People Celebrate the Birthday of Iran's 'Master of Song'

The newspaper Iran, close to the government, in the front page of its Saturday issue, quoted Hassan Rouhani regarding the 'achievements of Iran from the New York meeting' as 'the 1+5 reminder about the non-compliance of the US with the JCPOA' and wrote: 'Washington promised to correct the implementation process of the nuclear agreement.' According to this newspaper, Hassan Rouhani, at Mehrabad Airport while explaining his trip to the Americas, stated: 'On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, this meeting was initially held at the level of directors general and then ministers, and all members and participants firmly informed the US that its actions are not in accordance with the JCPOA, and Washington also promised to correct the process. The JCPOA is not just a political agreement, but a new approach and a creative method for constructive interaction to peacefully resolve crises and challenges.' The Iran newspaper also noted that 'the statements and positions of the Islamic Republic's President during his recent trip to New York have received completely different feedback domestically, and while government supporters have evaluated these positions positively in line with the rights of the Iranian people, critics and opponents of the government say that the President's positions in this trip are a 'plea' from the US to return Iran's rights. This group also believes that the President has adopted a passive stance in his remarks.' Some political figures and activists, however, in conversations with Iran newspaper 'evaluated Hassan Rouhani's positions during this trip positively overall.' The Arman newspaper described Hassan Rouhani's remarks at the United Nations General Assembly as 'a note of hope in New York' and quoted Davood Hormidass Bavand as saying: 'Rouhani's speech at the UN could be a favorable beginning for further cooperation in implementing the JCPOA and solving existing problems.' The editorial writer of Arman also assessed the international media's response to Hassan Rouhani's remarks as 'extensive' and the welcoming of political figures from other countries to meet him as a sign of 'Iran's high regional standing in the post-JCPOA era,' writing: 'Iran is trying to enhance its international standing day by day by utilizing the capacities of moderate diplomacy,' although 'in relation to Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies, we have not witnessed the expected change.' The Shargh newspaper reported with the headline 'Foreign Policy at the Center of Friday Prayer Criticism' that 'Friday prayer leaders criticized the government's foreign policies in their speeches yesterday, considering Hassan Rouhani's presence at the UN. Some also took jabs at Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani. Several Friday prayer leaders defended the position of Friday prayers against criticisms.' This newspaper reported that Ahmad Alamolhoda, the Friday prayer leader of Mashhad, said: 'We prevented the war with our defending heroes. If a hundred more JCPOAs were signed and there were no defenders, ISIS would be in the middle of this country today, and the agents of the US would have destroyed us in a humiliating manner.' The Javan newspaper, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, wrote in its front page that 'the new promise of the US is Rouhani's souvenir from New York.' This newspaper described Hassan Rouhani's diplomacy as 'pleading' and wrote: 'Wouldn't it have been better to state a summary of the costs arising from the JCPOA and specific instances of its violations instead of using pleading language? Did using vague and general sentences in the JCPOA resolve any of the country's problems and compel the US to fulfill its commitments, that today we expect the other side to be bound by verbal commitments with general and non-specific phrases?' The Kayhan newspaper wrote in its front page that 'Hassan Rouhani said seven months after the implementation day of the JCPOA that 'the US promised to fulfill its commitments.' This newspaper also compared Hassan Rouhani to 'the owner of a donkey' in its editorial titled 'Who do you want to rent from?!', stating that a dishonest man who robs people has been taken around the city by a judge's order, and at the end demands 'the donkey's rent' from him, to which the dishonest man replies: 'I have not paid the debts of those who had written documents from me, let alone your donkey's rent.' Hossein Shariatmadari, the representative of the Supreme Leader in Kayhan, wrote in the editorial: 'Mr. Rouhani did not explain how, when the US refuses to fulfill its written commitments in the JCPOA, which he claims is 'an international treaty,' and every day finds a new excuse, they expect it to fulfill its verbal promises!' The Vatan-e-Emruz newspaper, close to the Steadfast Front, described Hassan Rouhani's remarks as 'New York grievances' and simultaneously published a photo of empty seats in the General Assembly during Hassan Rouhani's speech, stating: 'These seats are not important.' Hossein Alavi in the editorial of this newspaper referred to the photo of the General Assembly during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech in the previous government as a 'trivial matter' and wrote: 'If reformists, big and small, raised the trivial matter of the empty seats in the UN General Assembly during the presence of the former president, this does not mean that now, when their government has faced this calamity, we should follow the same path. We believe that the status of the seats in the UN General Assembly is not an indicator of the dignity or humiliation, influence or isolation of governments in international circles.' The Vatan-e-Emruz newspaper also emphasized that the formation of Rouhani's government is indebted to these classless individuals claiming reformism, 'but the honeymoon of Mr. Rouhani with this group has long ended' and 'given the mental and behavioral characteristics of this group, if no remedy is found for their treatment, it will certainly lead to major troubles for the gentlemen.' Meanwhile, Fadhel Mousavi, a reformist political activist, in a note titled 'Concern about Rouhani's Social Base' in the Arman newspaper wrote: 'The concerns of the government's supporters about the decline and degradation of the social base of the eleventh government are completely correct and valid.' The writer of this note pointed out that Rouhani's government has 'settled for the minimum' and wrote that a group of government supporters, especially those who 'justify the people and persuade them to raise the voting base and social base of the government, have become resentful of Mr. Rouhani' and on the other hand 'a significant percentage of the people who, economically, belong to the underprivileged class, are grappling with recession and unemployment.' Fadhel Nazari emphasized that 'managers have infiltrated the eleventh government and are working for purposes other than the goals of the government of prudence and hope and are trying to discredit this government in the eyes of the people' and wrote: 'It is not right for some to sit on their thrones and have the supporters of the government suffer and be humiliated.' The writer of the Arman newspaper noted that 'the managers of the eleventh government and Mr. Rouhani's entourage socialize with those who speak against the government, but are reluctant to do so with the supporters of the government' and 'when government officials do not show a friendly face to the supporters of the government, it is not surprising that they do not show a friendly face to the people either,' and now, although 'Mr. Rouhani's honesty has been proven to everyone, if the government does not prove its honesty to the people and its supporters in the remaining time, we will face serious problems.' The Hamdeli newspaper reported on 'the increase in Jalili's activities after Ahmadinejad's removal' and wrote: 'With news of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad being discouraged from candidacy, his supporters were stunned,' but 'in the meantime, it seems that Saeed Jalili has gained new energy, and he, who had been potentially mentioned for competition with the diplomatic sheikh, made statements on Friday that further strengthened speculations about his candidacy.' 'Secrets of Evin to Kahrizak' is the front page headline of the Etemad newspaper, reporting that 'Ghorbanali Daryanajafabadi, the former Attorney General of the country, in reaction to the confession of Saeed Mortazavi, deemed it 'ineffective' and spoke of the damages of his 'negligence' regarding the death of Zahra Kazemi, the Iranian-Canadian journalist in the early 2000s.' According to this newspaper, Ghorbanali Daryanajafabadi stated in Khomaini Shahr: 'In 2008 regarding the Kahrizak prison case, I was 100% opposed to some actions and behaviors of the officials at the time and ordered that the transfer of prisoners should not take place, and even Mr. (Gholamhossein) Ejei and others also expressed their opposition to this issue, but they acted unilaterally and made this wrong move, now after 7 years they announce that we made a mistake.' The Etemad newspaper also wrote that Ghorbanali Daryanajafabadi regarding the killing of Zahra Kazemi in Evin prison stated: 'When I was the Attorney General, due to the negligence of some individuals, a woman died as a result of an incident, and this issue led to the severance of relations between the Canadian government and Iran' and 'sometimes due to the mistake and wrongdoing of one individual, 80 million people are called into question.' The Farhikhtegan newspaper, referring to 'Iranians celebrating the birthday of the Master of Song,' wrote: 'On Friday, October 1, coinciding with the birthday of Mohammad Reza Shajarian, his fans showed that they are always grateful to popular artists.' According to this newspaper, 'while Mohammad Reza Shajarian is at home dealing with his illness, a wave of congratulatory messages and wishes for his health began to circulate on social media and in the media coinciding with his birthday' and 'besides the fact that artists and cultural, political, and social figures congratulated the Master of Song of Iran in separate messages, the people also engaged in interesting initiatives to participate in this celebration.' This newspaper published a photo of a cake with Mohammad Reza Shajarian's image on it, stating: 'A photo from Café Varta in Tehran circulated on social media showing the image on its cakes was that of Shajarian' and 'one of the most exciting events on Friday, October 1, was the movement of the people of the village of Deh-Torkan from the Boroujerd County, who changed the name of their main street to 'Master Mohammad Reza Shajarian' and simultaneously 'Bahrām Beyzaei's handwritten note for Shajarian's birthday also circulated on social media.'