End of Hopes in the Death Mine

The Iran newspaper reported that "with the discovery of the bodies of 13 more miners" in the North Yurt mine in Azadshahr, it stated: "Six days after the explosion in tunnel number one of the 'Zemestan Yurt' mine in Azadshahr, rescue teams and miners finally reached the site of the 13 deceased miners by passing through the second tunnel. Thus, fears and hopes for the survival of the last group of miners also faded." According to this newspaper, Sadegh Ali Moghadam, the director general of crisis management in Golestan province, stated that the total number of casualties from the Azadshahr mine incident has reached 35, saying: "Search operations in tunnel number one, where the methane gas explosion occurred, are still ongoing. Specialized forces have also started efforts to transfer the bodies of the miners through a 'Doyli' that connects tunnel number one to tunnel number two, which is also time-consuming." Regarding the possibility of other trapped miners in the mine tunnel, Sadegh Ali Moghadam said: "The statistics provided by the private sector indicated 35 missing persons, and so far this same number of deceased has been found. However, we do not trust the statistics provided by the private sector, and until the complete clearance of the tunnel, we will not comment on the final number of deceased miners." The Iran newspaper also reported that Hadi Hashemian, the head of the Golestan province judiciary, announced on Tuesday the summons of the CEO and contractor of this mine to the prosecutor's office, stating that "after interrogation and until the completion of investigations, both the contractor and the CEO are currently free on a bail of 10 billion tomans." The Hamdeli newspaper in its front page on Tuesday titled "Revelation of Rouhani" wrote: "Hassan Rouhani continued his election campaign yesterday by visiting Hamadan and then Kermanshah, and his speech, like two days earlier when he visited Urmia, showed an electoral fervor. A fervor that seems to aim to establish moderation in the executive branch of the country for another four years. In his speeches on Tuesday, he introduced a new face from the other side of the competition; a face that had decided behind the scenes to segregate the sidewalks of Tehran by gender, while presenting a different image in public." According to this newspaper, Hassan Rouhani stated in front of his supporters in Ibn Sina Hall in Hamadan on Tuesday morning: "We have come to put an end to immorality and to tell the violent and extremist ones that your time is over. You have been in this country for eight years, and the people have seen what you did in this country." Hamdeli wrote that Hassan Rouhani, stating that "we seek freedom," referred to his electoral rivals, saying: "Your logic is prohibition, and you have nothing else. Your logic is demagoguery, and you have nothing else. According to Jamaran, he continued: You came to all meetings in these four years to close all social networks. You will not be on the path of progress and freedom for our youth. The nation does not accept those who have only known executions and prisons for 38 years." This newspaper also quoted Hassan Rouhani as saying: "If you young people sit at home, know that there will be walls on our sidewalks too. You do not know them; I know them. They once decided in a meeting to build walls in Tehran and create female and male sidewalks, just as they issued a gender-segregation directive in their workplace." According to Hamdeli, Hassan Rouhani emphasized that "we do not want monopolists. We do not want those who sit behind desks and issue orders. Our path is peaceful coexistence among Iranian ethnicities," urging his supporters to go to the polls with 11 others. The Aftab Yazd newspaper dedicated its front page photo and title to examining the change in Hassan Rouhani's tone in his election speeches, evaluating it as "the end of tolerance with rivals." This newspaper posed the question: "Why does Hassan Rouhani speak more boldly in his recent speeches?" It wrote: "There is a hypothesis that Hassan Rouhani based his election strategy on logic, reasoning, performance reports, and explaining his future government's programs, but upon observing the provocations of his rivals for victory, he changed his strategy and adopted a different approach. An approach in which he speaks boldly about unspoken secrets." Azar Mansouri, spokesperson for the Union of Islamic Iran Party, told Aftab Yazd: "This was part of the demand from Mr. Rouhani's voter base, particularly in speeches, rallies, and public gatherings, to show this clarity of expression and to clarify his views, which leads to delineation from other rivals." The Etemad newspaper also titled "The Emergence of Rouhani 96" wrote: "Now Hassan Rouhani speaks more explicitly than before and warns. It seems that the process that the elections have gone through until today has made him more concerned about the future of the country, worried about the policies his rivals are nurturing, and sometimes resorting to behaviors that are not very commendable to undermine Rouhani." This newspaper emphasized that for the past two days "Hassan Rouhani has opened his mouth and is speaking more openly than ever, warning against violence and extremism. He talks about the eight-year record of the principlists in the previous government and the prohibitions that have cost the country dearly." The Javan newspaper, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, pointed out that "Rouhani on Tuesday raised his voice and expression to a peak," writing that "this is a pre-written program for Rouhani that has been set up in a secret headquarters for him, and Rouhani is supposed to gradually scare the people from his electoral rivals by making accusations that leave no opportunity for response. However, it seemed that the main fear was in the heart of the speaker of these words, who seemed completely worried about something, such as declining votes or revelations in the upcoming economic debate, and this rise in voice indicates deep fear." The Shargh newspaper, in its main headline, focused on a report from the Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly about the "consequences of cash handouts," writing that "the subsidy promises from two candidates pose serious risks to the economy, which experts warn about almost every day; however, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Ebrahim Raisi, the two presidential candidates, still do not listen. Now, after Ali Larijani, the Speaker of the Parliament, Kazem Jalali, the head of the Research Center of the Parliament, has also entered the field and warned about the dangers of increasing subsidies." According to this newspaper, the Research Center, in a detailed study on "helicopter distribution of subsidies," pointed out its destructive effects on inflation and predicted that "based on the population (decile) in the first year of subsidy increase by the candidates, in case of tripling the subsidies, meaning 150,000 tomans, for the entire population of 80 million, inflation will rise to 29.6 percent, and the dark days of rising prices will begin again. This is, of course, in the case of a threefold increase in subsidies. Now, if Qalibaf insists on his initial claim of increasing subsidies to 250,000 tomans, the inflation rate will rise to 41.9 percent. Something close to the inflation rate during Ahmadinejad's era, which was officially reported at around 45 percent." The Citizen newspaper also wrote under the headline "More Subsidies Equal More Inflation" quoting Hamid Reza Baradaran Sharaka, an economist, stating: "Currently, there is no specific source for such payments unless the prices of goods used by people increase accordingly." This economist emphasized that "a significant percentage of the proposals that candidates present in debates are not executable and are more like empty promises." Saeed Leilaz, an economic expert, also told the Citizen newspaper: "Anyone can increase cash subsidies for different segments of society, but on the condition that for every 50,000 tomans of cash subsidy, there will be a thousand tomans increase in the price of the dollar, therefore, increasing cash subsidies to 250,000 tomans requires the dollar price to reach 8,000 tomans." This newspaper also reported with the title "Electoral Deal with the Poor" quoting Hadi Haqshenas, an economic expert, referring to the "instrumental use of the poor," stating that "the complex and corrupt structure of the country's economy and the negligible share of the poor from national resources" has caused "political figures to take advantage of the opportunity and try to achieve their goals by proposing unprofessional promises. In these circumstances, national interests become less important, and personal interests take their place." Kayhan, in its first headline, contrary to most newspapers that criticized the electoral promises of the two principlist candidates, wrote: "Some individuals in villages and deprived areas threaten people in such a way that the current government will definitely be two-stage and will win again, and if your vote is not for this government, the budget and subsidies for the villages will be cut." This newspaper, in another article about "the demands of the people and the colorful slogans of the candidates," wrote that "the people" have told this newspaper: "When we look into our pockets, the deceptive slogans fade away." Yadollah Javani, head of the political office of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a note titled "Target Point in the Display of Underground Missile Cities" in the Javan newspaper wrote: "If during the nuclear negotiations and in the text of the JCPOA, Iran accepted no limitations on its defense power and missile program, why should we introduce the display of underground missile cities as a factor disrupting the JCPOA?" The author of this note, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reminded that Hassan Rouhani stated during the second election debate: "Where we wanted to disrupt the JCPOA; we saw what they did, they came and showed how they displayed underground cities to disrupt the JCPOA." Yadollah Javani accused Hassan Rouhani of making statements contrary to national security and wrote: "If the JCPOA has a document and that document has been published, in this published document, Iran accepted no limitations except in the nuclear issue. If this is the case, which it is, why did Mr. Rouhani make that unrealistic claim and contrary to national security during the election debates? If the Americans want to refer to this statement one day and say that you yourself considered these matters, building and displaying underground cities, missile launches, as contrary to the JCPOA and a factor violating the JCPOA, what will our response be?"