Morning Without Sanctions

The newspaper Etemad in its second edition described "1 AM on January 17" as the "historic moment of the official announcement of the implementation of the JCPOA" and referred to Sunday morning as "morning without sanctions." The government-aligned newspaper Iran emphasized the "collapse of sanctions" and quoted Hassan Rouhani stating, "The JCPOA has reached its conclusion." This newspaper stressed that "after 13 years, the nuclear crisis has led to a diplomatic victory," quoting a joint statement from Zarif and Mogherini: "This achievement clearly proves that with political will, perseverance, and through multilateral diplomacy, we can resolve the most difficult issues and find realistic solutions that can be effectively implemented. This is a decisive and hopeful message that the international community should keep in mind in our efforts to build a safer world." Former diplomat and current university professor Ali Khorram wrote in a note in the newspaper Shargh that "the consequences of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the 1+5 group were so vast and profound that perhaps few imagined witnessing such decisive changes in the Middle East." The newspaper Ebrar reported on its front page that the U.S. President has simultaneously authorized the sale of airplanes to Iran with the commencement of the JCPOA's implementation. The newspaper Qanoon published a cartoon of Mohammad Javad Zarif and John Kerry, the foreign ministers of Iran and the U.S., and stated on its front page: "We are free." The newspaper Shahrevand, which in its first edition reported on the "exchange of 11 prisoners between Iran and the U.S.," noted that this "exchange" occurred simultaneously with the commencement of the JCPOA's implementation and was made "by the decision of the high-ranking authorities of both countries," stating in its second edition's headline: "With the commencement of the JCPOA, sanctions have turned to dust." The newspaper Kayhan wrote on its front page: "The day of implementation is here, it is time for promises to be fulfilled" and emphasized that "with the arrival of the day of JCPOA implementation, it is time for the fulfillment of promises, numerous and detailed promises that have been contingent on the lifting of sanctions since the election of the new government." The newspaper Resalat, another newspaper close to the principlists, quoted "economic activists" on its front page stating: "Do not expect an economic miracle." The newspaper Vatan-e Emruz, close to the Steadfast Front, described the implementation of the JCPOA as a "nuclear retreat" and wrote: "The cement that was injected into the heart of the Arak reactor completed the last link in Iran's chain of commitments for a historic nuclear retreat." The newspaper Farhikhtegan published a report about "disqualification speculations," stating: "Despite the fact that the Guardian Council was supposed to announce the names of the approved candidates by the end of working hours yesterday, this did not happen on time. At 3 PM, the governor's office reported that they had not yet received any statistics from the Guardian Council in this regard. However, speculations about approvals and disqualifications were hot." The newspaper Javan, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported on its Sunday issue the disqualification of two-thirds of the candidates for the tenth round of the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections but simultaneously described this election as "the most competitive election in history." Meanwhile, the newspaper Arman also reported on the results of the candidate qualification review in the Guardian Council's supervisory boards, stating that "about 42 percent of the candidates for the tenth round of the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections were approved in the provincial supervisory boards" and "the qualifications of about 30 percent of candidates were not verified and about 25 percent of candidates were disqualified." The newspaper Resalat in its editorial titled "Color Revolution or Soft Overthrow" wrote: "The lack of a clear stance from reformists regarding the movements and figures that sought to overthrow in 2009 means that they still want to enter the scene with a mixed combination of overthrowers and reformists and utilize the social capital of both movements." This newspaper emphasized that "this strategy, if considered a mistake in 2009, is undoubtedly an open and deliberate betrayal this year." The newspaper Jahan San'at focused on the remarks of Mohammad Hossein Maqimi, the political deputy of the Ministry of Interior, regarding the elections, quoting him as saying: "According to the law, no organization or institution other than the Ministry of Interior and the Guardian Council is allowed to interfere in elections; therefore, no armed force can claim that the supervisory or executive boards performed their duties correctly or not." However, Mohammad Hossein Maqimi stated that "individuals affiliated with armed forces have no responsibility in elections, but if they wish, they can express their opinions as individuals, not as military personnel." "Morning Without Sanctions" The newspaper Etemad in its second edition described "1 AM on January 17" as the "historic moment of the official announcement of the implementation of the JCPOA" and referred to Sunday morning as "morning without sanctions." Editor-in-chief Javad Deliri wrote in a note in this newspaper: "Last night, the people of Islamic Iran laid their heads down more comfortably than ever before to begin the morning without sanctions as dawn broke from the horizon. Yes, finally at 1 AM today, the wall of sanctions collapsed." The columnist of Etemad pointed out that "countless hours and minutes filled with anxiety were spent in this campaign to steer the disagreement that was pushing Iranian society towards the dark alley of war towards the path of peace," writing that Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Javad Zarif, with the support and backing of the leader of the revolution, did not heed the recommendations of the Taliban for confrontation and conflict, nor did they leave it to the whims of events and time. They took a third path that the world today labels as engagement and rationality, and now "Hassan Rouhani and his companions, in pursuit of the logic of nuclear dialogue, have achieved all three auspicious products of negotiation: securing national interests, lifting accusations, and proving the honesty of Islamic Iran." Etemad, while recalling that "before January 17, it was hard to believe that Iran's international isolation would be broken, but it finally became possible and Iran's global isolation was shattered," wrote: "It is now a reality that Iran is gradually emerging from the nightmare of sanctions chains. From today, a harder but more hopeful era begins. This morning, when the key holders open the shops in the market and the pulse of Istanbul Square begins to flow, and simultaneously the turbulence of the glass room of Hafez shakes, a new path for Iran's economy opens. From today, the process of Iran's economic exchanges in the global market will also return to a state of 'normalcy' and no one will worry about economic transactions with Iran anymore." Etemad, referring to Hassan Rouhani's statement that "now it is time for politics to subsidize the economy," wrote: "Thus, the country must pass through this turning point, and this passage requires serious political will from the senior officials of the country. The other side of this matter is in domestic politics. The elections in the upcoming month of Esfand and the executive and supervisory process of it, such as the qualification reviews and preparing the ground for the maximum and magnificent presence of all social classes like in the 2013 elections, can provide this subsidy to the economy and complete the unfinished path of that election." The columnist of Etemad emphasized that "the nuclear agreement can be considered a sign of a new path in political practice," referring to it as a way in which "Iran and Iranians speak to the world with a new language and logic, and past skepticism and bitterness give way to a sense of competition and cooperation. At this stage, the Iranian citizen and politician no longer want any government or country to feel threatened by their increasing power." Etemad emphasized that "breaking the barrier, removing the country's economy from the whirlpool of continuous global sanctions, and ultimately proving the logic and ethos of the peace-seeking Iranians" have all been the miracle of the return of rationality to diplomacy and national cooperation for resolving the nuclear issue, writing: "Now it is time to repeat this experience in the post-JCPOA period domestically so that the wall of distrust between factions is removed, the people's frustration with extremism and false disputes comes to an end, and the comfort and tranquility of the people is reborn under the shadow of reforms and moderation so that Iran and Iranians can be what they should be." Regional and international implications of the implementation of the nuclear agreement Ali Khorram, a former diplomat and current university professor, wrote in a note in the newspaper Shargh: "The consequences of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the 1+5 group were so vast and profound that perhaps few imagined witnessing such decisive changes in the Middle East." The columnist of Shargh stated that "in Iran and the U.S., internal groups and opponents of the government did everything they could to prevent the nuclear agreement from being reached and then implemented," writing that "these internal oppositions had a wide and extensive spectrum." Ali Khorram wrote that "some in Iran did not want the shortcomings of the ninth and tenth governments in managing the country, especially in foreign policy, economy, and industry, to become evident and how, with incorrect interpretations and misguided strategies, they brought the country to the United Nations Security Council and, with the necessary resolutions, trapped Iran with international political and economic-industrial sanctions; while the path of the nuclear industry did not necessarily have to go through confrontation and conflict," and of course, "some in the U.S. did not want the government arising from their rival party, the Democrats, to succeed." This newspaper pointed out that "the commonality of both groups of opponents was their fundamental contradiction with their own current government, which was miraculously approaching the gates of success," writing: "In Iran, Dr. Rouhani's government managed to leave behind the military confrontation view with the U.S. and utilize diplomatic art and constructive foreign policy," and "in the U.S., the government managed to overcome traditional problems and sworn enemies of Iran in an atmosphere of accusations and suspicion and reach an unbelievable agreement with Iran that saved the U.S. from entering another war in the Middle East and peacefully ended one of the historical and political crises of the world." The columnist of Shargh, however, wrote that "the regional and international opponents of the nuclear agreement were also powerful enough and made great efforts to prevent the agreement between Iran and the 1+5 group and then its implementation," but now "it can be said with confidence that none of the opponents' designs could create any disruption in the path of JCPOA implementation; therefore, the nuclear agreement is moving towards its realization amid winding paths and a multitude of internal and external problems." The cold view of principlist newspapers on the commencement of JCPOA implementation The newspaper Kayhan wrote on its front page: "The day of implementation is here, it is time for promises to be fulfilled" and emphasized that "with the arrival of the day of JCPOA implementation, it is time for the fulfillment of promises, numerous and detailed promises that have been contingent on the lifting of sanctions since the election of the new government." This newspaper, which has been opposed to the nuclear agreement, wrote: "With the arrival of the day of JCPOA implementation, it is time for promises to be fulfilled, promises that have been contingent on the lifting of sanctions and the economic opening of the country since the election of the new government, and today there seems to be no excuse left." Kayhan emphasized that "despite the fact that the President had made 100-day promises in his pre-election campaign to solve the country's problems, the failure to fulfill these promises, given the sanctions that were daily cited by government officials as the sole reason for the country's problems, seemed natural; however, now with the arrival of the day of JCPOA implementation, which has been postponed to Sunday, there is no excuse left, and it is time for promises to be fulfilled, and it is expected that no new excuses will arise over time that the numerous promises whose implementation has been contingent on the JCPOA have not yet been removed from the media outputs." The newspaper Resalat, another newspaper close to the principlists, quoted "economic activists" on its front page stating: "Do not expect an economic miracle." This newspaper quoted Majid Reza Hariri, the vice president of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce, as saying: "Therefore, we should not expect miracles after the sanctions are lifted; rather, activities must take place in the Iranian economy that reform the economic foundations and create a favorable business environment." This economic activist told Resalat: "Just as during the sanctions, the real effects of the sanctions became evident with a 6-month to 1-year delay in the Iranian economy, similarly, when the sanctions are lifted, the major impacts of the lifting of sanctions can be observed in the medium term; thus, in the short term and immediately, there may be hope injected into the markets and stability in the markets, but the formation of these effects is merely psychological and will not have numerical and quantitative impacts on the Iranian economy." This newspaper also quoted Mojtaba Khosrowtaj, the deputy of the Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade, stating: "The effects of lifting sanctions in various banking sectors, industrial-commercial collaborations, and technical knowledge transfers can be witnessed over a one-year timeline; however, with the lifting of sanctions, we will certainly have new markets in the export sector that we have been deprived of during the years of sanctions." The newspaper Vatan-e Emruz, close to the Steadfast Front, titled its front page "The Beginning of Verification" and wrote: "With the completion of Iran's commitments, the era of fulfilling the promises of the 1+5 in the JCPOA has begun." This newspaper described the implementation of the JCPOA as a "nuclear retreat" and wrote: "The cement that was injected into the heart of the Arak reactor completed the last link in Iran's chain of commitments for a historic nuclear retreat." Vatan-e Emruz pointed out that "the collection of centrifuges in Natanz and Fordow, the transfer of nearly 11 tons of enriched uranium to...