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.
 
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Diplomacy

Military and Security

  • Revolutionary Guards Chief Mohammad-Ali Aziz Jafari appoints Abolqassem Mozaffari Shams new Khatam al-Anbia Construction Base chief of the Revolutionary Guards. Former Khatam al-Anbia chiefs include Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, Yahya Rahim Safavi and Rostam Qassemi.
  • Fars News accuses the US military officials of holding meetings with the leaders of the PJAK terrorist group in Iraq's Kurdistan region to discuss ways of providing military and financial support for the group.

Economy

  • Aftab News says government employees spend more time in eating, drinking tea and talking on the phone than working. It estimates that the average daily “effective work hour” at government offices is only one hour and four minutes.  

Trade

  • Sri Lanka’s energy minister says the sanctions regime has created problems for Iranian power plant projects in Sri Lanka.

Religion, Society and Culture

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