Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Eye on Iran: Iran's Oil Sales Rise as Sanctions Pressure Eases








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Reuters: "Iran's oil exports have picked up modestly in January for the third consecutive month, according to sources who track tanker movements, adding to signs that the easing of sanctions pressure on Tehran is helping its oil exports to recover. The increase in shipments is around 50,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to one tracker company, which would take Iranian exports to around 1.2 million bpd for January and add about $150 million a month to Tehran's depleted oil revenues. The small rise is unlikely to be a direct consequence of the easing of sanctions, which only took effect on Monday, and shippers say they are still waiting to finalise the paperwork now insurance restrictions on vessels carrying Iranian crude have been eased. But the interim deal, which was agreed back in November in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear programme, has improved sentiment and reduced risk for buyers, giving Iranian exports a much-needed boost in the months since... A second tracking source familiar with Iran's shipments, who estimated an increase of 60,000 bpd in January, said he had seen a pick-up 'especially in India'. 'China's purchases remain firm, with Turkish imports at around 105,000 barrels per day. Syria is still picking up modest cargoes,' the source said... The International Energy Agency said in its monthly report on Tuesday that Iranian exports rose in December by 50,000 bpd to 1.15 million bpd, and could increase further now shipments are easier to insure. 'The relaxation in tanker insurance provisions in the current sanctions regime may lead to small increases in Iranian crude exports to existing customers in the short term,' said the IEA, which advises industrialised countries on oil policy." http://t.uani.com/1aIULLr

Reuters: "Reformists who supported the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani last year fear his focus on improving relations with the West will prevent him from pushing for greater political and cultural freedoms at home... Some say that by securing Khamenei's consent to the nuclear deal, Rouhani has depleted his political capital with the man who has the final say on all state matters, leaving nothing for domestic reforms. 'It is a tactical flexibility. Khamenei has given Rouhani a free hand only on the nuclear issue, but not beyond that,' said a former senior official on condition of anonymity. 'Criticism of the deal by hardliners was part of Khamenei's strategy, aimed at reminding Rouhani who was the boss and that he needed Khamenei's support to overcome the resistance.' Khamenei has been adept at ensuring that no group, even the conservatives, gains enough power to challenge his authority, so Rouhani's diplomatic triumph is likely to put him on a shorter leash on internal reforms and improvements in human rights. These are 'two fields in which nothing has changed', one gloomy pro-reform politician said... Paradoxically, engagement with the international community, which will improve Iranian people's lives, is likely to cement the hardliners' grip on power." http://t.uani.com/1c2ykls

The Hill: "Two House panels will examine the details of the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran next week amid pressure from Congress to slap new sanctions on the country. The Middle East and nonproliferation panels of the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a joint hearing on Tuesday, just hours before President Obama's State of the Union address. The hearing aims to probe the Nov. 24 agreement freezing Iran's nuclear program, which only went into effect Monday following disagreements between Iran and the international community on how it should be enforced. 'As today marks the beginning of implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, it is vital for us to scrutinize this agreement that fails to meet basic foreign policy objectives,' Middle East panel spokeswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said in a statement... Witnesses include Mark Wallace, a former ambassador to the UN under President George W. Bush who now heads the pro-sanctions United Against Nuclear Iran. The group has clashed with the White House over its effort to paint pro-sanctions lawmakers as encouraging a war with Iran." http://t.uani.com/1aIWArJ
   
Nuclear Program & Negotiations

AP: "The U.N. decision to revoke Iran's invitation to this week's Syrian peace talks almost as quickly as it came was a reminder that the path to reconciliation between Tehran and the West is hardly a smooth one. Progress on the issue of Iran's nuclear program is no guarantee of an easing of tensions in the multiple disputes between the two sides. Iran took a major step in defrosting relations with the West over its nuclear program by halting high-level uranium enrichment Monday as part of a landmark interim deal that wins it an easing of some economic sanctions. But the very same day on the Syria front, Tehran showed it was sticking by its key ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad, by refusing to endorse the premise of the peace talks - a call for the creation of a transitional Syrian government. The flap over the invitation to the talks, which begin Wednesday in the Swiss resort town of Montreux, left both sides clearly stung. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the revoking of the invitation by U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, only a day after he issued it, was 'behavior below his dignity,' accusing him of bending to pressure from 'the U.S. and some groups whose hands were smeared with the blood of the Syrian people.' Ban's office, in turn, suggested the U.N. chief had been misled by Tehran... The events Monday highlighted the multiple facets of the disputes between Iran and the West - and how a step forward in one doesn't rule a step back in another. The nuclear program is one major dispute, with the U.S. and its allies fearing that Tehran aims to build nuclear weapons and Iran insisting its program is for peaceful purposes. But it's not the only one. The United States sees Iran as a sponsor of terrorism for its backing of militant groups like Lebanon's Hezbollah, and it and its Arab allies have been pushing back against Tehran's moves to spread its influence in the Middle East - particularly through its alliance with Assad." http://t.uani.com/1fZXhkR

LAT: "While much of the world watched with cautious optimism as an interim deal designed to limit Iran's enrichment of uranium went into effect Monday, the tone in Israel was one of resigned skepticism. Politicians took to the airwaves to highlight the deal's flaws and a newspaper released a poll that found 1 in 5 Israelis doesn't believe President Obama will prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms. Speaking at the parliament, or Knesset, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the agreement reached in November between Iran and six world powers for not exacting enough concessions. The deal, he said, keeps Iran's nuclear train 'on the tracks' by allowing low-grade enrichment to continue. A final accord, which under the November agreement is to be negotiated over the next six months, must go much farther, he warned... Emily Landau, director of the Arms Control and Regional Security Project at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, said the Iranian threat cannot be underestimated. She pointed to a statement from Iran's top nuclear negotiator that the country's reduced capabilities under the agreement could be quickly reversed. 'You have take those words seriously because this is a true indication of how Iran is viewing this,' she said." http://t.uani.com/LTyAcP

AFP: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Iran's atomic drive 'will be stopped', a day after an interim agreement bringing sanctions relief for Tehran took effect... 'The interim agreement which went into force today does not prevent Iran from realising its intention to develop nuclear weapons,' he told the Israeli parliament... 'A nuclear armed Iran would not just endanger Israel -- it would threaten the peace and security of our region,' Netanyahu said on Tuesday. 'It would give Iran's terrorist proxies a nuclear umbrella. It would launch a multilateral nuclear arms race in the Middle East, it could turn the Middle East into a nuclear tinderbox,' he said." http://t.uani.com/1aKZGse

Military Matters

Reuters: "A former engineer for defense contractors has been indicted on charges that he tried to send Iran secret details on the U.S. Air Force's F-35 joint strike fighter program, the office of the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut said on Tuesday. The accused man, Mozaffar Khazaee, a dual U.S. and Iranian citizen, was arrested on January 9 at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, after he flew from Indianapolis to Newark, with Tehran as his final destination, prosecutors said. Khazaee, who moved recently from Connecticut to Indianapolis, was charged with two counts of transporting, transmitting and transferring in interstate commerce goods obtained by theft, conversion or fraud, according to the indictment. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison." http://t.uani.com/1c2z2io

Sanctions Relief

Free Beacon: "The White House has been exploring ways to circumvent Congress and unilaterally lift sanctions on Iran once a final nuclear agreement is reached, according to sources with knowledge of White House conversations and congressional insiders familiar with its strategy... While many in Congress insist that only the legislative branch can legally repeal sanctions, senior White House officials have been examining strategies to skirt Congress, according to those familiar with internal conversations. Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.), who is leading the charge on new sanctions legislation, said that it is unacceptable for the White House to try to bypass Congress on such a critical global issue. 'The American people must get a say in any final nuclear agreement with Iran to ensure the mullahs never get the bomb,' Kirk told the Washington Free Beacon. 'The administration cannot just ignore U.S. law and lift sanctions unilaterally.' ... Obama could also use executive waivers to 'bypass restrictions imposed by the law,' according to a report by Patrick Clawson, director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). The president has a lot of leverage when it comes to sanctions and could effectively 'turn a blind eye' to Iranian infractions." http://t.uani.com/1eSziyW

Bloomberg: "Iran is postponing by about three months a conference at which it plans to introduce new contract terms to international energy companies, an adviser to Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said. The London event, originally scheduled for early April, will be held instead in late June or early July, Mehdi Hosseini, the head of an Oil Ministry committee that reviews contracts, said today in a phone interview from Tehran. 'We're seeking good results, and it's preferable to have more time to prepare,' he said. 'There is a lot we want to do, and we had planned very optimistically.' Iran's existing buy-back contracts require companies to pay for oil and natural gas exploration and recover their investment from any production at a pre-arranged rate of return. Hosseini said in November that the nation, hampered by economic sanctions over its nuclear program, was working on new terms that conform more closely with international norms to attract foreign partners to help develop energy resources." http://t.uani.com/1mFRB05

FT: "The many daily flights between Dubai and Tehran are always busy. But these days the Iranians heading home after business and shopping trips are being joined by rising numbers of briefcase-toting western and Asian passengers. They are part of a new wave of foreign investors eager to investigate business opportunities in post-sanctions Iran, a potentially lucrative trade that Dubai, the commercial hub of the United Arab Emirates, is eager to capitalise on. Last week, Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum called for sanctions to be lifted on the Islamic republic. 'I think we need to give Iran space, Iran is our neighbour and we don't want any problem,' he told the BBC in an interview. 'If they agree peace with the Americans and the Americans lift sanctions, then everyone will benefit.' It is a stance that puts him at odds with most Sunni Gulf leaders. While the UAE, which includes Dubai, has long been one of the most hawkish voices on Iran, Dubai, built on trade with the Islamic republic and home to a large Iranian community, is eager to renew these business links, analysts say." http://t.uani.com/LTGW41

Reuters: "Iranian President Hasan Rouhani will address a panel of top global oil executives on Thursday as the Islamic Republic steps up efforts to win back investments from oil companies as part of its rapprochement with the West. Rouhani will give a short speech to chief executives from oil majors such as Eni, BP, Total and Shell, according to several executives who meet on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos. Heads of U.S. companies such as Exxon Mobil could also attend, the executives said. Tehran wants Western oil companies to revive its giant ageing oilfields and develop new oil and gas fields once sanctions are lifted and is improving its oil investment contract in order to lure them in." http://t.uani.com/1in5tfa

Bloomberg: "Giuseppe Recchi, chairman of Italy's biggest energy company Eni SpA (ENI), said he'd be interested in seeing Iran open up to investment following years of sanctions.  Recchi and Amec Plc (AMEC) Chief Executive Officer Samir Brikho discussed Iran, holder of the world's fourth-largest proven oil reserves, in a Bloomberg Television interview today in Davos, Switzerland. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is heading to Davos to meet world political and business leaders, the first leader from the country to visit the Swiss ski resort for the World Economic Forum... Rouhani is due to address the forum tomorrow during a session called 'Iran in the World.'" http://t.uani.com/1jzfmEk

Reuters: "Western sanctions against Iran meant 64,500 lost vehicle sales and led Renault to a 7.4 percent decline in its Asia-Pacific sales region, which includes India and South Korea. A deal late last year to ease sanctions temporarily has not yet allowed the carmaker to resume production or sales there, Stoll said. 'We are looking at how to resume the supply of parts ... as and when financial transactions with Iran are unblocked,' the Renault sales chief added." http://t.uani.com/1eStHZk

Syria Conflict

Reuters: "A Syrian military police photographer has supplied 'clear evidence' showing the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees in circumstances that evoked Nazi death camps, former war crimes prosecutors said. Syrian officials could face war crimes charges as a result of the evidence provided by the photographer, who has defected, the three prosecutors said. One of the prosecutors said the evidence documented 'industrial scale killing' that was reminiscent of the World War II concentration camps of Belsen and Auschwitz... 55,000 images provided by the photographer, who fled Syria after passing the pictures to Assad's opponents, show emaciated and mutilated corpses. Bearing signs of torture, some of the corpses had no eyes. Others showed signs of strangulation or electrocution. 'There is clear evidence, capable of being believed by a tribunal of fact in a court of law, of systematic torture and killing of detained persons by the agents of the Syrian government,' the three prosecutors said in the 31-page report." http://t.uani.com/1f8PMmZ

Reuters: "Talks in Switzerland between Syria's government and its enemies to end the country's three years of civil war are unlikely to be successful, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said on Wednesday, the official IRNA news agency reported. 'Because of the lack of influential players in the meeting, I doubt about the Geneva 2 meeting's success in fighting against terrorism ... and its ability to resolve the Syria crisis,' Rouhani said. 'The Geneva 2 meeting has already failed without it even being started.'" http://t.uani.com/KFxiRQ

WSJ: "U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry kicked off a long-awaited international conference aimed at ending the Syrian civil war by demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad and his family from power. Mr. Kerry's comments Wednesday were immediately challenged by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, who accused the U.S. and its Middle East allies, particularly Turkey and Saudi Arabia, of supporting terrorist groups who he alleged are seeking to destabilize the Damascus regime... 'Mutual consent, which is what has brought us here, for a transitional government means that that government cannot be formed with someone that is objected to by one side or the other. That means that Bashar Assad will not be part of that transition government,' Mr. Kerry said at the opening of the international conference in Montreux. 'There is no way...that the man who led the brutal response to his own people could regain the legitimacy to govern.'" http://t.uani.com/1hj2yAI

NYT: "Over the weekend Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, with a reputation for being risk averse, took a significant risk. He choreographed a precise diplomatic sequence on Syria that relied on others to perform their roles equally precisely. The choreography did not go as planned, and Mr. Ban stumbled under the spotlight. The sequence, according to interviews with diplomats, went like this: He would announce he was inviting Iran to join an international peace conference on Syria. Iran would accept, seconding what Mr. Ban had announced. At no point would it be said by either party that there were conditions for Iran's participation - a sticking point for months - though Mr. Ban would make it clear that Iran welcomed the mandate for the conference: to discuss the establishment of a transitional government. Secretary of State John Kerry was skeptical, and he told Mr. Ban as much hours before Mr. Ban went public. Officials in the State Department said they emphasized all along that they expected Iran to commit publicly to the ground rules, known as the Geneva Communiqué, ideally before the invitation. A senior official at the United Nations, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of protocol surrounding diplomatic conversations, said there were 20 to 30 calls between Mr. Ban's office and American officials in the 72 hours leading up to the announcement of the Iran invitation on Sunday night. Mr. Ban was convinced he could make it work, the official said. But in diplomacy, there are no dress rehearsals. Mr. Ban's choreography went awry, forcing him into a corner." http://t.uani.com/1in5boO

AFP: "The United Nations on Tuesday strongly defended Iran's exclusion from Syria peace talks after criticism from Russia and the Tehran government. Iran failed to come up with a promised written statement on the Syria conflict and so UN leader Ban Ki-moon was forced to act, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said. Haq also said Ban was anxious that countries attending the talks, which start in Montreux, Switzerland, on Wednesday, were negotiating 'in good faith.' Ban rescinded an invitation to Iran on Monday just 24 hours after announcing that the ally of President Bashar al-Assad would be at the talks... 'There was an oral understanding that the secretary general had been led to believe would be followed by an actual written understanding,' Haq told reporters to explain the invitation to Iran. 'In fact the opposite is what happened, that Iran stated the same positions that it had held previously. And that is why he expressed his disappointment at Iran's decision and took his decision to disinvite them,' the spokesman added. Ban was in contact with the United States and other key parties during the talks, Haq added." http://t.uani.com/1in46NM

NYT: "After Iran was invited to and then disinvited from a coming peace conference on Syria within the span of 24 hours, Iranian officials and commentators said on Tuesday that it was the attendees who would be missing out. The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, had issued the invitation to the meeting, scheduled to begin Wednesday in Geneva, after a phone call from Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Sunday. The semiofficial Fars news agency dismissed it as 'a ridiculous comedy play written by Western scenarists,' and a member of Parliament called it 'a plot' to trick Tehran into dropping its support for President Bashar al-Assad of Syria." http://t.uani.com/1dP0Jgt

Human Rights

ICHRI: "The Islamic Republic of Iran and China have reportedly reached an agreement to begin cooperating on Internet operations, aiming to implement Iran's 'National Information Network,' according to a report on the website of Iran's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Nasrollah Jahangard, head of Iran's Information Technology Organization, is quoted in the report saying that the agreements were reached in negotiations with the Deputy for Internet Information, of the Information Council... The Iranian officials have tried for years to implement their own 'National Internet Network' in order to more comprehensively monitor the Internet activities of Iranian users, but despite the widespread filtering of websites, serious reduction of Internet access speed, hacking of opposition news websites, and other measures aiming to restrict or block access to Internet, they have not been able to completely control the presence and activities of Iranian users on social networks. China, however, has had much more success in Internet control." http://t.uani.com/1dvzba1

HRW: "Iranians are facing serious rights abuses, despite President Hassan Rouhani's numerous promises to respect people's rights following his June 14, 2013, electoral victory, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014. Authorities have released some prominent political prisoners but executions continued at high rates. Officials continued to detain many civil society activists and leading opposition figures, including the 2009 presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi; and the government denied entry to the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Iran. 'Pushing for a moratorium on the death penalty should be one of President Rouhani's top reform priorities,' said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. 'President Rouhani should also speak out publicly against serious violations by security and intelligence forces, and act on campaign promises to ease controls on freedom of information, including heavy censorship.'" http://t.uani.com/1mFUVZ0

RFE/RL: "The U.S. State Department's Persian-language spokesman Alan Eyre has sent condolences via Facebook over the death of one of the sisters of opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi. In a message in Persian posted with a picture of Karrubi, Eyre writes that it was with 'with deepest regret' that he found out about the death of Fatemeh Karrubi, the sister of the former Iranian parliament speaker. The Facebook message is a small gesture by the State Department toward Iran's opposition movement, which has been under intense pressure from the country's leaders. Iranian authorities have been holding Karrubi under house arrest with reportedly almost no contact with the outside world in an apparent effort to silence him and make the public and his supporters forget him." http://t.uani.com/1edA0oR

Domestic Politics

Al-Monitor: "On Jan. 7, 1936, Iran's then-ruler Reza Shah Pahlavi unveiled women by force as part of his clash with the clergy. On the anniversary of this significant event, influential conservative clergyman Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani issued a lengthy statement in the form of a news release titled 'Warning Iranian Women,' in which he expressed disappointment in women who opt to dress more fashionably and revealingly. He referred to the 'hip' version of Iranian women's wear as 'covering skin and concealing private parts as it should, but [falling] short of true coverage ... and on the verge of being defined as haram.' He went on to recommend the chador as the best choice of coverage, repeating what many Iranian officials have said over the years. His mindset is concluded in the famous phrase describing the veil: 'Chador, the superior hijab.'" http://t.uani.com/1hj0KI0

Opinion & Analysis

WSJ Europe Editorial:
"Sanctions on Iran are easing only a very little bit. That is the Obama Administration's soothing refrain to Congress and nervous U.S. allies from Riyadh to Jerusalem regarding the interim nuclear agreement with Iran. The concessions to Tehran, the White House says, are 'limited, temporary, targeted, and reversible.' The mullahs beg to differ-and so do the growing number of European governments and businesses moving to cash in on the opening created by the interim agreement. In the two months since the accord was struck in Geneva, Tehran's trading partners have lifted sanctions, sent delegations, agreed to export deals and signaled their readiness to expand ties across nearly every major industry. On Jan. 20, the European Union removed several sanctions on Tehran, including Brussels's crucial ban on insuring shipments of Iranian oil. The restriction, in effect since July 2012, had significantly curbed Iranian crude exports. Now the companies of the London-based insurance consortium International Group of P&I Clubs, which together underwrite most of the world's merchant vessels, will be permitted to reinsure cargos of Iranian oil, effective immediately. European officials and trade delegations have also been making pilgrimages to Tehran since the Geneva agreement, with more to follow. Italy's foreign minister Emma Bonino visited in December. Executives from energy giants Shell (the Netherlands), Eni (Italy) and OMV (Austria), among others, met Iran's oil minister in Vienna in December. The Netherlands's ambassador to Tehran on Thursday tweeted a photograph from a 'speeddate' session 'to meet [Dutch] business interested in Iran.' And some of France's top companies-including Airbus, Peugeot Citroën, Societe Generale and BNP Paribas-are planning to visit Tehran in early February. Some deals have already been consummated. Belgium's Tessenderlo Group last week agreed to sell Iran 60,000 tons of fertilizer in a deal worth almost 33 million euros. In other cases, the easing of sanctions has lowered the costs of prior trade arrangements. 'We're already seeing our operation costs decline and we hope money transfers will be easier,' an official at Turkish chemical manufacturer Gubretas told the Journal in November. Gubretas's stock price increased by 7.3% shortly after the Geneva agreement was reached. All of these people are anticipating a new Iranian gold rush, and they clearly don't believe the White House denials." http://t.uani.com/1aKYlBB

Holman Jenkins in WSJ: "The Reuters news service issued in November what it called its 'fullest account yet' of the holdings of Iran's supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Though it would be impolitic for the supreme leader to emulate the opulence of the late shah of Iran, the allegedly plain-living cleric has assembled a business empire, from apartments and ostrich farming to telecommunications and pharmaceuticals, that Reuters values at $95 billion, or about 30 times the shah's wealth after inflation. As Reuters details, the Ayatollah's empire has its origins in confiscated property. First it was the property of the shah and other class enemies, then the property of many who fled. Nowadays it's the property of anybody not sufficiently plugged-in to the regime to be protected. Members of the minority Baha'i faith have been particular victims. As recently as May, the ayatollah's minions auctioned nearly 300 properties with a value of at least $88 million... Find this money-grubbing hard to reconcile with the image of a regime seeking martyrdom in a nuclear war with Israel? Then how about a regime craving nuclear weapons as a way to guarantee its own privileges? How about a regime that sees Western sanctions as an opportunity to bring more of the Iranian economy under its control? How about a regime whose members are getting rich off its nuclear program, which they will fiercely defend? After all, what better excuse for diverting even more of the country's resources into their own hands? And, let's face it, the nuclear pursuit is paying off as the West switches from sanctions to paying protection money to Iran's rulers. So put away any idea that its gross corruption means the Tehran regime can be bribed into surrendering its nukes and virulent anti-Americanism. Another fantasy is that deterrence is somehow an 'option.' Deterrence is a necessity. Deterrence is not a thing to be chosen or unchosen. Deterrence is the normal relation between states, which only restrain themselves because of fear of retaliation. The real problem is that the U.S. has not deterred much lately by its failure to exact punishment for Iran's killing of American soldiers in Iraq or its sponsorship of international terrorism as state policy. The biggest fantasy may be the idea of some delicate dance of pro- and anti-nuclear forces in the Iranian leadership that the U.S. can exploit. This hallucination and/or sophistry underlies the Obama administration's hysterical warning this week that a U.S. Senate bill to toughen sanctions might cause Iran to quit the nuclear talks. This claim is frankly ridiculous. If anything, the bill will let the Iranians drive an even harder bargain with Mr. Obama, who needs a deal." http://t.uani.com/1hiTL1J

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