Newspapers on Thursday covered the remarks made by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei about the need for enhancement of the country’s defensive capabilities.
The reactions to the recent arrest [and release] of Abdol-Rasool Dorri Esfahani, a member of Iranian nuclear negotiating team, on charge of espionage also received great coverage.
The World Cup Qualifier match between Iran and Qatar, slated to be held on Thursday night, was also a top story today. Newspapers particularly covered the fact that Qatar National Football Team is composed of many dual nationals.
The above issues as well as many more are highlighted in the following headlines:

Abrar:
1- Dorri Esfahani Is Not a British National: Official
2- Time of Ahmadinejad Is Over: Cleric
3- MPs Call for Probe into Municipality
4- ISIS Spokesman Killed
5- Russia: Putin Will Not Visit Turkey
6- Daily Mail’s Claim about Iran’s Activity in Syria

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:
1- Asia and Europe Competing with Each Other for Export of Steel to Iran
2- 43% Jump in Iran-Europe Trade Exchanges

Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Enhance the Country’s Defensive and Offensive Power So that Bullies Would Feel Threatened: Leader
2- Creating New Crises, the New Job for Those Who Used to Make Money through Anti-Iran Sanctions
3- FM Zarif Will Go to New York; Rouhani’s Visit Still Not Decided
4- Iran and Pakistan Ditch US Dollar in Bilateral Trade: Dealing with Dollar Based on Slogans
5- They [Ahmadinejad’s Government] Transferred $23bn to Dubai and Istanbul: First VP
6- Modern Slum Lives in Mehr Mass Housing: Deputy Governor of Tehran
7- 3 Politicians: Candidates of Next Year’s Presidential Elections Should Better Introduce Their First VP in Campaigns

Arman-e Emrooz:
1- Mayor of Tehran Pens Letter to Prosecutor-General about Controversial House Sales: We Gave Properties to Poor and Hard-Working Personnel!
2- Parliament Goes on Leave for 25 Days: Do These Newly-Elected MPs Need Such a Leave?

Asrar:
1- Iran Mulling over Rouhani’s Visit to New York: Deputy FM
2- Any Move Justified for Hungry and Unemployed People: Rafsanjani

Emtiaz:
1- Iran and South Korea to Develop Mutual ICT Cooperation
2- $10bn Decrease in Smuggling of Goods

Etemad:
1- Except for Chemical and Nuclear Weapons, We Have No Limitation in Development of Defensive Industries: Leader
2- Staying Awake to Watch Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’: Record-Breaking Number of Tickets Sold in First Day
3- OPEC Secretary-General’s Mission in Tehran
4- Inauspicious Day for Dilma: Brazil’s Socialist President Impeached by Parliament

Ettela’at:
1- Number 2 ISIS Commander Killed in Syria’s Aleppo
2- UN Warns of a New War between Lebanon and Israel
3- Iran’s Bank Sarmayeh Volleyball Team Claims Asian Club Title

Haft-e Sobh:
1- Valuable Replacements for Ali Daei and Karim Bagheri in Team Melli
2- Totally Legal! No Violation of Law in Alleged Scandal of Municipality
3- ‘The Salesman’: Reactions to First Day of Screening in Iranian Cinemas
4- From A to Z of Legal Case of Dorri Esfahani, the Member of Iran’s Nuclear Negotiating Team Charged with Espionage

Hamshahri:
1- Largest Iran Flag to Be Raised Today in Azadi Stadium in Iran-Qatar WQC Match
2- Parliament to Discuss Giving Citizenship to Children of Non-Iranian Fathers
3- Shiite-Sunni Fight in Washington

Iran:
1- Everyone Surprised by People’s Reception of Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’: Special Screening at 6:45 a.m.
2- First Female President of Brazil Dismissed

Jame Jam:
1- Leader Call for Enhancement of Iran’s Defensive and Offensive Power
2- Management of Hajj Pilgrimage: A Responsibility Saudis Can’t Handle

Javan:
1- Mayor of Tehran Urges Prosecutor-General to Prosecute Any Possible Crime
2- MKO Petrodollars against Iran: Al-Monitor
3- JCPOA Is the Day of “US Violation of Its Commitments”, Not the Day of “Constructive Interaction with the World”
4- Iran National Football Team to Play against Qatar’s Team of World Stars

Jomhouri Eslami:
1- 3.5 Time Increase in Europe’s Imports from Iran
2- Indian Company Settles $510m of Its Oil Debts to Iran
3- $1.7bn Foreign Investment Attracted in 5 Months
4- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Urges Turkey to Stop Its Military Operation in Syria as Soon as Possible
5- Moscow and Damascus Warn of West’s Plot to Accuse Syria of Using Chemical Weapons

Kayhan:
1- Both US Parties Are Criminals, None of Them Preferred to the Other: Leader
2- Zionist Newspaper Worried about Leaders of 2009 Sedition [Post-Election Protests]
3- Defending the One Charged with Espionage in a Bid to Protect JCPOA!
4- No One Can Prevent Popular Forces from Taking Part in Mosul Operation: Ameri

Khorasan:
1- Will Northern Syria Get Ankara and Damascus Close to Each Other?
2- People Are 50% Hopeful about Future of JCPOA
3- End of 13 Years of Leftism in Brazil
4- Clerics Refuse to Give Green Light to Ahmadinejad’s Candidacy

Resalat:
1- Western Culture Dominating Iranian Universities: Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
2- I Have No Red Line in Fight against Corruption
3- Astronomical Salaries Not Acceptable in Islamic Government
4- Siege on Terrorists in Aleppo Is Completed

Roozan:
1- Production of Chemical and Nuclear Weapons Illegal: Leader
2- Tehran-Moscow Ties Are Not Strategic: Analyst
3- If Allegations against [Mayor of Tehran] Qalibaf Are Confirmed, Conservatives Won’t Support Him Anymore
4- Increase of Drug Addiction with Growth of Unemployment in Villages

Shahrvand:
1- Global Cooperation to Save Iranian Lake: 11 Countries Trying to Save Lake Urmia
2- Iran Moves Up 34 Ranks in Global Business Ranking

Shargh:
1- Calling Dorri Esfahani a Spy Is an Insult to Iran’s Intelligence and Security Bodies: Offical
2- Municipality under Investigation: The Whistle-Blower Website Blocked Based on Legal Order
3- What Happened in Parliamentarians’ Morning Session with IRGC intelligence?

Vatan-e Emrooz:
1- Suicide: Will Rouhani’s Gov’t Become Enforcer of US Sanctions in Iran’s Territory by Implementing FATF?
2- Ansarullah Delegation Meets with Ayatollah al-Sistani

The recent allegations about a scandal in Tehran Municipality remained a top story in many newspapers on Wednesday.

The deployment of S-300 missile defence system and the reactions to the move were also covered by Iranian media today.

The Turkish military invasion of Syrian territories as well as the operations to retake different cities and towns in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria also received good coverage.

Newspapers also covered the premiere of Asghar Farhadi’s latest film, the Salesman, in Iranian cinemas, which started on Wednesday morning and the tickets of the first three days were all sold out.

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

Abrar:

1- [Former Portuguese Prime Minister António] Guterres Leads Race to Be Next UN Secretary-General

2- Health Conditions of [Uzbek President] Islam Karimov and Questions about His Possible Successor

3- US Worried about Deployment of S-300 in Iran

4- Ben Rhodes: Transfer of S-300 to Iran Not a Violation of UNSC Resolution

5- Iranian Filmmakers in Venice Film Festival

6- We Have 50,000 to 150,000 Children without ID Cards: Minister

Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- Iran Breaks Oil Export Record: 9m Barrels of Oil Sold in One Day

2- Switzerland to Guarantee Payment of Iran’s Oil Export to China

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- It Was a Wrong Decision to Receive Loan from Russia: Analyst

2- VP: Lawsuit Filed against Those Who Insulted President Rouhani

3- MP Who Punched Journalist in the Face Refused to Apologize

4- Efforts Underway to Topple Outspoken Vice-Speaker Ali Motahari

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Saeid Jalili Starting His Campaign in Qom for Next Year’s Presidential Elections

2- Previous Gov’t Transferred $23bn to Dubai and Istanbul: First VP

3- City Councillor: People Want Graves in Exchange for Their Houses!

4- 300 Concerts Were Held in Mashhad When I Was in Charge: Former Head of Music Office

Asrar:

1- A Nuclear Spy Would Never Be Released on Bail: Gov’t Spokesman

2- Air Defence Commander: Our Hands Are on the Triggers

3- Evading the Law Was Institutionalized in Previous Gov’t: VP

4- Iran’s Volleyball, 7th Best Team in World Ranking: Historic Climb

5- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Urges Arab League Secretary General to Study History and Geography

6- Government to Pay for over 85% of Infertility Treatment Expenses

Ebtekar:

1- Efforts to Make the Follow-Up of a Scandal [in municipality] Seem a Politically-Motivated Campaign

2- Joking in Ghazipour’s Style

Etemad:

1- Municipality under the Blade of Investigation

2- MP Urges Parliament’s Board of Governors to Apologize for Attack on Journalist

3- We Seek to Have Ties with All Latin American Countries, Not Just the Leftists: Official

Ettela’at:

1- Rouhani’s Gov’t Started Its Work with Almost $11bn Debts: Spokesman

2- Sense of Inequality, Unemployment, and Immigration Prepared Grounds for Social Ills: Officia

3- Carbone Monoxide Level in Iran’s Air 20 Times Less than 5 Years Ago

4- Yemeni Forces Launch Missile Attacks on Southern Saudi Arabia

Haft-e Sobh:

1- Second Village Queen of Import: A Naïve Village Woman’s Commercial Card Abused for $115m Import

2- Accommodation Prices in Five Famous Iranian Hotels

Hamshahri:

1- 10,000 Iranians Stabbed to Death in Past Decade

2- MPs to Criminalize Carrying Cold Weapons

Hemayat:

1- Ahmed Shaheed Not in a Position to Comment on Iran’s Criminal Law: Official

2- West’s Enmity towards Iran Is Because of Our Scientific Progress: Javad Larijani

3- Al Khalifa’s Move against Sheikh Qassim Is Violation of Human Rights: Iranian MPs in Statement

Iran:

1- Thriving Tourism Industry Can Enhance Regional Stability: First VP

2- Government Will Not Support Any Offending Individual: Spokesman

3- MPs Apologize Journalists

Javan:

1- Washington Worried about Change in Aerial Balance of West Asia: While Israel Is Silent, US Spokesman Shows Reaction against S-300

2- 2 Million Infertile Iranian Couples Can Receive 85% of Their Treatment Expenses

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Increased Protests at Turkish Invasion of Syrian Territory

2- Iran’s Exports Expected to See $10bn Increase This Year

3- Erdogan, Opportunism in Favour of Terrorists [Editorial]

4- 203 Iranian MPs Voice Support for Bahraini People

Kayhan:

1- Gov’t Spokesman: Espionage of Member of Iran’s Nuclear Negotiating Team Is Not Worrying!

2- Operation to Liberate Ta’iz in Yemen Begins

3- Why Riyadh Revealed Its Long-Time Ties with Tel Aviv?

Khorasan:

1- Saudi Arabia’s Anger at Sunnis’ Important Decision: International Conference of Sunnis Didn’t Recognize Wahhabism and Salafism

2- Parliament’s Important Move to Criminalize Carrying Cold Weapons

3- Iran’s Sardar Azmoun among Nominees for Best Asian Young Player Award

Resalat:

1- One of the Sedition [2009 post-election protests] Leaders behind Anti-Municipality Smears: Councillor

2- Who Should Be Held Accountable for Kashmir Crimes? What Are Int’l Bodies Doing?

3- Some Supported Secularism during Reformist Era

4- Regional Issues Can’t Be Resolved unless Israel Is Annihilated

Shahrvand:

1- 150,000 Iranian Children Suffer from Malnutrition

2- A Mother and a Father for 12 Boys

3- Prosecutor-General vs. Earthquake: Italian Judiciary to Sue Perpetrators behind Collapse of Buildings

Shargh:

1- Asghar Farhadi Writes Letter to Iran’s Music Maestro Shajarian

2- Fire in South Pars Gas Field

3- Judiciary Chief: Does a Person Who Believes in God Fear from Sanctions?

Sobh-e Now:

1- JCPOA in Banking: Supreme National Security Council to Discuss FATF Deal

2- Massacre of Palestinians in Native American Style

Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Cheetahs that Ran with Me: Life of a Ranger Traveling across Iran’s Deserts to Protect Asiatic Cheetah

2- Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Salesman’ Premiered in Iran: Beginning of Road to Academy Awards

3- JCPOA Brought $1.6bn Foreign Investment to Iran: Minister

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- American Plot for Social Engineering [Editorial]

2- Government Incapable of Restoring Rights of Mina Tragedy Victims: Spokesman

3- Conservative Chairman and Board Members of Tehran City Council Re-Elected

4- Crescent Convicts to Organize Oil Tenders!