Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
TEHRAN, Dec 13 (Reuters) – These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
ABRAR
– Hardliners are planning to eliminate former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the Islamic revolution, said senior lawmaker Ali Motahari.
MARDOMSALARI
– Defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi referred to the tearing up of a picture of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruhollah Khomeini, as "a suspicious act."
AFTAB-E YAZD
– The head of parliament's economic commission, Arsalan Fathipour, attributed the current deep recession and high unemployment rate in Iran to the international economic crisis.
ETEMAD
– Defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi said the application of harsh measures against post-election dissidents "would not lead to a resolution of problems."
ETELLAT
– Foreign Minister Manouchehr Motakki said Iran is prepared to swap 400 kilograms of enriched uranium on the island of Kish in the Gulf, for fuel for a Tehran medical research reactor.
ABRAR-E EQTESADI
– The average inflation rate in Iran dropped to 15 percent in the 12 months leading to the Iranian month of Aban (began on Oct. 23), said a Central Bank report.
