WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 40,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13507 Sunday OCTOBER 13, 2019 Mehr 21, 1398 Safar 14, 1441 Iran is categorically Nasrallah, Bassil Iran U23 football Kalhor cancels Istanbul opposed to hold lengthy team to play concert in protest at Turkey’s nuclear arms 3 meeting 13 Australia 15 assault on Kurds in Syria 16 Iran’s external debt in 2018 down Evil acts in international 6.5% on year: WB TEHRAN — World Bank (WB) in its total external debt at the end of 2018, latest report on global debts dubbed “In- $382 million was related to long-term ternational Debt Statistics 2020” has put debts, while $3.959 billion was the share waterways won’t go unanswered Iran’s external debts for 2018 at $6.324 of short-term debts, and $1.983 billion billion, down about 6.5 percent from was pertain to International Monetary $6.761 billion in 2017. Fund (IMF) credit lines. As per the data published by WB, Iran’s The bank also reported the total foreign See page 2 foreign debts decreased by $437 million direct investment (FDI) in Iran in the past in 2018 compared to its preceding year. year at $3.481 billion, down 30 percent from Based on the report, of the country’s the same period a year earlier. 4 Turkey’s Syria offensive “invasion” of Arab land: Arab League TEHRAN — Arab League Secretary by Egypt. He called on the League to General Ahmed Aboul Gheit Saturday reinstate Syria’s membership in the called Turkey’s military operation in body. northeast Syria an “invasion of an Arab Turkey’s military operation in north- state’s land and an aggression on its east Syria is a violation of the country’s sovereignty.” territorial integrity, the Arab League’s Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed secretary general has argued. Ali Alhakim, president of the current His organization, incorporating 22 Arab League session, also condemned member states, held an emergency meeting Turkey’s offensive into Syria during an at ministerial level on Saturday to discuss emergency meeting for the body, called the incursion into Syrian territory. 13 Al-Houthi calls on U.S. to ‘learn from Vietnam’ TEHRAN— Head of Yemen’s Supreme wars” in countries such as Yemen and Iraq. Revolutionary Committee has called on The official vowed that the Yemeni -na the US to “learn from Vietnam” after tion would continue its resistance against Washington announced plans to deploy Saudi Arabia and other countries which about 2,000 additional troops to Saudi are supported by the U.S. in their war on Arabia. the impoverished nation. Hadi Zand Hadi An “increase in numbers does not “Your previous forces, weapons and mean victory,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi military commanders, which proved that warned in a series of tweets, adding the the U.S. is killing the Yemeni people, did ISNA/ U.S. should also learn from its “useless not frighten us,” he said. 13 ARTICLE Photographer Kenro Izu shares personal experiences of “pilgrimage by camera” ARTICLE Afshin Majlesi By Manijeh Rezapoor in an interview last week in Tehran. through the passage of life, and I personally try Hana Saada Tehran Times journalist TEHRAN — Kenro Izu, a world-renowned U.S.- The U.S.-based Japanese photographer is to seek why I am here and what is my mission Journalist from Algeria based Japanese photographer who calls his style displaying photos from his series “Sacred Plac- and what is the passage in front of me. However, of photography a “pilgrimage by camera,” puts es”, “Still Life” and “Blue” in an exhibition at I must say I still don’t know,” Izu asserted. forth his personal experiences of life in his black Tehran’s Nabshi Center. “But in order to observe myself as to where I Spark your and white photo series. Born in 1949 in Osaka, Japan, Izu uses his am, the camera has really been helpful. It forced Who is Ethiopian “Taking pictures is just a personal experi- custom-built, large-format, three-hundred- me to concentrate, and after that I started to wanderlust: how ence. To me, it is an experience as a human pound Deardorff camera to produce his time- keep it in my mind. It provided a real oppor- Premier Abiy being, and that is why I call it a pilgrimage less photos. tunity like a good mirror reflecting myself,” influencers can help? with my camera,” Izu told the Tehran Times “As a human being, everybody has a journey he said. 16 Ahmed, winner of n the current fast-paced realm of ad- 2019 Nobel Peace vertising and marketing, travel influ- Iencers have changed the whole game Challenges facing Iran to become resilient against disasters Prize for Eritrea as they have succeeded to materialize a By Faranak Bakhtiari a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster to critical infrastructure and disruption of ba- totally new and self-directed channels to Accord? TEHRAN — Having tackled over 34 out of 41 reduction. sic services, among them health and education reach audiences in a more authentic and natural disasters identified worldwide, Iran is Held annually on October 13, the day cele- facilities, including through developing their personal way, even influencing to shape thiopian Prime Minister Abiy among the top countries most prone to natural brates how people and communities around the resilience by 2030.” their wanderlusts. Ahmed has been crowned the disasters. Therefore, risk reduction and resilience world are reducing their exposure to disasters The Sendai Framework is a 15-year voluntary We can say that the Instagram has winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace is widely recognized emphasizing the need for and raising awareness about the importance of people-centered approach to disaster risk re- E backtracked old-school manners of trav- Prize for “his efforts to achieve peace making cities resilient to disasters. But what are reining in the risks that they face. duction, succeeding the 2005-2015 framework. el advertising campaigns. Well-traveled and international cooperation” with the challenges on its way? The 2019 edition continues as part of the Iran also marks the National Disaster influencers induce their avid followers to his neighbor, Eritrea, beating 16-year- The International Day for Disaster Risk Re- “Sendai Seven” campaign, centered on the seven Reduction Day on October 13, identifying win sparking their wanderlusts by the old climate activist Greta Thunberg. duction started in 1989, after a call by the United targets of the Sendai Framework. This year will weaknesses to avoid the potential dangers means of the photo-sharing platform that The prize was awarded on Friday Nations General Assembly for a day to promote focus on “Substantially reduce disaster damage of these events. 12 enables sharing of wonderful moments and for “his efforts for peace and interna- wandering adventures of their journeys. tional cooperation and for his decisive Many believe that the Instagram has initiative to resolve the border dispute drastically changed the way people, espe- with Eritrea”. He has been accredited cially the youth, travel, and it’s undoubtedly Europe has not been honest with Tehran: Shireen Hunter by the Norwegian Nobel Committee not all for the better. The trend, however, By Javad Heirannia an instrument to convince Iran to continue to have only one month to implement the Paris plan with ending the two-decade-long con- has its own harms, for instance, it may TEHRAN — Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a profes- adhere to the JCPOA,” Hunter says. to keep JCPOA alive. Is France in a position to flict between Ethiopia and Eritrea as lead to overtourism, a relativity new term sor of political science at Georgetown University, She adds “Even if the entire EU joins the Instex, warn against keeping things that the Europeans they announced the award in Oslo on that you may cannot look it up in many tells the Tehran Times that “France is not capable it would not solve Iran’s problems. Europe has themselves failed to fulfill? Friday night. dictionaries. of doing anything to ensure the JCPOA’s survival not been honest with Tehran.” A: France is trying to push both Iran and the “When Abiy Ahmed became Prime That’s why Iran’s tourism ministry has without American approval.” Following is the text of the interview: U.S. to change their uncompromising positions Minister in April 2018, he made it started to make the best use of new tech- “Instex never was a viable alternative to normal French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le and agree to some form of compromise which clear he wishes to resume peace talks nologies in order to portray a true image financial a trade transactions. It has always been Drian warned that the United States and Iran could defuse tensions in the Persian Gulf. 7 with Eritrea,” the committee said. of the country based on what travelers and “In close cooperation with the Pres- influencers perceive during their visits ident of Eritrea, Abiy Ahmed quickly to the country. worked out the principles for a peace But, how does it work for Iran? agreement to end the long no peace It’s noteworthy to remind that Iran Syrian Kurdish- stalemate between the two countries.” has been under U.S. sanctions and Ahmed collaborated with Eritrean its anti-Iran propaganda for around led authority: President Isaias Afwerki on a peace four decades. Some Western media deal to end two decades of conflict outlets have long tried to portray Iran’s nearly 200,000 and restored relations in July 2018 global image as unsafe, unwelcoming after years of hostility.