A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 23

The top story in all Iranian newspapers was President Hassan Rouhani’s live interview with popular TV host Reza Rashidpour. The interview, which was aired on Monday night, was the first relatively challenging interview the Iranian president gave to a domestic media outlet.

Several papers also lashed out at French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian for his remarks about Iran’s missile capabilities.

The ongoing dust pollution in the southwestern Khuzestan province as well as the recent increase in dollar rates were among other top stories today.

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

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Rouhani Gives Live Interview: Different, But Not Much Interesting

2- Senior Conservative: If We Go Back, I’d Once Again Support Iran Nuclear Deal

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Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Late Interview

• Analysts Believe Rouhani Should Have Given Such Interview Much Earlier

2- Central Bank Governor Warns: Don’t Buy Dollar, Its Rate Will Decrease

3- Analyst: Corruption Issue to Be Resolved If All Parties Achieve Consensus

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Ebtekar:

1- Europe Playing Somewhere between Iran, US

• Rumours of Europe’s Non-JCPOA Pressure on Iran

2- Rouhani in Live Interview: We Won’t Forget People

3- Chinese Officials: Sanchi’s Oil Slick Trebled in Size in Four Days

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Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani: Iran’s Forex Revenues More than Its Expenses

2- NATO Supports Turkey’s Invasion of Northern Syria

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Hamshahri:

1- Rouhani Responds to Criticisms about Forex Rates, Dust Pollution, Filtering

2- Late Order to Save Contemporary Poet Nima’s Historic House

3- Officials Must Teach People How to Optimize Water Consumption: Academic

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Iran:

1- Rouhani: I Keep My Campaign Promises

• Security, Peace, Freedom, Progress, Employment, Eradication of Absolute Poverty

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Javan:

1- More Signs of Compromise between US, Europe

• Europe’s Proxy Pressure on Iran to Change JCPOA

2- Photo of Trump’s VP in Fire of Quds’ Rage

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Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Rouhani: Budget Must Be Transparent, Because It’s People’s Money, Not Government’s

2- Army Displays Capabilities in “Muhammad, Messenger of God” Drills

3- Complicated Situation of Northern Syria after Turkey’s Afrin Offensive

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Kayhan:

1- Don’t Let Rude French FM Visit Iran

• France Accuses Iran of Supporting Terror in Return for JCPOA Unilateral Concessions

2- IRIB Has Dedicated 2,500 Hours of Program to Gov’t in Past 10 Months

3- Rouhani in Live Interview: Issue of Banking Sanctions Not Resolved

4- What Conflict Mr Araqchi? Don’t Fall in Trap of US, Europe

5- Reformists’ Humiliating Prescription

• Giving Concession to Europe Best Way to Counter US Threat!

6- Hezbollah: Iran to Win Historic Honour of Destroying Israel

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Khorasan:

1- Different Questions: Rouhani’s Promises

2- Government’s $350m Offer to Complete Water Transfer to Sistan & Baluchestan

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Shargh:

1- Major Changes to Reformism Structure

2- Rouhani: My Gov’t Has Suffered Great Pains to Keep Cyberspace Unblocked

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Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Return to Zero Point

• French FM: Iran to Be Accused of Seeking Nukes If Refuses to Cooperate on Missile Program

2- Iran Has 100 Executive Managers with Dual Nationality

3- Reasons for Tension in Iran’s Car Market