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.
Tuesday’s headlines
IRAN: The trade between Iran, China surpasses $30 billion
KAYHAN: The deviant current’s wrongdoings go beyond economic corruption, says Mohseni-Ejei (prosecutor general)
TEHRAN-E EMROOZ: Assembly of Experts chairman warns the ‘deviant current’
HAMSHAHRI: Care about the Oil Ministry
JAME JAM: 80 economic corruption cases on prosecutor’s table
KHORASAN: 8 to 8.5 percent increase in civil servants’ salary being studied by government
KHORASAN: Government studying 8 to 8.5 percent increase in civil servants’ salary
TAFAHOM: No power outages in summer, energy minister says
QODS: Develop the ‘liberated’ city of Khorramshahr
MELLATEMA: MPs are concerned over administration officials’ influence on (upcoming) parliamentary elections
SHARQ: Nasser Hejazi passes away; he will remain a hero
Leading articles
MELLATEMA in a news report says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not attend the next OPEC meeting and will send one of his cabinet members instead. Earlier the vice president for parliamentary affairs had said either the president or his representative will attend the OPEC meeting. The VP had also said the attendance of the president in the meeting will raise Iran’s status within the OPEC. That who will represent Iran at the meeting came under scrutiny as Iran currently holds the rotating presidency of the OPEC and Ahmadinejad himself has taken over the leadership of the Oil Ministry after dismissing Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi as part of a plan to merge eight ministries, including oil and energy.
IRAN in a news report quotes Assembly of Experts Chairman Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani as calling on principlists to close their ranks in the run-up for the next parliamentary elections. “My view is that principlists be with each other in Majlis elections and enter the race with unity,” the top cleric noted. He also said election campaigns by the Combatant Clergy Association (CCA) are different from those of political parties.
TEHRAN-E EMROOZ in an article says 29 years ago in such a day (May 24) when Iranian forces succeeded to liberate the city of Khorramshahr from the occupation of the Saddam regime, Imam Khomeini said “God Liberated Khorramshahr”. Since that date this statement by Imam Khomeini and the liberation of the city have been the source of pride and honor by the Iranians. However, the writer says though many years have passed since that date Khorramshahr is not as developed as it deserves. The writer makes an analogy and says a big project like the Towhid tunnel, which is the biggest of its kind in the metropolis of Tehran, is completed within 30 months, but a city like Khorramshahr has not been fully reconstructed after 30 years. The writer says this is ‘management’ that differs
IRAN: The trade between Iran, China surpasses $30 billion
KAYHAN: The deviant current’s wrongdoings go beyond economic corruption, says Mohseni-Ejei (prosecutor general)
TEHRAN-E EMROOZ: Assembly of Experts chairman warns the ‘deviant current’
HAMSHAHRI: Care about the Oil Ministry
JAME JAM: 80 economic corruption cases on prosecutor’s table
KHORASAN: 8 to 8.5 percent increase in civil servants’ salary being studied by government
KHORASAN: Government studying 8 to 8.5 percent increase in civil servants’ salary
TAFAHOM: No power outages in summer, energy minister says
QODS: Develop the ‘liberated’ city of Khorramshahr
MELLATEMA: MPs are concerned over administration officials’ influence on (upcoming) parliamentary elections
SHARQ: Nasser Hejazi passes away; he will remain a hero
Leading articles
MELLATEMA in a news report says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not attend the next OPEC meeting and will send one of his cabinet members instead. Earlier the vice president for parliamentary affairs had said either the president or his representative will attend the OPEC meeting. The VP had also said the attendance of the president in the meeting will raise Iran’s status within the OPEC. That who will represent Iran at the meeting came under scrutiny as Iran currently holds the rotating presidency of the OPEC and Ahmadinejad himself has taken over the leadership of the Oil Ministry after dismissing Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi as part of a plan to merge eight ministries, including oil and energy.
IRAN in a news report quotes Assembly of Experts Chairman Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani as calling on principlists to close their ranks in the run-up for the next parliamentary elections. “My view is that principlists be with each other in Majlis elections and enter the race with unity,” the top cleric noted. He also said election campaigns by the Combatant Clergy Association (CCA) are different from those of political parties.
TEHRAN-E EMROOZ in an article says 29 years ago in such a day (May 24) when Iranian forces succeeded to liberate the city of Khorramshahr from the occupation of the Saddam regime, Imam Khomeini said “God Liberated Khorramshahr”. Since that date this statement by Imam Khomeini and the liberation of the city have been the source of pride and honor by the Iranians. However, the writer says though many years have passed since that date Khorramshahr is not as developed as it deserves. The writer makes an analogy and says a big project like the Towhid tunnel, which is the biggest of its kind in the metropolis of Tehran, is completed within 30 months, but a city like Khorramshahr has not been fully reconstructed after 30 years. The writer says this is ‘management’ that differs
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