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The newspaper Qanoon has a report on the statements of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly during his trip to New York, evaluating Ali Larijani's remarks as a 'positive and conditional message to America.' Hamid Reza Taraghi, the international deputy of the Islamic Coalition Party, assessed Larijani's statements, saying, 'The main point [of Larijani] is not contrary to the policies of the Islamic Republic, but given the strategy of the United States, it does not seem that the policies of Iran and the U.S. will progress in a way that we can coexist with them.' The newspaper Qanoon quotes Hoshmatollah Falahatpisheh, stating, 'If the JCPOA is implemented well, there is a possibility of adjusting relations between Iran and America,' but 'if a problem arises, then it can be said that relations will become more difficult,' although 'in my opinion, the improvement of relations is on the horizon.' The newspaper Etemad published a design about the death of 'Aylan,' the Syrian refugee child, by Jamal Rahmati on the front page of its Tuesday issue, stating, 'The world is ashamed of Aylan.' This newspaper emphasized that the heartbreaking photo of Aylan's corpse and 'his minimal story that can be summed up in a few sentences is just one of the 15,123 children who lost their lives in the Syrian civil war.' The newspaper Shargh did not publish a photo or design of the Syrian refugee child but reported under the headline 'The Most Beautiful Drowning Victim in the World,' stating that the image of Aylan's lifeless body 'has sparked a wave of sympathy for Syrian refugees. Many European governments criticize that they have not made enough efforts to help solve this crisis,' and the Independent also wrote, 'If this child's image does not change the positions of European countries regarding refugees, then what will change it?' The newspaper Javan, close to the Revolutionary Guards, also wrote, 'The influx of a new wave of refugees towards European countries has become a challenge for EU politicians and has led to confusion among the leaders of this union.' The newspaper Aftab Yazd emphasized that 'the crisis of the migration wave to Europe should serve as a historical lesson and warning for our society,' criticizing the neglect of drought and water scarcity and the increasing class divide in Iran, stating, 'Now our drought-stricken country is awaiting a relatively long period of climatic tension, and as a consequence, it may be that the flow of unwanted migrations will engulf the entire island of isolation and welfare of the affluent layers and perhaps everyone.' This newspaper wrote, 'Let us believe that building a house full of prosperity in the midst of a fire of deprivation will yield nothing but insecurity for ourselves.' The newspaper Arman dedicated a photo of itself to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and reported that he emphasized the importance of the Assembly of Experts and the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections during a meeting with members of the Central Council of the Moderation and Development Party, stating, 'Everyone must participate in these elections.' The newspaper Aftab Yazd, in its front page headline referring to 'the President's warning to Mr. Minister,' wrote: Following the harsh remarks of Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, regarding the 'No to Iranian Zero Cars' campaign, 'a lot of uproar was created to the extent that the President personally intervened and warned the minister,' and after this warning, the Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade 'apologized to the people and instructed automakers to seek to improve the quality of their products.' The newspaper Resalat, in its front page headline, focused on the statements of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic during a meeting with the members of the Assembly of Experts, quoting him as saying, 'The Assembly should not be sidelined from reviewing the JCPOA.' This newspaper, while publishing images of the 'Sardar-e-Iqtedar Tharallah' exercise, described the holding of this exercise as 'sending a message of the Islamic Republic of Iran's power to the enemies of the revolution.' The newspaper Ebrar, in its front page headline, quoted Shahindokht Molaverdi, Deputy of Hassan Rouhani in Women's and Family Affairs, stating, 'The age of addiction among girls has reached 13 years.' The newspaper Shargh reported that 'the elections of the Engineering System this time have become 'controversial' and 'the dispute between the defenders of the independence of the Engineering System Organization as an executor and its opponents who, like previous years, are inclined to the presence of supervisory bodies such as municipalities and city councils in these elections has escalated to the point that now defenders of the second group have filed their complaint against the Minister of Roads and Urban Development to the Court of Administrative Justice.' The newspaper Iran, while publishing an interview with 'Saleh Adibi,' the first Sunni ambassador of Iran to Cambodia and Vietnam, quoted him as saying, 'I voted for Rouhani in the elections and am a moderate reformist in terms of ideology. My views align with the government's plans for hope and prudence. Moreover, during the years of war and jihad and in service to the system and revolution, I have done everything I could. My family is known in Kurdistan for their affinity for the system.' The newspapers Kayhan and Vatan-e-Emruz in their front page headlines quoted the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic as saying, 'If sanctions are not lifted, no deal will happen,' and the newspapers Javan quoted Ali Khamenei as saying, 'The Assembly should not be sidelined from the JCPOA.' 'Positive and Conditional Message from Ali Larijani to America' The newspaper Qanoon has a report on the statements of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly during his trip to New York, evaluating Ali Larijani's remarks as a 'positive and conditional message to America.' This newspaper wrote: 'After Hassan Rouhani's meeting with Philip Hammond and the Iranian President's statements that we believe we should not remain in historical pasts, now it is Ali Larijani's turn, the principlist Speaker of the Assembly, to hear different remarks from him these days while in New York, America. In an interview with National Public Radio, Ali Larijani referred to the relations between the two countries and, like Rouhani, stated that we should not remain in the past and that changing approaches is possible.' The newspaper Qanoon noted that the Speaker of the Ninth Assembly, during his trip to New York, 'criticizing the previous approach of America towards Iran,' said, 'I am not saying that we should remain in the past, but at the same time, we should not seek romantic solutions, and if the Americans correct their behavior, it is possible to talk in Iran.' This newspaper emphasized that 'this part of Ali Larijani's remarks may not be new, but the tone of his words is certainly different from the past. The positive signals from Ali Larijani for a change in Iran-U.S. relations are more evident when he refers to the nuclear agreement, stating that overall I agree with the nuclear document and believe that this document can be used for the next steps.' The newspaper Qanoon also implicitly referred to the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly's mention of the possibility of exchanging Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist, describing these remarks as part of 'Ali Larijani's positive approach,' stating, 'Ali Larijani's positive and clear approach does not end here, and in response to an NPR reporter who referred to the detention of Jason Rezaian, asking if there is a political solution for his case, he said, 'Of course, there are practical ways. For example, a number of Iranians are imprisoned here; certainly, for issues like this, solutions can be reached. I think your politicians know those ways.' According to this newspaper, Ali Larijani responded to the question of 'Is it possible for something similar to the prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Cuba last December to happen for Iranian and American prisoners as well?' by saying, 'That is also one way.' Qanoon emphasized that 'this proposal and its acceptance' by the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly comes at a time when 'Cuba and America resumed and normalized their diplomatic relations after their prisoner exchange in December 2014 and eventually reopened their embassies in both countries in August 2015.' Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Ninth Assembly, evaluating Ali Larijani's remarks to Qanoon, stated that the Islamic Republic, apart from Israel, 'seeks peaceful relations with all countries,' but 'we have conditions' and 'our conditions are that this country should free our demands and assets and not interfere in our affairs.' Hamid Reza Taraghi, the international deputy of the Islamic Coalition Party, also evaluating Ali Larijani's remarks to Qanoon, said, 'This statement is not new and was also expressed during [Ayatollah Khomeini's] time,' and 'the main point does not contradict the policies of the Islamic Republic, but given the strategy of the United States, it does not seem that the policies of Iran and the U.S. will progress in a way that we can coexist with them.' However, Hoshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a former member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, stated that 'unprecedented conditions have formed in Iran-U.S. relations, and both sides are sending different messages to each other. We witness that the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] in a meeting with the Experts states that our officials should respond appropriately to the statements of American politicians, and on the other hand, Ali Larijani in New York tries to present a positive conditional message to the Americans so that a behavioral change occurs, and Iran also places behavioral change on its agenda.' According to Hoshmatollah Falahatpisheh, 'On the other side, it is similar, and individuals like Barack Obama and John Kerry speak positively about Iran, while others talk about sanctions and war. This trend will continue until the fate of the JCPOA is determined, but after that, a new chapter in Iran-U.S. relations will emerge, which is related to the implementation of the JCPOA.' The newspaper Qanoon quoted Hoshmatollah Falahatpisheh as saying, 'If the JCPOA is implemented well, there is a possibility of adjusting relations between Iran and America,' but 'if a problem arises, then it can be said that relations will become more difficult,' although 'in my opinion, the improvement of relations is on the horizon because the Americans are not in a position to continue this trend, and on the other hand, Iranians also have positions that are calculated and rational but from a position of power.' Hoshmatollah Falahatpisheh described the potential opposition of 'hardliners' to establishing relations between Iran and America as 'normal' and said, 'Some in Iran believe that relations with America are taboo,' but I say, 'The taboo of relations with this country has been broken,' while 'neither Iran's situation nor America's situation is such that these two countries will come to confrontation.' A blow to global conscience; Aylan's photo is the story of one of the 15,123 children who died in the Syrian civil war. The newspaper Etemad, while publishing a design about the death of 'Aylan,' the Syrian refugee child, by Jamal Rahmati on the front page of its Tuesday issue, wrote, 'The world is ashamed of Aylan.' Sasan Aghaei in the Etemad report about the publication of Aylan's photo wrote, 'Niloufar Damir's camera captured the abandoned corpse of Aylan in the surging waves; this time, too, a child, but dead, was at the center of the image, and that was enough for the world to suddenly awaken in just a few hours; like a seven-point earthquake, English, Arabic, and Persian social networks shook with the photo of this Syrian child's corpse. Just like the historic photo of the napalm girl, the horrific image of this three-year-old child's corpse once again challenged the philosophy of ethics and the boundaries of journalistic standards.' Etemad, referring to this statement by Niloufar Damir, who said, 'At that moment, I could only take pictures of the corpses; I wanted the world to see them; I wanted to showcase this tragedy,' wrote, 'Damir had done her job well; the strong reaction of public opinion to these photos transcended journalistic boundaries in just a few hours, and on September 3, most of the world's prominent newspapers, from the Independent in Britain to El Mundo in Spain, Italian, French, and even American newspapers, featured the heartbreaking photo of Aylan's corpse prominently on their covers; his photo and his minimal story that can be summed up in a few sentences is just one of the 15,123 children who lost their lives in the Syrian civil war.' This newspaper emphasized that Aylan's photos 'hit the global conscience like a hammer on an anvil and ask: When will the time for life come for children weary of war?' The newspaper Shargh did not publish a photo or design of the Syrian refugee child but reported under the headline 'The Most Beautiful Drowning Victim in the World,' stating that the image of Aylan's lifeless body 'has sparked a wave of sympathy for Syrian refugees. Many European governments criticize that they have not made enough efforts to help solve this crisis,' and 'the Independent also wrote: If this child's image does not change the positions of European countries regarding refugees, then what will change it?' According to this newspaper, 'In the eight months of 2015, more than 300,000 refugees risked their lives using dangerous boats in the Mediterranean Sea to reach a safe point. More than 2,600 of them have died in the process, including Abdullah Kurdi's wife and two sons.' Shargh also wrote, 'The UN High Commissioner for Refugees criticized that after enduring dangerous routes, when refugees reach a safe point, they face chaos, intolerance from the host country, uncertainty, and indifference; a problem that may accompany the children who fled the war for the rest of their lives as they seek refuge in safe countries.' The newspaper Javan, close to the Revolutionary Guards, published several designs and photos of the lifeless body of 'Aylan' alongside a design on its front page that refers to the leaders of Arab countries alongside the lifeless body of this Syrian refugee child, but in its report, it wrote, 'The influx of a new wave of refugees towards European countries has become a challenge for EU politicians and has led to confusion among the leaders of this union.' The newspaper Javan wrote, 'The heartbreaking image of this Syrian child's corpse appeared on the front pages of some famous English newspapers, including the Independent, Sun, Metro, Times, and Guardian.'