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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

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The recent changes in Iran’s Foreign Ministry were the topic of various articles in Monday’s newspapers. A number of journalists speculated that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif changed his Deputy for Arab Affairs because he is going to make some changes to the country’s regional policies.

The issue of huge salaries paid to certain executives has also remained the top story in many papers. New paycheques belonging to different officials and executives are being leaked every day. This time, the managers and board members of Bank Tejarat are the ones under scrutiny.

The elections in Iran’s Parliament for specialized commissions were also widely covered. Reformists were selected as the heads of only two commissions, while the rest went to the conservatives.

 

Abrar:

1- Taliban Using Children to Kill Afghan Police Forces

2- Ahmadinejad’s Adviser Javanfekr Condemned to 91 Days in Prison

3- Zarif to Visit Paris on Tuesday

4- I Tried to Protect Defenceless People: UN’s Ban on Last Days of His Term

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Abrar-e Eqtesadi:

1- 300 Factories Shut Down during Ahmadinejad’s Term

2- Iran and China in Talks for Funding Private Sector Projects

3- Change in Iran’s Import Sources: US to Replace China

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Aref’s Strategy of Silence and Contentment: Only 2 of 12 Commission Heads Are Reformists!

2- Revival of an Old Factory during Rouhani Administration

3- Most Experienced OPEC Minister Revives Iran’s Oil Industry: Record-Breaking Exports

4- Rouhani Should Settle the Issue of Astronomical Salaries Once and for All

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Arman-e Emrooz:

1- Funeral for Habib Mohebian [famous Iranian pop singer] behind Closed Doors

2- Sudden Changes in Foreign Ministry

3- Suicide Attack Foiled in Tehran

4- Motahari’s Solution for Settling Minoo Khaleghi Problem [She was the parliamentary candidate who won a seat in recent votes, but was disqualified by the Guardian Council after being elected.]

5- Astronomical Salaries, the Seed Planted by Previous Gov’t

6- Countdown for Cabinet Reshuffle: 2 Ministers to Bid Farewell to Cabinet

7- Will Aref Run for Next Year’s Presidential Elections?

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Asia:

1- US to Replace China in Iran’s Economy

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Asrar:

1- Mohammed bin Salman on Verge of Becoming Saudi King

2- $200m Annually Spent on Foreign [School] Students in Iran

3- A Movement Is Trying to Paralyze Rouhani’s Administration: Ex-Minister

4- Third Round of Zarif’s European Tour to Begin Tomorrow

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Ebtekar:

1- Post-JCPOA Changes in Foreign Ministry

2- Changes Expected in Rouhani’s Administration

3- No Problem with Concerts If They Observe Law and Sharia: Judiciary Spokesman

4- Speech and Behaviour of Iranians Should Be a Role Model for World Muslims: Rafsanjani

5- Pressure on Rouhani’s Administration More than That on Khatami’s: Ex-Minister

6- Agriculture, the Killer of Iran’s Water

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Emtiaz:

1- Hacker of Government Portals Had Access to 3,000 Paycheques

2- 6,000 Hectares of Forests and Meadows Burnt by Fire Each Year

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Etemad:

1- Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Changed

2- Ex-Minister Urges Rouhani to Reveal What Happens behind the Scenes

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Ettela’at:

1- 5 Ministers Hold Urgent Meeting to Discuss Dust Pollution

2- Each Day, 3,300 Containers Smuggled into Iran without Inspection: Official

3- People Mobilized in Libya to Fight ISIS

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Ghanoon:

1- Oh My Dear Habib! Ghanoon’s Report on Certain Media’s Politicized Abuse of an Artist’s Death

2- Continued Recession, Collapse of Production

3- Mohammed bin Salman Trying to Hunt bin Nayef

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Haft-e Sobh:

1- Murder in Front of the University: Father Shoots His Daughter Dead in Street

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Iran:

1- Changes in Ministry of Diplomats

2- Iranian Music Needs No Change

3- Extraordinary Meeting to Control Dust

 

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Jame Jam:

1- Smuggling Restricts Resistance Economy: [Each Day] 3,300 Goods Containers Imported Uninspected

2- Criminal Records Card for Criminals [Judges can have access to an online record of convicts’ previous crimes]

3- Saudi Arabia Playing with Hariri

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


 Javan:

1- Astronomical Salaries Should Be Returned to Public Funds: Judiciary Spokesman

2- Dust of Imprudence Overwhelms Half the Country

3- Change of the Number-One Man behind Iran’s Regional Diplomacy

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


 Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Zionist Rabbi Calls for Poisoning Palestinian People’s Drinking Water

2- Genocide in Palestine Using Rabbis’ Calls

3- Change in Shares of US and China in Trade with Iran after JCPOA

4- Spirituality of Ramadan in Daily Life: We’re out Saying Our Prayers, Take Anything You Want and Leave the Money If You Want [the photo of a grocery store]

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


 Kayhan:

1- It’s People’s Right to Know, but They Shouldn’t Know the Amount of Astronomical Salaries! Reformist Efforts to Whitewash a Scandal

2- Largest Anti-US Protest Rally in Japan in 2 Decades

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


 Khorasan:

1- Details of Arab Reactor Reconstruction

2- 8 Provinces under Influence of Dust

3- Mostafa Chamran: From Berkeley to Beirut

4- Life in United States of Fear: Trump and Neo-McCarthyism in US

5- Largest European Insurance Company Resumes Cooperation with Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


 Resalat:

1- Nuclear Industry Should Be Maintained and Developed: 237 MPs

2- Return of Nationalism to Europe

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Roozan:

1- Domestic Diplomacy: Delicate but Important Changes in Foreign Ministry

2- Will Changes in Foreign Ministry Influence Iran’s Regional Policies?

3- Rouhani’s Cabinet Not Homogenous

4- Emergence of Minority in Face of Majority: Reformists Take Leadership of Only 2 Specialized Parliamentary Commissions

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Sepid:

1- 10 Patients Die in Iran Each Day Awaiting Organ Transplant

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Shahrvand:

1- Zarif’s New Mission: The Dust Pollution

2- Shahran-Like Explosion Could Occur in 400 Other Parts of Tehran: Mayor

3- Trade in the Next Decade: Exporting Air

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Shargh:

1- Life and Martyrdom of a Guerrilla Fighter: Which Chamran?

2- Moscow and Washington Agree on Syria: Russian DM Visits Syria in Unexpected Trip

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Sobh-e Now:

1- What Foreign Media Say about Ayatollah Khamenei’s Interest in Poetry and Literature

2- Jaberi Ansari Replaces Amir Abdollahian: Iran’s New Diplomacy in West Asia?

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:

1- Pause of Life under Rain of Dust

2- Fair Criticism Differs from Lying: Rouhani

3- Change in Arab Department of Foreign Ministry

4- Environmental Diplomacy is Key to Settlement of Dust Crisis

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20


Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- These Strange Figures! Paycheque Scandal Continues with Huge Salaries of Bank Tejarat Executives

2- Removal of Resistance Diplomat: Amir Abdollahian, Iran’s Fluent Diplomat in Region, Dismissed by Zarif

3- Mohammed bin Salman Is White House’s Option for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

4- Heavy Reformist Loss in Specialized Parliamentary Commissions: Aref Withdraws Once Again

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

Rain and Hail in Tabriz

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Heavy rainfall and hail in Tabriz in the last hot days of spring shocked and surprised local citizens. Some of the hailstones were as large as several centimetres in diameter, and drainage systems experienced brief overflows, though no serious damage was recorded.

Pictures from Mehr and IRNA.

Iran Basketball Team Crowned Atlas Challenge Cup Champions

Iran Basketball Team

The Iranian team had already defeated the European team in group stage. Hamed Haddadi led the way for Iran with 22 points.

The completion was an international basketball tournament hosted at the Suzhou Sports Centre in Suzhou, China, with eight teams participating.

The national team advanced to the final in last year’s edition but finished in second place after losing to China.

Iran is preparing for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament which will be held in Turin from July 4 to 9.

Intelligence Ministry: Takfiri Terrorists Planned Attacks in Several Iranian Provinces

Intelligence Ministry Official Website

According to the Ministry’s Public Relations Department, a series of bombings had been planned for different parts of Iran for upcoming occasions in Ramadan.

However, the statement added, Intelligence Ministry Forces in Tehran and some other provinces managed to foil the “satanic” measures of Takfiri terrorists. Several bombs, which were ready to explode, and a huge amount of explosive ingredients were seized, it noted.

The Intelligence Ministry further noted that field investigations are underway inside and outside the country, and the terrorists are being interrogated. “The Iranian nation will be informed of further details once security conditions are appropriate,” the statement added.

The statement came after the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Shamkhani, announced on Sunday that Iranian security forces had recently captured a group who wanted to launch a suicide attack in the capital city of Tehran during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.

Certain moves were planned to be made in recent days, but a “brief report” led to the discovery of a network, which was disbanded by Iranian security forces during Ramadan, Shamkhani said in a ceremony in Tehran. “The group had plans to launch suicide operation in Tehran.”

Rouhani Praises Iranian Sports Stars

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President Rouhani underlined the importance of exercise and sport in society and said, “Athletes are the ones who bring honour to the nation while representing Iranian culture and identity to the world. Professional sport, once merged with Islamic values and humane morals, could serve as the greatest shield against global Iranophobia and present the true image of Iran and Iranians to the world.”

“I’m pleased to live in a country where the young generation reach great achievements in scientific fields as well as sport competitions. We also have great heroes in the arena of diplomacy who managed to win over the international community and claim Iran’s nuclear rights last year.”

Noting Iran’s history “which is full of pride and honour”, Rouhani hailed the prominent role of martyrs during the Islamic Revolution and the Iraq-imposed War, underlining that Iran would never forget these heroes.

The President also lauded Iranian female athletes, “Who take part in sport competitions observing the Islamic rules [of hijab], which is a unique characteristic of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” and underlined that “this is an honour for the whole Islamic world, and marks our fidelity to our culture and identity.”

Rouhani meanwhile pointed to the efforts his government had made so far to support Iranian sportsmen and sportswomen on their way to the Olympics and Paralympics, and emphasized that the government will keep helping Iranian athletes in international competitions.

“Let’s Adorn Footbridges with Flowers”

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Unlike most urbanites, who merely feel grief and sorrow when seeing the scene of a suicide, a number of photo-journalists from the capital city of Tehran have launched an anti-suicide campaign entitled Ba Omid be Khoda Khodkoshi Mamnou (roughly meaning: With Hope in God, Preventing Suicide), and have initiated the “photography-on-a-footbridge-with-a-flower” challenge.

The campaign started two weeks ago when the organizers published a video clip on Instagram with a comment that read: “People have overlooked footbridges, even those equipped with escalators, for the past few years. Now, however, the structures are gaining publicity; they are no longer disused, but are being used as jumping-off spots for you! Your death is suicide and is tantamount to the death of all of us. Dear fellow citizens! Trust in God, so we can move beyond despair and build a bridge to life. We shall shout: Viva Life!”

The campaigners call on their fellow photographers to take pictures of flowers on footbridges for five days and share them on their Instagram pages.

“We are not taken in by fantasy,” says Mojtaba Heidari, freelance photographer and one of the founding members of the campaign. “We are well aware that taking pictures with a flower cannot be a cure-all for all the economic, mental, and psychological troubles of the victims. We are not also speaking down from positions of luxury – everybody knows how photographers live in this country and how little they make. So it is all about carrying out our social responsibility toward our fellow citizens.”

57303587 (1)Regarding the campaign’s original philosophy, Heidari said, “This is a symbolic move. We want to tell the potential victims that their lives and their happiness are important to other citizens. We believe that the death of an Iranian citizen is the death of all other Iranians, and the same goes for saving the life of a fellow citizen. The founders of this campaign agree on an important notion: aside from recognizing all the economic, social and cultural problems that lead people to end their lives, we maintain that a lack of belief in God and losing hope in his support are the prime reasons for one to kill themselves, not only in Tehran, but in all other major cities in the world.”

He said social and economic shortcomings will not be resolved overnight and such difficulties have always been and will be the case [in society]. “We believe that the only thing that can help people entrapped in the modern world’s hardships is trust in God and his support. This is the only factor that can uplift a negative life. We want to remind the potential victims to trust in God and hope for his support.

The social photographer also said, “The campaign has sparked so much interest among professional and amateur photographers. All citizens may join the campaign with their mobile phones, a flower and a pinch of creativity, then share their photos on social media.”

Heidari further said that a collection of the best photos will be released as a photo report by various news agencies across the country. In further steps, the pictures will be put on display in a gallery in the future.

Suicide Attack Foiled in Tehran during Ramadan: Security Official

Shamkhani

Certain moves were planned to be made in recent days, but a “brief report” led to the discovery of a network, which was disbanded by Iranian security forces during Ramadan, Shamkhani said in a ceremony in Tehran.

“The group had plans to launch suicide operation in Tehran,” he went on to say, as reported by ISNA and translated by IFP.

He further noted that Iran is safer than European states thanks to people’s participation in establishment of security.

“Iran’s security and police forces have great experiences in all types of war, and this has well prepared them for the fight against terrorists,” he noted.

“When Europeans and Westerners visit Iran, they wonder why they feel safer in Tehran than Paris,” Shamkhani added.

Paris, the First Leg of Zarif’s Third European Tour

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Consultations and reciprocal visits of senior Iranian and European officials following the nuclear deal have created a major current in diplomacy. In one of the most recent examples, in her visit to Iran back in May, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini was accompanied by seven commissioners, which was a rare move in the history of the European Union.

Meanwhile, the foreign ministers of many European countries have visited Tehran in the aftermath of the JCPOA, which was finalized back in July 2015.

Now, Iran’s diplomatic efforts are focused on removal of obstacles in the way of the country’s banking and financial interactions with other parts of the world.

During the previous rounds of his European tour, Zarif held a wide range of discussions with senior officials of Poland, Sweden, Latvia, Finland, Norway and Germany, and this will continue in the third round starting in Paris, the first leg of the tour, which will later take him to Amsterdam.

After the European tour, he is due to visit Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting. Iran currently has observer status in the SCO. Its full membership is expected to be discussed during the upcoming summit. The anti-Iran sanctions were one of the main obstacles in the way of full SCO membership.

India and Pakistan were accepted as members of the SCO last year.

Iran’s President Urges Efforts to Utilize JCPOA for Economic Development

President Rouhani

“The JCPOA has just provided a proper and good atmosphere for various [economic] activities,” Rouhani said at an iftar (fast breaking) ceremony in Tehran on Saturday, June 18.

He was referring to the removal of economic anti-Iran sanctions after the country and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) started implementing the JCPOA back in January, as reported by Tasnim.

“If we do not utilize this atmosphere in various areas, we will gain no benefits,” Rouhani said, adding that the good climate should therefore be used for the country’s development and economic activities.

Iranian Media ‘Have Poor Influence’ On Global Scene: Rouhani

Elsewhere in his remarks, President Rouhani highlighted the importance of Iranian media presence in regional and global arenas, and called on the country’s outlets to have a stronger role.

The presence should be strengthened so that the country’s voice can reach the world through mass, cyber and written media, he noted during the ceremony, which was attended by journalists and media representatives.

“The world today needs to hear the words and logic of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and thus, we should improve and strengthen the position and influence of our media on the global scene so that our words can be heard against the [anti-Iran propaganda of] enemies and rivals,” he went on to say, as reported by Mehr.

The Iranian President described any weak point in the relations between the government and the media as ‘a great deficiency’, highlighting the need for bridging the gap and strengthening the links.

He further noted that his government honours the freedom of press in the country, saying any obstacles hindering the full realization of such freedom should be removed.

Elsewhere, he maintained that his administration is a non-partisan government, and as such, does not have the full support of certain newspapers and organizations. “In this case, every time the government achieves certain progress, various factions claim in the achievement, but once there are difficulties, they pull aside and deny any involvement.”

Rouhani also referred to one of his meetings on economic issues with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, saying “Ayatollah Khamenei underscored that one of the greatest achievements of the 11th government [Rouhani’s administration] was the establishment of peace and calm in the economy and society, and stressed that such peace should not be disturbed.”

Foreign Ministry Tasked with Pursuing Dust Pollution Issue

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Chaired by Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, the latest developments regarding ongoing dust pollution in a number of cities and provinces in Iran were considered in the meeting.

The officials discussed the moves that can be made against the crisis, which is mainly caused by dust coming from Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.

According to an ISNA report, as translated by IFP, Esmaeil Najjar, the head of Crisis Management Organization, announced after the meeting that Ilam, Kordestan, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Hamadan, Lorestan, Qom, and Tehran are the provinces currently gripped by the pollution.

“One of the issues discussed in this meeting was whether international organizations should control the dust in other countries. Unfortunately, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia are the origins of the dust pollution in Iran. Iraq and Syria have particular problems, and Saudi Arabia lacks a serious will to fight the issue.”

“The origins of the dust coming from Iraq to Iran are mainly located in ISIS-held regions; therefore, Iraqis have naturally considered the issue of security as their first priority, and have no time to control the dust issue,” Najjar noted.

Therefore, he added, it was decided that the Foreign Ministry, in cooperation with international bodies, tries to control the dust pollution.

The dust has disturbed daily life in western and south-western parts of Iran, even cancelling flights at Abadan international airport on June 17. In addition to flight cancellations, dust storms have also prompted health warnings and resulted in closure of schools and offices in some areas.

A new wave of storms began on Thursday, June 16, but the authorities expect the situation to improve in the coming days, IRNA reported.

Iraq has long suffered from periodic, blinding sandstorms, but several years of drought have aggravated the situation there.