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, April 17 (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.
HEMAYAT
– “Iran is ready to give a tooth-breaking response to any threat,” said senior army commander Ahmadreza Pourdastan.
KAR VA KARGAR
– “The real unemployment rate in Iran stands at 15.6 percent,” said lawmaker Qodratollah Alikhani.
QODS
– Iran successfully test-fired its latest air-defence missile system named Sayyad-2 (Hunter II).
IRAN
– The head of the Iranian Passive Defence Organization Gholamreza Jalili accused German engineering company Siemens of helping Israel and the United States create a destructive computer worm Stuxnet.
FARHANG-E ASHTI
– Iran’s OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi said oil prices would continue to rise if the Arab world’s unrest persists.
