Almost all newspapers today covered the reactions to the insults hurled by a group of hardliners at President Hassan Rouhani during the Int’l Quds Day rallies on Friday.
A popular campaign by Rouhani fans to support him in Twitter, and the Judiciary’s vow to prosecute the insulters were among top stories.
The decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to extend the suspension of anti-Iran financial restrictions also received great coverage today.
Another top story was the failed attempt to launch a terrorist attack on the Grand Mosque of Mecca, and the speculations about the possible role of the Saudi ruling system in plotting the attack.
The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:
Abrar:
1- Judiciary Should Prosecute Those Who Insulted President: MP
2- Lawmaker: Insulting President against National Interests
Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Show of Rouhani’s Popularity
- Insult to President Rouhani Widely Reacted by People, Politicians
- Prosecutor General: Insulters to Be Prosecuted
Arman-e Emrooz:
1- Rouhani: We Should Inspect People’s Lives
- We Won’t Achieve Our Goals by Dividing Society into Good, Bad
2- 120,000 Premature Infants Annually Born in Iran
Ebtekar:
1- Rouhani: Patriarchy Is a Traditional, but Irreligious Way of Thinking
2- Iran Has 3m Drug Addicts: Official Statistics Released after 5 Years
Etemad:
1- Another No to Iranophobia: FATF Once Again Votes for Iran
2- Prosecutor General: Insult to President Obvious Crime
Ettela’at:
1- Last ISIS Stronghold in Mosul Retaken by Iraqi Army
2- Gap between Countries to Pave Way for Terror Growth: Iran Diplomat
Iran:
1- Support for Rouhani Becomes World’s First Trend
2- FATF Acknowledges Iran’s Fight against Money Laundry
Javan:
1- Barakat Foundation Making $43-Million Investment to End Deprivation in Sistan-Baluchestan
2- Rouhani Supporters Are Numerous, but They’re Also Fake!
Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Continued Condemnation of Insult to Rouhani
- Prosecutor Vows to Punish Insulters
2- Iran Starts Export of South Pars Phases 17, 18 Products
3- Iran Can Now Build Oil Platforms inside Country: Minister
Kayhan:
1- Government Grappling with Hypothetical Enemy
2- Saudi Dissident: Mecca Attack Fake; Bin Salman behind It
Resalat:
1- Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi: Why Gov’t Implemented 2030 Document Secretly?
2- General: People Not Satisfied with Committee Monitoring JCPOA Implementation
3- Nasrallah: Al Saud Took Weak to Fight against Iran
Shargh:
1- Special Committee to Probe into Attack on President
2- Reformist MP Calls on Senior Conservatives to Condemn Insults to Rouhani