The Supreme Leader’s remarks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the removal of sanctions in a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday. Also on the cover of the dailies was the shocking image of a drowned Syrian kid whose lifeless body on a Turkish beach dropped a political bombshell across the world and troubled the conscience of the world’s public opinion.
Ettela’at: The Supreme Leader has urged officials to be sensitive and vigilant in the face of enemy plots.
Speaking at a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “If sanctions aren’t going to be lifted; there will be no deal. This issue needs to be clarified.”
Abrar: “The addiction age of girls [in Iran] has decreased to 13,” said the vice-president for women and family affairs.
Abrar-e Eghtesadi: A 47 percent rise in Iran’s imports from the US
Aftab-e Yazd: The president’s warning to his minister
Following bitter remarks by the minister of industries, mines and trade on a campaign against the Iranian cars which provoked strong reactions from different groups inside the country, President Rouhani issued a note of warning to his minister.
In reaction, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh offered apologies to people and ordered domestic carmakers to try to improve the quality of their products.
Aftab-e Yazd: Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has said that two rounds of talks with the US in the previous government produced no result.
Arman-e Emrooz: “Parliament should be involved in the review of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” said the Supreme Leader.
Arman-e Emrooz: “The student movement is expected to shout [loud and clear] the ideals of society,” said the grandson of the late Imam Khomeini.
Ebtekar: The world hears your voice: the world still in a state of shock for the eternal sleep of the Syrian child.
[A reference to the shocking images of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach a few days ago and shocked the world.]
Eghtesad-e Pooya: Rivalry between Renault and Peugeot for presence in Iran
Etemad: “There would be no deal if sanctions are not lifted,” said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts.
Iran: “It is impossible to run the country by one single political group,” said Government Spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht.
Javan: A show of confusion by war-mongering people against refuge seekers
The daily has given extensive front-page coverage to the news of the lifeless body of a drowned three-year-old Syrian child.
Jomhouri Islami: The Supreme Leader has called on officials not to let the United States pursue its opportunistic agenda inside Iran.
Jomhouri Islami: Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has said that the eleventh government tapped into a different diplomatic method in nuclear talks and changed the result in Iran’s favor.
Kar va Kargar: “The influence the Zionist lobby holds over US policy is far from logical,” said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen.
Kayhan: The Supreme Leader: Members of parliament should decide on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Ayatollah Khamenei: If the sanctions regime is to remain in place, what did we hold negotiations for?
Ayatollah Khamenei: US officials mouth off; something must be done about it.
Kayhan: “The presence of foreign teams in Iran will have no impact on the country’s economic state,” said the chairman of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.
Kayhan: Despite his countless crimes, the killer of Shiites in Pakistan was exonerated!
Khorasan: Russian President Putin has said that a ground coalition should be formed to take on terrorism in Syria.
Mardomsalari: Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation announced that construction of Unit Two of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant gets underway.
Mardomsalari: “Only I should speak.”
Alireza Zakani decides what IRIB [the national broadcaster] should do.
[This comes after Zakani, a Tehran MP, refused to appear in a TV program and talk face to face with Hamid Baeedinejad, a senior Iranian nuclear negotiator.]
Qods: The Supreme Leader stressed in a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts: A strong no to compromise on the values of Islam and the revolution.
Resalat: Tharallah drills came to an end, sending the message of Iran’s might to the enemies of the revolution
Resalat: “Standing up against the Guardian Council’s legal right to supervise the elections amounts to nothing but making a fuss,” said Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami.
Roozan: In a meeting with the grandson of the late Imam Khomeini, university students welcomed a run by Seyyed Hassan Khomeini for the Assembly of Experts.
Setareh Sobh: “Students should not plunge into self-censorship,” said the grandson of the late Imam at a meeting with university students.
Sharq: “The sanctions imposed by the US and European governments should be removed,” said the Supreme Leader.
Sharq: “If you feel that a person has been treated unfairly, [come forward and] speak out,” said the grandson of the founding father of the Islamic Republic.
Siasat-e Rooz: Genocide in the 21st century; Western countries continue their systemic killings of refuge-seekers.
