PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Oct 15

Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. TEHRAN, Oct 15 (Reuters) – These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

IRAN

– Iran's unemployment rate reached 11.3 percent in the summer of 2009 , a 1.1 percent rise compared to the same period last year, the head of the Statistical Centre Mohammad Madad said.

AFTAB-E YAZD

– A conservative lawmaker Ahmad Avaie said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's eagerness to negotiate with the U.S. was a "disgraceful attitude".

ANDISHE NO

– The president's media advisor Mehdi Kalhor, whose daughter Narges has applied for asylum in Germany after a visit to a film festival, said "her decision showed we have freedom in Iran".

MARDOMASALARI

– "Reform movement leaders are not following the path of religious leaders," said a senior cleric Mohammad Mesbah Yazdi. (Editing by Jon Boyle)