A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 25

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, December 25, 2018, and picked headlines from 13 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The top story in most of the papers today was the death of head of Iran’s Expediency Council and former Judiciary Chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.

Abrar:

1- Army Gen.: We Will Not Allow USS Stennis to Approach Our Territorial Waters

2- Israel Army Chief: Iran to Deploy 100,000 Troops to Syria!

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Who is New Head of US Department of Defence?

2- Iranian Poet, Author Rahmandoust: I’m Feeling for Modern Kids Who Cannot Play

Arman-e Emrouz:

1- Death of Jurisprudent

Head of Iran’s Expediency Council Passes Away after Prolonged Illness

2- Startups; Country’s Productive Force

Ebtekar:

1- Burial of Childhood under War Rubbles

2- Shayan Hadji Najaf Honoured at UNICEF Photo of Year Award

3- Zarif Tells Al Mayadeen: We Won’t Wait for Europeans to Meet Their Obligations

Etemad:

1- Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi Dies

A Look at Life of Justice-seeker Reformer

2- US Leaves, Iran Stays

3- Withdrawal of US Troops from Syria Will Change Situation in Region

4- Atlantic: Predictions of Iranian Leader Were Correct

Ettela’at:

1- We Need to Rethink Policies to Protect Environment: Iran Environment Chief

2- Fatah Movement: Iran Most Honest Country in Fight against Arrogance

Iran:

1- Demise of Modernist Jurisprudent: Ayatollah Shahroudi Dies

2- Time to Reconcile with Jesus

3- A Note by Loris Tjeknavorian (Composer, Orchestra Conductor) on Christmas

Javan:

1- Netanyahu’s Coalition Collapses

2- 8 Bags of Abortion Drugs Seized

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- $7.5 Billion Allocated to Education, Research in Budget Bill

2- Chairman of Iran’s Food, Drug Administration: Iran Self-Sufficient in Production of Radiomedics

3- Zionist Daily: Israel Hailed in Saudi Press at Bin Salman’s Order

4- Preferential Trade between Iran, India Finalised

Kayhan:

1- Washington Post to US People: Wake Up! US Army Not Invincible

2- Arab Countries Launch Campaign to Boycotts Saudi Arabia to Support Yemeni People

3- “Steel Production in Iran 10 Times More than before Revolution”

Khorasan:

1- Biggest Wall Street Plunge in Last 10 Years

2- Top Cyberspace Official: We Are Looking for Alternative for Instagram

Shahrvand:

1- Santa Clause on Sidewalks of Tehran

Shargh:

1- Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi Dies

2- Foreigners Join Iran to Counter Sanctions

3- New Middle East Dangers for Iran [Editorial]

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.