Comment by President Hassan Rouhani that Iran does not care about what the US Congress has decided on a nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1 and that sanctions should be removed once the nuclear deal is struck dominated the front-page headlines in Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Also on the cover of the Iranian dailies were remarks by the chairman of the Expediency Council in reaction to a new media blitz against him.
Afarinesh:��Nuclear talks should end with the announcement of an end to unjust sanctions [against Iran],� said the president in Rasht, northern Iran.

Afkar:�The water reserves of Tehran are still far from normal despite the recent rainfall in the capital.

Aftab-e Yazd:��S-300 air defense system will be delivered to Iran this year,� said the defense minister.
Aftab-e Yazd:��Reports on sexual harassment of two Iranian teenagers [in a Saudi airport] are far from correct,� said the Supreme Leader�s representative for Hajj affairs.

Arman-e Emrooz:��We should not go after fuss-making,� said President Rouhani.
Arman-e Emrooz:�If Saudi Arabia goes ahead with its mistakes, it will get mired deeper in the quagmire of [looming] troubles.
Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani made the remark in reaction to Saudi airstrikes in Yemen.

Asrar:��Iran is dealing with the US government,� said Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham in reaction to legislation passed unanimously by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday giving Congress power to review a nuclear deal with Iran.

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Ebtekar:�An option on the table for the Nobel [Peace] Prize
Think tanks believe that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is tipped to win the prize this year.
Ebtekar:�The last word
The Iranian president once again reiterated that conclusion of a nuclear deal [at the end of nuclear talks] should mark the beginning of removing all sanctions against Iran.
Ebtekar:��I am not worried�.
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani said in reaction to a new media blitz against him.

Etemad:�The puzzle of Carlos Queiroz
The daily unveils, for the first time, the draft contract of the head coach of the national Iranian soccer team.

Ettela�at:��We have chosen interaction, not confrontation, with the world,� President Rouhani told a crowd of locals in Gilan Province.
Ettela�at:��The international community has a more positive view on Iran,� said President of Spain�s Congress of Deputies Jesus Posada in a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister.

Financial Tribune:�Iran equity market heading toward globalization

Hemayat:�Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani has sounded a warning against seditionist acts which stand in the way of [enforcing] the law.

Iran:��P5+1, not [the US] Congress, is the one we are talking to,� said President Rouhani in Gilan Province.

Iran Daily:�No deal unless sanctions lifted simultaneously

Kayhan:�The House of Saud under the illusion of dominating the region; yesterday with petrodollars, today with bombs
President Rouhani made the remark in a gathering of locals in northern Iran.
Kayhan:��Carmakers have raised prices with the government support,� said a member of the Competition Council.

Resalat:��The House of Saud should not be the custodian of the Land of [divine] Revelation,� said Grand Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli.

Sharq:��The critics should not play the Supreme Leader card,� said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Sharq:�The Expediency Council chairman has said that he is not concerned about the media hype [targeting him], adding that extremist currents feel more concerned in such circumstances.

By Iran Front Page