Iran Rejects UN Committee Resolution on 'Prohibition of Child Marriage'

The Khorasan newspaper reported on its front page on Thursday about the 'important tax resolution of the parliament' and the cancellation of tax exemptions for 'economic enterprises of the armed forces, Astan Quds Razavi, and the Executive Headquarters of Imam's Command'. The Etemad newspaper published a report on the 'unsuccessful attempts to revoke the credentials of Ali Motahari' by some representatives close to the Stability Front in the ninth parliament, stating: 'The dispute over 'credentials' has intensified; Ali Motahari challenged the legitimacy of the government's opponents' decisions, and they challenged his representation credentials.' The Kargozaran newspaper reported that with the increase in bread prices, the burden of this inflation has fallen on substitute goods in household baskets. Ali Iranpour, a member of the Agricultural Commission of the ninth parliament, told this newspaper: 'With the increase in bread prices, families are forced to spend more on bread and reduce spending on other food items such as fruits, dairy, and meat proteins, which threatens their welfare and health in the long run.' The Etemad newspaper reported that 'Iran has rejected the UN Human Rights Committee's resolution on the prohibition of child marriage.' Mohammad Ali Esfahani, a member of the Judicial Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, emphasized the 'incompatibility' of this resolution 'with Islamic law', stating: 'Every country has certain obligations for itself; it is not possible to unconditionally join all the world's protocols. The fact that this resolution prohibits marriage under 18 years is problematic in itself.' The Javan newspaper published the reaction of the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the remarks of the Islamic Republic's foreign minister on its front page. This newspaper wrote that Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of the IRGC, 'in the sidelines of the Supreme Policy-Making Council of the Armed Forces, reacted to the recent remarks of Mohammad Javad Zarif, stating that 'after negotiations, the Islamic Republic of Iran has become safer', saying: 'Iran's security is based on its revolutionary and popular structure, not on nuclear negotiations.' This newspaper also published a report on the remarks of the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare regarding the annual addition of 60,000 people to the number of disabled in Iran, stating: 'Ali Rabiei's remarks and statistics raise several questions and overlooked points', including that 'the two disasters of 'road accidents and fatalities' and 'deaths due to lack of safety in workshop environments' are among the main reasons for the increase in the number of disabled in Iran. The Iran newspaper reported that on Thursday, a ceremony was held for the inauguration of the transit railway line of the eastern Caspian Sea with the presence of the presidents of Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. This newspaper referred to this railway line as 'the communication bridge from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf', stating: 'The eastern Caspian Sea transit railway line is 920 kilometers long and serves as a north-south rail corridor from the city of Ozen in Kazakhstan to the city of Gorgan in Golestan province. About 85 kilometers of this railway is located in Iranian territory, 700 kilometers in Turkmenistan, and 140 kilometers in Kazakhstan. With the operation of this railway route, the transportation route for global trade between the East (from China to Central Asia) and the West, especially Western Europe, has been reduced by about 10,000 kilometers.' The Resalat newspaper reported on its front page that Sadegh Larijani, the head of the judiciary, stated: 'Some judicial opinions are a disgrace to the judiciary.' The Farhikhtegan newspaper, in a report titled 'A Different 16th of Azar', quoted Zia Hashemi, the cultural and social deputy of the Ministry of Science, as saying: 'Student Day is one of the most important days for students and their ministry, so we want to hold this day as magnificently as possible while remaining calm and without controversy.'