A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by Ali Alfoneh, Ahmad Majidyar and Michael Rubin.  To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online.
 
(E) = Article in English

 

Politics

Military and Security

  • Basij Chief Mohammad-Reza Naqdi: "In order to safeguard the country, we have no other solution but eradicating the Zionist regime."
  • News stories related to the assassination of Dariush Rezainezhad:
  • Rezainezhad shot in his car. Video
  • Sobh-e Sadeq reports on the state of affairs in the fight against PEJAK in Iran’s Kurdistan province.
  • Yadollah Javani, Revolutionary Guards Political Bureau chief, warns the reformists against participating in parliamentary elections:
    • "The heads of the sedition and their supporters should know that from the viewpoint of the Iranian nation and the Islamic regime they are guilty and not prosecuted. There is a special reason they have not been dealt with according to the law and punished. The greatest crime by this current and its known, prominent elements – that is the triangle of Mousavi, Karrubi and Khatami – was to accuse the Islamic regime of electoral fraud..."
  • [E] Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli underlined Iran's air defense power, and said detecting aerial threats and combating enemy's intelligence systems set a priority for Iran's air defense units.

Trade

  • [E] Tehran's Ambassador to Ankara Bahman Hosseinpour stressed that Iran and Turkey are determined to boost their trade exchanges to $15bln this year.
  • [E] The Iranian foreign ministry says Tehran is selling crude to China without any problem, dismissing media reports that the country is facing problems in getting paid by its biggest crude customer.
  • Iranian Minister of Economy and Finance Seyed Shamseddin Hosseini announced on Tuesday that the country has been able to attract $3.6bln of foreign investment.

Religion, Society and Culture

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