A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on August 3

The top story in all Iranian newspapers was the recent remarks by President Hassan Rouhani in a live televised interview. Both reformist and conservative papers seemed to be criticizing the government. The reformists criticized that Rouhani had not been transparent enough, and refused to name the trouble-makers. Conservatives, on the other hand, highlighted Rouhani’s unrealized promises.

The developments in the United Nations over adding or removing Saudi Arabia to/from the black list of child killers also received great coverage.

The above issues as well as many more are highlighted in the following headlines:

 

Abrar:

1- Iraqi PM’s Orders for Investigations into Corruption in Arms Deals

2- Afghanistan’s Interpol Extradites Iranian Inmate Charged with Murder

3- Man Who Had Attacked Iranian Embassy in Beirut Arrested

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Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- SNSC Gives the Green Light for Exploration of Oil in Caspian Sea

2- Oil Contracts to Be Decided upon Today

3- 2m Barrels of Oil Sold to China’s Independent Refineries

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Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Rouhani: We Should Isolate Those Who Insult Others

2- Victory of Venezuela’s Opposition in First Step

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Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Tehran Prosecutor-General: 4,000 Litres of Alcoholic Drinks Discovered in Diplomats’ Party

2- Untold Stories Remained Untold [Rouhani’s remarks in live TV interview)

• We’ll Use Euro for Selling Our Oil
• Iran’s Exports Are Now More than Its Imports
• 400 Foreign Banks Are in Contact with Us

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Asrar:

1- Result of JCPOA Should Not Be Defined in Ties with US: Gov’t Spokesman

2- Another Clash between UN and Saudi Arabia

3- 250,000 Apartments to Be Sold by Instalments

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Asr-e Azadi:

1- Turkey Experienced Biggest Democracy Test of Its History: Turkish Envoy in Tabriz

2- Iran’s Tourism Income: $1m Each Hour

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Ebtekar:

1- Shahrdad Rohani Selected as Conductor of Tehran Symphonic Orchestra

2- 5% Economic Growth to Be Achieved This Year: President Rouhani Promises End of Economic Downturn

3- What Will Happen to Turkey’s Accession to EU?

4- Rise in Turkey’s Post-Coup Tensions with Germany and Austria

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Emtiaz:

1- Police Discovers Foreign Diplomats’ Second House of Corruption

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Etemad:

1- A Little More Transparency Please Mr President!

2- Rouhani’s TV Speech Were Full of Promising Figures; Well Done, But: Rouhani Talked about Insults to People, But Didn’t Talk about Insulters; He Talk about Decrease in Smuggled Goods, But Didn’t Mention the Channels for Smuggling; He Explained Positive Economic Achievements, But Didn’t Point to the Obstacles

3- City of Tehran Becomes 230 Years Old

4- A Report on One Day of a Ranger in Touran

5- Reformists to Start Campaigns for Presidential Elections by Late September

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Ettela’at:

1- 510 Yemeni Children Killed by Saudi Troops: UN

2- Heavy Fire Exchanged between Lebanese Army and ISIS Terrorists in Baalbek

3- General Soleimani: Victory of Resistance Forces Not Limited to Protecting Holy Shrines

4- Foreign Ministry Spokesman: Attack on Diplomatic Missions Not Justifiable at All

5- Nigerian Inquiry Committee Call for Prosecution of Army Because of Killing Shiites

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Haft-e Sobh:

1- Forget about the Oil, Stick to Tourism: Considerable Increase in Iran’s Tourism Income When Oil Sales Are Declining

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Hemayat:

1- Iran’s Power in Proxy Wars Has Troubled the US: Enterprise Foundation

2- Necessity for Referring to Religious Rules in Human Rights: Official

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Iran:

1- Rouhani: JCPOA Wasn’t a Favour; We Restored Our Right

2- Wave of Hope in Urmia: A Report on Conditions of Lake Urmia

3- 20-Year-Old Downturn in Attraction of Foreign Investments Ended in Previous Months

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Jame Jam:

1- IRIB’s Preparations for Coverage of Rio 2016 Olympics

2- Battle of Aleppo, the Last Nail in the Coffin of Terrorists

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Javan:

1- Unfortunately, US Has Failed to Remain Loyal to Its JCPOA Commitments: Rouhani

2- Trump: US Presidential Elections in November Will Be Rigged

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Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Joint Efforts by US, Turkey, and France to Save Terrorists Surrounded in Aleppo

2- Rouhani: I’m Much More Hopeful about Future of Iran

3- UN: Riyadh Has Yet to Provide Enough Documents for Removal of Its Name from Blacklist

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Kayhan:

1- 1,100 Days Passed, Think about the Remaining 365 Days (Rouhani Starts 4th Year of His Term)

2- Effect of Fatemiyoun Brigade in Defending Islam Will Be Disclosed in Future: General Soleimani

3- French Gov’t Starts Shutting Down Its Mosques

4- Caution: Astronomical Executives [those who receive huge salaries] Are Working!

5- Clinton Has Personally Issued Order for Export of Arms to ISIS and Al-Qaeda: WikiLeaks

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Khorasan:

1- Families of 120 Victims of Mina Tragedy Write Protest Letter to Foreign Ministry

2- Signs of Economic Prosperity as Narrated by Rouhani

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Payam-e Zaman:

1- Even Erdogan Admits: West Is Supporting Terrorists

2- Nekounam’s Testimonial Math to Be Held in La Liga Giants’ Attendance

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Resalat:

1- Fatemiyoun Brigade Became Source of Evolution in Iranian Society: General Soleimani