The upcoming election in Irans new parliament to choose the next speaker was a top story in most newspapers on Thursday. The competition will be between the reformist Mohammad Reza Aref and the moderate conservative Ali Larijani.
A number of papers also covered the unfinished parliamentary investigations into an alleged corruption in the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs.
Abrar:
1- Were Looking for Reinforcement of Ties with Iran: New Turkish PM
2- Shrine of Imam Khomeini Ready to Receive 1m Visitors [on his upcoming anniversary]
3- Barzani: Were Ready for Independence
4- Iranian and Afghan Officials Discuss Bilateral Security Cooperation
Abrar-e Eqtesadi:
1- Negative Signals of Negative [Decreasing] Inflation: Decrease of Prices Result of Deep Economic Downturn
2- Iran and Austria Sign Oil MoU
3- Irans Economy Is Ill: Minister
4- India and China Competing for Presence in Irans Chabahar Port
5- Iran and Iraqs Basra Ink $10m Contract
6- Indian Companies Ready to Develop 3 Oilfields in Iran
7- Global Oil Price Poised to Exceed $50
Aftab-e Yazd:
1- Larijani: Were Not Indebted to List of Hope [reformists list in February 26 elections]
2- Age of First Cigarette Use Down to 11
3- Roosters Comb Used in Sausage Production!
4- Medical Error, Once Again: Surgery Blade Touches Infants Face
5- 6% of Iranians Have Used Alcohol
Arman-e Emrooz:
1- Details of Arefs Meeting with Rouhani: Secrets behind Reformists Offer to Larijani
2- Aref: I Wont Withdraw [from running for speakership of parliament]
3- Lawsuit Filed against Science Minister of Ahmadinejad
4- Rouhani Will Be Reformists Candidate in Next Years Presidential Elections: Mohammad Reza Khatami
Asrar:
1- 2 Austrian Banks Have Started Their Ties with Iran: Chamber of Commerce
2- Govt Will Not at All Interfere in Election of Parliament Speaker: VP
3- Aref: I Feel Duty-Bound to Participate in Election for Parliamentarian Presidency
4- Imam Khomeinis Grandson: We Should Have a Fiqh [Islamic Jurisprudence] that Can Respond to Modern Needs
5- Irans Volleyball Crushes Poland
Emtiaz:
1- Cigarette Kills 1 Person Each 8 Seconds: Health Minister
2- Arg-e Bam [Bam Citadel] Revives after 13 Years
3- Growth of Divorce Rate Stopped
Etemad:
1- Forensics Official Urges Increased Punishments for Alcohol Use
Ettelaat:
1- Peoples Message in Recent Elections Was to Ease Tensions in the Country
2- Tax Incomes to Become Governments Main Source of Income: Minister
3- Victory in Fallujah Is Imminent and ISIS Is on Verge of Collapse: Iraqi PM
Haft-e Sobh:
1- Traces of Alcohol Use in 4 Serious Incidents
Javan:
1- Hellish Behaviour towards Ayatollah Jannati: Were Rafsanjani and Karoubi the First Members-Elect in Tehran during Their Presidency? [Jannatis election as the chairman of Assembly of Experts came as he had the least number of votes in Tehran, ranking 16 among the 16 candidates.]
2- Money-Lovers Wont Achieve Resistance Economy: 2 Months after Leaders Guidelines, Nothing Accomplished
Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Carter: USA Is a Big Reservoir of Racism
2- We Created Al-Qaeda 20 Years Ago: Clinton
3- Royal Dutch Shell Returns to Iran [Oil Industry] in Cooperation with 2 Iranian Companies
4- Irans Oil Exports to Europe Increased to 600,000bpd
5- Ayatollah Sistanis Advice to Iraqi Fighters
Kayhan:
1- Irans Oil Extraction from Joint Fields One-Tenth of That of Sheikhdoms
2- Terror and Intimidation, Main Instruments Used by US to Dominate Other Countries: Swiss Analyst told Kayhan
Nasl-e Farda:
1- Young Generations Reluctance to Marriage
2- Legendary General: Foreign Media Talk about General Soleimanis Being Irans President
Resalat:
1- Foreign Media Should Understand Message of Ayatollah Jannatis Election: Cleric Ahmad Khatami
2- Economic Downturn Is Serious, Govt Should Take Action Faster: Larijani
3- Unrest in US Elections: Protesters in New Mexico Hold Rallies
Roozan:
1- Parliament Speaker Larijani Consults Ayatollah Khamenei on Minoo Khaleghis Case
2- Riyadh Planting Seeds of Terrorism
Sayeh:
1- Shanghai Cooperation Organization Waiting for Irans Accession: Putins Representative
2- Housekeeping in Capitalist World a Symbol of Exploitation of Women
Shahrvand:
1- Bam Smiles Once Again: Arg-e Bam Will Be Opened to Visitors after 13 Years [A huge earthquake devastated the historical citadel in 2003.]
2- New Incentives for Banks Giving Facilities to Exporters: Huge Step Taken by Govt to Encourage Exports
3- Father of Girls Beaten Up in Armenian Competition: Im Happy My Daughters Became Famous
4- Mullah Haibatullah Becomes New Leader of Taliban
Shargh:
1- First Statement by Jannati-Led Assembly of Experts: 2nd and 3rd JCPOAs Should Be Avoided [President Hassan Rouhani has repeatedly talked about how the country can resolve other problems, including domestic ones, using the same formula that led to the nuclear deal, JCPOA, and called them the 2nd and 3rd JCPOAs.]
2- Certain Changes in Cabinet Are Necessary: Reformist Figure Mohammad Reza Khatami
3- Saudi Arabia on Path of Regional Confrontation [Editorial]
Shorou:
1- KIA Pride Has Killed 92,000 Iranians in Past 20 Years
2- It Might Get Too Late to Permit Mohammad Reza Shajarian to Continue His Work in Iran [The legendary singer Shajarian has been banned from working in Iran because of his stances after the protests at 2009 presidential elections.]
Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:
1- ISIS Cleaned Iraq of Christians: Baghdads Anglican Church Archbishop
Vatan-e Emrooz:
1- Abortion of Hope in a Womb for Rent, Resulted from Repeated Conspiracy of Reformist Leaders with Neo-Conservatives
2- Iran Statistics Organization Portal Hacked: Consequences of Procrastinating Implementation of National Information Network Plan
3- Larijani: List of Hope Had No Impact on My Votes
By Iran Front Page
