A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 12

Several newspapers today discussed the details of the Rouhani administration’s proposed budget for the new fiscal year. A controversial part of the budget was a three-fold increase in departure taxes which has been a subject of discussion in Iranian social media within the past 48 hours.

A phone conversation between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the chief of Hamas’ Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh also received great coverage.

Also a top story was the remarks made by Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohsen Ejei in a meeting with students of Sharif University of Technology.

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

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Ahmadinejad’s Central Bank Governor: We Didn’t Let Sanctions Damage People!

2- Foreign Ministry Spokesman: Nazanin Zaghari’s Issue Related to Judiciary

3- Reformists: We Won’t Stop Supporting Rouhani

4- Iranian Pilgrims in Baghdad Airport Inspected by Sniffer Dogs

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Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Reformist MP: No One Has Given Blank Cheque to Rouhani

2- Official: Low-Income People to Benefit from Revenues of Increased Departure Taxes!

3- Hashemi-Taba: No Balance between Iran’s Domestic, Foreign Policy

4- Gov’t Spokesman Elaborates on Controversial Articles of New Budget

• Ambiguity in Petrol Price

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Ebtekar:

1- Putin Orders Withdrawal of Russian Forces from Syria

2- Will Populists Return in 2021? Activists Discuss Emergence of New Populism

3- Spokesman: Judiciary Chief’s Daughter Not under Arrest, Had No Link with Foreigners

4- Rouhani’s Chief of Staff: Gov’t Flexible in Revising Its Decisions

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Etemad:

1- Spokesman: If It Wasn’t for SNSC Decision, Judiciary Would’ve Tried Opposition Leaders

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Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani in Phone Call with Hamas Chief: Muslim World Should Stand Up against US-Israeli Plot

2- 3 Industrial Plans in Khuzestan Inaugurated by First VP Jahangiri

3- EU: We Won’t Recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israeli Capital

4- Qassemi: OIC Leaders’ Summit to Be Held in Istanbul on Palestine

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Iran:

1- Putin in Unannounced Visit to Syria: Two Russian Bases to Be Kept in Syria

2- Judiciary Spokesman: Torture Forbidden

3- Poor People’s Cash Subsidies Not to Be Cut: Gov’t Spokesman

4- Decision to Increase Departure Taxes May Be Revised

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Javan:

1- Prices Going Up on Daily Basis

• Officials Should Sometimes Visit Bazaars While Disguised as Low-Income Workers

2- Nasrallah: US Decision Opportunity for Muslim World to End Israel

3- Explosion in Manhattan: ISIS Nightmare in New York Leaves 4 People Wounded

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Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Deputy Industry Minister: Fuel Prices Not to Be Raised for Industries

2- Netanyahu Fails to Attract Attention of EU in Recognizing Jerusalem as Israeli Capital

3- Iran Red Crescent Chief: People Donated $16m worth of Goods, $12.6m in Cash to Quake Victims

4- UN Chief Urges Saudi Arabia, UAE to End Stupid War on Yemen

5- China Threatens Taiwan with War: We’ll Attack If a Single US Warship Docks at Island

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Kayhan:

1- Nasrallah: I’m Absolutely Sure Trump’s Decision Will Lead to Israel Collapse

2- Gov’t Spokesman Justifies Double Rates of Dollar in Iran Forex Market

3- People’s Lives to Become Harder with Government’s New Budget

4- Spokesman: Gov’t Officials Threatened Judiciary on Eve of Elections

5- Qassemi: Iran to Pursue Legal Case of Spy with Dual Nationality on Humanitarian Basis!

6- Sixth Day of Fourth Intifada: Over 1,650 Palestinians Wounded

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Khorasan:

1- Cash Subsidies Only for Three Groups: Gov’t to Change Its Policy

2- Reddest Half-Season for Persepolis FC: Ivankovic Breaks All IPL Records

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Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Global Protest Rallies in Support of al-Quds Continue

• Call for Closure of Embassies in US

2- France, Accomplice of Murderer: Bibi Praises Macron’s Anti-Iran Stances in Paris

• Israel, France Have Common Resolve to Counter Iran: Netanyahu

3- Health Minister Praises Efforts of Army, IRGC Forces after Earthquake