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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on May 17

Iran Newspaper front pages

Many Iranian newspapers on Tuesday focused on a recent report by the working group tasked with investigating the US seizure of Iran’s assets.

They also continued covering reactions to a recent meeting between Faezeh, the daughter of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and a Baha’i figure in Iran.

The visit of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović to Tehran has also been heavily covered by Iranian media.

 

Abrar:

1- Nuclear Ambitions Are a Poison for North Korea’s Economy

2- Conditions Not Ready for Iraqi Kurdistan’s Independence: Talebani

3- Maintaining Democracy More Important Than Wins and Losses of Certain Factions: Senior Conservative

4- Assyrian King’s Palace Destroyed by ISIS in Nineveh

 

 


 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Leader Gives 5 Gifts to Married Soldiers

[Based on the Leader’s order, from now on, the 21-month period of military service for married men will be decreased by 3 months for every single child they have. They will also necessarily serve at their wife’s city of residence, and should be discharged 3 times a week after the end of working hours.]

2- One-Third of Iranian Families Are Childless, 12m Young People of Appropriate Marriage Age

3- Judiciary Chief: No One Is Imprisoned for His/Her Beliefs

 

 


 

Asrar:

1- Samsung to Build Mega-Hospital in Iran’s Mazandaran Province

2- US Has Failed Its Expected JCPOA Commitments: Deputy FM

3- Clear Ambiguity in Previous Government Performance: Working Group [on US seizure of Iranian assets]

 

 


 

Asr-e Rasaneh:

1- Iran’s Oil Swap Capacity to Increase: Deputy Minister

2- Iran Signs MoU with Kazakhstan: 4G Network to Be Upgraded to 5G

 

 


 

Bani Film:

1- First Cannes Award Goes to Iran’s Ayda Panahandeh

2- George Clooney to Make All-Female “Ocean’s 11”

 

 


 

Ebtekar:

1- Ambiguous Performance on “International Banditry” [a recent report by a working group tasked by the government to investigate the US seizure of Iranian assets indicated the previous administration’s failure to retrieve Iran’s money from US banks in due time.]

2- Major European Banks Should Not Waste Their Opportunities: Deputy FM

3- Growing Mistrust among Couples: Hacking a Spouse’s Telegram Account for Fear of Cheating

 

 


 

Emtiaz:

1- [Development of] Second Phase of North Azadegan and Yadavaran Oil Fields Assigned to China

 

 


 

Etemad:

1- Culprits behind US Seizure of Iranian Assets

2- Certain Criticisms of JCPOA Are Not Fair: Amoli Larijani

3- Saudi Arabia and Iran’s Experience

[Editorial: Riyadh is dreaming of huge development without considering the prerequisites. They should look at what the Shah of Iran had in mind, and consider how those plans turned out.]

4- Croatian President Due in Tehran Today after 16 Years

 

 


 

Ettela’at:

1- Martyrdom of Hezbollah’s Badreddine a Catastrophe for Islamic Society: General Soleimani

2- European People Stage Massive Protest Rallies against Economic Policies

3- Gov’t and SNSC to Decide on US Seizure of Iran’s Assets

 

 


 

Ghanoon:

1- Girls Offside: A Report on Women Who Secretly Try Enter Football Stadia

2- Welcome to Iran, President Kolinda [in Croatian]

 

 


 

Haft-e Sobh:

1- €60m Injected into Iran’s IT Market: Iranian Start-Ups in Global Markets

2- Jewellery Shop Owner Hires Thieves to Rob His Shop

 

 


 

Hemayat:

1- If Defending Baha’i Faith Becomes Criminal, We’ll Respond Strongly: Judiciary Chief

2- [Followers of] Baha’i Cult Are Hirelings of Israel: Clerics and Political Activists

 

 


 

Iran:

1- Communications Minister Talks about Influence of Cyberspace on February 26 Elections: How Social Media Outperformed Expensive Billboards

2- Iran-US Diplomacy in Post-Obama Era

3- 100 Italian Companies in Tehran

 

 


 

Javan:

1- 20 Countries Convene in Austria: Rumours of Compromise on Syria in Vienna

 

 


 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- IMF Supports Iran’s Return to World Banking System

2- Zionist Rabbis Call for Slaughter of Palestinians

3- 251 Iranian MPs Voice Support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah

 

 


 

Kayhan:

1- American Thinker Reveals US Strategy: We Shut Down Iran’s Nuclear Program, Now It’s Time for Its Missile Program

2- Iraqi FM: Popular Force Heroes Fighting Terrorists from 100 Countries

3- Lebanon’s Hezbollah Is Our Military Exemplar: Houthi Ansarullah

4- Baha’is Are Not Only Enemies of Islam, but Also Israel’s Mercenaries: Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi

 

 


 

Payam-e Zaman:

1- “Shahrzad” [popular Iranian TV series aired online and in stores, not on IRIB] Beats the Satellite [the series, mostly Turkish-made, aired through Persian-speaking satellite TV channels]

2- Iran’s Return to International Banking

 

 


 

Resalat:

1- Any Connection with Baha’i Faith Is a Prosecutable Crime: Senior Cleric

2- For US, JCPOA Victory Means Change of Iran’s Behaviour: Haddad Adel

3- Revenant’s Grizzly, Not DiCaprio, Deserved Academy Award

 

 


 

Sepid:

1- Ali Karimi’s Strange Ailment [former Persepolis and Bayern Munich player]: Likely Alopecia Areata

2- Thinking Aloud Is a Basic Right for University Students: Official

 

 


 

Shahrvand:

1- Newly-Discovered Relics Show Shiraz’s History Dates Back 6500 Years

2- 6,000 Foreigners Imprisoned in Iran: Half of Them Are Afghans

 

 


 

Sobh-e Eqtesad:

1- Expectations of 180 Foreign Delegations’ Visits to Iran Not Met: Chamber of Commerce

2- Iran Ready to Export 2m Tons of Wheat

3- Missile Drills Not to Be Stopped: IRGC Aerospace Commander

 

 


 

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Attacks on Gov’t, JCPOA, and Rafsanjani in Last Day of 9th Parliament

 

 


 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Cannes Is the Festival of LGBT Community: Iranian Director Afkhami

 

 

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