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.
Sunday’s headlines
IRAN: 146 countries reject sanctions against Iran, first vice president says
HEMAYAT: Empty houses will be double taxed
KAYHAN: Iran indentifies CIA agents in Tehran, 30 spies arrested
TEHRAN-E EMROOZ: Cases of some administration officials are being investigated by Article 90 Committee of Majlis
JAME JAM: Employment a concern for PhD graduates
JAVAN: Spaniards camp in Madrid’s main square until government is changed
QODS: President says national development fund to be established soon
TAFAHOM: Steel production increased after subsidy reform plan
KHORASAN: Administrative Court of Justice bars (vice president) Baqaei from holding office for four years
SHARQ: I will attend my work, Baqaei says
Leading articles
FARHIKHTEGAN in a news report quotes Expediency Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei as saying it is not appropriate that the president has taken over as the caretaker of the sensitive Oil Ministry. Referring to Article 135 of the Constitution, Rezaei said president should appoint caretakers for ministries which do not have ministers for three months. Pointing to multi-billion dollar contracts that are being concluded at the Oil Ministry, he said if a legal or financial problem happens in a contract the president will incur losses.
IRAN in a news report quotes Department of Environment director Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh as saying 1 billion dollar has been allocated to a comprehensive plan aimed at reducing pollution in 8 cities in the country. Mohammadizadeh also said the environmentally-protected areas in the country is being increased and the protected areas should be extended to cover 12 percent of the country’s soil in the current year (March 2011-March 2001). He also added the preliminary activities to establish waste burning factories have been carried out in most of the cities in northern Mazandaran Province.
Political expert Davoud Hermidas-Bavand in an interview with TEHRAN-E EMROOZ says the Arab sheikhdoms bordering the Persian Gulf are making every effort not to face a fate similar to those of the crisis-hit Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa. He says these countries have always wanted a great power like the U.S. to maintain presence in the region so that they could somehow reduce threat to their security. Pointing to the joining of Morocco and Jordan to the PGCC (Persian Gulf Cooperation Council), Hermidas-Bavand said this shows that Saudi Arabia can no longer play the role of a big brother and Morocco and predicted that Jordan will push Saudi Arabia to sideline. The analyst also said Saudi Arabia sees crisis in his country as likely and has no alternative other accepting new changes to the PGCC structure.
IRAN: 146 countries reject sanctions against Iran, first vice president says
HEMAYAT: Empty houses will be double taxed
KAYHAN: Iran indentifies CIA agents in Tehran, 30 spies arrested
TEHRAN-E EMROOZ: Cases of some administration officials are being investigated by Article 90 Committee of Majlis
JAME JAM: Employment a concern for PhD graduates
JAVAN: Spaniards camp in Madrid’s main square until government is changed
QODS: President says national development fund to be established soon
TAFAHOM: Steel production increased after subsidy reform plan
KHORASAN: Administrative Court of Justice bars (vice president) Baqaei from holding office for four years
SHARQ: I will attend my work, Baqaei says
Leading articles
FARHIKHTEGAN in a news report quotes Expediency Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei as saying it is not appropriate that the president has taken over as the caretaker of the sensitive Oil Ministry. Referring to Article 135 of the Constitution, Rezaei said president should appoint caretakers for ministries which do not have ministers for three months. Pointing to multi-billion dollar contracts that are being concluded at the Oil Ministry, he said if a legal or financial problem happens in a contract the president will incur losses.
IRAN in a news report quotes Department of Environment director Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh as saying 1 billion dollar has been allocated to a comprehensive plan aimed at reducing pollution in 8 cities in the country. Mohammadizadeh also said the environmentally-protected areas in the country is being increased and the protected areas should be extended to cover 12 percent of the country’s soil in the current year (March 2011-March 2001). He also added the preliminary activities to establish waste burning factories have been carried out in most of the cities in northern Mazandaran Province.
Political expert Davoud Hermidas-Bavand in an interview with TEHRAN-E EMROOZ says the Arab sheikhdoms bordering the Persian Gulf are making every effort not to face a fate similar to those of the crisis-hit Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa. He says these countries have always wanted a great power like the U.S. to maintain presence in the region so that they could somehow reduce threat to their security. Pointing to the joining of Morocco and Jordan to the PGCC (Persian Gulf Cooperation Council), Hermidas-Bavand said this shows that Saudi Arabia can no longer play the role of a big brother and Morocco and predicted that Jordan will push Saudi Arabia to sideline. The analyst also said Saudi Arabia sees crisis in his country as likely and has no alternative other accepting new changes to the PGCC structure.
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