Meeting of a Reformist Group with Two Members of the Guardian Council

The newspaper Etemad in its front page on Thursday titled "Rumor of Disqualification, Promising Meeting" wrote: "Simultaneously with the rumor of a purging action against the list supported by Mohammad Khatami, the President of the Reformist Government, a group of reformists had a reassuring meeting with Mohammad Yazdi and Mohammad Momen, two members of the Guardian Council." The newspaper Iran, close to the government, published photos of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's meeting with Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar al-Assad, stating that Zarif emphasized Tehran's support for Lebanese-Lebanese dialogue during his visit to Lebanon and subsequently traveled from Beirut to Damascus for consultations regarding Iran's new version for resolving the Syrian crisis, meeting with Bashar al-Assad and Walid Muallem on Wednesday afternoon. This newspaper emphasized that a significant portion of these discussions focused on consultations regarding the four-point revised plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran for resolving the Syrian crisis, a plan whose details are not disclosed to any of the international parties involved until its unveiling. The newspaper Javan, close to the Revolutionary Guards, also dedicated its front page photo to Mohammad Javad Zarif's meeting with Hassan Nasrallah, describing it as a "renewal of commitment to resistance four weeks after the JCPOA" and quoting the foreign minister of Hassan Rouhani's government as saying: "I assure you that Iran will always remain alongside the resistance of Palestine and Lebanon." The newspaper Jahane San'at reported on the continued rise in the prices of essential goods, emphasizing that "the price increases never end," stating that according to the Central Bank's report, "the year-on-year changes in food prices" up to the week ending August 7 show that "in the past year, the price of dairy products increased by 5.3%, rice by 9.1%, legumes by 20.5%, fresh fruits by 8.2%, fresh vegetables by 13.3%, red meat by 7.6%, sugar by 5%, tea by 3.5%, and vegetable oil by 0.9%" while "the price of eggs decreased by 6.1% and vegetable oil by 0.9%." The newspaper Aftab Yazd reported on the opening of a "stunning land-grabbing case in the Hirkan Pass" in the Economic Corruption Combat Headquarters, emphasizing that the traces of some former government ministers, representatives, and officials have been seen in this land grabbing, and some of them have also become owners of villas in this area. The newspaper Shahrevand a few weeks before the new school year began published a report about "the causes of repeated student incidents" with the headline "The Unsafe Path from Home to School," stating: Although in large cities, the issue of student transport accidents may not be very noticeable, in smaller cities, it is more evident; cities that not only lack suitable transport for students but also the distance that these individuals must travel to school is not standard. The newspaper Shargh in its front page on Thursday reported the publication of a letter from the "Hashemi family," stating: In this letter published on Wednesday, it was mentioned: After the execution of Mahdi Hashemi's sentence, which was carried out voluntarily and without notification, and with the complete restraint of his family to maintain social calm, the publication of images of Ayatollah Hashemi's farewell with his son, recorded by some youths or family companions at that scene via mobile phone and published on social networks, led to criticisms from some officials. Although there is much discussion about this sentence and how the judicial proceedings and the determination of the judge and sentence were conducted, as Ayatollah Hashemi stated, in order to avoid creating tension and controversy in the country on the eve of the nuclear agreement implementation, they choose to remain silent, and the Hashemi family also follows his example by keeping silent about the thousands of unspoken points and words regarding this case." This newspaper simultaneously referred to the reaction of the first vice president and the spokesperson of the judiciary to the "activities of the Hashemi family" and quoted Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei as saying: "If Mahdi Hashemi claims that he has been wronged, using this word is also a crime and constitutes defamation." "Rumor of Disqualification; Promising Meeting"; the meeting of a reformist group with two members of the Guardian Council. The newspaper Etemad in its front page on Thursday titled "Rumor of Disqualification, Promising Meeting" wrote: "Simultaneously with the rumor of a purging action against the list supported by the President of the Reformist Government, a group of reformists had a reassuring meeting with Mohammad Yazdi and Mohammad Momen, two members of the Guardian Council." This newspaper, due to the prohibition of mentioning "Mohammad Khatami," referred to him in its report as "the President of the Reformist Government" and wrote: "The countdown to the tenth term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly has begun, while the Guardian Council, as the most important supervisory body for this significant event, is rarely a day without responding to the mental outpourings of some hardliners in the parliament who issue orders for the disqualification of certain individuals. One day, news comes of a long list of reformists that this council intends to disqualify, and the next day, the council announces its approval of those supported by the President of the Reformist Government." Etemad reported that following the publication of these news items, Nejatollah Ebrahimi, the spokesperson for the Guardian Council, "who has always responded to the doubts raised by some regarding the positions of this council on the approval and disqualification of candidates, this time deemed the news about the disqualification of individuals supported by the President of the Reformist Government as nothing more than a rumor." Nejatollah Ebrahimi stated regarding the news published about the disqualification of candidates supported by Mohammad Khatami: "I have not heard such a rumor until now. However, there are many ifs and buts before the elections, and we cannot respond to these assumptions and ifs every day." The newspaper Etemad simultaneously reported that Mohsen Rahami, the Secretary-General of the Islamic Association of University Instructors, provided details about the meeting with Mohammad Yazdi and Mohammad Momen, two members of the Guardian Council, stating that "the meeting, accompanied by the emphasis of Ayatollah Yazdi and Ayatollah Momen on fully adhering to the legal framework regarding the approval of qualifications, was considered a positive achievement for the reformists." According to this newspaper, "Mohsen Rahami, who met with Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi and Ayatollah Momen from the jurists of the Guardian Council along with members of the Association of University Instructors, stated that in this meeting, 'we emphasized that clean, honest, and specialized individuals should enter the parliament so that the tenth parliament would be a symbol of national consensus and the presence of all tastes. We also emphasized that the Supreme Leader belongs to all factions and various tastes in the country. Therefore, the Assembly of Experts should also consist of different political and social classes so that everyone feels represented in the Assembly of Experts.'" Mohsen Rahami regarding the positions of Mohammad Yazdi and Mohammad Momen in the meeting with the members of the Islamic Association of University Instructors stated that "both of these esteemed figures welcomed this meeting and emphasized the cooperation between the seminary and the university to solve the problems of society. Ayatollah Yazdi also emphasized that regarding the approval of qualifications, they will definitely act within the framework of the law and assured that clean and honest individuals who accept Islam and the system and adhere to the views of Imam and the Leader will be approved for qualifications." According to the Secretary-General of the Islamic Association of University Instructors, in this meeting, "Ayatollah Mohammad Momen" also emphasized that "political views will not interfere in the approval of qualifications, stating that in the correction of the exam papers for the Assembly of Experts, the correctors do not know the name of the examinee, and thus political and social inclinations do not interfere in the examinations." Mohsen Rahami also stated that in this meeting, "we conveyed ways to achieve national consensus and agreement to Ayatollah Yazdi and Momen, and our effort is to invite all people to the polls considering the regional crises and to create this belief among people that the only way to achieve the goals is through the ballot boxes." The Secretary-General of the Islamic Association of University Instructors emphasized that in this meeting, they spoke about "the problems that arose after the 2009 elections and stated that just as we were able to solve our problems with the world through dialogue, we should also solve the problems that arose since 2009 through dialogue," emphasizing that "we in this meeting stressed that we do not insist that the next parliament be in the hands of reformists, but our effort is to form a parliament with the presence of specialists from various fields." "The Price Increases Never End" The newspaper Jahane San'at reported on the continued rise in the prices of essential goods, emphasizing that "the price increases never end," stating that the Central Bank announced the average price of essential goods in the week ending August 7, 2015, and according to this report, during this period, the prices of four groups of food increased compared to the previous week, while the prices of three other groups decreased, and of course, the prices of four groups remained unchanged. This newspaper quoted the Central Bank's report stating: "In the past week, the price of rice increased by 0.1%, legumes by 2%, fresh vegetables by 5.7%, and red meat by 0.4%, while the prices of eggs decreased by 2.1%, fresh fruits by 4.3%, and chicken meat by 0.5%, and during this period, the prices of dairy products, sugar, tea, and vegetable oil remained stable." According to the newspaper Jahane San'at, the Central Bank's report also mentioned the "year-on-year changes in food prices" until the week ending August 7, indicating that "the Central Bank's investigations into the price changes of essential goods over the past year show that the price of dairy products increased by 5.3%, rice by 9.1%, legumes by 20.5%, fresh fruits by 8.2%, fresh vegetables by 13.3%, red meat by 7.6%, sugar by 5%, tea by 3.5%, and vegetable oil by 0.9%" while during the past year, "the price of eggs decreased by 6.1% and vegetable oil by 0.9%." This newspaper reminded that "recently the government announced a six percent price increase for 18 essential goods, following which manufacturers began to raise their product prices, which faced protests from the public and the Organization for the Support of Producers and Consumers, and subsequently, the government announced to prevent chaos that this price increase would only be possible with the official permission of the Organization for the Support of Consumers and Producers." Jahane San'at pointed out the request of "sugar-producing factories for a 14% price increase" and the request of oil-producing factories for an increase in oil product prices, stating: "Last week, the Organization for the Support finally agreed to a five percent price increase for oil, while the global price of oil is decreasing day by day." This newspaper particularly noted the "chaos in the dairy market," stating: "While the government, to prevent losses for dairy farmers, had decided to increase the price of raw milk, after this decision, it faced continuous protests from dairy factories regarding their inability to purchase raw milk at the new price. In this context, the government, which itself faced financial constraints in providing subsidies to farmers and the production sector, made a strange decision to allow a ten percent price increase for dairy products, while officials had promised that not only would there be no price increase in dairy products, but we should also expect a decrease in the prices of dairy products." Jahane San'at also wrote: "These price increases have raised concerns among economic actors about whether, in the current economic conditions where the income of social classes has not increased, people will be able to afford essential goods with the existing price increases or should we expect the shrinking of people's tables in the near future?" "Stunning Land-Grabbing Case in Hirkan Pass" The newspaper Aftab Yazd reported on the opening of a "stunning land-grabbing case in Hirkan Pass" in the Economic Corruption Combat Headquarters. This newspaper reported that in a meeting on Tuesday, the Economic Corruption Combat Headquarters discussed the "land-grabbing case in Hirkan Pass," and "a team was sent to investigate the status of the 'Hirkan Pass' case" to provide a report on this land grabbing, and according to Ezzatollah Youssefian Molla, a supervisory member of the parliament in the Economic Corruption Combat Headquarters, "it is planned that in the next meeting of this headquarters, the mentioned report will be read and decisions will be made regarding the case." The newspaper Aftab Yazd quoted Ezzatollah Youssefian stating that in the land-grabbing case in Hirkan Pass, "the names of some former representatives and also senior government officials are seen" and in the land grabbing in Hirkan Pass, "initially, national lands were occupied, and then billion-dollar constructions were carried out on them." The supervisory member of the parliament in the Economic Corruption Combat Headquarters expressed regret that some officials identify pleasant climate areas in the country and take action to occupy them, stating: "In certain periods, the focus was on Kelardasht, but today it seems that everyone is heading towards Hirkan Pass." The newspaper Aftab Yazd emphasized that "the words of Ezzatollah Youssefian Molla not only indicate the violations of officials in Hirkan Pass but also suggest that land grabbing among officials has become institutionalized, with only the location and area of land grabbing changing." This newspaper, referring to "the traces of former government ministers in the land grabbing of Hirkan Pass," quoted Safar Naeimi Rez, a representative of Astara and a member of the National Security Commission of the parliament, stating: "Most of these land grabbers started during one of the parliament representatives' terms, and after that, the former government officials from the ninth and tenth administrations entered the Hirkan Pass through this representative, and in fact, he was the reason for the entry of former government officials into the land grabbing issue in this area." The representative of Astara in the ninth parliament also told the newspaper Aftab Yazd that one of the former parliament representatives "has seized many lands in this region" and "while the lands of Hirkan Pass were being occupied...