Two stories generated headlines Tuesday on the front pages of Iranian dailies. The stellar performance of Iranian athletes in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea which landed Iran in the fifth spot of the medal table was the first top story. The Caspian Summit and comments by President Rouhani at the gathering were also splashed across the front pages of newspapers.

Aftab-e Yazd: “Once more an impeachment tsunami is on the horizon; some [MPs] are insisting on impeaching the minister of energy.”

Arman-e Emrooz: “Protesters thronged outside the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, chanting slogans against the minister.” What is perceived as widespread disregard for the Islamic dress code was the reason why the worriers [a reference to radical advocates of the former president who have voiced concern about the state of affairs under President Rouhani] gathered outside the ministry.

Arman-e Emrooz: “I will present evidence, I do not accept my conviction and will appeal the verdict,” said former First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who was recently found guilty of corruption.

Ebtekar: “Netanyahu’s delirium; the Israeli prime minister described Palestinian resistance and the killing of people at the hands of ISIL as two sides of the same coin.”

Ebtekar: “Extremists poisoned the atmosphere of the [nuclear] talks,” said Chairman of the State Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Ebtekar: “I did not take one iota of action which ran counter to the law,” said former Tehran Prosecutor General Saeed Mortazavi.

Ebtekar: “A state of emergency in the principlist camp” is the headline of a report that underlines there are deep divisions among principlists prior to the 10^th parliamentary elections. The daily speculates that following the setback the faction suffered in the presidential vote in 2013, it might have to set aside differences and acquiesce to forming a coalition with other groups, in particular the Islamic Revolution Stability Front, to secure victory in the upcoming vote and make up for the past defeat.

Eghtesad-e Pooya: “Oil revenues have beaten figures projected in the budget,” said Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.

Eghtesad-e Pooya: “Today the world’s widest-body airliner is to touch down at Imam Khomeini Airport.”

Etemad: “In privatizing oil companies, the previous government cherry-picked the best firms and left us with dead wood,” complained the oil minister.

Ettela’at: “The Caspian Sea should be a symbol of peace, security, and cooperation between nations,” said President Rouhani at the 4^th Caspian Summit.

Ettela’at: “Coalition jet fighters targeted the Iraqi army instead of ISIL positions.”

Ettela’at: “A service in commemoration of Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi [an Iranian author, historian and poet who died on March 25, 2014] at the Council for Cultural Assets and Works.”

Hemayat: “The obstacles that America and Canada are throwing in the way of extraditing Mahmoud Reza Khavari [ the former CEO of Iran’s Melli Bank who is the main defendant in Iran’s biggest banking fraud case] are politically motivated,” said the deputy prosecutor general for political and security affairs.

Iran Daily: “Iran jumps to fifth spot in Asian Games medal table.”

Iran News: “Iran has several squadrons of secret drones.”

Iran News: “S. Arabia urges peaceful solution to Iran nuclear issue.”

Javan: “New York talks under wraps; apparently nuclear talks have made more progress than officials let on.” is a report in which the daily encourages new speculation and casts doubt on the inconclusive outcome of New York nuclear talks. Drawing on the comments of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov [who said the negotiations are “moving in the right direction” and that “some 95 percent of the deal is agreed.”] and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier [“We have never been so close to a deal as now.”], the daily believes the Iranian and American negotiating teams are economical with the outcome of the talks and keep some parts of the deal to themselves.

Jomhouri Islami: “Nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1 will get underway in less than two weeks,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi.

Kaenat: “Threecooperation deals and a statement have been signed by countries on the Caspian Sea.”

Kayhan: “The plan to open a joint Iran-America Chamber of Commerce has been scuttled,” said the secretary general of the Iranian Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Kayhan: “The individual who fatally stabbed Ali Khalili [a 19-year old man who was assaulted and beaten while promoting virtue in 2011 and died from his fatal injuries in 2014] was sentenced to death.

Nasl-e Farda: “The Supreme Leader sent a letter on [protection of] the environment to officials in charge,” said a member on the Healthcare and the Environment Commission of Tehran City Council. The daily quoted the councilor as saying that in the last meeting between the city councilors and the Leader efforts to protect green spaces and gardens in Tehran Province were highlighted. To that end, later, the Leader sent letters, among others, to Tehran mayor, the minister of roads and urbanization, the interior minister, and Tehran provincial governor, instructing them to revamp the law to protect greenery.

Sharq: “Plans to charge transaction fees from shops which use debit card readers havebeenputon hold.”

Sobh-e Eghtesad: “Holding talks with British officials is not among the announced red lines,” said Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular and Parliamentary Affairs Hassan Ghashghavi.

Taadol: “Iran and P5+1 do not seek to go back to the previous conditions,” said Chairman of the State Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Several Iranian newspapers put the gold medal Iranian freestyle wrestler Reza Yazdani bagged for the country in the 2014 Asian Games on their front pages. Also drawing attention was the strong objection of Iranian MPs to unfounded remarks by the British prime minister against Iran.

Abrar:“The press remain exempt from paying taxes,” according to a draft bill approved in parliament.

Afkar: “Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Tammam Salam, who met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the 69^th meeting of the UN General Assembly, has appealed to Tehran to help Lebanon solve its problems.”

Afkar: “The three Persian Gulf islands [of Abu Musa, the Greater and the Lesser Tunbs] are part and parcel of Iranian territory”, underscored Iran’s UN envoy in reaction to remarks Saturday by the UAE foreign minister who asked for the settlement of Iran-UAE dispute at the International Court of Justice.

Asr-e Iranian: “The next round of nuclear talks is to be held in Europe.”

Ebtekar: “Parliament is not the place for clamor,” Parliament Vice-Speaker Mohammad Hassan Abou-Torabi tells Hamid Rasaei, a hardline MP and a member of the Islamic Revolution Stability Front known for his unwavering support for former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his policies.

Ebtekar also takes a look at Babak Zanjani’s corruption case and reports that four ministers who served in Ahmadinejad’s administration have been implicated in the graft case involving the billionaire businessman.

Eghtesad-e Pooyaquotes the managing director of Tehran Regional Electric Company as saying that plans have been drawn up to clear the capital of high-voltage electricity transmission towers, adding to that end Tehran’s electricity network will be transferred underground.

Emtiaz highlights repeated warnings by the health minister on people’s rising intake of oil, sugar and salt which contribute to the leading causes of death in Iran.

Emtiaz: “Plan to increase air fares have been put on hold for the time being,” the director of the Civil Aviation Organization said.

Ettela’at: Iran hasn’t had a hand in the AMIA bombing, said Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner in reference to a 1994 attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires which killed 85 people and injured hundreds.

Ettela’at: Human error and technical glitch are to blame for the crash in early August of Iran-140 (Antonov-140) passenger plane in Tehran.

Ettela’at also reported that a park in Tehran hosted a conference Sunday on Iranian painting and the environment in the artistic works of Master Mahmoud Farshchian, a renowned painter.

Farhikhtegan cites the first vice-president as saying in a meeting of the Supreme Article 44 Council [which deals with privatization of state companies] that the eleventh government has fared well in ceding state agencies to the private sector. He also said the 35 percent growth the Rouhani administration has posted in a year on privatization equals what previous governments did in 12 years.

Hambastegi: “The eleventh government is determined to implement a plan on insurance coverage for the media” said the deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance for media affairs.

Hambastegi: “The Americans have admitted that they cannot destroy ISIL without Iran’s help” Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in an Islamic Azad University meeting.

Jahan-e Sanat: “The first tourism train is to cross the border into Iran Monday,” is a front-page headline that says the train with 130 tourists on board originates from Istanbul, Turkey and crosses the border into western Iran at Razi Border Crossing.

Jahan-e Sanat: Dick Costolo, the CEO of Twitter Inc., has said in a tweet that he has talked on the phone with Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif to have the ban on the social networking service in Iran removed.

Javan: “Shouts of ‘Down with Britain’ are echoed in the Islamic Consultative Assembly”, is the daily’s top pick for its front page.

Jomhouri Islami: Iran doubled the revenues it collects from gas condensates in the first half of the Iranian calendar year (starting March 21, 2014), according to an official report by the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone.

Jomhouri Islami: President Rouhani predicts upon arrival in Astrakhan that the 4th Summit of Caspian states will produce acceptable results.

Kayhan: Separate operations by Peshmerga, local and volunteer forces, as well as the Iraqi army take back the control of 29 villages from ISIL militants in northern Iraq.

Nasl-e Farda: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is due to submit a report to the Iranian parliament on the UN General Assembly, New York nuclear talks, and the Caspian summit when he is back home from the Russian city of Astrakhan.

Roozan: “The upstarts are trying to use the [Iran-Iraq] war as a tool to eliminate others,” said former President Mohammad Khatami.

Roozan: “Clamor in the House of People”, is a front-page story on new demands by Hossein Allah Karam, a key member of Ansar-e Hezbollah, who calls for the ouster of President Hassan Rouhani and dismissal of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. It further quotes Hamid Rasaei as saying, “I will not stay in a place where I am called a clamorer.”

Sharq features an exclusive interview with Niels Annen, a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in which he says his country shares security concerns with Iran.

Sharq: A member of the Iranian parliament’s presiding board says back in 2011 when the Iranian foreign currency market was undergoing sudden fluctuations some $11 billion was sold by brokers on the black market with the support of certain managers of the Central Bank of Iran.