and consequentially to satisfy those neocons — the neocon- Trump’s group demonize especially Bretton Woods gold-based U.S. dollar Percent of GDP, 1940-2015”, where you can sell petroleum at a profit even when [consequently] of the entire Western servatives of all Parties and persuasions, Iran; Obama’s group demonize espe- as the world’s reserve currency], as the can see that the debt had peaked above his competitors cannot. Oil-prices that financial casino superstructure. both conservative and liberal. cially Russia. That’s it, short. That’s United States did not have enough gold to 90% of GDP late in WW II between 1944- are so low as to cause economic losses for In other words: it’s not the ‘threat’ To satisfy the Sauds, despite the EU, America’s aristocratic tug-of-war; but cover the volume of dollars in worldwide 1948, and then plunged during Bretton other oil companies, can still be generat- that perhaps, some day, Iran will have Trump has dumped the Iran deal. And both sides of it are for invasion, and for circulation at the rate of $35 per ounce; Woods, but in 1981 it started ascending ing profits — albeit lowered ones — for nuclear warheads, that is actually driv- he did it also to satisfy Israel, the main war. Thus, we’re in the condition of as a result, the dollar was overvalued. yet again, until reaching that WW II King Saud; and this is the reason why his ing Trump’s concern here (despite what U.S. lobbyists for the Sauds. (Americans ‘permanent war for permanent peace’ Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon peak for a second time, as it has been decisions determine how much the global Israel’s concerns are about that matter), are far more sympathetic to Jews than — to satisfy the military contractors B. Johnson adopted a series of measures ever since 2010, when Obama bailed-out oil-spigot will be turned on, and how low but instead, it is his concerns about Iran’s to Arabs; the Sauds are aware of this; and the billionaires who control them. to support the dollar and sustain Bretton the mega-banks and their mega-clients, the global oil-price will be, at any given missiles, which constitute the deliv- Israel handles their front-office.) For Any U.S. President who would resist Woods: foreign investment disincentives; but didn’t bail out the American public, time. He controls the value of the U.S. ery-system for any Iranian warheads: Trump, the Sauds are higher priority that, would invite assassination; but, restrictions on foreign lending; efforts whose finances had been destroyed by dollar. He controls it far more directly, that their flight-range be short enough than Europe; even Israel (who are an perhaps in Trump’s case, impeachment, to stem the official outflow of dollars; those banksters’ frauds, which Obama and far more effectively, than the EU can. so that the Sauds will be outside their expense instead of a moneybag for the or other removal-from-office, would be international monetary reform; and co- refused to prosecute; and, so, econom- It would be like, under the old FDR-era range. (The main way Iran intends to U.S. Government) are higher priority likelier. In any case, the sponsors need operation with other countries. Nothing ic inequality in America got even more Bretton Woods system, controlling the respond to an invasion backed by the than Europe. Both the Sauds and Israel to be satisfied — or else — and Trump worked. Meanwhile, traders in foreign extreme after the 2008 George W. Bush exchange-rates of the dollar, by raising U.S., is to attack Saudi Arabia — Iran’s together are vastly higher. And the Sauds knows this. exchange markets, believing that the crash, instead of less extreme afterward or lowering the amount of gold produced. leaders know that the U.S. Government alone are higher priority for Trump than Trump is doing what he thinks he has dollar’s overvaluation would one day (as had always happened in the past). But this is liquid gold, and King Saud de- is more dependent upon the Sauds than are even Canada and Europe combined. to be doing, for his own safety. He’s just compel the U.S. government to devalue Above 90% debt/GDP during and im- termines its price. upon Israel — so, Iran’s top targets would Under Trump, anything will be done a figurehead for a different faction of the it, proved increasingly inclined to sell mediately following WW II was sound Furthermore, King Saud also leads be Saudi capital Riyadh, and also the in order to keep the Sauds and their U.S. aristocracy, than Obama was. He’s dollars. This resulted in periodic runs policy, but America’s going again above the Gulf Cooperation Council of all other Ghawar oil field, which holds over half proxy-lobbyists (Israel) ‘on America’s doing what he thinks he needs to be doing, on the dollar. 90% since 2010 has reflected simply an Arab oil monarchs, such as those who of Saudi oil. If U.S. bases have been used side’. for his survival. Political leadership is an It was just such a run on the dollar, aristocratic heist of America, for only the own UAE — all of them are likewise U.S. in the invasion, then all U.S. bases in Consequently, Trump’s political base extremely dangerous business. Trump along with mounting evidence that the aristocracy’s benefit — all of the benefits allies and major weapons-buyers. the Middle East are also be within the is mainly against Iran and for Israel, is playing a slightly different game of it overvalued dollar was undermining the going only to the super-rich. In an extraordinarily fine recent arti- range of Iran’s missiles and therefore but Obama’s was mainly against Russia than Obama did, because he represents a nation’s foreign trading position, which Another, and more-current U.S. cle by Pepe Escobar at Asia Times, “Oil would also probably be targeted.) and for the EU. Obama’s Democratic different faction than Obama did. These prompted President Richard M. Nixon graph shows that, as of the first quarter and gas geopolitics: no shelter from the Obama’s deal with Iran had focused Party still are controlled by the same two factions of the U.S. aristocracy are of 2018, this percentage (debt/GDP) is, storm”, he quotes from his not-for-attri- solely upon preventing Iran from de- to act, on August 13, 1971 [to end the billionaires as before; and, so, Democrats also now battling each other for political convertibility of dollars to gold]. yet again, back now to its previous all-time bution interviews with “EU diplomats,” veloping nuclear warheads — which continue demonizing Russia, and are control over Europe. When Nixon ended the gold-basis record high of 105-120%%, which had and reports: Obama perhaps thought (mistakenly) trying to make as impossible as they can, (Source: Modern Diplomacy) of the dollar and then in 1974 secretly been reached only in 1945-1947 (when After the Trump administration’s uni- would dampen Israel’s (and its billionaire switched to the current oil-basis, this it was justified by the war). lateral pull-out from the Iran nuclear U.S. financial backers’) ardor for the transformation of the dollar’s backing, Currently, companies such as Lock- deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive U.S. to conquer Iran. Israel had pub- First Announcement Permit No. 1397.2258 from gold to oil, was intended to enable heed Martin are thriving as they had done Plan of Action (JCPOA), European Union licly said that their concern was Iran’s 1397/2258 the debt-financing (as opposed to the during WW II, but the sheer corruption diplomats in Brussels, off the record, possibility to become a nuclear power tax-financing, which is less acceptable to in America’s military spending is this and still in shock, admit that they blun- like Israel became; those possible future voters) of whatever military expenditure time the reason, no World War (yet); so, dered by not “configuring the eurozone warheads were supposed to be the issue; N.I.S.O.C would be necessary in order to satisfy the this time, America is spending like in an as distinct and separate to the dollar but, apparently, that wasn’t actually the N.I.S.O.C profit-needs of Lockheed Corporation and all-out-war situation, even before the hegemony”. Now they may be made to issue which really drove Israel. Obama NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OILFIELDS COMPANY of the other U.S. manufacturers whose Congress has issued any declaration of pay the price of their impotence via their seems to have thought that it was, but it AHVAZ-IRAN war at all. Everybody except the American “outlawed” trade with Iran. … wasn’t, actually. Israel, like the Sauds, only markets are the U.S. Government NATIONALTENDER IRANIAN SOUTH NO. :OILFIELDS 01-31-9646010 COMPANY AHVAZ-IRAN and its allied governments, as well as of public knows that the intense corrupt- As admitted, never on the record, by want Iran conquered. Simple. The nu-

U.S. extractive industries such as oil and ness of the U.S. military is the reason for experts in Brussels; the EU has got to clear matter was more an excuse than mining firms, which rely heavily upon this restoration of astronomical ‘defense’ reevaluate its strategic alliance with an an explanation. National Iranian South OilfieldsTENDER NO. : 01 -31Company(NISOC)-9646010 intends access to foreign natural resources, as spending, even during peace-time. A essentially energy independent US, as With Trump now in the White House, to purchase the following goods well as of Wall Street and its need for major poll even showed that ‘defense’ “we are risking all our energy resources overwhelmingly by money from the Is- selling debt and keeping interest-rates spending was the only spending by the over their Halford Mackinder geopolitical rael lobbies (proxies also for the Sauds) Items Material Description Quantity down (and stock-prices — and therefore federal Government which Americans analysis that they must break up [the — and with no equivalently organized aristocrats’ wealth — high and rising). in 2017 wanted increased; they wanted alliance between] Russia and China.” Jewish opposition to the pro-Israel lob- 9 P/F"COOPER-BESSEMER" CENTRIFUGAL GAS COMPRESSOR TYPE: RB7-6B, 255 This 1974 secret agreement between all other federal spending to be reduced That’s a direct reference to the late bies (and so in the United States, for RB6-5B & RB4-2B REF. COOPER-BESSEMER Nixon and King Saud lasts to the pres- (though there was actually vastly more Mackinder epigone Zbigniew “Grand a person to be anti-Israel is viewed as ent day, and has worked well for both corruption in military spending than in Chessboard” Brzezinski, who died dream- being anti-Semitic, which is not at all Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested aristocracies. It met the needs of the any other type — the public have simply ing of turning China against Russia. true, but Israel’s lies say it’s true and National Iranian South Oilfields Company(NISOC) intends to purchase the following goods very same “military-industrial complex” been hoodwinked). In Brussels, there’s increased recog- many Americans unfortunately believe to send their “ Intention To participate” Letter via fax to the following (the big U.S. Government contractors) But can the U.S. Government’s ex- nition that US pressure on Iran, Russia it) — Trump has not only the Sauds and number, not later than 14 days after the second announcement. that the prior Republican President, treme misallocation of wealth, from the and China is out of geopolitical fear the their allies requiring him to be against Vendors who intend to participate in aforesaid tenders are requested to send their " Intention To participate" Letter via Dwight Eisenhower, had warned might public to the insiders, continue without entire Eurasian land mass, organized Iran and its allies, but he has also got The applicants fax to theshould following number have, not relevant later than 14 daysbackground after the second announcementin supplying. the take control of U.S. foreign policies. As turning this country into a much bigger as a super-trading bloc via the Belt this pressure coming from Israel: both requiredThe applicants goods should have and relevant capability background in to supplying provide the required and goods submit and capability a bid to bondprovide and of submit 9, a Bloomberg’s Andrea Wong on 30 May version of today’s Greece? More and more and Road Initiative (BRI), the Eurasia the Big-Oil and the Jewish lobbies drive bid bond of 9, 876 EURO or 509,526,152, RIAL, in favor of NISOC. people around the world are worrying Economic Union (EAEU), the Shanghai him. Unlike Obama, who wasn’t as in- 876 EURO or 509,526,152, RIAL, in favor of NISOC. 2016 explained the Nixon system that Iranian vendors shall submit their resume according to Quality Assessment Forms, available at: about that. Of course, Greece didn’t Cooperation Organization (SCO), [and] debted to the Jewish lobbies, Trump replaced the FDR system, “The basic Iranian vendors shall submit www.nisoc.irtheir resume according to Quality framework was strikingly simple. The have the world’s reserve currency, but the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank needs to walk the plank for both the U.S. would buy oil from Saudi Arabia what would happen to the net worths (AIIB), is slipping away from Washing- Sauds and Israel. Assessment Forms, FOREIGN available PURCHASING at: www.nisoc.ir DEPARTMENT Bldg. No. 104, Material Procurement Management Complex and provide the kingdom military aid of America’s billionaires if billionaires ton’s influence. In other words: Trump aims to keep and equipment. In return, the Saudis worldwide were to lose faith in the dol- This analysis gets closer to how the the dollar as the reserve currency by Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam (New Site), Ahvaz, Iran would plow billions of their petrodollar lar? Consequently, there’s intensified three key nodes of 21st century Eurasia suppressing not only China but also the FOREIGN Tel. No.: 061 PURCHASING 341 23455 Fax No.: 061 DEPARTMENT 3445 7437 revenue back into Treasuries and finance Presidential worrying about how much integration – Russia, China and Iran – two main competitors of King Saud: Iran Bldg. No. 104, Material Procurement Management Complex America’s spending.” longer foreign investors will continue have identified the key issue; both the and Russia. That’s why America’s main This new system didn’t only supply a to trust the oil-based dollar. euro and the yuan must bypass the pet- ‘enemies’ now are those three countries Kouy-e-Fadaeian Islam Public (New Relations Site), Ahvaz, Iran constant flow of Saudi tax-money to the America’s political class now have rodollar, the ideal means, as the Chinese and their respective allies. Tel. No.: 061 341 23455WWW. Faxshana .No.:ir 061 3445 7437 U.S. Government; it supplied a constant two competing ideas to deal with this stress, to “end the oscillation between Obama was likewise targeting them, flow of new sales-orders and profits to danger, Obama’s versus Trump’s, both strong and weak dollar cycles, which but in a different priority-order, with Publicwww.nisoc.ir Relations the military firms that were increasingly being about how to preserve the dollar has been so profitable for US financial Russia being the main one (thus Oba- coming to control the U.S. Government in a way that best serves the needs of institutions, but lethal to emerging ma’s takeover of Ukraine in February www.shana.irhttp://iets.mporg.ir — for the benefit of both aristocracies: ‘defense’ contractors, extractive firms, markets.” … 2014 turning it against Russia, next www.nisoc.ir تهران تایمز : نوبت اول 24/5/97 نوبت دوم the Sauds, and America’s billionaires. and Wall Street. Obama chose Europe It’s also no secret among Persian Gulf door); and that difference was due to 97/5/27 That was near the end of the FDR-pro- (America’s largest market) as America’s traders that in the – hopefully unlike- Obama’s desire to be favorably viewed http://iets.mporg.ir duced 37-year period of U.S. democrat- chief ally (he was Euro-centric against ly – event of a US-Saudi-Israeli war by the residents in America’s biggest روزنامه : تهران تایمز نوبت اول 24/5/97 نوبت دوم :ic leadership of the world, the era that Russia); Trump chose the owner of Saudi in Southwest Asia against Iran, a real export and import market, the EU, and so 97/5/27

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Big data enables algorithm that predicts New technique treats prostate cancer in just five risk of developing deadly diseases radiotherapy sessions A new kind of genome analysis has been de- scores developed the disease. A new clinical trial shows the benefits of an innovative form veloped that is claimed to be able to combine The researchers do note the current system of radiation therapy, which delivers the radiation in only five a large volume of different genetic variants has limitations that will need to be resolved sessions instead of the usual 37. into a single polygenic risk score that can before any kind of broader implementation. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimate that prostate determine how likely a person is to develop The current study was only using UK Biobank cancer affects over 160,000 people in the United States. In 2018, a number of common diseases, including data composed mostly of people with Euro- almost 30,000 people will die from the disease. coronary artery disease and inflammatory pean ancestry, so if algorithms were more As with most forms of cancer, treatment options range from bowel disease. It’s hoped the tool can identify widely applied they will need to be optimized surgery to radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy. people at high risk of developing a disease, for other geographical and ethnic groups Usually, radiotherapy involves 37 sessions. That said, a new even when they don’t exhibit warning signs. with much more data. clinical trial tests a radical form of radiotherapy that could reduce It seems that not a day goes by without “Ultimately, this is a new type of genetic that number down to just five. the discovery of yet another gene that is risk factor,” says Kathiresan. “We envision The trial examined the effects of stereotactic ablative radi- somewhat responsible for a certain disease polygenic risk scores as a way to identify otherapy (SABR), a highly targeted form of radiotherapy that hitting the headlines. However, the hurdle in people at high or low risk for a disease, uses several beams of radiation at once. implementing these discoveries into clinical perhaps as early as birth, and then use that The beams intersect at the tumor, delivering a high dose of applications is that the majority of diseases information to target interventions – either radiation to the malignancy but a very low dose to the surround- are polygenic in nature. This means that it lifestyle modifications or treatments – to ing healthy tissue. rarely comes down to a single gene significantly prevent disease. For heart attack, I foresee However, SABR may have some side effects, including tiredness, increasing a person’s risk for developing a that each patient will have the opportunity itchy or dry skin, and soreness or swelling where the treatment certain disease, but is rather a combination to know his or her polygenic risk number was applied. In the case of prostate cancer, radiation therapy may of a large number of variants all coalescing in the near future, similar to way they can cause urinary problems, bowel problems, and even impotence. to signal a meaningful risk. know their cholesterol number right now.” In the new trial, however, the participants also benefited from A large research team of scientists from While the researchers do suggest this SpaceOAR, which is a hydrogel previously shown to minimize the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, approach should be considered as some- the side effects of radiation therapy in prostate cancer. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), thing potentially implemented into future The trial was jointly led by Suneil Jain, a clinical senior lecturer at and Harvard Medical School, has now de- clinical contexts, there are undoubtedly Queen’s University in Belfast, United Kingdom, together with Ciaran veloped a computational algorithm that can a huge amount of legal and ethical issues Fairmichael, a clinical research fellow also at Queen’s University. calculate a single polygenic risk score based that would need to be resolved before GPs The researchers published the results of the trial in the British on a variety of small genetic variants. This could safely deliver polygenic risk scores to Journal of Radiology. risk score is produced by compiling a massive patients. Alongside the general concern often Spacer improves high-dose treatment number of small variants across an individual raised with genetic risk scores triggering SpaceOAR is a minimally invasive hydrogel rectal spacer. Co- genome and reducing this mass of data into undue anxiety when patients are delivered lead researcher Fairmichael explains, “One of the complications a single number that represents a person’s these kinds of results, security is also a from using radiotherapy is the potential damage that can be risk factor for developing certain diseases. profoundly important factor. It isn’t hard inflicted on neighboring tissues.” “We’ve known for long time that there to imagine medical insurers being keen to “In this trial,” he adds, “we are evaluating the performance of are people out there at high risk for disease get their hands on polygenic risk scores so the SpaceOAR hydrogel which is inserted between the prostate based just on their overall genetic variation,” insurance premiums can be personalized gland and the rectum of the patient.” explains Sekar Kathiresan, senior author A new kind of genome analysis has been based on how likely a person may be to “This creates a greater distance between the prostate tumor on the new research. “Now, we’re able to develop certain diseases. and other tissues, which allows us to concentrate the radiother- measure that risk using genomic data in developed that is claimed to be able to Ultimately this research is a compelling apy dosage provided to the tumor and thus reducing the chance a meaningful way. From a public health combine a large volume of different genetic display of how big data can be crunched of radiation harming other tissues close to the tumor such as perspective, we need to identify these high- variants into a single polygenic risk score by modern computing technologies to the bowel.” er-risk segments of the population so we generate results we could never have The trial tested the tolerability and toxicity of inserting this can provide appropriate care.” that can determine how likely a person is to dreamed of just one or two decades ago. spacer in six people living with prostate cancer. The researchers The research initially focused on devel- develop a number of common diseases. As these algorithms crunch more and more used computed tomography (CT) scans to plan the insertion, oping algorithms for tracking five common numbers they will inevitably increase their delivered local anesthetic, and used CT scans again to assess the but serious diseases: coronary artery disease, genome. The dataset in the study encom- artery disease just based on genetic vari- accuracy, meaning we can better tailor position of the spacer. atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, inflam- passed more than 400,000 people from the ation. On closer inspection these results personalized medical treatments to pre- Inserting the spacer minimized the probability of side effects matory bowel disease, and breast cancer. UK Biobank database. meant that less than one percent of people vent serious health issues. and reduced rectal bleeding. “This is one of the first studies to Testing coronary artery disease, for exam- From that dataset the algorithm tar- identified with the lowest polygenic risk The new research was published in the investigate the efficacy of a hydrogel spacer in prostate SABR ple, involved an algorithm studying over 6.6 geted eight percent of people that were scores developed coronary artery disease, journal Nature Genetics. treatments,” write the authors. million different locations in a individual three times more likely to develop coronary while 11 percent of people with the top (Source: New Atlas) (Source: Medical News Today)

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Engineered wood is fire retardant Meteorite bombardment likely to have created the and super strong, scientists find Earth’s oldest rocks

Engineers have created a new wood that porches or fences, is less strong. Those Scientists have found that 4.02 billion year old silica-rich felsic rocks could change what buildings are made plastic-wood composites are favored be- from the Acasta River, Canada - the oldest rock formation known on of and takes just a few hours to make. cause people don’t need to stain, paint, Earth - probably formed at high temperatures and at a surprisingly Scientists from Chinese institutions or sand them. shallow depth of the planet’s nascent crust. developed the new wood that won’t catch This wood is more effective than The high temperatures needed to melt the shallow crust were fire, according to a new study. Published those plastic-wood composites due to likely caused by a meteorite bombardment around half a billion in Science on Friday, the study showed its strength, but also its ability to resist years after the planet formed. This melted the iron-rich crust and that the wood is just as strong as natural fire because resol is fire retardant. formed the granites we see today. These results were presented for wood, unlike other engineered woods. Residential building fires the first time at the Goldschmidt conference in Boston on 14 August. “This time-efficient strategy contrasts According to the U.S. Fire Adminis- strikingly with the decades or hundreds of tration, there were 364,300 residential years needed to grow natural wood,” the building fires in 2016. Of those fires, 1,800 team of scientists wrote in their paper. were fatal and 7,000 resulted in injuries. “Our artificial woods exhibit not only “Further, in contrast to natural wood, good controllability in microstructures but they demonstrate preferable corrosion also comparable mechanical properties resistance to humidity and acid with no with those of natural wood.” decrease in mechanical properties,” the A natural polymer called lignin makes team wrote. This means the wood could The engineered wood will adopt a cell- The scientists were inspired by natural natural wood strong. Lignin binds small likely resist extreme weather events, al- like structure when those crystallites cure, wood, which is why they copied so many crystallites of cellulose together in a web- lowing for even more protection. similar to natural wood’s cell structure. of its components. like structure. The scientists replicated It also provides thermal insulation, When the wood is compressed, it’s able Other engineered wood, like the lignin with resol, a synthetic polymer. keeping people warmer inside their homes to resist, just like natural wood. kind that’s often used to build outdoor Resol also has a web-like structure and but also making the wood usable for envi- Scientists have long known that the Acasta rocks are different to can bind crystallites together to create The crystallites can be changed based on ronments like manufacturing that might the majority of felsic rocks we see today, such as the granites widely strength. need that protection. used as a building or decorative material. Crystallites can be changed which wood someone wants. They can “As a kind of biomimetic engineering Scientists believe that the primitive crust largely comprised dark, The crystallites can be changed based change the color or other properties by materials, this new family of bioinspired silica-poor mafic rocks, so there has been a question over how the on which wood someone wants. They can polymeric woods is supposed to replace Acasta River felsic rocks could have formed. change the color or other properties by adding or switching out the crystallites that the natural wood when used in harsh “Our modelling shows that the Acasta River rocks derived from adding or switching out the crystallites the resol holds together. environments,” the scientists wrote. the melting of pre-existing iron-rich basaltic rock, which formed that the resol holds together. (Source: Newsweek) the uppermost layers of crust on the primitive Earth”, said team leader Tim Johnson, from Curtin University, Perth. “We used phase equilibria and trace element modelling to show that the Acasta River rocks were produced by partial melting of the Scientists find new properties Researchers discover the tiny brains of original mafic rocks at very low pressures. It would have needed of H2O bees and wasps can recognize faces something special to produce the 900°C temperatures needed to generate these early felsic rocks at such low pressures, and that A team of scientists has uncovered new Recognizing faces is essential for how we probably means a drastic event, most likely the intense heating molecular properties of water -- a discovery interact in complex societies, and is often caused by meteorite bombardment. of a phenomenon that had previously gone thought to be an ability that requires the We estimate that rocks within the uppermost 3km of mafic crust unnoticed. sophistication of the large human brain. would have been melted in producing the rocks we see today. Liquid water is known to be an excellent But new evidence we published in Fron- (Source: eurekalert.org) transporter of its own autoionization tiers in Psychology shows that insects such products; that is, the charged species as the honeybee (Apis mellifera) and the obtained when a water molecule (H2O) is European wasp (Vespula vulgaris) use visual split into protons (H+) and hydroxide ions processing mechanisms that are similar Team discovered a colorful (OH). This remarkable property of water to humans’, which enables reliable face new seahorse the size of a makes it a critical component in emerging recognition. electrochemical energy production and This is despite the tiny size of the insects’ grain of rice storage technologies such as fuel cells; brains. They contain fewer than one million indeed, life itself would not be possible if brain cells, compared with the 86 billion Researchers have discovered a tiny new species of pygmy seahorse water did not possess this characteristic. that make up a human brain. that inhabits the boulder-strewn coasts of Japan. Water is known to consist an intricate Understanding what size of brain can They’re easy to overlook, as their color makes them look like network of weak, directional interactions most strongly manifest, thereby allowing enable complex tasks to be efficiently solved when we become experts in other visual little bits of floating seaweed. Their coloration is “very special,” says known as hydrogen bonds. For nearly a it to be carefully detected. is certainly interesting, but also has practical tasks – like being a judge at dog shows or Kevin Conway, associate professor and curator of fishes at Texas century, it was thought that the mechanisms It is common knowledge that ice floats implications. collecting classic cars – then our brain also A&M University. “It’s like a seahorse wearing a paisley pattern.” by which water transports the H+ and OH on water and that lakes freeze from the top. Large brains evolved employs holistic processing to enable supe- Scientists have named the creature Hippocampus japapigu — ions were mirror images of each other -- Water molecules It allows us to understand how large rior recognition abilities in those areas too. using the Latin for “Japan pig,” the name adopted for it by divers identical in all ways except for directions of This is because water molecules pack brains may have evolved, and how to think Holistic processing who have seen it in southeastern Japan. the hydrogen bonds involved in the process. into a structure with lower density than about designing artificial intelligence (AI) Holistic processing may therefore be a It earned that appellation “because to the locals, it resembles Fundamental asymmetry that of liquid water -- a manifestation of that might mirror the efficiency of biolog- general principle for recognizing important a tiny baby pig,” says Graham Short, an ichthyologist at the Cali- Current state-of-the-art theoretical the unusual properties of water: the density ical brains. objects. fornia Academy of Sciences and lead author of a study describing models and computer simulations, of liquid water increases just above the We are really good at recognizing familiar This is useful more broadly, because it the new species in the journal ZooKeys. however, predicted a fundamental freezing point and reaches a maximum faces. Think of the situation of meeting a means that holistic processing could be of Although the tiny seahorses have been observed by divers for asymmetry in these mechanisms. If correct, at four degrees Celsius (39 degrees friend at a train station where there are value for developing improved AI solutions, several years, it wasn’t until Short and colleagues began to study this asymmetry is something that could Fahrenheit), the so-called temperature hundreds of people passing, all moving in such as for fast and accurate identification them that the researchers realized they hadn’t been described be exploited in different applications by of maximum density; this difference different directions. Suddenly, a glimpse of of invasive plants in the rapidly growing before, and were unique. tailoring a system to favor one ion over in density dictates that liquid is always a familiar face in the distance means we’ve AgTech industry. The new species differs in several respects from its cousins, for the other. situated below ice. found the right person. We were interested to know how general example possessing an odd ridge on its upper back made of trian- Experimental proof of the theoretical By cooling water down to this This seems effortless, but AI solutions the principle of holistic processing might gular struts of bone. The purpose of the ridge is unclear, though prediction has remained elusive because of temperature, the team employed nuclear often struggle to recognize faces in complex be in different animals, so my colleagues it could have evolved as a way to attract a mate, a process known the difficulty in directly observing the two magnetic resonance methods (the same situations. and I set about testing how insects might as sexual selection. ionic species. Different experiments have type of approach is medically in magnetic Our expertise at recognizing faces is solve facial recognition tasks. When Short first saw these bones on a CT scan, he “did a dou- only provided glimpses of the predicted resonance imaging) to show that the largely based on “holistic processing” – the The honeybee is a very accessible animal ble-take,” he says. asymmetry. difference in lifetimes of the two ions gluing together of different facial features for understanding visual processing. Indi- Like other pygmy seahorses, it has a wing-like structure on A team of scientists at New York reaches a maximum value (the greater to provide superior recognition. vidual bees can be trained to learn complex its back, the function of which is unclear. But unlike the other University, led by Professor Alexej the lifetime, the slower the transport). By This is thought to be a sophisticated cog- problems in return for collecting a sweet pygmies, which have two pairs, it only has one. Jerschow and including Emilia Silletta, accentuating the difference in lifetimes, nitive process that develops with experience sugary reward. Recently we developed (Source: nationalgeographic.com) an NYU postdoctoral fellow, and Mark the asymmetry became glaringly clear. at viewing faces. Once we are familiar with a methods for testing wasps in the same way. Tuckerman, a professor of chemistry As noted previously, water consists of face, the different features – like eyes, nose, Other evidence – from a U.S. research and mathematics at NYU, devised a one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms, mouth and ears – are processed together group – shows that paper wasps (Polistes Long-sought carbon novel experiment for nailing down this but the hydrogen atoms are relatively mobile as a “gestalt” (a unit that incorporates all fuscatus) can very reliably learn the faces asymmetry. The experimental approach and can hop from one molecule to another, elements) to allow us to reliably recognise of other paper wasps, and appear to have structure joins graphene, involved cooling water down to its so- and it is this hopping that renders the two individuals. evolved specialized brain mechanisms for called temperature of maximum density, ionic species so mobile in water. Interestingly, while holistic processing wasp face processing. fullerene family: new study where the asymmetry is expected to be (Source: Science Daily) is most typically used for recognising faces, (Source: sciencealert.com) The discovery of buckyballs surprised and delighted chemists in the 1980s, nanotubes jazzed physicists in the 1990s, and graphene charged up materials scientists in the 2000s, but one nanoscale Omega Centauri probably doesn’t have any sign of life, scientists say carbon structure — a negatively curved surface called a schwar- Humans may need to do more space exploration to search for star to have liquid water and life, just like Earth. suitable conditions to contain planets in the habitable zone. zite — has eluded everyone. extraterrestrial life because researchers have discovered that According to Stephen Kane, an associate professor of planetary Kane stated that the core of Omega Centauri could possibly University of California, Berkeley, chemists have proved that Omega Centauri has none. astrophysics at the University of California, Riverside and lead have a plethora of planetary systems sitting close to a host star three carbon structures recently created by scientists in South Omega Centauri is a densely packed global star cluster that author of the study, as the type of star cluster that exists across the that harbors habitable planets. Korea and Japan are in fact the long-sought schwarzites, which is estimated to have around 10 million stars. The chunk of stars universe, it is an intriguing area to look for habitability. Despite One example of such a system is a miniature version of the researchers predict will have unique electrical and storage prop- is located 16,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation many stars that are concentrated on its core, the presence of Milky Way called the TRAPPIST-1. The said system sits 40 erties like those now being discovered in buckminsterfullerenes Centaurus. exoplanets still remains unknown. light-years away from Earth and is one of the most promising (buckyballs or fullerenes for short), nanotubes and graphene. Because of the cluster’s colossal size, it has been a subject Sitting in the chunk’s core locations to find alien life. The new structures were built inside the pores of zeolites, of observation for decades. The stars span a staggering 150 Because of this, Kane and his colleagues explored the cluster, The densely packed stars in Omega Centauri’s core presumably crystalline forms of silicon dioxide — sand — more commonly light-years away and weigh around 4 million Suns. hoping to find a place that would foster habitability. The team means that the bodies would interact with its neighbors. The used as water softeners in laundry detergents and to catalytically Because of how big it is, this has led many people to believe first looked at the age and temperature of around 500,000 forces that are made from the encounter would be too much crack petroleum into gasoline. Called zeolite-templated carbons that the stellar body contains exoplanets in its “Goldilocks stars sitting in the chunk’s core. to endure any form of microbial life on the planets situated in (ZTC), the structures were being investigated for possible in- Zone,” a region where another world is far enough from its The study revealed that the majority of the bodies has its habitable zones. (Source: Tech Times) teresting properties, though the creators were unaware of their identity as schwarzites, which theoretical chemists have worked on for decades. Based on this theoretical work, chemists predict that schwarzites Chadormalu Co. Kicks Off Mapping Operations in D19 Zone: CEO will have unique electronic, magnetic and optical properties that Eng. Mahmoud Nourian Chief Executive of million tons of iron ore can be extracted With regard to the expansion projects would make them useful as supercapacitors, battery electrodes Chadormalu Mining & Industrial Company from Chadormalu Company’s Mineral Zone of the company, he added, “this year, con- and catalysts, and with large internal spaces ideal for gas storage said that his company has kicked off mapping No. D19. struction operation of two new development and separation. operation from Zone No. D19, the Public Turning to the production performance projects for the company is underway, one UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow Efrem Braun and his col- Relations Dept. of the company reported. of the company in the past year, he said, of which is related to the Sponge Iron Pro- leagues identified these ZTC materials as schwarzites based of After organizing expert-level sessions “72,660,000 tons of waste rock and also duction Unit with the capacity of 1,550,000 their negative curvature, and developed a way to predict which and removal of come major concerns of the 15,195,000 tons of iron ore were produced tons at large.” zeolites can be used to make schwarzites and which can’t. experts at the Department of Environment in the past year (ended March 20, 2018).” He pointed to Abarkuh Steel Ingot “We now have the recipe for how to make these structures, (DoE), mapping mineral zone number D19 In the same direction, 3,517,000 tons of Smelting and Production project as the which is important because, if we can make them, we can explore started, he maintained. pellet, 515,300 tons of graded iron and also other development plan of the company, their behavior, which we are working hard to do now,” said Ber- As located in the vicinity of mining and 428,000 tons of steel ingot were produced he said, adding, “a major portion of parts end Smit, an adjunct professor of chemical and biomolecular mineral units and concentrate processing at the company in the past year, Nourian and equipment of these units have been engineering at UC Berkeley and an expert on porous materials units, it is predicted that more than 100 opined. totally provided in the country.” such as zeolites and metal-organic frameworks. 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SDSs 60 times above the safe Tehran to host traditional medicine, levels haunting Sistan ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Sand and dust storms (SDSs) medicinal herbs festival desk reaching speeds up to 100 kilometers per hour, SOCIETY TEHRAN — The fourth and remove the barriers and challenges the and particulate matters (PM) concentration peaking at 60 times deskfestival of medicinal herbs, development of the medicinal plant industry above the safe levels, led to the closure of offices in Sistan, south- natural products and traditional medicine is facing. eastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, on Sunday, ISNA reported. aiming to showcase Iran’s potential in the Efficient synergy to implement the roadm- The level of particulate matters has reached 9,075 micrograms field of medicinal herbs will be hold on No- ap of the national document for medicinal per cubic meter in the region, the report added. vember 12-15 in Tehran, secretary of head- plants and traditional medicine; promoting Regarding the high rate of PM concentration causing great quarters for developing medicinal herbs and the culture of knowledge-based economy as discomfort to the people in eastern part of the country, offices traditional medicine science and technology a driving force for transition to a resilient and business units have been closed down on August 21-22, in headquarters has said. economy based on entrepreneurship, are five cities of Sistan including Zabul, Hirmand, Hamoun, Zahak “Each province has a special ecology and the other features of the festival. and Nimroz. climate condition compatible with the culti- In July, Javad Mirarab an official with So far, some 541 residents have been injured due the severe vation of different medicinal plants, which the Ministry of Agriculture said that Medic- SDSs in Sistan-Baluchestan province, Fars quoted, Hassan Nouri, will be namely presented at the festival,” inal plants are cultivated on some 188,000 deputy director for Iran Emergency medical services as saying IRNA quoted Mohammad Hassan Osareh hectares of lands in Iran. on Tuesday. as saying on Tuesday. He also said that exports of the aforesaid Rasoul Rasheki Head of Sistan-Baluchestan Red Crescent Part of the capacity in the provinces will medicinal plants brought $450 million for Society announced on Tuesday that over the past three days some be featured in the event, he said, adding that Iran last year, and saffron with a value of $325 40,700 masks were distributed among residents of 25 villages research centers, incubators and science and million constituted the largest share of exports. in the regions. technology parks affiliated to the public sector Meanwhile, head of the natural products Earlier in August, an official with Sistan-Baluchestan pro- will also showcase their latest achievements department at Food and Drug Administration vincial meteorological organization Reza Azadmanesh also said in the event. Mahnaz Khanavi said that natural and herbal that while the standard level of particulate matters is 150 mi- One of the goals of this festival and ex- medicines constitute 4 percent of the total crograms per cubic meter it has reached 1,852 micrograms per hibition is to introduce the achievements amount of medicines used in the country. cubic meter in the region. of the private and public sectors, as well as According to the World Health Organiza- Sistan region, located north of Sistan-Baluchestan province, encouraging producers and those active in tion, Traditional (WHO) herbal medicines are is frequently hit by sand and dust storms, as well as drought and the industry to exchange views about chal- naturally occurring, plant-derived substances even destructive floods. lenges in this sector. The festival aims at introducing the latest with minimal or no industrial processing that Also presenting the latest scientific achieve- scientific and industrial achievements in have been used to treat illness within local or ments in cultivation, harvesting and export regional healing practices. Traditional herbal Mountain hare population in of medicinal plants, as well as commercial- the technological products of medicinal medicines are getting significant attention izing medicinal plants are also among the plants in order to shift from an oil-based in global health debates. Scotland at 1% of 1950s level objectives of the event, he added. Global herbal market size is estimated On the sidelines of the event, a place will economy, and remove the barriers approximately $72 billion which is predict- be allocated to tech markets to present new and challenges the development of the ed to reach $7 trillion by 2050. Medicinal The mountain hare population of the moorlands in the eastern ideas, as a way to connect innovators and medicinal plant industry is facing. plants are used in various industries which Scottish Highlands has plummeted by 99 per cent since the 1950s. investors, Osareh highlighted. are worth around $80 billion. Culling by gamekeepers is thought to be among the causes of The festival is a major commercial and pharmaceutical products, beverages, flavors knowledge-based companies,” he concluded. Europe is the largest herbal product the “severe” decline of these native mammals, which was record- scientific event in the country’s natural herbs and cosmetic colors participate in the event.” The fourth festival of traditional herbal market valued at $7.5 billion and has 40% ed in a long-term study by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology industry, he stated, adding, “it is expected “In this event, it is scheduled to provide medicine aims at introducing the latest sci- market share. China has the highest number and the RSPB. that 400-500 companies active in various opportunities through presenting the latest entific and industrial achievements in the of medicinal plants and also is the leader in The research focused on moorland managed for red grouse fields of cultivation, harvesting and process- technological achievements of the compa- technological products of medicinal plants export of medicinal plants globally having shooting, as well as nearby mountains. ing of medicinal plants, as well as various nies which are active in this sector, especially in order to shift from an oil-based economy, 15% sharing global export under this category. From 1954 to 1999, hares on moorland sites decreased by almost 5 per cent every year, and the decline accelerated to 30 per cent per year between 1999 and 2017. Alpine sites also saw a decline over the past 10 years following Relief foundation earmarks $10m for 330 ha of Miankaleh peninsula turns years of population growth, but their numbers did not reach the lows observed at lower altitudes. marriage of the underprivileged into ashes Land use changes, such as the loss of grouse moors to conifer SOCIETY TEHRAN — The couples under the Foundation’s cover- ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — The wild- he said, regretting that over 330 hectares forests, were partly to blame for the moorland trend, the study deskImam Khomeini Re- age, he said that counseling services and deskfire which started on of the lands burnt in the first 24 hours. concluded, as was intervention by local moorland managers. lief Foundation has allocated over 410 workshops on preventing social harm is Friday night in Miankaleh peninsula, In [the third Iranian calendar month] Specifically, the increased decline in the past two decades billion rials (nearly $10 million) in the provided to the couples before marriage northern province of Mazandaran, has Khordad (May 22-June 21) the area coincided with a boost in hare culling by gamekeepers, with the first four months of the current Iranian and after marriage. so far burnt around 330 hectares, the caught fire three times and at least 12 intention of controlling the spread of ticks and protecting these calendar year (starting on March 21) to “The youth who are not under cover- province’s chief of the department of hectares of the vegetation and forested fragile environments. facilitate marriage for financially strug- age of the Foundation also can receive a environment has said. areas was turned into aches. The findings, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, gling individuals. fund of 10 million rials (about $238) for The fire sweeping through the Mi- In [the fourth Iranian calendar month] were revealed after the annual grouse shooting season began “One of the important aims of the marriage,” he highlighted, adding that in ankaleh peninsula was caused by human, Tir (June 22-July 22) some 2 hectares of on Monday. Foundation is supporting underprivileged addition, individuals struggling financially but whether or not it was deliberately the peninsula also burnt in fire. Dr Adam Watson of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, youth to have a cost effective marriage also can receive loans up to 50 million set is not clear yet, Nasimonline quoted Last year (March 2017-March 2018) who led the study, said he was “delighted and relieved” to see by covering some of the expenses,” Majid rials (nearly $1,190). Hosseinali Ebrahimi as saying on Monday. some 300 hectares of the wetland also the results published. Zare’ei-Fard, deputy director of the Foun- Families with three members “We are trying to find out the reason burnt in fire. “Having counted mountain hares across the moors and high dation said, IRNA reported on Monday. to get houses to the fire flared up on the peninsula in Miankaleh peninsula, a UNESCO tops of the eastern highlands since 1943, I find the decline in The fund has been provided to some Ebrahim Bazian, deputy director for cooperation with judicial system,” he biosphere reserve, is one of the richest numbers of these beautiful animals both compelling and of great 16,600 young individuals over the same housing department of the Foundation, stated. ecological havens in West Asia and per- concern,” he said. period, he added. also said that over 50,000 houses will be Referring to the wind igniting the fire, haps in the whole world. The peninsula Campaigners believe that despite the supposed positive effects Referring to the money which has been transferred to low income families with he highlighted that dried vegetation and is a narrow but long peninsula north of of hare culling, the practice is both “indiscriminate and ruthless”. donated by the Foundation to help support three members. plant species burns more quickly and Iran situated in the extreme south-east- The RSPB said urgent action is needed to protect mountain hares. the marriage of young people, he noted While the first priority to provide hous- help spreading the fire. ern part of the Caspian Sea. It is home to (Source: The Independent) that the minimum fund per annum is 15 ing goes to three-member families, in spe- “The wildfire was contained on Sat- many unique Caspian bird and reptile million rials (about $360). cial circumstances, households with two urday morning in cooperation with the species native to this region. It’s also a Pointing to the Foundation offering members will also be given the priority, provincial departments of environment very important internationally recognized LEARN ENGLISH marriage counseling courses to all young he concluded. of Golestan and Mazandaran provinces,” refuge for migratory birds. Natural Disasters 1397/2293 Cheetah cub wounded in car crash First Announcement Permit No. 1397.2293 Bob: Those are the headlines for today, and now for the international weather report with Mike Sanderson. N.I.S.O.C Mike: Thank you, Bob! This past week has been the beginning suffers irreversible spinal cord injury of Armageddon for many, a series of unprecedented N.I.S.O.C meteorological events occurred around the world. In TENDER NO. : 01-31-9580032 Switzerland, a major avalanche was reported in the Alps. Fortunately, no one was injured. Due to the extreme cold National Iranian SouthTENDER Oilfields NO. : 01-31- 9580032Company(NISOC) intends this winter, a blizzard has struck the US Midwest, causing classes in schools and universities to be temporarily canceled. National Iranianto purchase South Oilfields Company the following intends to purchase goods the following goods Mike: Moving to Latin American, Ecuador has suffered a Description Quantity. six-month drought that has not only affected farming, but has also forced the closure of the hydroelectric power P/F" RUSTON" GAS TURBINE, TYPE TA 1500 15 Items including 260 Nos. plant that provides electricity for the entire country. In Chile, a major earthquake that registered seven point five on the Richter scale struck the southern region. Losses ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — An Asiatic gender composition. deskcheetah cub which had The cheetah/livestock interactions and are reported to be in the billions. Authorities have not yet VendorsVendors who whointend tointend participate to in participate the A/M tender are in requested the A/M to send tender their resume are & requestedtendency letter released an official statement. been wounded on August 7 in a car accident the presence of human beings and guard on Abbasabad-Mayami road, north-central dogs in cheetah’s habitats, road accidents via faxl mail to the following address not later than 14 days after the second announcement. The applicants Bob: Not a great week for the world! Any good news? to send their resume & tendency letter via faxl mail to the following Semnan province, has suffered irreversible and habitat fragmentation due to human should have relevant background in supplying the required goods and capability to provide a bid bond of Mike: I’m afraid not, Bob. One of the major volcanoes in spinal cord injury, IRNA reported on Tuesday. encroachment are of the threats making the addressEuro 4,858 I Rlsnot 250,624,100 later than in favor 14of NISOC. days Iranian after vendors the shall second submit their announcement. resume Acc. to forms Mexico has erupted, causing major floods and landslides The one-and-a-half-year cheetah cub cheetah’s future uncertain. Nos. 01, 02 and 03 which are available at www.shana.ir and www.nisoc.ir in the region. Meanwhile, Mexico ’s coast has been hit by The applicants should have relevant background in supplying the was transferred to Tehran and undergone Cheetahs don’t usually stay in one place FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPT hurricane Liliana and officials say that all theseismic surgery but the damage to spinal cord was so and might move from one habitat to another. required goods Kouy and-e-Fadaeian capability Islam (New to Site)provideBldg NO a 104 bid, Ahvaz, bond Iran of Euro 4,858 activity leads them to believe that a tsunami may hit severe that has affected its body functions, Mining development and road construction Tel.fax No.: +98-61 -34457437 Central America, affecting Honduras, Guatemala and the report added. near reserves or between fragmented hab- I Rls 250,624,100 in favor of NISOC. Iranian vendors shall submit The animal is now being kept in rehabil- itats also threaten the population and over Panama. That’s all the news we have for today, but stay their resume Acc. to forms Nos. 01, 02 and 03 which are available tuned for updates on the six o’clock news. Back to you Bob. itation center of Pardisan park in Tehran. the past years the unsafe roads and careless Key vocabulary The Asiatic cheetah mainly inhabits the drivers have resulted in increased road kills. desert areas around Dasht-e Kavir in the One of the highest casualty rates in the at www.shana.ir and www.nisoc.ir Public Relations blizzard: great snow eastern half of Iran, including parts of the country occurs on the Abbasabad-Mayami WWW.shana.ir drought: a prolonged period of scanty rainfall Kerman, Khorasan, Semnan, Yazd, Tehran, road. Road crashes [the ones recorded by hurricane: very big rain and wind storm FOREIGN PURCHASING DEPT and Markazi provinces. 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Hakim mediates between Sadr & ‘Kurdish-led delegation holds fresh talks with Syria Maliki to make big alliance govt. in Damascus’ By staff & agencies Maliki to soften the situation between them. The final official results of Iraq’s legisla- “The last meeting between al-Sadr and tive elections showed that Sadr’s Muqtada al-Hakim in al-Hananah marked the forma- The political wing of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces al-Sadr-backed alliance won the largest tion of the largest bloc, but the difference (SDF) has visited the Syrian capital Damascus for a second time number of seats in the country, making between al-Sadr and al-Hakim is that the since the central government extended an offer of negotiation future alliances the final say in shaping first can not negotiate and dialogue with to the mainly Kurdish militant group. the new government. the existence of a state of law with them, The group’s political branch, known as the Syrian Democratic According to the final results of the High unlike Hakim, who has no veto over any- Council (SDC), held talks with Syrian authorities on local admin- Electoral Commission, none of the electoral one,” he told al-Rikabi. istration and decentralization, Syria’s al-Watan daily reported, coalitions exceeded the 55 seats in parliament “Despite the meeting of the two parties quoting its co-chair Riad Darar as saying on Tuesday. following a May 12 vote that saw the lowest did not escape much, but I imagine that “All the discussions happening now are ... to find out the turnout since the first multi-party vote in Hakim asked Sadr to soften the situation other side’s point of view,” he said. The talks “need a lot of re- 2005, two years after the fall of Saddam with Maliki and there is a return to the Na- flection to make decisions, and so the matter was left to other Hussein’s regime. tional Alliance and to subject the Sadrist meetings,” Darar added. The Sadoun alliance, which combines movement to the opinion of the largest bloc A delegation, including SDF members, held talks with Da- Sadr, the Communist Party, and some tech- in the event of inability to form. mascus earlier this month and agreed to continue negotiations nocratic parties, is in the first place with 54 Sadr said after the press conference held on ways to end the violence in Syria. seats. The Fath Alliance led by Hadi al-Amri, with Hakim that he is past “reform and will Back in May, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad had said he which includes the popular factions, played a not give up, and explained the chest in his was “opening doors” for talks with the group. crucial role in supporting the security forces twitter to him,” Take the positions and chairs, The SDF is led by People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish to defeat a second- And the third with 24 go home. “ militant outfit. seats of the coalition “victory” headed by between the parliamentary blocs, so it is can be a starting point of consensus between Since his election victory, Sadr has re- The Kurdish militants controlling areas in northern Syria have Abadi, while the coalition of the rule of law theoretically and theoretically possible to them towards other forces and start dialogue iterated that the next government will be a been facing a Turkish offensive since January. That operation headed by al-Maliki in the fourth place with exclude “seculars” from the government with the largest bloc to ensure the formation “patriarchal” government that is far from was launched out of Ankara’s anger over growing U.S. support for 26 seats, and formed post-Saddam Iraq, formation. As in 2010 the formation of a of the new government. partisan quotas. the Kurdish militants, which it associates with the homegrown the political system in a complex way to parliamentary coalition that collects the According to informed sources, “the ways Observers explained that the vision of Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants. impose parliamentary alliances, which began largest number of parliamentary seats, of the wise door of the chest to find approach- Sadr in the formation of the next government In the face of the incursion, the Kurds turned to Syrian President negotiations over a week ago. and calls the Prime Minister. es and the appropriate ground under the is different from the vision of the wise and Bashar al-Assad and asked for the central government’s help. After every legislative election, the win- Observers believe that the visit by the conditions prepared for the declaration of this may lead to a decline in opportunities Months into Turkey’s military intervention, the Kurds lost ning blocs enter into long negotiations leader of the stream of wisdom, Ammar al- an alliance, especially that Hakim aware of for rapprochement between them. the Afrin region to Ankara, which threatened to take its offensive to form a majority government. It is not Hakim to Hananah and his meeting with the harmony of the list of wisdom, unlike At the same time moving on the other to the nearby city of Manbij. necessarily that the first bloc winning the leader of the coalition of the followers Souron, which has a complex ideological.” party leader of a coalition of state law, Nuri Amid Ankara’s advances, the U.S. softened its staunch sup- the legislative elections loses its ability of Moqtada al-Sadr did not come out with According to political analyst Wael Rikabi, al-Maliki towards the largest bloc, which port for the Kurds and agreed to a roadmap with the Turkish to form a government, due to alliances actual results on the ground through which Hakim adopted mediation between Sadr and seeks to form a government of the majority. government, which would see a complete withdrawal of Kurdish militants from Manbij. Observers say Washington’s failure to stand by the Kurds Taliban seize army base in northern 40 Yemeni children killed in Saudi- against Turkey pushed them closer to the central government. Ankara has also been propping up other militants to confront Afghanistan, capture 40 soldiers led strike on Yemeni bus: ICRC the YPG in Syria. The talks between the SDF and Damascus are underway amid reports that the Turkish-backed militants are creating a “national army” with Ankara’s support in the Arab country’s northwest. The reports say that the militants are sewing up rifts within their ranks towards building the force. It comprises some 35,000 members from the biggest factions that have been waging mil- itancy against Syria since 2011. (Source: Press TV)

Corbyn and Netanyahu clash on Twitter

1 Labor said Corbyn, a staunch supporter of the Pales- tinian cause, was in Tunis to honor the victims of the 1985 raid. Unimpressed, Netanyahu said in a tweet: “The laying of a wreath by Jeremy Corbyn on the graves of the terrorists who perpetrated the Munich massacre and his comparison of Israel to the Nazis deserves unequivocal condem- The Taliban militant group has overrun men and soldiers, as well as at least 20 The International Committee of the of Yemen has held the U.S. -- the main nation from everyone – left, right and everything in between.” large parts of an army base in Afghanistan’s civilians since last week. Red Cross (ICRC) says 40 children were weapons supplier to the Riyadh regime Corbyn responded: “Netanyahu’s claims about my actions northern Province of Faryab and captured The multi-pronged assault on Ghazni, among 51 civilians recently killed during -- responsible for the carnage. and words are false. What deserves unequivocal condemnation dozens of soldiers there, officials say. located barely 120 kilometers from the a Saudi airstrike on a school bus in north- The UNICEF, the United Nation’s chil- is the killing of over 160 Palestinian protesters in Gaza by Israeli Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, the head capital Kabul, began on Friday, with western Yemen. dren fund, called the carnage the single forces since March, including dozens of children.” of the council, said on Tuesday that the militants reportedly infiltrating people’s In a new toll on Tuesday, the ICRC said biggest attack. The Saudi-led coalition how- The Labor Party said Corbyn did not lay a wreath at the graves militants had captured tanks and am- homes and slipping out into the night to that 56 children were also among the 79 peo- ever described the attack as “legitimate,” of anyone linked to Black September and he condemned the Mu- munition in the Chenayeeha army base attack Afghan forces. ple wounded in Thursday’s strike on Sa’ada with coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki nich attack. Corbyn however told reporters on Monday: “I was in Faryab’s Ghormach district after they Both the government and the militants Province, one of the deadliest attacks on ci- even claiming that the strikes “conformed present when (a wreath) was laid, I don’t think I was involved in began an offensive on the base on Sunday. have claimed to be in control of the strategic vilians in the three-year-old Saudi-led war. to international and humanitarian laws.” it,” adding that the visit was a peace-seeking exercise. “We have not been able to enter the city amid ongoing intense fighting. The children were returning from a trip Geert Cappelaere, the regional direc- The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since base. Large parts of the base are still under S-led forces invaded Afghanistan and organized by a religious seminary when tor in the Middle East and North Africa June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standard the Taliban control,” he said. toppled a ruling Taliban regime some 17 the bus came under attack. Images later at UNICEF, has said there is “no excuse” of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and The Taliban have reportedly killed at years ago. That war has failed to bring sta- circulated online, showing pieces of a US- for the continued complacency towards unrelenting poverty. least 14 soldiers and wounded over a dozen bility to the country despite the presence made bomb on the scene the war on Yemen. “I stand with the tens of thousands of Arab and Jewish citizens in the fighting. of thousands of foreign forces. Over the past days, Yemeni cities have The United Nations Security Council of Israel demonstrating for equal rights at the weekend in Tel Another provincial official said the Tal- A recent survey found that the Taliban been the scene of protests against the new has called for a “credible and transparent” Aviv” Corbyn said. iban had also captured 40 soldiers, adding were active in two-thirds of the country and Saudi crime.Thousands of mourners attended investigation into the airstrike. On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a that 30 militants had also been killed in were fully controlling four percent of it. a funeral procession for many of the dead The Al Saud regime along with some of resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel the fighting. While the Taliban have intensified children in Sa’ada’s provincial capital of the its allies, particularly the UAE, has been for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip. Intensified fighting their attacks in Afghanistan, they have same name on Monday, venting their anger waging a deadly war against impoverished The offensive coincides with fierce rejected an offer of peace talks by the against Riyadh and Washington. Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to fighting between Afghan forces and Tal- Kabul government but have been talk- The crowd held pictures of the children and reinstall former president Abd Rabbuh iban militants over the embattled city of ing to the U.S. in negotiations the details chanted slogans against Saudi Arabia and its Mansur Hadi and crush the popular An- Mohamad bin Zayed, Zionist Ghazni, in the country’s southeast, which of which are unclear. ally and key arms supplier, the United States. sarullah movement. culprit in Mid-East has claimed the lives of about 100 police- (Source: AP) The Supreme Revolutionary Committee (Source: Press TV) 1 Egypt and Jordan made peace with Israel on the pre- text of having their occupied lands returned, and the Palestinian Trump thought there was a country called “Nipple” authorities came to terms with Israel for the sake of a partial solution to the Palestinian issue. But the UAE’s reconciliation The president has often perplexed foreign officials and meetings. Sometimes the foibles have been contained with the Zionist regime, which is far from the occupied lands, his own aides as he learns how to deal with the world within the White House. In one case, Trump, while is none of that. beyond America’s borders. studying a briefer’s map of South Asia ahead of a 2017 Interestingly, the UAE has not succeeded in normalizing Several times in the first year of his administration, meeting with India’s prime minister, mispronounced relations with Israel, but the newly-formed bond between the President Donald Trump wanted to call Japanese Prime Nepal as “nipple” and laughingly referred to Bhutan UAE and Israel has strengthened the Zionist lobby and turned Minister Shinzo Abe in the middle of the afternoon. But as “button,” according to two sources with knowledge the UAE in to Israel’s tool in the region. there was a problem. Midafternoon in Washington is of the meeting. One of the most prominent Zionist lobbies, collaborating with the middle of the night in Tokyo — when Abe would A White House official said others who were at the the Emirates, is the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, be fast asleep. meeting don’t remember Trump making those remarks known also as FDD, an anti-Iranian foundation originated from Trump’s aides had to explain the issue, which one and that he asked appropriate questions. the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Letters diplomatic source said came up on “a constant basis,” The mistakes may not be surprising for a leader inex- from the UAE ambassador to the United States, Yousef Al Otaiba, but it wasn’t easy. perienced in foreign affairs and accustomed to flouting revealed that Abu Dhabi has close ties with the Zionist lobby “He wasn’t great with recognizing that the leader of convention. But some seasoned former diplomats say AIPAC, and during Barack Obama’s presidency, the UAE had a country might be 80 or 85 years old and isn’t going to they risk doing real harm to America’s image — and made great efforts to prevent any nuclear deal with Iran. be awake or in the right place at 10:30 or 11 p.m. their interests — overseas. In the past year, the UAE has also taken advantage of this time,” said a former Trump NSC official. “When he “The underlying premise of protocol is respect for foundation to put international pressure on Qatar. Indeed, the wants to call someone, he wants to call someone. He’s other people,” said Wendy Sherman, a former senior UAE has sold its soul to the devil in the name of democracy. more impulsive that way. He doesn’t think about what State Department official in the Clinton and Obama The FDD has been protecting the interests of the Zionist re- McMaster would assure him: “We can try to set it up.” time it is or who it is,” added a person close to Trump. administrations. “When the president doesn’t follow gime and pursuing the objectives of the Likud Party headed by Trump’s desire to call world leaders at awkward In the case of Abe and others, Trump’s NSC staffers protocol, it’s a sign of disrespect.” Netanyahu in the Middle East. The foundation’s activities have hours is just one of many previously unreported dip- would advise him, for instance, that “the time is messed Trump’s defenders call such talk overblown, noting not been limited to exerting pressure on U.S. officials to oppose lomatic faux pas Trump has made since assuming the up, it’s 1 o’clock in the morning” and promise to put that all presidents learn on the job and that Trump has a nuclear deal, but it is also trying to impose Netanyahu’s view presidency, which go beyond telephone etiquette to the call on his calendar for a more diplomatically ap- never been a stickler for fine etiquette. on resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict which is in conflict include misconceptions, mispronunciations and awkward propriate time. Former national security adviser H.R. (Source: Politico) with the two-state concept. The Emirates, well-aware of the power and impact of the Zi- onist lobbies in the United States, have been working hard over U.S., Israeli embassies in Berlin receive letters with powder the past few years to spend millions of dollars on these lobbies to Berlin police say threatening letters that the Israeli Embassy received a She says both contained a powder to be connected or whether there were secure their interests in the U.S. Congress. This alignment with containing a white powder have been letter July 24 and the U.S. Embassy but would not comment on whether it any suspects yet. Israel by the rulers of the UAE and Saudi Arabia has happened sent to both the American and Israeli on July 26. Ismer says police have had been determined to be dangerous Neither embassy had any immediate because Muhammad bin Zayed and Mohammed bin Salman embassies in the German capital. opened two investigations on suspicion or other details due to the ongoing comment, saying in general they do know too well that these institutions have clout. They also want Police spokeswoman Kerstin Ismer of disturbing the peace by threatening investigation. She would also not say not comment on security issues. to get closer to this source of power and contribute in planning told The Associated Press on Tuesday a crime. whether the two letters were thought (Source: AP) and determining the policies of the region. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS AUGUST 15, 2018 Real face up to life without Ronaldo Nigeria and Ghana could face Following up Zinedine Zidane’s treble bans over interference - FIFA Champions League success with Real Madrid was always going to be a difficult Nigeria and Ghana could face international football bans this job for Julen Lopetegui, but having to do month over political interference with their football associations, it without Cristiano Ronaldo is a monu- world soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Tuesday in a final mental challenge. warning to the two African nations. Real Madrid finished third in La Liga FIFA said the Nigerian federation (NFF) must be led by its last season after a thoroughly disappointing elected president, voted in back in 2014, and its executive com- campaign, 17 points behind arch-rivals and mittee amid domestic challenges to the federation leadership. champions Barcelona, but Zidane papered “The Bureau of the FIFA Council decided that if by Monday, over the cracks by guiding the team to a third 20 August 2018, at 12:00 (CET), the Nigeria Football Federa- European cup in a row. tion offices are not handed back to the legitimate NFF executive The coach decided to walk away while committee under President Amaju Melvin Pinnick... the NFF will he was on top and his surprise departure in be suspended with immediate effect,” FIFA said in a statement. May was followed by another, as Ronaldo “The suspension would be lifted only once the NFF, under joined Juventus. President Amaju Melvin Pinnick and General Secretary Mo- Over the previous nine years Ronaldo was hammed Sanusi, confirms that it has been given back effective crowned the best footballer in the world five control of the NFF and its offices.” times, helping Real Madrid to four Champi- FIFA said any ban would not affect the Nigerian team currently ons Leagues, with 450 goals in 438 games competing in the women’s Under-20 World Cup in France as for the club. the tournament was already under way. Nigeria also took part However, in that period Ronaldo only in the men’s World Cup in Russia in June. won La Liga in 2012 and 2017, often losing Ghana will also be banned this month if an order to liquidate out to Lionel Messi’s Barcelona. its FA is not withdrawn. While Barcelona have reinforced in the “The Bureau of the Council considers that the petition intro- transfer window, Real have not replaced duced by the Attorney General to the High Court of Justice to start Ronaldo and have found it hard to secure the liquidation process of the GFA constitutes undue influence their reported targets. in the affairs of the GFA in contravention of art. 14 par. 1 i) and They have only added Real Sociedad de- art. 19 par. 1 of the FIFA Statutes,” FIFA said. fender Alvaro Odriozola and Chelsea goal- “Under these circumstances, the Bureau decided that if the keeper Thibaut Courtois, who is expected to petition to start the liquidation process of the GFA is not with- replace Keylor Navas in the team and they drawn by Monday, 27 August 2018 at 12:00 (CET), the GFA will can also use young Brazilian forward Vinicius of the World Cup after Madrid announced “It’s an exciting challenge reinventing the his time in the Spanish capital may be quickly be suspended with immediate effect. The suspension would be Junior, although he is primarily expected to he would take over from Zidane, was re- team without Ronaldo, making it competitive curtailed. lifted only once the above-mentioned petition is withdrawn and feature for the B team. portedly not one of the club’s top choices and capable of winning titles,” said Lopetegui. An early test against crosstown rivals At- FIFA is given written proof thereof.” Los Blancos need both Gareth Bale and for the role. “I have no doubt that it will happen with letico Madrid in the European Super Cup on (Source: Eurosport) Karim Benzema to step up a level to cover Other coaches turned Madrid down, con- these players that we have.” Aug. 15 may set the tone for the Spanish coach. for Ronaldo’s absence and Marco Asensio scious of the difficulty of following in Zidane’s Madrid president Florentino Perez has Win and the transition begins smoothly, lose will also be given a more prominent role. footsteps, but Lopetegui said taking over was not proved patient at the best of times and and worries will surface. Lopetegui, sacked by Spain on the eve the happiest day of his life. if Lopetegui does not deliver on those words (Source: Reuters) Liverpool refer Salah to Raheem Sterling is targeted by racism, Tottenham Hotspur delays stadium police over alleged phone use says Ian Wright opening over safety concerns while driving

Liverpool have referred forward Mohamed Salah to the Mer- seyside Police over a video which appears to show the Egyptian using his mobile phone while driving. No specific details have been released about when or where the video was taken, or by whom. “The club, after discussion with the player, have made Mer- seyside Police aware of the footage and the circumstances sur- rounding it’s capture,” an LFC spokesman told British media. “We have spoken to the player also and will deal with any follow-up internally. “Neither the club or player will be making any further com- ment on this matter.” Merseyside Police confirmed they were aware of the footage. “We have been made aware of a video believed to show a footballer using a mobile phone whilst driving,” the Merseyside Police Contact Centre said on their official Twitter account. “This has been passed to the relevant department.” (Source: Mirror) Criticism of Manchester City and England “They are picking on him because of the English Premier League club Tottenham new home. NFL vice-president Mark Waller winger Raheem Sterling is motivated by background he has come from and they Hotspur has been forced to postpone the said that he “totally understood the issue” racism, says former Arsenal striker Ian want to keep him down, drag him back opening of its new stadium over “issues and would continue to work with Spurs Police investigating Harden’s Wright. down. They don’t want him to continue with the critical safety systems.” to make future games a “huge success.” Sterling, 23, has faced frequent media to be a success. The north London club had been due “Everyone has been so excited about the alleged role in nightclub disapproval, most recently for a tattoo of “People say you are playing the racism to play upcoming league games against prospect of playing in the new Tottenham a rifle on his leg but also for purchasing card, but you give me a good reason why Liverpool on September 15 and Cardiff Hotspur Stadium and I know all at the Club incident clothes from Primark and buying his mother Raheem Sterling gets the stick he gets for City on October 6 at the new 62,000 ca- are very disappointed, but determined to a house. just being a footballer.” pacity White Hart Lane venue, which has clear this final hurdle,” said Waller in a Houston Rockets guard James Harden allegedly was involved in He was also criticized over his World Sterling received consistently low ratings reportedly cost over $1 billion. statement. “The new stadium will be an a nightclub incident that is under investigation by the Scottsdale Cup performances for England in Russia. on the BBC Sport website’s Player Rater Spurs had been also due to host the amazing venue for the NFL and we are very (Ariz.) Police Department. “How many people do you see get the tool during the World Cup. His average NFL game between Seattle Seahawks and excited about our long-term partnership The incident took place around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, police said. criticism Sterling gets?” Wright said. rating was 4.66 - leaving him above only Oakland Raiders on October 14, but that with Tottenham Hotspur.” A TMZ report said a member of Harden’s entourage got into a “The football criticism is something Phil Jones and Danny Welbeck. will also be switched to Wembley stadium. The venue for Spurs’ game against Man- fight at the club, and when a woman started to record the scuffle, every player has to deal with, but what During the tournament in Russia, Ster- Last season Spurs used Wembley to play its chester City on 28 October is also yet “to be Harden grabbed her wrist and threw her phone onto a nearby roof. he gets I don’t see any other footballer ling wrote a blog post for The Players’ Trib- home games. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy confirmed,” while the delay will also impact The woman, who was treated for a wrist injury at a local hospital, getting,” former England forward Wright une in which he said he no longer worries asked the club’s fans for their “continued at least one of the club’s Champions League said one of Harden’s associates offered her $200 for the phone added on BBC Radio 5 live’s Monday about the media “picking on him”. patience and forbearance.” group games. The draw for the Champions and that Harden later gave her $300 to pay for a replacement. Night Club. Ex-Chelsea striker Chris Sutton, also “We know this will be disappointing for all League group stages takes place on August Police confirmed Monday that they are looking into the alle- “They don’t get that stick because for speaking on 5 live, said: “I think the outside our season tickets holders, premium mem- 30, with match days one, two and three taking gations but told the Arizona Republic that it was “far too early in whatever reason they don’t rub up the people stuff did affect his World Cup performances.” bers and our fans worldwide,” said Levy in a place on September 18 and 19, October 2 the investigation” to know Harden’s role in the incident. in the corridors of power the wrong way. He added: “I don’t understand it because statement. “We appreciate the support our and 3 and October 23 and 24. Harden, who played at Arizona State in nearby Tempe, is I think there is an agenda against him. last season for City he really matured into partner the NFL has shown since the extent The Premier League had already grant- the NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player after averaging 30.4 “There is an element of people at high a top player. He was one of the reasons of this issue became evident today.” ed Spurs special permission to play their points, 8.8 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game. He helped the end of the media who want to keep that why they were so devastating. “Urgent follow up meetings” with con- opening game on Saturday against Fulham Rockets reach the Western Conference finals, where they lost to guy down. Simple. “There seems to be an element of people tractors will take place and after “re-testing in Wembley. The Premier League did not the eventual champion Golden State Warriors. In 17 postseason “When you look at the wave of criticism in this country who delight in kicking him and rectifying” they would be in a better immediately respond to CNN Sport’s re- games, Harden averaged 28.6 points, 6.8 assists and 5.2 rebounds. that he takes, there is a certain amount of and I don’t get it.” position to release a revised timetable for quest for comment. (Source: Reuters) racism towards it - what else can it be? (Source: BBC) when the club might be able to move into its (Source: CNN)

Pouille outlasts Murray in ‘More than half of Premier League clubs could play in Cincinnati opener empty stadiums and make money’ Andy Murray’s comeback following hip surgery hit another road- block after he was beaten 6-1 1-6 6-4 by France’s Lucas Pouille More than half of Premier League clubs could have played the turnstiles? in the first round of the Cincinnati Open. in empty stadiums and still made a pre-tax profit in the first “I’d say they are the most important element,” said Foot- The Scot went under the knife in January but has had a frus- season of the current broadcast deal, BBC research has found. ball Supporters’ Federation chair Malcolm Clarke. trating time since he came back to the ATP circuit in June. In 2016-17, during which clubs benefited from a record “Players and managers come and go, but we are always The former world number one had hoped to build on the £8.3bn in global TV revenue, match day income contributed there. The reason that they can get lucrative TV deals is momentum that had carried him into the quarter-finals of the less than 20p in every £1 earned by 18 top-flight outfits. because the product shows the crowd, the noise, the away Citi Open before he pulled out of the Washington tournament The number of clubs that would have recorded pre-tax fans and the atmosphere - it is all part of it. citing fatigue. But it was world number 17 Pouille who proved profits even if match day income was taken away rose from “On one level they don’t need the fans because they have to be the more resourceful as he claimed his first win in five tries two in 2015-16 to 11 in 2016-17. got so much money from broadcasters, but at another level against Murray. Murray, whose ranking plummeted into the Dr Rob Wilson, a sport finance specialist at Sheffield they do need fans to keep an attractive product. 800s last month but has now risen to 375, has fallen at the first Hallam University, said the previous £3.018bn broadcast “How boring would it be to watch a Premier League hurdle in two of the four tournaments he has contested this year. deal struck in 2012 signaled a permanent change to top- game in an empty stadium?” “I only lost four more points in the match than him,” said flight football as a business in England. In a statement, the Premier League said clubs “work Murray, who won 82 points to Pouille’s 86. “That is when the focus really went toward generating hard to fill their stadiums” through a number of ticketing “It was tight. He’s a top 20 player. If I can improve by 10, 15 TV money rather than match day ticket receipts,” he told offers, highlighting the £30 cap on away tickets introduced percent, you turn a lot of those matches around.” BBC Sport. rely anymore on match day ticket income.” at the start of the 2016-17 season. Pouille said he was pleased with how he fought against the “The revenue structures of those clubs are fairly well Bournemouth, with the smallest ground capacity in the “The high-quality football produced by clubs, combined former world number one. “I’m very happy, especially with the there to stay now. Premier League of just 11,450 and who intend to build a with the commitment of fans, led to an extremely high sta- way I fought until the end,” he said. “I tried to do my best in the “When you get a £120m payout from the Premier League bigger stadium, had a turnover of almost £136.5m in 2016- dium utilization of 96% in the Premier League last season, third set and then until the end I played very aggressive and I’m for kicking a ball around, you can play in an empty stadium 17, with £5.2m from tickets. That is less than 4p in every £1 and similar levels have been achieved for many consecutive very pleased with that.” if you need to. of its income for the season. years,” the statement continued. (Source: Reuters) “From a revenue generation perspective, clubs do not So just how important is it to have fans coming through (Source: BBC) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y AUGUST 15, 2018 SPORTS 15

Kimia Alizadeh could retire Carlos Queiroz to stay as Iran coach until 2019 AFC from taekwondo, coach says Asian Cup SPORTS TEHRAN — Carlos Queiroz will remain as SPORTS TEHRAN — Iranian woman taek- deskIran national football team coach until the desk wondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh may 2019 AFC Asian Cup. be forced to retire from the sport forever, Mahroo The Portuguese has yet to extend his contract with Irani- Komrani said. an federation but Deputy Sports Minister Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, who had been selected to carry Iran’s Davarzani says he will lead Team Melli in the competition flag at the 2018 Asian Games, missed the Games due in the UAE. to a torn ACL. Carlos Queiroz has been recently linked with a move to Alizadeh won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer South Korea and Colombia. Olympic Games. This made her the first Iranian woman “Queiroz will remain as Iran coach in the 2019 AFC Asian to win a medal at the Olympic Games. Cup,” Davarzani said. But now, her coach says she will likely announce re- Iran national football team have been drawn with Iraq, tirement from the sport forever. Yemen and Vietnam in Group D of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. “For someone who has undergone surgery sever- al times, is very difficult to return to the sport once again,” Komrani said. “Kimia made history for Iran in the Olympic Games Iranian Asian Games’ squad but our girls have the potential to make a splash in the Asian Games in Indonesia,” she added. off to Indonesia Kimia Alizadeh made a name for herself in the women’s IRNA — Several Iranian national sports teams departed for 63-kg class at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Indonesia on Monday evening to attend Jakarta Palembang by winning a gold medal. 2018 Asian Games, it was reported on Tuesday. A year later, Alizadeh beat London 2012 gold medalist The Iranian squad comprising 13 teams including wushu, Jade Jones at the 2015 World Championship to win taekwondo, fencing, swimming, gymnastics, paragliding, a bronze medal. badminton, kabaddi , beach volleyball, tennis, sepak takraw, Kimia won a silver medal at the 2017 World Taek- and sailing. wondo Championships. Iranian woman shooter Elaheh Ahmadi replaced her to carry the flag in the Games. The 18th edition of the Asian Games will be held in Indonesia between August 18 and September 2.

Son eager to lead Korea Republic’s Samuel Eto’o joins Qatar charge Sports Club

A medical team is also accompanying the Iranian squad. The Iranian outfit at the 2018 Asian Games comprises 280 sportsmen and 98 sportswomen who will compete in 42 sports fields. The 2018 Asian Games is slated to start on August 18 and will wrap up on September 2 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang. Over 11,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries will attend the competition. The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta Palembang 2018, is a pan- Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heu- are Daegu FC goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo Veteran Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o The Dutchman now plays for Al Gharafa Asian multi-sport event scheduled to be held from August 18 ng-min is looking forward to spearheading and Gamba Osaka striker Hwang Ui-jo. has signed for Qatar league side, Qatar in Qatar’s domestic competition, the Qatar to September 2, 2018 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Korea Republic’s defence of the Asian The men’s football competition at the Sports Club, it was announced Monday, Stars League. Palembang. Games gold medal. Asian Games is an U-23 affair. just days after he ended a brief stay at The signing is a coup for Qatar Sports Son, who arrived in Bandung on Monday Korea Republic are in Group E with Turkish side Konyaspor. Club, who finished in mid-table last season to join the Korea Republic U-23 squad, said Bahrain, Malaysia and Kyrgyz Republic. The former Barcelona, Inter Milan and and currently have little hope of winning he will use the coming days to familiarise Although expected to progress to the Chelsea striker will be unveiled on Tuesday, any domestic titles. No Trabzonspor agreement for with his teammates. Knockout Stage, Son cautioned against said Qatar Sports Club, the latest big-name Earlier on Monday Eto’o said Ligue “I have to get friendly with other underestimating their challengers. edition to Qatar’s domestic league as it gears 1 clubs had contacted him after he an- Iran’s Pouraliganji younger teammates,” he said. “I’ll ap- “Like we beat Germany at the FIFA up to host the 2022 World Cup. nounced he was leaving Turkey last week. proach them first and will give them some World Cup, we could also lose to other The club said on social media that it The 37-year-old is now in the twilight of a TASNIM — Morteza Pouraliganji’s future should be decided advice. It’s my job to help my teammates Asian teams,” he said. “Football is a sport would “present the international star Samuel fabulous career. in the ‘the next couple of days’ after the Iranian international to play their best game.” in which 11 players compete. We need to Eto’o” at a press conference. It is understood He enjoyed five hugely successful sea- defender didn’t reach an agreement with Turkish football club Son arrived in Bandung after playing stay focused.” he underwent a medical earlier in the day. sons with Barcelona from 2004 to 2009, Trabzonspor in Tottenham’s opening 2-1 English Pre- Son scored two goals at the 2018 The four-time African player of the before helping Jose Mourinho’s Inter team Pouraligani was reportedly on the verge of joining Trab- mier League win over Newcastle United FIFA World Cup, including Korea Re- year will join former colleagues in Qa- to win the treble of Champions League, zonspor but two parties failed to finalize the deal due to on Saturday. public’s second goal in their 2-0 win tar, including ex-Barcelona teammate Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in his first financial issues. “On my flight to Indonesia, I thought over Germany. Xavi Hernandez, who plays for Al Sadd, season in Italy. Reports in the Turkish media emerged on Tuesday Trab- a lot about the Asian Games,” Son said. Korea Republic open their Asian and Wesley Sneijder who was at Inter He then had brief stints at Chelsea and zonspor have given up interest in signing Pouraliganji. “I feel more responsibility as a wild card Games campaign against Bahrain on with Eto’o. Everton in the Premier League. Eto’o also The 26-year-old defender, who most recently played in member and I have to play a good game.” Wednesday before facing Malaysia (Au- In 2009, Eto’o won the Champions scored 56 times for his country in 118 ap- Qatar’s Al Sadd, had traveled to Istanbul to watch Trabzon- Son, 26, is one of the three wild card gust 17) and Kyrgyz Republic (August League with Barcelona playing alongside pearances and won two African Cup of spor and Basaksehir. players for Korea Republic at the 2018 20) to complete the group stage. Xavi. A year later he won the same trophy Nations with Cameroon. Trabzonspor have already signed Iranian midfielder Vahid Asian Games Indonesia. The other two (Source: the-afc) with Inter in the same team as Sneijder. (Source: Firstpost.com) Amiri and defender Majid Hosseini. Qatar handball thump Malaysia in opener Asian Games defending champions in handball, Qatar dominate in the second session to emerge runaway winners. with the transportation service as it only took 30 minutes Persepolis best Iranian club in began their campaign on a resounding note by registering “It was a good game. We have done our best and we from the athletes village to go here,” he added. world ranking an emphatic 64-11 win over Malaysia in the Group A match will try to do so, Inshallah [God willing] until the final Malaysia coach Muhanmad Ali Shamsul Nizam was in Indonesia, yesterday. match. This is the first time we have participated in the disappointed with the loss but said it was good learning Anis Zouaoui led Qatar charge by top scoring with Asian Games,” Alhail Yosuf, Qatar’s handball manager experience. IRNA — Persepolis football team remain as the best Iranian club 18 goals while Abdulrazzaq Murad got his name on the said while talking to reporters after the match. “Qatar knows all our games, because we often play at the ranking released on Monday by clubworldranking.com. scoreboard ten times. Qatar next face Iran in their group match on August 17 together. We have learned new experiences from these The Reds, who have won Iran Professional League back- Coach Valero Rivera team, winners of the Men’s Handball and Yosuf said all matches will not be easy. games. Some of our players are injured, while others are to-back title, sit first with 3194 points. Team Championship in 2014, 2016 and 2018, besides the “The opponents will be very strong and we will think exhausted. We will try to change the strategy for the next Persepolis’s arch-rivals Esteghlal are second in the ranking Asian Games title in Incheon four years back, went into of other strategies in the next matches. Everything here is game,” Nizam said. with 2911 points, followed by Zob Ahan (2226) and Saipa the half time break leading 33-7 and they continued to very good, Indonesians are very friendly. I am very satisfied (Source: Thepeninsulaqatar.com) (1070) respectively. Spanish trio Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid remained unchanged as top three teams. Iran B into 6th AVC Cup final Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea are the best Asian team in the ranking. Iran made a step closer to retaining their by beautiful digs against threatening attacks Ataei Nouri. title after brushing off hosts Chinese Taipei from Chinese Taipei. Trailing in vain, Chinese “We cared too much about reaching new in three-setter 25-19, 25-20, 25-23 in the Taipei went down the second set 25-20. heights (in AVC Cup for Men) to perform well semi-finals of the 6th AVC Cup for Men at Boosted by home spectators’ support, on the court. Also, that is my bad thing to have Basim Qasim returns as Air the University of Taipei (Tianmu) Gymna- Chinese Taipei led in the third set with two insufficient instructions to the problems we met,” sium on Tuesday. powerful spikes 7-5. Taking advantage in said Chinese Taipei head coach Chen Yu-an. Force Club head coach The first set saw Chinese Taipei and Iran net faults produced by Chinese Taipei, Iran “Iran’s aggressive service troubled our trade blows before Iran led 20-16 thanks to advanced again and remained irresistible. reception so much that we could not spread their impenetrable blocks. Iran allowed the Iran wrapped up the set 25-23 and won the our wings comfortably on the court. We should Iraq’s Air Force Club have announced Basim Qasim’s appointment rivals three more points to take the opener final berth. improve it tomorrow and regain our form,” as head coach ahead of the 2018 AFC Cup West Zonal Final. 25-19 with their aggressive services. “This was our second time to play Chinese said Tai Ju-chien, setter of Chinese Taipei. The 59-year-old former Iraqi international’s most recent appointment was as the Iraq national team head coach, with In the second set, a quick timeout called by Taipei. We played better on the court because Yali Porya scored match-high 16 points Chinese Taipei will go up against Japan on Chinese Taipei due to their ineffective offense we had done more analysis and got familiar including 14 kills from 25 attempts and two a friendly against Palestine earlier in August his final match Wednesday to fight for the third place, with in charge. helped them catch Iran at 8-8 before Irani- with this great team, who beat Kazakhstan blocks, while Salehi Meisam added 13 points Qatar and Iran fighting for the championship. ans advanced with four points clear at 12-8 yesterday,” said Iran head coach Behrouz including 12 kills from 20 attempts and an ace. Qasim also previously handled the Iraq U-17 and U-19 teams (Source: asianvolleyball) as well as several clubs in Iraq and Yemen. His major success was guiding Air Force Club to their in- augural AFC Cup title in 2016, before leaving shortly after to Ronaldo discharged from Ibiza hospital after heavy flu coach the Iraqi team. Former Brazil and Real Madrid striker Ronaldo was dis- won a record fifth title in 2002, assured fans on social media This season will be incredible and promises a lot of news.” The Falcons went on to secure their second consecutive charged from an Ibiza hospital on Tuesday after suffering on Sunday that he was fine and would soon be ready to go Ronaldo retired from football in 2011 following a hugely club Continental title the following year. “heavy flu” while on holiday. home after suffering “a heavy bout of flu.” successful career which featured stints at PSV Eindhoven, Qasim’s first task is to prepare Air Force Club for the 2018 The 41-year-old was admitted on Friday after reportedly On Tuesday, he wrote: “Hi guys! I’m already at home Barcelona, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Brazilian sides Corinthians AFC Cup West Zonal final against Jordan’s Al Jazeera. suffering from pneumonia. Hospital sources told Spanish after a few days at the clinic. Thank you all for your kind and Cruzeiro as well as Real Madrid. The first leg is on September 18 with the return tie on Oc- media that Ronaldo left on Tuesday. messages and positive energy! Thank you very much to the He won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the tober 2. Ronaldo, who won the World Cup’s Golden Boot as Brazil team of doctors and nurses. Now let’s focus on football! world in 1997 and 2002. (Source: ESPN) (Source: the-afc) Prayer Times Noon:13:09 Evening: 20:13 Dawn: 4:52 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:24 (tomorrow) AUGUST 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 Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 “Subdued” named best [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 film at Hafez Awards www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. ARTTEHRAN — “Subdued”, Tel: 88911433 desk Webmaster: [email protected] director Hamid Nematol- Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 lah’s drama about an emotional journey, has been named best film at the 18th Hafez No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran P.o. Box: 14155-4843 Awards, Iran’s first and only private awards Zip Code: 1599814713 in the film industry and TV productions. The Hafez Awards were presented at the Milad Hall in Tehran on Monday night as all winners commemorated Ali Moallem, the founder of the awards who died of a heart attack in March, 2017. Moallem’s colleagues in his Persian cin- ematic monthly Donya-ye Tasvir, which is the organizer of the Hafez Awards, and his family were also present at the ceremony. Leila Hatami won the award for best actress for her role in the movie “Subdued”. Hatami’s co-star, Kurosh Tahami, also received the Iran selects nominees for Astrid best actor award. Lindgren Memorial Award The film also brought Sohrab Purnazeri the best composer award, and Masumeh CULTURE TEHRAN – Iran has announced its nominees Bayat won the best screenwriter award, deskfor the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, while Homayun Shajarian won the best a prestigious Swedish honor to promote children’s and youths’ film music award. literature in the world. “Subdued”, is about Mina who is recently divorced from her drug addict husband. With her mother deceased and estranged from her father, she leads an independent life. After finding a job in a restaurant, she strikes up a friendship with its attentive manager. She starts having feelings she has never before experienced. These feelings, “Subdued” director Hamid Nematollah (L) holds the best film award he received at the 18th Hafez Awards ceremony held at the Milad eventually shared, are shaken when the Hall on August 13, 2018. Actor/director Hooman Seyyedi is also seen in the photo. manager begins to distance himself from The award for best director was presented “The Licentiates”. received a lifetime achievement award. her. Thus commences a tumultuous emotional to Fereidun Jeirani for “Asphyxia”. “The Home” director Asghar Yusefinejad “Zero to Podium”, a documentary by Sahar journey. Bahram Afshari won the best comedy won the Abbas Kiarostami Award, which was Mosayebi about the lives of Shahrbanu, So- One more award was presented in the best actor award for his strong performance in launched by the organizers last year in honor heila and Elaheh Mansourian, three Iranian actor category and Hadi Hejazifar received “Paytakht 5”, the popular Iranian TV series of the world renowned filmmaker. The award sisters who are Wushu fighters from the small The nominees are celebrated writer and playwright Jamshid the award for his role in “Lottery”, and one that was broadcast on IRIB’s Channel 3 during is presented to an innovative filmmaker. Iranian town of Semirom, was named the Khanian and researcher and children literature expert Ali-Asghar more in the best actress category which was the Noruz holidays in March. Veteran stage and cinema director Ali best documentary. Seyyedabadi. handed to Parinaz Izadyard for her role in Roya Mirlemi also won the best comedy Rafiei was next honored with a lifetime The best host award went to Mehran The nominees have been selected by Iranian Association of Writers “The Villa Tenants” by Monir Qeidi. actress award for her role in the TV series achievement award, while writer Hiva Masih Modiri for his talk show “Dorehami”. for Children and Youth. The decision was announced in a meeting held at the association by director Fereidun Amuzadeh Khalili on Tuesday. Kerman museum to showcase Seven animated movies to compete Khanian is a researcher and a playwright. Among his credits are “A Half Day in the Interrogation Room” and “Compass”. He is also illustrations from Bratislava biennial in Isfahan film festival the writer of several stories, including “Money” and “Where is My Joseph”, which have been translated into English, Russian and Polish. Seyyedabadi is a researcher and writer. His credits include “Whom Did Aunt Suska Marry?”, “The Wedding of Bijan and Manijeh”, and “Rainbow in My Pocket”. The prize worth SEK 5 million (about $600,000) is the largest international children’s and young adults’ literature award in the world. The award was established in 2002 by the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs to commemorate writer Astrid Lindgren and to promote children’s and youths’ literature from around the world. The list of the nominated candidates is presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. Children’s author Hushang Moradi Kermani was nominated for the award last year. American Book Awards honor cultural diversity

NEW YORK (AP) — Books on human caging, early Detroit and African-American culture in Los Angeles are among this year’s A scene from “Monster Island”, an animated horror comedy film directed by Leopoldo winners for works reflecting the country’s diversity. A poster for an exhibition of a collection of illustrations from the Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava in Kerman Aguilar ARTTEHRAN — A selec- year, is scheduled to hold a workshop at ARTTEHRAN — The Malamuzh from Ukraine, and “The Last desk desktion of works from the the museum on Thursday. organizers of the 31st Fiction” by Ashkan Rahgozar from Iran. various editions of the Biennale of Illustra- The exhibit will be running for one International Film Festival for Children Also included are the animated Czech/ tions Bratislava (BIB) will be showcased week. and Youth in Isfahan have released the Belgian/Russian coproduction “Harvie and in an exhibition in the Sanati Museum of Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center international animation lineup. the Magic Museum”, the American musical Contemporary Art in Kerman. was the first host of the exhibit in April. A selection of seven animated movies fantasy romantic comedy film produced by The exhibition, which will open today, The exhibit later moved to Sanandaj, from different countries will be competing Walt Disney “Enchanted”, and the Russian has been organized in collaboration with Kordestan Province in July. in the international section of the festival animated adventure movie “Mission the Kerman branch of the Institute for The first edition of the Slovakian bi- running from August 30 to September 5. Kathmandu”. Intellectual Development of Children and ennial was held in 1967. In the course of The lineup includes “Mullewapp 2” “The Cushion” by Mani Vatandust from This combination photo of book cover images shows “City of Inmates: Young Adults (IIDCYA). 50 years of BIB history, and its 25 exhi- by Tony Loeser, Theresa Strozyk from Iran is also an animation to go on screen in Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, Iranian illustrator Narges Mohammadi, bitions, a total of 7,580 artists from 110 Germany, “Monster Island”, an animated the non-competitive section of the festival. 1771-1965,” by Kelly Lytle Hernandez, from left, “The Dawn of De- who won a Golden Apple for her works in countries have presented 59,860 original horror comedy film directed by Leopoldo A selection of 15 films from different 14 troit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits,” the book “I Was a Deer” at the Biennial of illustrations and over 9,500 books, the Aguilar from Mexico, “The Stolen Princess”, countries have also been selected to compete by Tiya Miles and “South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Illustrations Bratislava in Slovakia last BIB has said on its website. a 3D animated fantasy film directed by Oleg in the international section of the festival. Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s,” by Kellie Jones. AP The American Book Awards were announced Monday by the Before Columbus Foundation, founded in 1976 by author-poet Ishmael Reed. AP Source: Soul icon Aretha Franklin is seriously ill Winners included Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s “City of Inmates: NEW YORK (AP) — Fans and friends, including Mariah all-time and is known for hits like “Respect” and “(You have been “very close” for decades and their most recent Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, Carey and Missy Elliott, offered prayers and well wishes Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” conversation was about a week ago by phone. Fakir said 1771-1965” and Kellie Jones’ “South of Pico: African American to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who is seriously ill. Franklin, who had battled undisclosed health issues in they talked after Franklin had stopped by his Detroit Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s.” Tiya Miles was A person close to Franklin, who spoke on the condition recent years, canceled planned concerts earlier this year house when he wasn’t there. cited for her history “The Dawn of Detroit.” of anonymity because the person was not allowed to after she was ordered by her doctor to stay off the road “She was telling me she rides around the city every now Other recipients were Victor Lavalle for “The Changeling: publicly talk about the topic, told The Associated Press and rest up. She was originally scheduled to perform on and then — she talks about how beautiful it is again,” Fakir A Novel,” Valeria Luiselli for “Tell Me How It Ends”, Tommy on Monday that the singer is seriously ill. No more details her 76th birthday in March in Newark, New Jersey, and said. “We were reminiscing about how blessed we were — Pico for “Nature Poem” and Rena Priest for “Patriarchy Blues”. were provided. at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in April. only a couple two of us are around from that era. We were Carey, who considers Franklin one of her biggest Last year, the icon announced her plans to retire, saying just kind of reminiscing about the good times we had.” influences, wrote on Twitter that she is “praying for the she would perform at “some select things.” One of those Fakir, who calls Franklin “baby sis” because he’s older Queen of Soul.” Missy Elliott said that the public has to select events was a gala for Elton John’s 25th anniversary than she is by six years, said despite her health troubles Oliver Stone plans next film celebrate iconic artists before they die. of his AIDS foundation in November in New York City, “she was talking about the future.” “White Lies” with Benicio “So many (of them) have given us decades of Timeless where Franklin closed the event with a collection of songs “She talked about this great, big special she was going to music,” the rapper wrote on Twitter. including “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Freeway.” have in New York, with all her great friends performing,” Del Toro to star Mark Frost, Andy Cohen and Ciara also posted about Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the lone surviving original member he said. “It made me feel good as well — she was still hoping Franklin, who is considered one of the greatest singers of of the Four Tops, told the AP on Monday morning they and wishing and dreaming as we do in this business.” LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) — Oliver Stone is reteaming with Benicio Del Toro on his next turn in the director’s chair, “White Lies”. Mark Millar launching comic “Prodigy” for Netflix The New York-set drama follows Jack (Del Toro), a child of LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) — Crane, the world’s smartest man, who isn’t “I wanted to write the smartest thing I’ve divorce that is now repeating his parents’ mistakes in his own Comic book author Mark Millar is teaming up content with running the world’s most suc- ever written and at the same time top any marriage and with his troubled son. Feeling trapped, he embarks with Batman artist “Albuquerque for Prodigy”, cessful business: “His brilliant mind needs action set pieces I’ve ever managed in the on a lust-filled journey to free himself, but only becomes more a new release that marks the prolific creator’s constant challenge and so he’s become the past and I honestly couldn’t be happier with lost. When he meets a woman whose life is the opposite of his second title since setting up shop at Netflix. go-to guy for governments around the world how this has turned out,” said Millar in his own, he begins a journey of rediscovery. Stone will direct from Millar, the co-creator of such titles as when a problem arises they just can’t handle. familiar enthusiastic patois. “Edison Crane his own script. “Wanted”, “Kick-Ass” and “Kingsman”, sold A Nobel Prize-winning scientist, a genius com- is by far the best character I’ve created in “White Lies” will shoot in spring 2019 in New York City. his publishing company Millarworld in a much poser, an Olympic-level athlete and an expert my career and I’m delighted that my genius Nighthawk Capital Limited is financing the film, which will ballyhooed deal in 2017. His inaugural comic in the occult, Edison Crane is as addicted to friend [Rafael] Albuquerque is drawing the be produced by Fernando Sulichin with Ross Katz. Sulichin’s under that acquisition deal was “The Magic the mysteries of the world as he is to sitting at comic book side of all this. He’s really one of New Element Media, which has worked with Stone on movies Order”, whose first issue was published June 13. the top of the Fortune 500. These are the tales the best artists in the world.” including Snowden and the Del Toro-starring Savages, raised According to Netflix, which made the an- of the world’s most exceptional man and this “Prodigy”will hit comic book stores via the finance. nouncement, “Prodigy” centers on Edison story marks his first published adventure.” Image Comics as well as online Dec. 5. Netflix/Ozgur Yildirim