A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on February 6

A hot topic of Iranian newspapers today was controversies surrounding the registration of Europe’s special mechanism to protect Iran-EU trade from US sanctions, known as INSTEX.

The trip of Syrian Foreign Minister Wallid al-Muallem to Tehran, which came after the signing of major economic deals between Iran and Syria during a visit of Iran’s First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri to Damascus, caught considerable attention in Iranian media.

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

 

Abrar:

• Balance in JCPOA Disrupted: Araqchi
• Syria, Turkey Held Two Security Meetings in Tehran: Ex-Syrian Diplomat
• Guaido Rejects Possibility of Civil War in Venezuela

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Aftab-e Yazd:

• Pentagon: Impact of Sanctions on Iran Has Been Limited
• Oil Minister’s Hot Answers to Journalists’ Serious Questions
• JCPOA Enabled US to Increase Oil Production by 1m Barrels
• Without JCPOA, Persian Gulf Star Refinery Could Not Be Launched, We Couldn’t Become Self-Sufficient in Petrol Production

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Arman-e Emrouz:

• Questions Cannot Be Censored: President
• Even China, Russia Unwilling to Cooperate with Iran: Oil Minister
• Europe Closer to US than Iran

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Ebtekar:

• Triangular Crisis of Bolivarians: Review of Latest Political Developments in Venezuela

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Etemad:

• Chinese Catching Fish in Troubled Waters [Chinese Fishing Vessels Near Persian Gulf]
• Ups and Downs of Iran-Europe Relations

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Ettela’at:

• Revolution to Be Kept by Books, Culture: President
• Iran Leader Is Intellectual, Bookish: Bandar bin Sultan
• Tehran Criticizes EU’s Recent Statement

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Hamdeli:

• New Phase of Iran-US Standoff Starts in Iraq
• We’ve Created Communication Bridges [for Ties with Iran]: Bandar bin Sultan

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Iran:

• Iran to Give Decisive Response If Israel Attacks Syria: SNSC Secretary
• Iran Holds Top Rank in Region on Satellite Launch: Official

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Jomhouri Eslami:

• President Rewards Top Iranian, Foreign Writers
• Europeans Set No Condition on FATF: Zarif
• We Won’t Get Permit for Entering Syria: Erdogan
• Two Iraqi Parliamentary Factions Oppose US Military Presence in Iraq

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Kayhan:

• 70 Years of US Investment in Forming Arab Armies Futile: Foreign Policy
• Iran Joins Four Countries Producing Factor VIII Drug

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Khorasan:

• India, Russia Agree to Complete North-South Corridor

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Mardomsalari:

• Saudi Arabia to Receive $31-Billion Loan to Address Budget Deficit
• Syrian FM Comes to Iran: Post-Conflict Diplomacy of Iran-Syria

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Sazandegi:

• Oil Minister Defends Iran’s Oil Policies amid New Sanctions

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Shargh:

• Oil Minister: Italy, Greece Refused to Use Oil [Sanctions] Exemptions
• Is INSTEX Crack on Wall of Trump’s Sanction?