Persian Press Review
Tehran Times Political Desk
This column features excerpts from news articles, editorials, commentaries, and interviews of the leading Iranian newspapers and websites.
Monday’s headlines
KAYHAN: President chairs cabinet meeting with participation of (Intelligence Minister) Moslehi
HAMSHAHRI: Unemployment would be eradicated in Tehran next year, Tehran governor promises
JAME JAM: President says government regards defending velayat-e faqih (rule of the supreme jurisprudent) as a duty
HEMAYAT: Intelligence minister says bin Laden died a few years ago
TAFAHOM: 2 million houses will be constructed during the current and next years, housing minister announces
JAVAN: One-month ultimatum to name new president of Azad University
IRAN: Iran exports 3.5m liters of gasoline per day
SHARQ: Mohammad-Reza Bahonar says president should not say “I decide about (makeup of) the Majlis”
QODS: Responding to people’s ambiguities about cash subsidies
Leading articles
JAVAN quotes Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani as saying that the enemies of the Islamic establishment have always been trying to undermine the status of velayat-e faqih (rule of the supreme jurisprudent) but the nation have foiled their plots by showing full commitment to the principle of velayat-e faqih and obeying the Leader’s orders. The ayatollah also urged the nation to strengthen their unity and show commitment to velayat-e faqih more than before. Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a senior member of the Assembly of Experts, also warned that if any group stands against velayat-e faqih, the people will rise against it. In an indirect reference to the seditious movement that followed the 2009 presidential election, Khatami said there is no difference between “old fitna” and “new fitna” and warned that the “deviant current” which he called new seditionists are too weak to resist against the principle of velayat-e faqih. Khatami, also said the new seditionists must know as the nation gave a crushing response to the seditionists in 2009 it will give a much more crushing response to new ones.
In an article on first page TEHRAN-E EMROOZ says a number of reformists have dismissed the possibility of formation of a coalition between reformists and the government loyalists in the run-up to the upcoming parliamentary election, saying there is no common ground between reformists and the government loyalists. The story began when a cleric close to the presidential chief of staff, who was later arrested by police, told a reformist publication, “We do not see principlists as (real) principlists and believe that principlism like the rightist faction has turned traditional and lost its efficiency,” and emphasized that the government supporters will definitely compete with principlists in the parliamentary election which will be held in late winter. He said his group will introduce young and new faces and even there is the possibility that some reformist figures, who have no problem with the system, will be included in their list. However, he said those who “want to remain as people’s custodians under the slogan of principlism until the end of their life definitely will not be in our list.” According to Tehran-e Emrooz, a number of reformists did not respond to the suggestion of this person. However, some other reformists, in separate interviews with Tehran-e Emrooz, ruled out the possibility of formation of such a coalition. Ahmad Hakimipour, the secretary general of the Nation Resolve party, said, “there is no common ground between reformists and government supporters which can enable them to present a joint list” for the parliamentary election. Hakimipour also said if reformists want to compete in the election, they need no one’s support. In addition, reformist MP Dariyoush Qanbari stated that reformists as a political group see no need to form a coalition with others. Tehran-e Emrooz also said that “unofficial reports” indicate that moderate reformists are determined to gain more seats in the next parliament
KAYHAN: President chairs cabinet meeting with participation of (Intelligence Minister) Moslehi
HAMSHAHRI: Unemployment would be eradicated in Tehran next year, Tehran governor promises
JAME JAM: President says government regards defending velayat-e faqih (rule of the supreme jurisprudent) as a duty
HEMAYAT: Intelligence minister says bin Laden died a few years ago
TAFAHOM: 2 million houses will be constructed during the current and next years, housing minister announces
JAVAN: One-month ultimatum to name new president of Azad University
IRAN: Iran exports 3.5m liters of gasoline per day
SHARQ: Mohammad-Reza Bahonar says president should not say “I decide about (makeup of) the Majlis”
QODS: Responding to people’s ambiguities about cash subsidies
Leading articles
JAVAN quotes Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani as saying that the enemies of the Islamic establishment have always been trying to undermine the status of velayat-e faqih (rule of the supreme jurisprudent) but the nation have foiled their plots by showing full commitment to the principle of velayat-e faqih and obeying the Leader’s orders. The ayatollah also urged the nation to strengthen their unity and show commitment to velayat-e faqih more than before. Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a senior member of the Assembly of Experts, also warned that if any group stands against velayat-e faqih, the people will rise against it. In an indirect reference to the seditious movement that followed the 2009 presidential election, Khatami said there is no difference between “old fitna” and “new fitna” and warned that the “deviant current” which he called new seditionists are too weak to resist against the principle of velayat-e faqih. Khatami, also said the new seditionists must know as the nation gave a crushing response to the seditionists in 2009 it will give a much more crushing response to new ones.
In an article on first page TEHRAN-E EMROOZ says a number of reformists have dismissed the possibility of formation of a coalition between reformists and the government loyalists in the run-up to the upcoming parliamentary election, saying there is no common ground between reformists and the government loyalists. The story began when a cleric close to the presidential chief of staff, who was later arrested by police, told a reformist publication, “We do not see principlists as (real) principlists and believe that principlism like the rightist faction has turned traditional and lost its efficiency,” and emphasized that the government supporters will definitely compete with principlists in the parliamentary election which will be held in late winter. He said his group will introduce young and new faces and even there is the possibility that some reformist figures, who have no problem with the system, will be included in their list. However, he said those who “want to remain as people’s custodians under the slogan of principlism until the end of their life definitely will not be in our list.” According to Tehran-e Emrooz, a number of reformists did not respond to the suggestion of this person. However, some other reformists, in separate interviews with Tehran-e Emrooz, ruled out the possibility of formation of such a coalition. Ahmad Hakimipour, the secretary general of the Nation Resolve party, said, “there is no common ground between reformists and government supporters which can enable them to present a joint list” for the parliamentary election. Hakimipour also said if reformists want to compete in the election, they need no one’s support. In addition, reformist MP Dariyoush Qanbari stated that reformists as a political group see no need to form a coalition with others. Tehran-e Emrooz also said that “unofficial reports” indicate that moderate reformists are determined to gain more seats in the next parliament
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