A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 30

The comments of the Supreme Leader at a meeting with officials and foreign guests attending an Islamic Unity Conference dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday.

 

 

Ettela’at: In a meeting with officials and foreign guests who were in Tehran to take part in an Islamic Unity Conference, the Supreme Leader urged Muslim nations to lay the foundation of a modern Islamic civilization.

Ayatollah Khamenei also urged scholars to enlighten the faithful.

Ettela’at: The first vice-president has hailed tourism as a pioneer of Iran’s economy.

Eshagh Jahangiri further said that government supports the private sector’s involvement in all economic areas, tourism in particular.

Ettela’at: Ramadi has been liberated in a major operation by Iraqi forces.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said that 2016 will be the year Iraq rids itself of the scourge of Daesh.

Ettela’at: The oil minister has said that Iran will be the regional economic heavyweight in a decade.

Bijan Namdar Zanganeh described oil as top component of development in the post-sanctions era.

Ettela’at: Sagacious individuals should push aside Takfiris to take the helm of schools of thought.

Ettela’at: The president of the University of Tehran has said that there is no security-centered attitude toward students in his university.

Ettela’at: Media should have a national, rather than factional, attitude toward elections.

The comment was made at a meeting between media and Tehran electoral commission officials.

Ettela’at: Fuel prices have risen by 67 percent in Saudi Arabia.

The decision by Saudi authorities to raise fuel prices was meant to offset a budget crunch sparked by the fall in oil prices.

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Abrar: The deputy foreign minister has signaled Iran’s readiness to waive visa for citizens of the countries which do the same thing for Iranian nationals.

 

 

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Abrar-e Eghtesadi: The country’s oil revenues are down by $7 billion.

Iran’s foreign debts have risen to $5.484 billion.

Government won’t be able to carry out with the payment of cash subsidies next year.

 

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Afkar: Iran will become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization after sanctions have been removed.

 

 

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Aftab-e Yazd: The number of homeless drug addicts has increased 10-fold.

Aftab-e Yazd: Rasoul Montajabnia [a reformist leader] has said that reformists have reached out to the president in a bid to have interaction with the Guardian Council.

 

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Arman-e Emrooz: In a motion, the lawyer representing Babak Zanjani [who is on trial for massive corruption] has called on the judge presiding over the trial to order his client freed!!

Arman-e Emrooz: Fuel exchange between Iran and Russia

A major step in line with the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was taken.

 

 

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Asrar: In a culturally-closed environment growth would be elusive, said the minister of culture and Islamic guidance.

Asrar: Insinuations that there are rifts within the establishment pave the way for infiltration, said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

 

 

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Ebtekar: Options on the table for the Iranian parliament

The daily takes a look at the decisions of Iranians MPs vis-à-vis the anti-Iranian attitude of the American politicians.

 

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Eghtesad-e Pooya: An Iranian MP has said that 400 individuals owe some $17 billion in arrears to banks.

 

 

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Etemad: In implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, we won’t follow the US lead.

A former French prime minister talks about the war on terror and the Iran nuclear deal in an exclusive interview with the daily.

 

 

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Hemayat: The enemies sought to topple the establishment; what happened on December 30, 2009 [the massive outpouring of support for the leader in nationwide rallies] finished off the sedition, said the Judiciary chief.

Although the Americans say they are not opposed to the nuclear deal, their hostile measures are a violation of the agreement, Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said.

 

 

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Iran: A hundred-twenty-five modern hotels will be built in Iran.

Iran: The vice-president for parliamentary affairs has said that the competitive electoral atmosphere should not be sullied by mudslinging.

 

 

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Javan: The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council has said that the recent measure the US has taken [a reference to changes to the Visa Waiver Program] amounts to breach of the nuclear deal.

 

 

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Jomhouri Islami: The director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has said that the fuel swap between Iran and Russia has been completed.

Jomhouri Islami: Ten of the aircraft Iran has purchased will arrive in Iran by the end of the year [March 21, 2016].

 

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Kayhan: Despite US failure to keep its end of the bargain under the nuclear deal, 11 tons of enriched uranium was shipped out of the country.

 

 

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Resalat: December 30, 2009 was the day Iranians threw their weight behind the rule of law and rule of religious jurisprudent, said President Rouhani.

 

 

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Roozan: The ministers of the Ahmadinejad administration are trying to enter parliament to tarnish the image of President Rouhani.

 

 

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Saheb Ghalam: Fifteen Iranian carpet weaving areas have been registered globally.

 

 

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Tejarat: The government-proposed spending package calls for a 12 percent increase in the salary of civil servants next year.

Tejarat: With the termination of sanctions some will see their income shrink, said Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.

 

 

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Vaghaye-e Etefaghiyeh: The editorial of the daily penned by the former Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi hails the nuclear deal as a result of the country’s successful diplomacy.