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
- Hojjat al-Eslam Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, Chief Inspectorate head, says First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi's corruption case is "under investigation."
- Hojjat al-Eslam Rouhollah Hosseinian says "the Islamic Revolution Resistance Front" emerged "after the Ahmadinejad issue" and aims at "filling the void."
Military and Security
- Hojjat al-Eslam Kazem Sediqi, temporary Tehran Friday prayer leader: "Imperialism and the enemies of Iran are trying to instigate insecurity in the country and prevent the progress and advances of the Islamic revolution. As a part of the plans of the enemies against Iran, we witnessed the assassination of one of the students at Khajeh Nasir Tousi University. As it was pointed out, the enemies desire to prevent Iran's progress, but they don't know that Iran is in the train of progress and will continue its advances... Killing Iranian students and scientists will never stop the scientific move, since the Iranian nation has acquired the experiences of eight years of the Sacred Defense [Iran-Iraq war] and the Sacred Defense has made the nation and the forces cohesive and powerful..."
- [E] Sediqi stressed the importance of the Iranian Navy's presence in international waters for the country's security.
- Mehr News Agency reports a pipeline explosion which has disrupted Iran's natural gas export to Turkey.
Religion, Society and Culture
- Reza Naqib al-Sadat, Allameh Tabatabaei University Academic Board member: "Alcoholism, drug abuse, prostitution and homosexuality are growing very fast and the modern media is contributing to it."
- According to the Anatolia News Agency, the number of Iranian visitors to Antalya has grown 101 percent over the past year.
- Salar Mortazavi from the music band Bamdad, warns against "cultural onslaught of the enemy," says the holy city of Mashhad has become the "number one underground rap music city in Iran."
- Parleman News explains how the holy shrines of the descendants of the Imams have "multiplied" in Isfahan.
Photos of the Day
- The Islamic Resistance Front, an offshoot of Ahmadinejad's camp, at a conference in Tehran.