Comments by President Rouhani in Indonesia on Iran’s nuclear talks and his call for a serious international campaign against terrorism dominated the front-page headlines of Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1 and their efforts to draft a final nuclear agreement were in the spotlight too. Also in the news was the defeat of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
Abrar: [Former Tehran Prosecutor] Saeed Mortazavi will appear in court next week [as a defendant, though].
Abrar: “A motion to question the president is likely to be floated if the Iranian fact sheet is not released,” said an MP.
Abrar-e Eghtesadi:European companies are paving the way for Americans to return to Iran’s petrochemical market.
Afkar:“Military intervention is the not the right mechanism to defuse crises,” President Rouhani told an Asian African Conference meeting in Indonesia.
Aftab-e Yazd:“People will put radicals in their place,” said Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the architect of the Islamic Republic.
Aftab-e Yazd: Ayatollah reappears on a program on IRIB [national broadcaster]. Experts weigh in.
Mohammad Hashemi: IRIB was forced to air his comments.
Abdollah Nasseri: The change at IRIB is novel.
Sadegh Zibakalam: IRIB was forced to retreat.
Gholamali Rajaei: It was thanks to pressure in the court of public opinion.
Arman-e Emrooz:The Islamic Consultative Assembly took the first step toward holding the [early 2016] parliamentary elections at a provincial level.
The executive branch is opposed to the move.
Arman-e Emrooz:Some 1,160 Iranian girls married Afghan nationals.
Around 1,500 illegal Afghan migrants enter Iran on a daily basis.
Asrar:The drafting of the final nuclear agreement got underway.
Etemad:“We are entitled to be worried about the nuclear case,” said [principlist MP] Gholamali Haddad Adel.
Etemad: The architect of Abenomics [Shinzo Abe] has welcomed expansion of Japan’s ties with Iran.
It came at a meeting between the Japanese PM and Iranian President in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Etemad:Seyyed Hassan Khomeini [the grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic] has criticized the Interior Ministry for its weakness in dealing with those behind the Shiraz incident.
[In March, Tehran MP Ali Motahari was in the southern city to deliver a speech when he was attacked by hardliners].
Ettela’at:A scientific article penned by the Supreme Leader has been published by Encyclopedia Islamica [the Encyclopedia of Islam].
Hemayat: “Sanctions are our top priority in the Vienna talks,” said Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi.
Hemayat:“The crimes Saudis are committing in Yemen are similar to Zionist crimes in Gaza,” said Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani.
Iran Daily: Saudis resume bombardment of Yemen cities.
Iran News: IAEA urged to focus on technical aspect of nuclear deal.
Kayhan: In the Asian-African Conference, President Rouhani has described the fake Israeli regime as the gravest threat to regional security and peace.
Kayhan: The defeat of the House of Saud in a proxy war
Ansarullah in Yemen humiliated the US and Israel.
Khorasan: Iran has taken the presidency of the Asian-African Conference; Iran has put forward a four-point plan on elimination of terrorism.
Rah-e Mardom: Behind the scenes of ceasefire in Yemen
From Iran’s warning to the failure of the [Saudi-led] coalition
Resalat: The empowerment of women breadwinners, from talks to action
Sharq: “True Shiites and Sunnis have no links with terror,” said Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani.
Siasat-e Rooz: “The final deal should guarantee the lifting of all economic sanctions,” said President Rouhani in the Asian-African Conference in Jakarta.
Tehran Times: Iran will award “Ali Daei Prize” to best international goal scorer