Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
TEHRAN, Dec 30 (Reuters) – These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
KAYHAN
– More than 200 lawmakers called in a statement for "maximum punishment" for those who insulted the religious sanctities during the Shi'ite Muslim religious ritual of Ashura on Sunday.
VATAN-E EMROUZ
– Religious leaders condemned the rioters' insult to their religion on Ashura Day and called on the judiciary to take legal action against the main elements.
ETEMAD
– Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafar Dolatabadi said the body of the nephew of (opposition leader Mirhossein) Mousavi, who was killed on Sunday, was in the coroner's office for further examination.
IRAN
– Nationwide rallies planned on Wednesday to condemn the insult to religious sanctity on Ashura Day.
JAVAN
– Demonstrators will hold a sit-in protest in front of Mousavi's office in Tehran and will continue their protest until the judiciary takes firm action against "all sedition leaders".
AFTAB-E YAZD
– Two religious leaders, Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi and Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, called for a peaceful solution the current political discord in the country.