Currency and Gold Market Awaiting Negotiation Results

The newspaper Etemad headlines with "And Finally; December 3rd" stating: "Finally, November 24 (December 3) has arrived, and negotiations at the Koburg Castle continue. There is no news of a victory trumpet being blown, nor of a defeat being announced after a year of negotiations." The Iran newspaper has published a photo of the foreign ministers of the 5+1 countries and Iran's Foreign Minister on its front page, reporting that "seven foreign ministers consisting of the foreign ministers of the 1+5 countries along with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, will have a joint meeting in Vienna on Tuesday." The Ta'adol newspaper, in its front page headline on Tuesday, describes "political understanding instead of a comprehensive agreement" as "a new approach in the path of nuclear dialogue." The Javan newspaper, in its front page headline on Tuesday, describes the understanding referred to by an Iranian diplomat as "an agreement on not reaching a comprehensive agreement" and writes: "The parties have started the hard work for a general understanding instead of negotiating a comprehensive agreement, an understanding that diplomats have named 'political agreement' since Sunday." The Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper has dedicated its front page photo to the Saudi Foreign Minister and in a report titled "Uninvited Guest in Vienna" writes: "The final round of nuclear negotiations is passing its last hours while regional actors opposed to the nuclear agreement have begun their heavy and intense lobbying to influence the negotiations, and in the latest such efforts, Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi Foreign Minister, unexpectedly traveled to Vienna on Sunday." The Ta'adol newspaper, in a report titled "Currency and Gold Awaiting Vienna Travelers," examines the effects of the Vienna negotiations on the price of the dollar and currency in Iran. The Farhikhtegan newspaper reports on two controversial speeches in the Sunday session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly regarding "Rouhani's recitation and the funeral of Pashayi" and writes: "The recitation by the President and the funeral of the recently deceased pop singer Morteza Pashayi were the focus of two controversial speeches by representatives during the open session of the Majlis on Sunday, which coincidentally faced negative reactions from some representatives, but each time from a different faction." "There is no news of a victory trumpet being blown, nor of a defeat being announced" The Iran newspaper, while publishing a photo of the foreign ministers of the 5+1 countries and Iran's Foreign Minister on its front page, reports that "seven foreign ministers consisting of the foreign ministers of the 1+5 countries along with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, will have a joint meeting in Vienna on Tuesday to make the last efforts to conclude the negotiations on the last day of the remaining opportunity." This newspaper also refers to "the negotiators' efforts to reach an agreement" in which "both sides reach a political and preliminary agreement on the main contentious issues and leave further discussions on disagreements to negotiations that can be conducted without global sensitivities and at an appropriate time." The Iran newspaper writes: "In such a situation where it becomes possible for the parties to reach a political understanding in Vienna, the delegations will return to the negotiating table after a short period to discuss the details and text of the comprehensive agreement. In other words, if the negotiators reach a political understanding, they will pause time in Vienna to return and finalize the text of the comprehensive agreement." This newspaper also reports that on Sunday and "after 35 years, for the first time, the foreign ministers of Iran and the United States held a bilateral meeting, and during this meeting, John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif negotiated on Sunday evening without the presence of Catherine Ashton." The Etemad newspaper headlines with "And Finally; December 3rd" stating: "Finally, November 24 (December 3) has arrived, and negotiations at the Koburg Castle continue. There is no news of a victory trumpet being blown, nor of a defeat being announced after a year of intense negotiations." Sara Masoumi, the Etemad correspondent dispatched to Vienna, emphasizes that "Sunday was a day of numerous media speculations and even more denials," writing: "As the negotiations entered the seventh day of nuclear talks in Vienna, it seems that reaching a comprehensive nuclear agreement with a prepared text and free of any other parentheses is not possible." "Political understanding" instead of "comprehensive agreement" The Ta'adol newspaper, in its front page headline on Tuesday, describes "political understanding instead of a comprehensive agreement" as "a new approach in the path of nuclear dialogue" and writes: "A member of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team in Vienna" has stated: "Iran and the 1+5 group have reached a 'general and political agreement' in the negotiations, not a 'comprehensive agreement.'" According to the Ta'adol newspaper, this unnamed negotiating member has said: "A political agreement does not mean extending negotiations, but it means that a political understanding on the principles of the comprehensive agreement is reached. However, given the time constraints and the complexity and technicality of the issues, after a short break, we will return and finalize the agreed text along with its details and attachments, which are numerous." The Ta'adol newspaper has also written: "Some Western sources have reported that Iran and the 1+5 group will announce a verbal agreement today, December 3, under the title of a political agreement and then allocate a two-month period to determine the details of the comprehensive agreement." However, the Javan newspaper, in its front page headline on Tuesday, describes the understanding referred to by an Iranian diplomat as "an agreement on not reaching a comprehensive agreement" and writes: "The parties have started the hard work for a general understanding instead of negotiating a comprehensive agreement, an understanding that diplomats have named 'political agreement' since Sunday." This newspaper, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, emphasizes that "none of the options of failure of negotiations or a comprehensive agreement will be announced," adding: "Of course, this political agreement is also a challenging task, and some sources say it may force the negotiating parties to extend the negotiations for about two days from midnight on Tuesday." The Javan newspaper also writes: "In Vienna, neither the Iranian team nor the American and European teams are willing to bear the costs of the first position in favor of extending negotiations; therefore, even diplomatic sources in Vienna informally said until Sunday that extending negotiations is not on their agenda, and they will strive until the end to reach an agreement." An Uninvited Guest in Vienna The Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper has dedicated its front page photo to the Saudi Foreign Minister and in a report titled "Uninvited Guest in Vienna" writes: "The final round of nuclear negotiations is passing its last hours while regional actors opposed to the nuclear agreement have begun their heavy and intense lobbying to influence the negotiations. In the latest such efforts, Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi Foreign Minister, who has held this position for 39 years, unexpectedly traveled to Vienna on Sunday." This newspaper writes: "Analysts believe that Faisal's trip to Vienna on the last day leading up to the December 3 deadline could carry two messages; first, that the Arabs, led by Saudi Arabia, consider the achievement of a nuclear agreement between the West and the 1+5 to be certain and intend to ensure at the last moments that this agreement will not jeopardize their interests in the region. This analysis is supported by the statements of the UAE Foreign Minister, who on Sunday expressed concern about the nuclear agreement with Iran and questioned what Iran's role would be in the aftermath of the nuclear agreement in the region and how it would differ from the past." Donya-e-Eqtesad also writes: "Another pessimistic analysis regarding Faisal's sudden trip to the negotiation venue suggests that he is extremely desperate about the seriousness of the nuclear agreement with Iran and is making his last efforts to disrupt this historic agreement." The Tehran currency and gold market is awaiting the results of negotiations The Ta'adol newspaper, in a report titled "Currency and Gold Awaiting Vienna Travelers," examines the effects of the Vienna negotiations on the price of the dollar and currency in Iran. This newspaper writes that while there is not much time left until the end of the negotiations between Iranian and Western officials, many analysts emphasize that these negotiations "determine the outlook of Iran's economic policies." Mehrnoush Salouki, in a report for Ta'adol, writes: "The Monoucheri market is not very excited; they say they are holding back and waiting to see where the end of these sessions leads." According to the Ta'adol newspaper, the exchange rate trend in the past two weeks has remained unchanged at around 3250 tomans, as the price stability observed in July coincided with the Vienna nuclear negotiations, but "the only difference between these two periods is that at that time the price range of the dollar was about 100 tomans less than now, at a rate of 3150 tomans." This newspaper quotes currency market experts in Tehran as saying: "The increase in the value of the US dollar against a basket of major world currencies in recent months, along with the postponement of nuclear negotiations" are among the reasons that "have largely contributed to the increase in the cash dollar rate in recent months." According to the Ta'adol newspaper, "A glance at the Monoucheri market clearly shows that traders are continuing their activities with more caution. Buyers and dollar seekers have been operating within a 10-toman range at 3250 tomans for the past three weeks, but since Sunday, Iran's financial markets have become hopeful for a nuclear agreement." This newspaper reports that "on Sunday, the dollar price decreased to 3240 tomans," and this occurred while there were still no news from Vienna regarding the final agreement, but "at least the Iranian financial markets have welcomed this event." The Ta'adol newspaper also writes: "With upward predictions regarding the gold market, Iran's market should expect a rise in gold prices and a decrease in the dollar price, and if agreements are reached by the end of the negotiations, prices will have the potential to decrease further." This newspaper emphasizes: "An important point in the currency transactions of the past two days shows that the euro has decreased by about 40 tomans during this period. The euro, which faced a 30-toman drop on Friday, reached a rate of 4050 tomans, and also on Sunday, with a further 10-toman decrease, was traded at around 4040 tomans," and the British pound, which followed a similar trend to the euro, decreased by 30 tomans to 5070 tomans, and of course, "many in the market attribute the decrease in the value of the euro and pound to the decline of these currencies against the US dollar." The Ta'adol newspaper simultaneously reported: "Gold in Iran, which has experienced its second consecutive week of growth," while starting without a price change on Saturday, on Sunday "began its activities with a 2000-toman increase" and "market traders attribute this price increase to the rise in the value of gold ounces in global markets on Friday." Two Controversial Speeches in Parliament; From Rouhani's Recitation to Pashayi's Funeral The Farhikhtegan newspaper reports on two controversial speeches in the Sunday session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly regarding "Rouhani's recitation and Pashayi's funeral" and writes: "The recitation by the President and the funeral of the recently deceased pop singer Morteza Pashayi were the focus of two controversial speeches by representatives during the open session of the Majlis on Sunday, which coincidentally faced negative reactions from some representatives, but each time from a different faction." According to this newspaper, the first controversial speech on Sunday in the Islamic Consultative Assembly was delivered by Attaollah Hakimi, a representative from Rudbar, who addressed President Hassan Rouhani and said: "Enough of the recitation; we have more skilled reciters than you. Since you have no significant executive experience, you only recite for the nation and recite the assembly's recitation in front of the nation and the nation's recitation in front of the assembly, and this is the utmost imprudence. I implore you, enough is enough." Farhikhtegan wrote that Hakimi's controversial speech was also accompanied by criticism of the nuclear negotiations, with the Rudbar representative asking: "Is something unfortunate going to happen that the people and the parliament should not know about? Are the White House and Kremlin, the Sultan of Oman, the Germans, the French, and even the foreign ministers of Oman and the UAE more privy than the nation and the parliament?" Attaollah Hakimi also recalled "the drafting of a two-urgent plan requiring the government to obtain the parliament's approval before signing any final nuclear agreement" and called for the approval of this plan by the representatives of the ninth Majlis. Farhikhtegan also wrote that "this representative opposing the government did not spare the members of the eleventh cabinet" and addressed Hassan Rouhani, saying: "Mr. President, the generals you brought with you either have physical illnesses or economic ailments and create margins for the system every day." According to this newspaper, Hakimi's speech was met with a response from Mohammad Sadat Abrahimi, a member of the clerics' faction in parliament, who described the language of the Rudbar representative as "light" and his remarks as "baseless," responding to him by saying: "Critics of the President claim to be religious and loyal, but wherever it suits them, they interpret religiousness and loyalty to their advantage," adding that "maintaining the dignity of the President as the second highest official in the country is considered maintaining the dignity of the people and respecting the people, and using language that questions the recitation of the clergy shows that the speaker himself does not have much belief in religious matters and does not respect religious issues." Mohammad Sadat Abrahimi also stated in support of "Hassan Rouhani's recitation in the government meeting" that "the honor of the great religious authorities is recitation, and that Mr. Rouhani, as a person in authority, should...