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
Diplomacy
- Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei receives 1,000 elite students and Basij members:
- "Concerning the recent occupation of that evil embassy, the sentiments of the youth were right, but their going there was position, there must not be opposition to traditional diplomacy and [diplomatic] standards."
- Mohammad Baqaei, the president's executive affairs deputy, travels to Cairo to extend Ahmadinejad's invitation to Egypt's president Mursi to visit Iran.
- Jomhouri-ye Eslami editorializes: "It is not clear why our sentimentalism and abnormal enthusiasm have defeated our logic, wisdom and dignity... Why does [Baqaei]... extend an invitation to Mursi?"
- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast addresses Iranians living in Guangzhou:
- "The West is trying to provoke the Iranian nation so that Iran enters the regional conflicts which they have predicted. In some cases they try to force some authorities of the regional countries to express insults against us. It is not so that we are not capable of answering them at the same level, but we know that behind these moves there is a greater sedition. They want to provoke our people so that our country engages in conflicts with other regional states..."
- Afshar Suleimani, former ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, accuses Turkey of "dancing to the tune of Washington."
- Panjereh runs a background article on the al-Saud ruling family of Saudi Arabia.
- Lebanese born Mohammad Sadeq al-Hosseini, member of the Revolutionary Guards, discusses the challenges Saudi Arabia is facing.
- [E] Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held the US and a number of regional countries responsible for the ongoing crimes in Syria.
- [E] Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said military intervention only deteriorates the situation in Syria, and underscored that establishment of democracy is the only solution to the problems in the Muslim country.
- [E] Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili, who is in Syria on an official visit, voiced Tehran's opposition to foreign imposed solutions to the ongoing disputes in Syria, and said Iran seeks new ways to end the crisis.
Military and Security
- Fars News slams the Free Syrian Army for using abducted Iranian citizens as shields, which has led to the "martyrdom of three Iranian hostages."
- Colonel Yousef Abedi, Oshnavieh County Revolutionary Guards commander, says the Guards has intelligence superiority and monitors "all enemy movements."
- Panjereh runs a background story about the Saberin unit of the Revolutionary Guards, which is engaged in the fight against the PEJAK group.
Economy
- Mehr News slams the "suspicious" move of "some exchange bureaus" to increase the price of the U.S. dollar.
Trade
- Deputy Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Bayat says the Islamic Republic has not stopped its petrochemicals exports to the European Union.
- According to Mohammad-Reza Fayaz, the Islamic Republic's ambassador to Abu Dhabi, trade between Iran and the United Arab Emirates reached $25 billion last year.
Religion, Society and Culture
- Algerian born Sunni convert to Shiism Abd al-Baqi al-Qarne criticizes the Islamic Republic for not aggressively propagating Shi'a Islam.
Photos of the Day
- Sourian, Greco-Roman wrestler, wins Iran's first gold medal at the London Olympics.
- Omid Haji-Nowrouzi, another wrestler, also wins gold.