A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan. 4

The rejection by the Iranian Foreign Ministry of an Associated Press report that Iran and the United States have already clinched a nuclear deal dominated the front pages of several newspapers on Sunday. News that the Guardian Council has found a parliamentary act on promotion of virtue unconstitutional also appeared on many front pages.

 

Abrar-e Eghtesadi: The Pakistani oil minister has said Islamabad badly needs Iran’s natural gas.

 

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Afarinesh: “Iran will soon celebrate its victory in nuclear talks,” said the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

Afarinesh: The Iranian Foreign Ministry has rejected an AP report that Tehran and Washington have already clinched a nuclear deal.

 

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Aftab-e Yazd: “A plot by IS to highjack an Iranian plane has been foiled,” said a commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps.

Aftab-e Yazd: The Guardian Council has found parliament’s Support for Promoters of Virtue Act unconstitutional.

Aftab-e Yazd: “The previous government dealt a blow of historic proportions to the nation,” said Isa Kalantari, a former minister of agriculture.

 

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Asrar: “The Central Bank won’t allow a repeat of fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies,” said the governor of the Central Bank of Iran.

Asrar: “We will prove in the upcoming parliamentary elections that reformists speak with one voice,” said Mohammad Reza Aref, a former vice president under Mohammad Khatami.

Asrar: Farimah Farjami [a once-famous Iranian actress] has decided to return to the big screen after being on the sidelines for 11 years.

 

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Emtiaz: Each year as many as 600,000 people are sent to prisons across the country.

 

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Etemad: There are speculations that Saeed Jalili might want to run for parliament in Qom constituency.

 

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Ettela’at: According to a decision by the Expediency Council, candidates need an absolute majority in the first round and a simple majority in the second to win seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Ettela’at: A plot to assassinate a nuclear scientist has been foiled.

 

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Hambastegi: “National occasions should not be used to attack a certain political group,” said Mohammad Reza Aref, a member of the Expediency Council.

 

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Hamshahri: Tehran’s air is pollution-free for the first time in two weeks.

 

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Hemayat: A member of Tehran City Council said the damage the capital suffered during the sedition of 2009 [unrest in the wake of the presidential election] amounted to $100 billion.

Hemayat: The spokesman of the Guardian Council has said those who played a role in the sedition of 2009 cannot run for elected office.

 

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Jahan-e Sanat: Migratory birds are being massacred by poachers in Mazandaran Province.

 

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Jomhouri Islami: Iran is among the top six builders of power plants in the world.

Jomhouri Islami: Tehran is to play host to an Islamic gathering to investigate the root causes of extremism.

 

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Kaenat: The Central Bank is to punish banks that do not comply with banking regulations. A number of managers have been sacked.

 

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Kayhan: Scientific production dropped in Iran dramatically in 2014.

Kayhan: Senior Iraqi Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sistani has called for the immediate punishment of those behind the assassination of Sunni scholars in the country.

 

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Mardom-e Emrooz: “The reservoirs of dams across Iran are only 41 percent full,” said the energy minister.

Mardom-e Emrooz: “In the 2009 [presidential] elections some members of the Guardian Council went beyond being simply an objective judge,” said Mohsen Esmaili, a jurist with a seat on the oversight council.

 

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Resalat: “The Interior Ministry won’t issue permits for establishment of a party if the Intelligence Ministry does not approve of the credentials of its members,” said the interior minister.