A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by Ali Alfoneh, Ahmad Majidyar, and Michael Rubin. To subscribe to this daily newsletter, e-mail [email protected]

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Politics

Diplomacy

  • Ahmadinejad: "The Zionist regime wants to establish its base upon the ruins of the civilizations of the region...The uniform shout of the Iranian nation is forever 'Death to Israel.'..."

  • Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Austrian parliament expresses hope to expand relations.

  • Abd al-Reza Mesri, former Welfare Minister to be appointed as Ambassador to Venezuela. Mohammad-Mehdi Zahedi, former Minister of Science, Research and Technology to be appointed as Ambassador to Malaysia. Ghaderi, former Ambassador to Yemen and Tanzania to be Ambassador to Columbia, Mousa Hashemi Golpayegani, former Ambassador to Belarus and Uzbekistan to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, and Ashtinai, current director of administrative affairs at the Foreign Ministry to be appointed Ambassador to Bangladesh.

Military and Security

Economy

Trade

Religion, Society and Culture

Nuclear Issue

  • Ali Shirzadian, the Nuclear Energy Organization's spokesman, says purchasing enriched uranium is more economical than producing it in Iran.

  • Ahmadinejad meets experts on live television:

    • "Our evaluation of the Geneva talks is positive. People are free to express their position. We know that there are some conflicts of opinion between governments, which means even within France, Britain and the United States, there is difference of opinion between various levels. Some statements are also made because of the position of the individuals. It is also clear that the Iranian nation will not wait for others, as it has not done so until now..."
    • "The Iranian nation has always insisted upon its rights and it does so now...For now, the dialogue revolves around Iran's incentive package which we are promoting. If other issues are raised, then we must all be treated equally since dialogue in an atmosphere of inequality does not make sense..."
  • Ahmadinejad addressing the Psychological Warfare and the Media Seminar: "All this noise is because their imperialist order is collapsing, which itself is a sign of realization of divine prophecies. Their anger in the nuclear issue is because of resistance of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution and the Iranian nation which smashed their prestige and disrupted the unjust Security Council..."

  • Ala al-Din Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Foreign Policy and National Security Committee of the Parliament: "The British were subverting the Geneva talks and engaged in bad work. The public opinion of the Iranian nation has always been negative towards them and we hope that in the future it is not so..."

Human Rights

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