The top story in all newspapers today was the heavy and rare snow that hit Tehran and the nearby provinces during the past couple of days. Several papers, particularly the conservative ones, criticized the government and Tehran’s municipality, both run by reformists, for being surprised by the snowfall and showing weak performance.
Also a top story was the Parliament’s rejection of the framework of the budget proposed by President Hassan Rouhani for the next fiscal year, which was unprecedented in the history of the Islamic Republic.
The deadly terrorist attack on the Afghan capital of Kabul, which killed and wounded dozens of people, also remained a top story today.
The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:
Arman-e Emrooz:
1- Rouhani’s Order for Immediate Follow-up on Situation of Female Detainees
2- Gov’t Spokesman: 59 Institutions Will No Longer Receive State Budget
3- Reformist Figure: Gov’t Should Protest at Other Bodies’ Interference in Its Affairs
Ebtekar:
1- Ugly, Beautiful Faces of Snow
- Snowfall Both Made People Happy, Caused Various Troubles
2- 16 ISIS Elements Arrested in Joint Operation by IRGC, Iran Intelligence Forces
3- Iran’s Stock Exchange Market Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Its Establishment
Ettela’at:
1- Heaviest Snowfall in 10 Years in 21 Iranian Provinces
2- Economy Minister: We’ll Propose Bill to Parliament for Supporting Micro Investment
3- Turkish PM: Assad Part of Solution to Syria Crisis
4- Oil Minister: Iran Outstrips Qatar in Gas Extraction from Joint Field
5- Iran Parliament Rejects Rouhani’s Proposed Budget Framework
- 120 Nay Votes, 83 Yea Votes, 9 Absentees
Ghanoon:
1- Environment Chief: Rouhani Not Strong Enough to Defeat Mafia of Carmakers
2- Parliament Says No to Government’s Proposed Budget
- Lawmakers Play Their Supervisory Role in Best Way Possible
3- US Continues to Make Nonsense Remarks about Keeping or Scrapping Iran Deal
Hamshahri:
1- Souvenir of Snow: Cold Weather to Continue until Wednesday
Iran:
1- Iran First VP: We Must Ask for People’s Forgiveness If They’re Hurt by Our Negligence
2- White Challenge: Bitter, Sweet Moments of Heavy Snow in Iran
3- Economy Minister: Based on Rouhani’s Order, Surplus Properties of Banks to Be Sold
Javan:
1- Budget’s Bad Luck
- In Unprecedented Move, Iran Parliament Rejects Framework of Proposed Budget
2- Zarif: Europe Must Stop Double Standards on JCPOA
3- Infighting between UAE, Saudi Arabia Allies in Yemen’s Aden
Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Gov’t Spokesman: We Won’t Check People’s Bank Accounts to Cut Cash Subsidies
2- Snow, Cold Hit Half of Iran
3- Iran’s First Stem Cell Product Unveiled
4- Oil Minister: We’re Not Short of Natural Gas, but People Must Manage Consumption
5- Southern Yemen’s Separationists Take Control of Mansour Hadi’s Base in Aden
6- Zarif: We Expect Europe to Comply with Iran Nuclear Deal
Kayhan:
1- Government Swearing instead of Accountability for 80% Offences in 2016 Budget
2- US, Taliban Competing with Each Other in Killing Muslims in Afghanistan
3- British People: Don’t Allow Criminal Bin Salman to Enter London
4- Gov’t Attacks “Mehr” Mass Housing Project While It Hasn’t Done Anything Itself
5- MP: They Won’t Accept Our Conditions for Joining Palermo Convention
- Iran Will Have to Accept Their Conditions
6- Tillerson: US, Europe Have Formed Joint Committee to Change Iran Nuclear Deal
7- Tehran Municipality, Transport Ministry Surprised by Heavy Snow despite Earlier Warnings
Vatan-e Emrooz:
1- Chief of Staff Orders Armed Forces to Help Snow-Stranded People
2- Number of Kabul Attack Victims Increases to 103
