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Iran news round up July 19, 2013

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj.
 

Politics


  • Interim Tehran Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati praised the peoples participation in the 2013 elections, and discussed moderation andrelations with the United States:

    • I view this discussed moderation as the Imam [Khomeinis] line, will, and Sahifeye Nour [collection of Khomeinis works and speeches], because the Imam stated opinions in all areas. Our position is clear against the hypocritical and anti-revolutionary Americans. Therefore, from my perspective, moderation is The Excellency Imams lighting line.



  • After President-elect Hassan Rouhani criticized unemployment and economic conditions during his Parliamentary address earlier this week, MP Ali Asqar Zareicriticized Rouhanis blackeningand warned [Who knows,] this sort of blackening may entrap the new administration in a future not too far.

  • The Front of theFollowers of the Lineof theImamand Supreme Leader Secretary Habibollah Asgar Owladi discussed theimplications of Rouhanis election and commented on imprisoned 2009 Presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi:

    • Rouhanis election fulfilled the prayers of the Supreme Leader.

    • "If you pay attention to the media, Rouhani has taken a position regarding relationswith Lebanon and Syria alongside resistance in the region, and in my opinion his election was Gods will, and we must submit to Gods satisfaction.

    • A cabinet should be formed that includes both Principlists and Reformists.

    • Regarding Mousavi and Karoubi, he said, Regarding the Imam [Khomeini], Supreme Leader, and the system, in this month of Ramadan that is the month of repentance, [they] should create a situation inwhich during the Nights of Qadr they should take this peace that has emerged for the nation to the side of Perfection [God], and during the Eid-e Fitr this year, [pray that] a religious culture will be created for the nation.



  • Mashhad Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Alam ol-Hoda warned, Do not allow political events to change you and make you weak in your [faith]. [Political] currents that [change] should not [allow] youto let go of your values and your loyalty to the Supreme Leader and the revolution.

  • Gorgan Province Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah Kazem Nour Mofidi discussed the recent Egyptian unrest and said, If [Mohamed] Morsi had acted rationally he would be successful, but instead ofrelations with Iran and Syria, he continued relations with Israel

  • Islamic Engineers Society Secretary MP Mohammad Reza Bahonar discussed2013 election implicationsand said, The people observed eight years of Reformist extremism and eight years of Principlist measures that were accompanied by their insular view. The people turned to moderation after these sixteen years. He then praised Rouhani and said, Not only was Rouhanis slogan moderation, Rouhanis [being] was also moderation.

  • Head of the National Inspectorate Organization Mostafa Pour Mohammadi said thatPrinciplist thought was victoriousdue to the creation of a political epic in the elections, but that Principlist organizational activities were defeated in these elections and Reformist organizational activities were victorious.

  • Father of slain Kahrizak detention center detainee Abdolhossein Rouholamini said, The Kahrizak case has not closedand we will certainly protest [former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed] Mortazavis verdict.


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