A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 23

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, February 23, 2019, and picked headlines from 13 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Iranian papers today covered the decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to extend the suspension of its anti-Iran measures for four more months, giving Iran more time to ratify the bills required for getting the country out of the global anti-money laundering body’s blacklist.

Also a top story was the remarks made by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with a Swiss newspaper, in which he said the country may leave the Iran nuclear deal if the nation wants so.

The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:

Abrar:

1- Zarif: Remaining in JCPOA Depends on Our People’s Resolve

2- Saudi Arabia Seeking to Steal Iran’s Big Oil Clients

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Government Still Doesn’t Have Spokesman after 7 Months

2- Amid Price Hikes, State TV Telling People Not to Eat Meat Because It Causes Cancer!

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Expediency Council’s Last Deadline for Passing FATF

2- Expediency Council Should Avoid Political Motivations

3- China to Mediate between Iran, Saudi

Donya-ye Eqtesad:

1- Pre-Crisis Symptoms in World Economy

Ebtekar:

1- Kashmir, Geopolitics of Crisis in Subcontinent

2- Campaigns for Iran’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections Kicked Off

Etemad:

1- Iran Nuclear Chief Calls for Negotiation, Even with Saudi Arabia, to Settle Regional Woes

2- Senior Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Momen Passes Away

Ettela’at:

1- Zarif Warns West of Iran’s Withdrawal from JCPOA

2- World Condemning Israeli Assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque

Haft-e Sobh:

1- Efforts to Control Madness of US Dollar

Jame Jam:

1- How Iranians Are Smuggled: A Report on Illegal Smuggling of Humans Out of Iran

2- Price of Consumer Goods at Record High

Javan:

1- Zarif: We Used to Sell More Oil before JCPOA

2- FATF Seeks to Keep Iran in Limbo

Kayhan:

1- FATF Gives Iran Four More Months for Giving Up!

2- Biggest Centre of Financing ISIS Destroyed in Iraq: French Members Arrested Alive

3- From Strait of Hormuz to Indian Ocean under Umbrella of Iranian Navy

Sazandegi:

1- Secret behind Murder of Arafat: New Details after 15 Years

Shargh:

1- FATF Gives Iran Four Months

2- Efforts to Save JCPOA from Inside Trump Administration

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.