Behind the Approval of the JCPOA

The newspaper Shargh, in its front page titled "The System's Decision to Implement the JCPOA," published details about how the specifics of the JCPOA plan were approved in a public session of the parliament on Tuesday. It emphasized the role of a meeting on Monday night between Asghar Hajazi, the representative of the Supreme Leader, with the Speaker and several members of parliament, attended by Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, in this decision. The newspaper Etemad also highlighted in its front page titled "The License for the JCPOA with Tears and Smiles" that "everything was over in twenty minutes. It took twelve years for these twenty minutes to happen; only 20 minutes to approve the implementation of the JCPOA." This time, "neither the tears of yesterday's opponents had any effect, nor their cries of protest, nor the flood of suggestions they had launched before the public session," as "their words were not meant to go anywhere. The same arrangements made the night before; arrangements that whenever they were concluded, had no fate other than violation." The newspaper Arman published photos of several opposing representatives of the JCPOA on its front page, stating: "The tumultuous saga of the JCPOA and the Majlis finally ended. An ending accompanied by the tears of Ali-Asghar Zarei and the visible pain and discomfort on the faces of Alireza Zakani and Mehdi Koochakzadeh and their allies." However, the newspaper Bahar dedicated its front page photo to Ali Larijani and reported under the title "Larijani's Game with the Stability Tactic" that "the details of the JCPOA were approved in 20 minutes under the management of the Speaker of the Parliament." The newspaper Javan described the approval of the JCPOA details in parliament as "depositing the JCPOA into the government's basket" and stated: "With the JCPOA passing through internal approval stages, it is now time for the government to respond to economic promises." Kayhan emphasized in its front page that "the representatives' work was completed in three whistles," describing the approval of the JCPOA details in parliament as "a 15-minute decision for 15 years." This newspaper wrote: "While the representatives had about 200 suggestions for amending the JCPOA implementation plan, unexpectedly, without reviewing these suggestions, the most important foreign policy file of the country was closed by the parliament in less than 15 minutes." The newspaper Qanoon published a photo of Hamid Rasai, Alireza Zakani, and Mahmoud Nagaviyan, three opposing representatives of the JCPOA plan on its front page, emphasizing the "happy ending of the JCPOA in parliament," stating: "The alarmists have been grounded." The newspaper Iran dedicated its front page to the televised statements of the President, reporting on "Rouhani's call for economic leap," stating that "a few hours after the approval of the JCPOA details, the President announced that sanctions would be lifted within two months and Iran would enter a new phase of economic prosperity." The newspaper Jahan San'at also wrote on its front page about the consequences of the approval of the JCPOA details in parliament and its impact on the Iranian economy, stating: "The market has become hopeful." The newspaper Shahrevand reported on Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi's announcement regarding the Ministry's plan to establish "special hospitals for women," where the Minister of Health stated: "Some Iranians are indeed prejudiced, and we respect them by establishing these hospitals, although we accept that nothing can be done by force." Qobad Afshar, head of the Land Affairs Organization, in an interview with Shargh, reported on the interference of Kamran Daneshjoo, former governor of Tehran and Minister of Science in Ahmadinejad's government, in land grabbing in Lavasanat and a complaint against him. The newspaper Aftab Yazd reported that on Tuesday, Rouhollah Hosseinian, in a statement regarding his threat against Ali Akbar Salehi, announced that "my threat against Salehi was serious." The newspaper Bahar referred to Bijan Namdar Zangeneh's reaction to the trial of Babak Zanjani, quoting the Minister of Oil as saying: "This guy has eaten 10 trillion tomans of people's money today and now raises his neck and laughs and does not say where this money is." Behind the scenes of the JCPOA approval; "A night meeting of the Supreme Leader's representative with the heads of parliament and the Supreme National Security Council." The newspaper Shargh, in its front page titled "The System's Decision to Implement the JCPOA," published details about how the specifics of the JCPOA plan were approved in a public session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Tuesday, emphasizing the role of a meeting on Monday night between Asghar Hajazi, the representative of the Supreme Leader, with the Speaker and several members of parliament, attended by Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, in this decision. This newspaper published a photo of Mehdi Koochakzadeh holding a paper that explicitly mentions Asghar Hajazi from the Supreme Leader's office, stating: "The parliament obeyed the decisions of Larijani, Shamkhani, and Hajazi." Mehdi Ghadimi in Shargh's report wrote: "The JCPOA plan was approved. Simply saying these two words, which were announced by Ali Larijani from the parliament podium at 8:50 AM on Tuesday, indicated that the JCPOA plan passed through the complexities of the Majlis, and the opponents of this plan were deprived of continuing to play in the field of the nuclear agreement." The newspaper described the atmosphere of the parliamentary session on Tuesday, stating: "When the public session began at 8:20 AM after the recitation of verses from the Quran advising believers not to quarrel with each other, everyone was prepared for a heavy marathon." Nearly 200 proposals were prepared to be queued for speeches from supporters and opponents of each proposal, and the opponents' scenario was expected to advance a phase further, and even "beyond this, news was heard; it seemed that whenever Zarif, as the representative of the government, went to the podium to oppose any of the proposals, slogans like 'Death to America' and continued attacks similar to what we had seen on Sunday were on the agenda." Shargh emphasized that the final output of the opponents' movement was not the non-approval of the JCPOA plan on time and disrupting all the government's and foreign parties' equations regarding the implementation of the agreement, but the night before, the cards had turned. The meeting, which included Ali Larijani, the Speaker of the Parliament, Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Kazem Jalali and Aladdin Boroujerdi, heads of the Security Commission and the Followers' faction, and of course two opponents of the JCPOA from the Principlist faction, namely Alireza Zakani and Ali-Asghar Zarei, had finalized the matter. This newspaper wrote that this "night meeting" was held at the "Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council," but "what distinguished this meeting from other meetings of supporters and opponents was the presence of a prominent figure from the office of the Supreme Leader, namely 'Hojjatoleslam Asghar Hajazi,' whose name had previously been mentioned in the parliament session on Sunday by Ali Larijani as 'the liaison between the Leader's office and the Speaker of the Parliament,' but 'on Tuesday, everything ended with a meeting attended by him, and a decision had been made.'" Shargh emphasized that "predicting what happened on Tuesday in the Majlis was not possible even for the most optimistic supporters of the agreement," writing: "When the examination of the details of the fateful JCPOA plan was read as the first agenda item of the session, and the secretary of the session announced that there were many proposals, Larijani said: 'Start with those three items,' and referring to 'those three items' indicated a coordinated matter, and subsequent news also indicated that 'following the Monday night meeting and the agreement on the approval of the plan with three items of amendment, a session was held on Tuesday morning with the presence of 170 representatives of the Followers' faction, and they were informed that the plan would be approved with three amendments. A similar session was also held for the Principlist faction so that Ali-Asghar Zarei and Alireza Zakani, who had represented them in the Monday night meeting, could inform their friends. Before the public session began, Larijani had also explained to the representatives for a few minutes what the process would be, and now it was time to implement the program." The newspaper reported on how the details of the JCPOA were approved: "Three amendment proposals were quickly raised and approved by over 200 representatives," and after this stage ended, Ali Larijani addressed the secretary of the session, instructing him to read the text of the single article and its amendments, along with nine clauses and two notes for voting on the final plan, which "this sudden announcement by Larijani stunned everyone, and Mehdi Koochakzadeh, with repeated shouts, rushed to the podium, holding up the proposal booklet and insisting that the proposals should be read," and "Hamid Rasai also reached the podium, saying he wanted to oppose, and Larijani guided him down." Shargh added: "Voting began, and while only 25 minutes had passed since entering the examination of the details of the JCPOA plan, the result of the representatives' votes appeared on the parliament board: 161 votes in favor, 59 votes against, and 13 abstentions out of 245 representatives present in the hall," and the announcement by Ali Larijani from the Speaker's podium: "It has been approved." The establishment of special hospitals for women; gender segregation due to "prejudice." The newspaper Shahrevand reported on Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi, the Minister of Health's announcement regarding the Ministry's plan to establish "special hospitals for women." According to this newspaper, the topic of the joint meeting between the Vice Presidency for Women's Affairs and the Ministry of Health held on Tuesday was "women's health," and Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi announced in this meeting that special hospitals for women could be established in "some cities of the country such as Tehran, Tabriz, Mashhad, and Sistan and Baluchestan" because "some Iranians are indeed prejudiced, and we respect them by establishing these hospitals, although we accept that nothing can be done by force." The Minister of Health also described "sexual health as another problem of society" and said: "Sexual health has created problems for society that we are afraid to speak about; we must speak openly about ethical considerations, and part of the mental health issues in the country is due to concealment, which is not in the interest of society." According to the newspaper Shahrevand, Hassan Qazizadeh also mentioned that the food and drinking situation was inappropriate, stating: "We have a number of fraudsters in the food sector, but very light penalties are imposed on them; for example, in the environmental health sector, fines range from 5 to 20 thousand tomans, and in the case of palm violations, the highest fine was 3 million tomans; these penalties are not deterrent." This newspaper also referred to another part of the Minister's statements, writing: "We do not believe in differences between men and women; it is the government's duty to serve all Iranians, and the establishment of women's hospitals is also to honor women more; for this reason, this issue was proposed to establish comprehensive women's service hospitals." According to the newspaper Ayat, Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi, on the sidelines of this meeting, in response to a question about population control among vulnerable women, said: "Regarding women who are at risk of high-risk sexual actions, some believe the government should take action to sterilize them, while until we have a religious permit, we cannot take such action; legally, there is no such thing, and we do not have permission for it." The Minister of Health emphasized that "if the relevant agencies, parliament, and government pay special attention to education, job provision, and care for these individuals, there will be no need for sterilization; after all, we should not go after the disabled; on the other hand, the Ministry of Health must consider the opinions of religious authorities in actions that conflict with the commandments of the sacred law." A complaint against Kamran Daneshjoo for land grabbing in Lavasanat. Qobad Afshar, head of the Land Affairs Organization, in an interview with Shargh, reported on the interference of Kamran Daneshjoo, former governor of Tehran and Minister of Science in Ahmadinejad's government, in land grabbing in Lavasanat and a complaint against him. The head of the Land Affairs Organization referred to instances of land grabbing in various regions and provinces of Iran, stating: "In Kalak Lavasanat and near the Latiyan dam lake, since the mid-80s, the Lavasanat municipality and a group of individuals have been seeking to add over a hundred hectares of agricultural land in this area to the city limits and grant construction permits to applicants, despite this being rejected by the Supreme Council of Urbanism and Architecture, Mr. Kamran Daneshjoo, the then governor of Tehran, illegally issued permits for the division and construction on these lands." Qobad Afshar stated: "Alongside legal action to halt construction on these lands, a complaint has been filed against Kamran Daneshjoo for unlawful actions with the judiciary." According to this official, "in Damavand, one of the cooperatives affiliated with one of the foundations divided a garden of 130 hectares, and we immediately halted this work and required them to restore the garden." Qobad Afshar also mentioned: "Officials of the housing cooperative affiliated with the Ministry of Interior have also, in the past six or seven years, purchased agricultural lands known as Mahmoudiyeh around Damavand, using influence to introduce this farm as a village in the naming of administrative divisions, and I do not know what law allows construction in a farm and to convert it into a village and even form a village council for a non-existent village." The head of the Land Affairs Organization referred to the continuation of land grabbing in the village of Ziarat and the forests of Naharkhoran, located on the outskirts of Golestan city over the past decade, stating to Shargh: "In Shiraz, between Shiraz and Sepidan, individuals under the name of the charitable organization Armaghan Qalat have taken about a thousand hectares of land under the pretext of agricultural and pasture activities from natural resources. Another person in Shiraz has taken over 500 hectares of land under the pretext of establishing the Amir al-Mu'minin town and intended to build villas."