Clash Between Two Representatives Over Land Grabbing in Heyran Pass

Iranian newspapers including Arman, Shargh, Etemad, Farhikhtegan, Qanoon, Abrar, Ebtekar, Afkar, Tejarat, and Jahan San'at have dedicated their front pages or headlines to the statements of the Judiciary spokesperson regarding the 'issuance of a sentence' for Saeed Mortazavi, the former prosecutor of Tehran and head of the Social Security Organization in the previous government. Among the newspapers close to the principlists, Kayhan and Hemayat, which are aligned with the Judiciary, did not mention the issuance of a sentence for the former prosecutor on their front pages; however, newspapers like Javan, Resalat, and Khorasan have briefly published this news. Etemad reported that 'imprisonment' and 'restitution of property' are the two penalties for the former Tehran prosecutor, but 'neither the amount of restitution is specified nor the duration and type of imprisonment.' The newspaper noted that on Sunday, 'Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei came to his press conference with an important piece of news; a news that the head of the Criminal Court had confirmed the morning of its finalization,' and referring to the case of Saeed Mortazavi, he stated: 'The ruling in this case has been issued, but it has not yet reached me.' However, 'Mr. Mortazavi has been acquitted of some charges and convicted of others, which include imprisonment and restitution, but I cannot disclose details until the ruling is finalized.' In an interview with Etemad, Saeed Mortazavi claimed ignorance of the 'imprisonment' ruling and stated that 'I have probably been acquitted in the Kahrizak case.' This newspaper emphasized that the details of Mortazavi's conviction will be announced by the end of the week, revealing the outcome of the 'Kahrizak' and 'Social Security' cases. Shargh reported on a confrontation in the Parliament over 'land grabbing in Heyran Pass,' stating that on Sunday during a public session, Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men and Safar Naeimi-Raz accused each other of 'theft' and involvement in 'land grabbing in Heyran Pass.' Qanoon published two photos on its front page showing opponents and supporters of the Vienna agreement. One of these photos is from a gathering of opponents of the Vienna agreement in Tehran on Sunday, while the other is from a gathering of some Iranians supporting the Vienna agreement in various countries that took place on Saturday. The newspaper Etemad also dedicated its front page to 'the gathering of supporters of the nuclear agreement in 100 major cities around the world.' The newspaper Iran reported with the headline 'The Day of Response to Opponents of the Agreement from Tehran to Washington,' stating: 'John Kerry and Ernest Moniz emphasized in a joint note that the U.S. withdrawal from the agreement is a historic mistake,' while in Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi addressed critics of the agreement, saying: 'If you know the consequences of plutonium production, speak the truth. Why do you confuse public opinion?' This newspaper quoted Abbas Araghchi as saying: 'More than 90 percent of the critics are well-meaning. However, there was also a disappointing minority among them,' and simultaneously quoted Ali Larijani as saying: 'Iran's nuclear success is the result of the perseverance of the great Iranian nation.' However, Kayhan wrote on its front page: 'American Reforms in Iran are the Goal of the White House from the Nuclear Agreement.' The newspaper Javan, close to the Revolutionary Guards, warned on its front page about the expansion of American and Western economic and cultural presence in Iran, changes in lifestyle, and even the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Tehran after the implementation of the Vienna agreement, stating that if we do not guard against the 'economic-cultural entry of America,' we should expect John Kerry's speech at the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. The newspaper Shahrvand reported as one of its main headlines about the warning from the police spokesperson to 'badly dressed men.' Saeed Montazeralmahdi also stated: 'The sale of transparent manteaus in clothing stores is illegal.' The police spokesperson also mentioned: 'If a vehicle is out of sight and outside the city, it is considered private space, but within the city, it is not regarded as private space.' The newspaper Jahan San'at published a report on the role of 'dirty money' in car imports, stating that the remarks made two days ago by Ali Askari, the head of the country's tax organization, regarding tax evasion by car importers have brought the corruption case in car imports to a new stage. The newspaper Hemayat quoted Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei as saying that the role of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, the head of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's office in the previous government, in the '3,000 billion case' was not proven. The clash between two representatives over land grabbing in Heyran Pass; 'You are a thief, no, you are a thief.' The newspaper Shargh reported on the confrontation in Parliament over 'land grabbing in Heyran Pass,' stating that on Sunday during a public session, Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men and Safar Naeimi-Raz accused each other of being involved in 'land grabbing in Heyran Pass.' Ameneh Shirafkan, a parliamentary reporter, emphasized that on Sunday, following the revelation of land grabbing in Heyran Pass, 'accusations and slanders reached the floor,' stating: In the public session of Parliament, 'one from one side and the other from the other side of the pit called each other thieves: You are a thief, no, you are a thief,' to the point where 'the shouting' of Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men and Safar Naeimi-Raz 'rose high and they ultimately stood a few steps apart.' According to the newspaper Shargh, Safar Naeimi-Raz referred to 'the name of Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men's sister, brother, and accountant' in a television program on land grabbing in Heyran Pass on Friday night, but Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men stated that 'I have never had an accountant by that name in my life, and I have now submitted my complaint and my brother's complaint through the Judiciary and the committee for investigating representatives' violations.' The newspaper reported that 'Safar Naeimi-Raz, in the same television program, referred to the 160-hectare land grabbing in Heyran Pass and efforts to add another 100 hectares to it, stating: 'These violations occurred due to the change of some officials in the neighboring province [Ardabil] and the complicity and negligence of the local officials of Astara, and the offenders have also pocketed a large profit. The documents were also delivered to the signatures of local officials, but they got stuck in the current government, and when they came to obtain the governor's signature, the governor became suspicious of the matter and stopped this 100 hectares.' According to the newspaper Shargh, it was these accusations that led Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men, the representative of Ardabil, to 'shout' at Safar Naeimi-Raz and accuse him of 'theft,' while Safar Naeimi-Raz, in response, 'holding documents, announced that he has the land grabbing documents of Pir-Mo’men's relatives.' The newspaper emphasized that Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men also accused 'Safar Naeimi-Raz of deflection and evasion from land grabbing' and stated: 'The representative of Astara, through deflection, intends to evade from land grabbing.' Last Tuesday, a meeting of the Economic Corruption Combat Headquarters was held in the office of the first vice president, a meeting in which the land grabbing case in Heyran Pass was discussed, and a team was sent to investigate the status of the Heyran Pass case to present this report to the headquarters. The newspaper Shargh provided background information on the two representatives who accused each other of involvement in land grabbing in Heyran Pass and 'theft' in the public session of Parliament, stating: 'Safar Naeimi-Raz is a member of the National Security Commission, fluent in English and Russian. His work history on the website of the Parliament Research Center states that he is a Revolutionary Guards general and a revolutionary guard. He has a master's degree in law and a doctorate in strategic sciences,' while 'Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men also has experience as mayor and governor of Ardabil in his work record.' Abad Fattahi, a representative from Urmia in the ninth Parliament, told the newspaper Shargh that he knows nothing about the violations in Heyran Pass but emphasized that 'it is very ugly for people to turn on the radio and hear representatives accusing each other. The representative's influence should be for good and the advancement of the province's development, not wrongdoing. Unfortunately, we have often heard that in some issues, representatives have been involved. From Saeed Mortazavi's claims to Mohammad Reza Rahimi and even the scholarship issue. The fact that violations and verbal disputes over them reach the public session of Parliament means our situation is very bad.' Mansour Haghighatpour, a representative from Ardabil in the ninth Parliament, also commented on the clash between Safar Naeimi-Raz and Kamaleddin Pir-Mo’men, stating to the newspaper Shargh: 'The Parliament has a dignity, and this kind of behavior is not befitting of the Parliament.' The newspaper Javan: We should not stagnate in the JCPOA, we should resist the cultural-economic entry of America. The newspaper Javan, close to the Revolutionary Guards, warned on its front page about the expansion of American and Western economic and cultural presence in Iran, changes in lifestyle, and even the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Tehran after the implementation of the Vienna agreement, stating that if we do not guard against the 'economic-cultural entry of America,' we should expect John Kerry's speech at the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. This newspaper described 'entry into Iran and dominance over the region' as two strategies of America after the nuclear agreement and stated: 'After the JCPOA, some enthusiasts of relations with America immediately shared drafts of their long-standing needs for the anti-religious culture of the West in the media and cyberspace.' The newspaper Javan cited the possibility of opening 'McDonald's' branches in Iran and the potential return of Coca-Cola as signs of 'cultural-economic entry' of America into Iran, stating: 'Entry into Iran through the back door of McDonald's requires logistical support. The change of terrorism in Afghanistan from the inactive Taliban to the claiming ISIS, entering negotiations with Russia and Turkey for the overthrow of Assad, the desire to return to Iraq and its disintegration, and the Arabs who are always ready for America in the region are among the logistical support grounds for the plan to enter Iran.' The newspaper close to the Revolutionary Guards warned that 'America aims to sever our connections with neighbors and break the people's connection with the Islamic Republic by focusing on two main plans for cultural and economic entry into Iran and dominance in the region with strategic changes in the nature of regional governments so that ultimately a sentence that John Kerry uttered two days ago at the opening of the U.S. embassy in Cuba will be repeated this time at the intersection of Moftah and Taleghani: I feel at home.' This newspaper also implicitly referred to the upcoming elections for the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Assembly of Experts, stating that America's entry into Iran 'this time is not through a soft overthrow method of hostility but is designed as a prerequisite for it, and that is which among the bad and worse should be in power has also been decided. On the other hand, it seeks to reshape regional equations in favor of reducing Iran's regional power, and thus it has kept us busy with the JCPOA and has reduced us from within and without to observe.' The newspaper Javan also pointed out the public opposition of some political figures, including Sadegh Zibakalam, to the 'Death to America' slogan and also reported news about 'the return of some singers,' stating: 'One of the ways for America to dominate the internal security space of countries is to dominate the cultural and artistic sphere, including singers.' This newspaper close to the Revolutionary Guards also identified a range of social and cultural activists as internal agents facilitating America's cultural entry into Iran, stating that they are the same 'cultural infiltration activists of the West in previous years, who have carried out their programs in a specific period under the radar; the ugly portrayal of hijab and the prohibition of bad hijab in the streets of the city, the collection of satellite dishes, and the insinuation that people should distinguish between good and bad satellite channels, the increase of bandwidth and speed in cyberspace under the guise of development and research and science, and raising the issue of citizenship rights not from the perspective of progressive Islamic rights but from the perspective of superficial Western rights' are among the issues that this newspaper describes as prerequisites for America's entry into Iran. The newspaper Javan criticized 'stagnation in the JCPOA,' stating: 'Now is not the time to get bogged down in the details of the JCPOA. The JCPOA is moving through a legal path and does not need to create false sensitivities. Now is the time to be precise about the windows of America's entry into Iran and the gates of America's entry into the region. The JCPOA issue should pass quietly and without tension.' The newspaper close to the Revolutionary Guards called on 'the people' to display their 'revolutionary characteristics' by 'building a two-sided trench.' A trench that, according to the newspaper Javan, should 'watch the enemy from behind and from the front, an enemy that again some signs from within and in the region have made it hopeful for the realization of its wishes, and now this Iranian front must show that it has as much power to protect the region from America's desired changes as it will also protect the Islamic land of Iran from cultural, economic, and security changes from America.' The warning from the police spokesperson to 'badly dressed men' and 'clothing stores.' The newspaper Shahrvand reported as one of its main headlines about the warning from the police spokesperson to 'badly dressed men.' According to this newspaper, Saeed Montazeralmahdi, the police spokesperson, stated on Sunday in his press conference regarding men's clothing: 'Clothing is a social norm, and everyone must act according to social norms. Therefore, since the clothing of each individual is a reflection of their character, we request all gentlemen to adhere to the norms regarding their clothing; however, if an individual insists on norm-breaking, they will be dealt with according to the law.' The police spokesperson also emphasized that 'the sale of transparent manteaus in clothing stores is illegal,' stating that 'the offering of this type of manteau by clothing stores is illegal as this type of manteau is considered formal wear and should be sold in stores that offer such clothing; however, oversight on this issue is the responsibility of the union and the profession, but at their request, the police will also assist in this regard and those who violate will be dealt with accordingly.