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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Iran’s Energy Ministry has blamed unlicensed cryptocurrency mining activities in the country for the recent power cuts, which have turned into a crisis for the Rouhani administration ahead of the June votes.

The Iranian president has warned that it will be forbidden to mine digital currencies until the end of summer as it puts a huge burden on the national power grid.

The Guardian Council’s disqualification of key presidential candidates has provoked strong criticisms among politicians and observers in both political camps, warning of a “non-competitive” presidential election in June.

The Iranian Guardian Council says presidential hopefuls whose eligibility has not been approved cannot lodge objections to council’s decision.

Iran's Foreign Minister has, in separate messages, congratulated Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, and Zeina Akar, the acting foreign minister of Lebanon, on the Eid of resistance and freedom and the anniversary of the victorious liberation of Southern Lebanon from the Israeli occupation forces through the bravery and devotion of resistance fighters.

Iran’s chief negotiator at the Vienna talks says a number of hot-button issues remain to be resolved during discussions by the negotiating teams.

A spokesman for the Iranian Reformist Front says the reformists will not be part of the upcoming presidential elections as none of their candidates has been qualified by the Guardian Council to run for president.

The Interior Ministry has released the official list of candidates qualified by the Guardian Council to run for president in the June elections.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has sat down with President of the Azerbaijan Republic lham Aliyev.

Iran’s Judiciary spokesman says Canadian courts have no jurisdiction over the case on the Ukrainian plane crash which occurred in Iran more than a year ago.

Iran's energy minister has apologised to citizens for the frequent power outages in the country in recent days.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a message to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun, extends congratulations to the government and people of Lebanon on the anniversary of liberation of its southern parts from Israeli military occupation.

Iran’s parliament has approved the generalities of a quadrilateral agreement on fighting organized crimes in the Caspian Sea.

Iran is to add “COVID-19 vaccine tourism” to its basket of health tourism services.

Speaking in a telephone conversation on Monday, President Hassan Rouhani stressed the importance of close cooperation between the two countries on international issues especially in fighting the Cold War and the United States and their western allies' coalition-making against independent countries like Iran and China.

Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, a military advisor to Iran's Leader and one of the key military figures running for president in Iran's June elections, has dropped out in favour of Ebrahim Raisi, the key candidate of the conservative camp.

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, May 24, 2021, and picked headlines from 16 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

An Iranian official says the collapse of Nilchian fire clay mine in Iran's Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province has killed two miners.

Kazem Gharibabadi, the Iranian Ambassador to International Organisations in Vienna, says Tehran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its decision to extend an earlier deal with the UN's nuclear watchdog for one more month at most.

The Iranian Army will start its "Sky Shield 2021" air defence drills on Tuesday in the central province of Isfahan.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the Islamic Republic is waiting for Saudi Arabia to change its behaviour.

The fifth Iranian-made COVID-19 vaccine has been permitted to undergo the Phase II of its clinical trial.

Informed sources say Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) may conditionally extend their deal for one more month today.

Ali Larijani, the former Parliament Speaker who has run for president in the June elections, says cooperation between Tehran and Washington is possible if the White House makes the right choice in the Vienna talks on the nuclear deal.