A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on April 19

Iranian newspapers today covered the remarks made by President Hassan Rouhani against the presence of military forces in Iran’s politics, particularly the upcoming elections.

Rouhani made the remarks in a ceremony to display the country’s military achievements. His remarks about these achievement also received great coverage.

Comments by Rouhani’s deputies and ministers about the poor performance of ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administrations were among other top stories.

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

19 Dey:

1- Larijani Discloses Ahmadinejad Government’s Negligence in Healthcare

2- President Rouhani Warns against Armed Forces’ Presence in Election

Abrar:

1- Ahmadinejad’s Refusal to Obey Leader’s Advice is Beginning of New Sedition: MP

2- White House Considering Fresh Sanctions against Firms Working with IRGC

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Rouhani Urges Armed Forces to Avoid Getting Engaged in Politics

2- VP: I Testify Rouhani Has Been Treated Very Unfairly

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Politico: Iranians Living in US to File Lawsuit against Trump

2- End of Jahangiri’s Silence

• They [Ahmadinejad’s gov’t] Kept Talking about Corruption, but Had Worst Corruptions in History

Ettela’at:

1- Zarif: Falling Trend of Oil Prices Stopped after JCPOA

2- Putin: Russia to Continue Supporting Assad, Syria’s Territorial Integrity

3- Economy Minister: We’re Heir to 700,000 Billion Tomans [$186bn] of Previous Government’s Debts

Iran:

1- Rouhani: Iran’s Defence Budget up by 145% Compared to Beginning of My Term

2- 3,000 Factories Shut Down in Ahmadinejad’s 8-Year Presidency

3- Conservative Supporters of Rouhani to Form HQ for Election: MP Close to Larijani

Javan:

1- Rouhani: We Created 700,000 Jobs Each Year

2- Statistics Organisation: 350,000 Jobs Created Each Year!

3- President: Armed Forces Protect Peace, Security in Mideast

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- President: Government’s Supply of Military Equipment in 3 Years Equal to that of Past 10 Years

2- Health Minister: Government Started Construction of 6,500 Medical Centres

Kayhan:

1- Gov’t Admits It’d Be Worried If People’s Economic Demands Raised in Election

2- Pyongyang in Reaction to US Military Threats: We’ll Test Missiles Every Week

Resalat:

1- Display of Defensive Equipment: From S-300 Missile Defence System to Roar of Jet Fighters

2- President: We’ll Strongly Respond to Aggression

3- Analyst Urges Government to Protest against US Interference in Iran Election

Rooyesh-e Mellat:

1- Rouhani, Trump Don’t Know Each Other’s Languages: IRGC General

Shargh:

1- Telegram’s Voice Calling Service Blocked by Iran’s Judiciary

Sobh-e Now:

1- Émile Lahoud: Saudi Arabia, from Buying Politicians to Hiring Terrorism