End of Accusation

The Iran newspaper dedicated its front page on Wednesday to the "End of Accusation" regarding nuclear military activities, stating: "Moderate diplomacy has closed the 12-year file of the nuclear dispute." "Iran without a resolution" was also the chosen headline of the Shargh newspaper for the Tuesday resolution of the Board of Governors. However, the Vatan-e-Emruz newspaper, close to the Steadfast Front, quoted unnamed "national security experts" stating: "What Amano confirmed as Iran's coordinated activities for nuclear explosion testing has posed a significant problem and danger for Iran, as it for the first time confirmed the accusation of Iran moving towards nuclear weapons." Yadollah Javani, former head of the political office of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, implicitly warned Hassan Khomeini about his "supporters" in a note titled "Opponents of the Supreme Leader and Future Experts" in the Javan newspaper, urging him to respond to criticisms from some of his supporters regarding the "principle of the Supreme Leadership." The Resalat newspaper quoted Mohammad Momen, a member of the Guardian Council, stating: "Permission for ijtihad is not a sufficient condition for qualification approval" in the Assembly of Experts elections. The Vaghaye Ettefaghieh newspaper reported reactions to a video of a student being punished in one of the schools in Aligudarz, noting that Ali Asghar Fani, the Minister of Education, "did not deny it, he apologized." The Arman newspaper reported on the request of Hossein Dehdashti, a member of parliament, for "re-examination of the sentences of Saeed Mortazavi during his judiciary period." The Kayhan newspaper published photos of the deceased in Nigeria and an image of the injured body of "Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of the Shiites" in that country, referring to them as "Khomeinists" and quoting a close associate of the Shiite leader in Nigeria stating: "The main reason the Nigerian government attacks us Shiites is not our Shiite identity, but that the majority of us follow Imam Khomeini and the leader of Iran." The Etimad newspaper reported on the statement of Timur Hosseini, the commander of Greater Tehran Traffic Police, that "over 40,000 cases of dealing with improper hijab have occurred in the first eight months of this year, and in most of these cases, the vehicles of the improperly hijabed have been confiscated and their vehicles referred to the judiciary." Etimad also criticized the visible and hidden pressures on the press in a note titled "About the Chain Police of the Press," stating: "On a day when all the caring eyes of Iranians were focused on Vienna and the closure of the accusations against the country's nuclear activities, reformist newspapers that utilized all their strength in support of national interests and the significant achievements of the JCPOA were targeted for destruction by chain sites." The front page of Shargh newspaper in Wednesday's issue is dedicated to "Ali Mohammad Bashirati," the Minister of Interior in Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's government and the executor of the second Khordad presidential election, who recounted about the final hours of the second Khordad elections in 1997 that led to Mohammad Khatami's victory: "Hashemi was asleep, Nategh believed it." The press's reception of the end of PMD; "Iran without a resolution" The Iran newspaper dedicated its front page and photo on Wednesday to the "End of Accusation" regarding military nuclear activities, stating: "Moderate diplomacy has closed the 12-year file of the nuclear dispute." This government-aligned newspaper wrote: "Once again, Iran became breaking news and the front page of reputable world media; PMD has become history. Although the Board of Governors' vote was known to be against its previous claims and in favor of Iran days before, the official end of the claims regarding Iran's military nuclear activities was of such high importance that the media, despite prior knowledge of the voting outcome, could not pass by the significance of the news and published it in an ordinary format. Thus, influential world media, by interrupting their regular programs or with striking subtitles, conveyed the end of the 12-year dispute between the Agency and Iran and the removal of obstacles to the implementation of the "JCPOA" to their audiences." The Iran newspaper described one of the achievements of the International Atomic Energy Agency's resolution as the "cancellation of 12 resolutions of the Board of Governors," resolutions that were "adopted between 2003 and 2012 regarding the implementation of safeguards with Iran, including the alleged studies against Iran." Cyrus Naseri, a former member of the nuclear negotiation team, wrote in the editorial of the Iran newspaper: "The resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding Iran's nuclear programs was adopted by the Board of Governors while, for the first time in the relations between Iran and the Agency, the peaceful nature of Tehran's nuclear program was announced. This unprecedented event occurred while Iran and the Agency have gone through four difficult phases over the past 12 years." According to the editorial writer of the Iran newspaper, "The Agency's resolution archived the file of disputes with Iran while some may point to certain points in the resolution regarding the existence of some controversial activities by Iran at a certain time, saying that this issue could lead to the recognition of some of Iran's past actions and consequently create problems for future relations with the Agency. In response to these concerns, it should be noted that the Agency has clearly stated that what may have been done by Iran does not contradict its commitments under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and that Iran has not violated this treaty." "Iran without a resolution" was the chosen headline of the Shargh newspaper for the "resolution" of the Board of Governors on Tuesday. Shargh wrote: "The resolution of the Board of Governors regarding the closure of the 12-year PMD accusation file was unanimously approved. This council, with its last resolution, stamped the closure of the claim of the military nature of Iran's nuclear activities and also declared null and void its previous 12 resolutions." This newspaper reminded that "following the Vienna agreement in July, Resolution 1929 was also adopted in the Security Council, which also ended seven previous binding and threatening resolutions," emphasizing that "today Iran is in a historic day and no threatening resolution is hovering over it." Reactions of newspapers close to conservatives; "Open Closed File" The Vatan-e-Emruz newspaper, close to the Steadfast Front, also wrote in its front page with the title "Open Closed File": "Yesterday, prior to the adoption of the 5+1 resolution by the Board of Governors, Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, spoke at this meeting but repeated the items in his recent report. He claimed that Iran conducted a series of activities related to the development of nuclear explosive devices in a coordinated manner between 2002 and 2003," and noted that "since 2009, the Agency has not found any credible evidence indicating Iran's deviation regarding the possible military dimensions of its nuclear program." This newspaper simultaneously quoted Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization, stating: "Tuesday is the date for the cancellation of all sanctions in the Board of Governors. This file will be closed, but they will not announce the acquittal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, because in that case we will claim, and they know this." This newspaper, close to the Steadfast Front, emphasized that "Salehi's remarks indicate that there are still serious concerns within regarding the reopening of this file against Iran," quoting unnamed "national security experts" stating: "What Amano confirmed as Iran's coordinated activities for nuclear explosion testing has posed a significant problem and danger for Iran, as it for the first time confirmed the accusation of Iran moving towards nuclear weapons." Vatan-e-Emruz quoted these "experts" stating: "This issue gives the necessary pretext for the U.S. to launch unprecedented pressure against Iran at a convenient time. Although Javad Zarif claimed yesterday that with the adoption of the 5+1 resolution in the Board of Governors, the PMD file has become history forever, it seems that although it is officially announced that this file is closed, in reality, with Amano's ruling, this issue has recently been reopened for the Americans." The Javan newspaper, close to the IRGC, also emphasized in its front page that "the false file for the JCPOA has been closed," stating: "The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in its meeting on Tuesday, unanimously closed the file related to the past military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program, known as PMD, which has been a factor of pressure, threat, and sanctions against Iran for over a decade." This newspaper pointed out that "following the adoption of this resolution, the ground was prepared for the lifting of sanctions and the implementation of the JCPOA," stating: "Iran has postponed part of its nuclear activities within the framework of the JCPOA, including the removal of the main reactor container in Arak and the transfer of its enriched uranium to Russia, to the announcement of the end of the PMD investigation. Therefore, after the adoption of this draft in the Board of Governors, Iran will complete its nuclear activities. Meanwhile, other nuclear activities, coordination, and signing agreements and documents regarding the redesign of the Arak reactor and the collection of inactive and active centrifuges at the Natanz and Fordow sites are ongoing." Reactions to the punishment of students in Aligudarz: Education Minister apologized The Vaghaye Ettefaghieh newspaper, while publishing a report on the reactions to the release of a video of a student being punished in one of the schools in Aligudarz, reported that Ali Asghar Fani, the Minister of Education, "did not deny it, he apologized." On Tuesday, Ali Asghar Fani, during a ceremony honoring research winners in education, expressed regret over the occurrence of this incident, stating: "I apologize that we are still witnessing such incidents in schools across the country, and we hope that education will move in a direction that reduces these issues to zero." Ali Asghar Fani announced that "the offending teacher has been dealt with and the court for administrative violations is seriously pursuing this issue." According to the Vaghaye Ettefaghieh newspaper, when in Azar 1393 (December 2014) the news of the bizarre punishment of four Afghan students in one of the schools in Pakdasht became media news, "after denying the news and exiling the offending teacher, the story was eventually told differently by education officials and forgotten. However, on Tuesday, after the broadcast of the video of the violent punishment of a student in Aligudarz, the Minister of Education, in a different reaction, confirmed this painful incident and apologized for the recurrence of punishment in schools." This newspaper noted that "after the circulation of several versions of the video of the beating of students at the vocational and technical school Bahonar in Aligudarz, people on social media shared their experiences of physical punishment they had encountered in childhood at school," stating: "When in the early hours the head of the Education Department of Aligudarz confirmed the authenticity of this video, he said that despite the repeated emphasis of the Ministry of Education on adherence to the executive regulations of schools and the prohibition of physical punishment in schools, we rarely see this kind of reminder." The writings of people on social media also indicated their dissatisfaction with such a reaction. The Vaghaye Ettefaghieh newspaper emphasized that "the head of the Education Department of Aligudarz reported the remorse and regret of the offending teacher and stated that the students and their families were consoled," noting that on Tuesday, the Minister of Education's different reaction satisfied public opinion, to the extent that some users on social media described the "Minister's apology" as exactly what "is expected from an official in such situations." This newspaper recalled that "previously, injuries, disabilities, and even the death of students due to physical punishment in the media were met with silence from officials, and there was no talk of resignation or apology," but stated that "this time, the violent punishment of the Aligudarz teacher led to the confirmation of the media deputy of the Ministry of Education, a clear apology from Ali Asghar Fani, and the temporary dismissal of the offending teacher." The Vaghaye Ettefaghieh newspaper published a table of seven cases of physical punishment and violent behavior against students in schools, six of which occurred during the previous government between 2008 and 2010, and in addition to the disability of some students, at least one case led to the death of a student named "Saeed Raeisi," a student from Chabahar. It noted that in most previous cases, the reactions of education officials regarding the offending teacher were not made public. This newspaper compared the apology of Ali Asghar Fani, the current Minister of Education, on Tuesday with the statements of Hamid Reza Hajibabaei, the Minister of Education in the previous government, stating: "When Hamid Reza Hajibabaei was the Minister of Education, after the release of a video of the physical punishment of a student in Jirfti in 2010, he denied the incident, saying this video was false, suspicious, and fabricated, but assured that such a tragedy would not happen again." The Vaghaye Ettefaghieh newspaper emphasized that "the law prohibits physical punishment of students, and the Ministry of Education has repeatedly informed educators of this through various circulars," but "physical punishment has continued to occur in schools over the years, and there are teachers who, disregarding this principle, abuse children. It is enough to search the keywords of physical punishment of students in search engines to see various videos of severe physical punishments against students.