The comments Foreign Minister Zarif made during an appearance in parliament to present a nuclear report to MPs dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday.
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Ettela’at: “The nuclear deal amounted to the victory of logic over war,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday as he presented a report to deputies on the agreement he and his team struck with P5+1 over Tehran’s nuclear program.
“Our biggest achievement is that the UN has put a seal of approval on enrichment in Iran, something which is unprecedented in the 70-year history of the Security Council,” the top diplomat told MPs.
Highlights of Ettela’at newspaper on July 22
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Abrar: Pyongyang has urged the international community not to draw a comparison between North Korea and Iran.
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Afarinesh: “Termination of sanctions should not be contingent on an IAEA report,” said Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.
Afarinesh:”Elections in the capital will be 100 percent electronic,” said Tehran’s governor.
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Afkar: The Iranian parliament has voted for the formation of a special committee to review the nuclear deal.
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Aftab-e Yazd: “I don’t know of any other diplomatic team more seasoned that the current team led by Foreign Minister Zarif,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to the Supreme Leader.
Arman-e Emrooz: A 100-member French delegation is to arrive in Iran soon.
A post-sanctions committee has been formed in the Chamber of Commerce.
Arman-e Emrooz: “Iranians consume some 420 million liters of alcoholic beverages a year,” said a deputy health minister.
Arman-e Emrooz: Two jurists, two victories
The daily has hailed Prime Minister Mosadegh [who oversaw the nationalization of the oil industry in the 20th century] and President Hassan Rouhani as two politicians steeped in law.
Arman-e Emrooz: “Babak Zanjani [a young billionaire who stands accused of massive corruption when Ahmadinejad was president] is not making any confessions,” said First Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri.
Asr-e Rasaneh: First Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri has said that President Rouhani has ordered the banking system reformed.
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Asrar: The minister of trade will lead a delegation comprised of representatives of 70 firms on a visit to Vienna.
Asrar: “The new UN Security Council resolution entails no punitive mechanisms,” said the foreign minister.
Asrar: The director of the Management and Planning Organization has said that all the unfrozen assets of the country should be dedicated to the production sector and employment projects.
Ebtekar: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visits Tehran next week.
Ebtekar: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA] in the Baharestan Station [where the Iranian parliament is located].
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Emtiaz: The Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has said that the country needs to register five-percent growth in women’s employment [in the near future if it seeks to give a more active role to women in the country’s development drive].
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Esfahan Emrooz: With the arrival of the German vice-chancellor in Isfahan, the Germans have taken the first step toward expansion of ties with the central Iranian city.
Etemad: The first economic promise after the [nuclear] deal
The government’s spokesman has said that government will generate more jobs for people.
Hemayat: A report by the country’s nuclear team on the upsides and downsides of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on parliament floor
Hemayat: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Iran’s missile program does not violate JCPOA.
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Iran: Nuclear men in Baharestan [A Tehran street where the Iranian parliament is located] to remove ambiguities [surrounding the nuclear deal Iran clinched with P5+1 in Vienna on July 14]
Iran: Western tourists are preparing to travel to Iran.
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Jomhouri Islami: The Japanese will come back to Iran’s oil industry by entering a partnership with Iran in developing the Azadegan Oil Field [in the southwest].
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Kaenat: The privatization of public schools has been banned.
Kayhan: The last power plant of Gaza has stopped operating.
Resalat: The Iranian foreign minister said in parliament that failure to abide by the UN Security Council resolution [on the Iran nuclear deal] does not translate into the violation of the nuclear deal.
Roozan: “The stage has been set for establishing ties with the United States,” said Ali Motahari, a principlist Tehran MP.
Saheb Ghalam: Representative of Volkswagen Group [a German multinational automotive manufacturing company] and Daimler AG [a German multinational automotive corporation] came to Iran.
Setareh Sobh: Mohammad Javad Zarif: Agreement means give-and-take.
Ali Akbar Salehi: I accept full responsibility for the technical part of the nuclear deal.
Shahrvand: “I do not know of any nuclear team more powerful than the current team,” said Supreme Leader’s advisor Ali Akbar Salehi.
Sharq: Unique in history
It was FM Zarif’s description of the nuclear deal on parliament floor
Ali Akbar Salehi was also present in parliament to resolve ambiguities [surrounding the Iran nuclear deal].
Sharq: [French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent] Fabius and [EU High Representative Federica] Mogherini are the first to make a trip to Tehran.
