A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 5

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, August 5, 2019, and picked headlines from 12 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

19 Dey:
1- Government Spokesman: Zarif Trusted by Leader, Establishment
2- Bitcoin Mining Legalized in Iran

Abrar:
1- EU Worried about Use of Drones in Terror Attacks
2- Pompeo Claims Iran Destabilizing Strait of Hormuz
3- UN Chief Concerned about Growing Tensions in Persian Gulf

Aftab-e Yazd:
1- IRGC General: Defending Baghdad Just Like Protecting Tehran
2- Finnish Diplomat Key to Possible Assassination of Amano

Ebtekar:
1- Rand Paul: Details of My Meeting with Zarif ‘Confidential’
2- Another Vessel Seized in Persian Gulf

Etemad:
1- Court of Administrative Justice Rules Police Must Give Motorcycle Driving Licence to Women
2- White Terrorism in US
* Two Shootings in US Leave 30 People Killed

Ettela’at:
1- Government Spokesman: Bans against Zarif, Leader Won’t Undermine Our Faith in Diplomacy
2- Terror Attacks in Texas, Ohio Leave 30 Dead
3- Imran Khan: US to Get Caught in Quagmire If It Makes Mistake of Attacking Iran

Javan:
1- Iranian Oil Tankers Parading from Mediterranean to China Sea
* US Media Admit US Plan to Zero Out Iran’s Oil Exports Has Failed
2- IRGC: Vessel Seized in PG Was Smuggling Fuel to Regional States
3- Trump’s Racist Explosion in Texas and Ohio

Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Gov’t Spokesman: Iran Welcomes Positive Political Approach of Saudi, UAE
2- From UAE’s Point of View, Yemen War Is Over: Official

Kayhan:
1- Bloodbath in US
* These Are the Ones Who Give Human Rights Prescriptions to World!
* Murderers Were Huge Fans of Trump
2- Foreign Vessel with 700,000 Litres of Smuggled Fuel Seized in Bushehr
3- Daily Beast’s Report Shows Americans Sold Billions of Dollars’ Worth of Outdated Weapons to Saudi

Sazandegi:
1- Rand Paul Advised Zarif to Share His Words with Trump in Person in New York Meeting
2- Zarif Warned in Meeting with Paul He’ll Be Sanctioned If He Doesn’t Meet Trump

Shahrvand:
1- From El Paso to Dayton: Bloody Day and Night in US

Shargh:
1- Gov’t Spokesman: Trump Wasn’t Deceived by Domestic Opposition to Trump
2- Foreign Ministry Spokesman: Speculations about Caspian Sea Legal Regime Incorrect
3- China New Target of US Missiles

Fatemeh Askarieh

Fatemeh Askarieh is an Iranian journalist working on a range of fields including culture, art, lifestyle, cultural heritage, and tourism. She has been working with the Iran Front Page (IFP) Media Group for 10 years, and is currently the head of the Art and Lifestyle Department.