Sale of 80,000 Square Meters of Forbidden Land in Abbasabad

The newspaper Etemad reported on its front page on Tuesday about the beginning of the "collection of centrifuges from Natanz," while simultaneously, the newspaper Kayhan criticized this action, stating: "With what written guarantee is the implementation of the JCPOA starting?" The newspaper Javan dedicated its front page to Mohammad Ali Jafari with the headline "The Sedition of Influence" and reported that the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spoke at Tehran University on Tuesday, referring to the influence after the JCPOA as the "fourth sedition" and stated: "His Excellency said that negotiating with America means influence; therefore, with this statement, we consider negotiation equivalent to influence, but we regret that some internal officials do not understand this matter." The newspapers Hamdeli and Farhikhtegan reported the arrest of Isa Saharkhiz and Ehsan Mazandarani, two journalists close to the reformists. The Iran newspaper also reported on the expectation of Jason Rezaian's lawyer, a Washington Post journalist imprisoned, for the court ruling and quoted Leila Ahmadi as saying: "I am still waiting for the notification of my client's case ruling." The newspaper Jahan San'at questioned the economic growth rate announced by the Statistical Center of Iran, stating: "The report from the Statistical Center does not align with the realities of the country." Mehdi Pazouki, an economic expert, wrote in a note in Jahan San'at: "Official statistics show that in the first six months of 2015, economic growth was one percent, while last year it was three percent, and if we compare it with the first six months of 2014, where economic growth was four percent, we can say that this figure has decreased by three percent," although "this growth rate is certainly better than the Ahmadinejad administration, which had a growth rate of minus 6.8, but it is still concerning." The newspaper Bahar, in a report titled "The Imaginary Return of Euros," wrote: While "the lawyer of Babak Zanjani reported the settlement of 2,600 billion tomans in debts, the oil company denied it." Arash Nooraghai, head of the tourism guides' association in Tehran province, in an interview with Hamdeli, emphasized the importance of ensuring the safety of tourists and preventing insecurity for incoming tourists to Iran, stating: "Tourist sites are not places for writing political slogans." Gholamreza Zarifian, a university professor and former deputy minister of science during Mohammad Khatami's presidency, in an interview with Hamdeli referred to 4.5 million students as the backbone of reforms and said: "The reform movement should not rely solely on the perceptions of political elites; there are other effective elites in society who can have an impact by entering the elections." This reformist figure stated: "According to statistics, currently more than four and a half million students make up the student population of the country, and each of these students can influence their family and surrounding environment; if this enormous capacity is accompanied by intelligent planning, it can place the reform movement in a better position." The Iran newspaper reported on "autumn rain and snow in 16 provinces" of Iran, stating: "Tehran was drenched in rain on Tuesday, and the main and secondary streets were locked for several hours, public transport was minimized, and the long queue of passengers stranded in the rain came to the middle of the city streets, and finally, only after a few minutes of not-so-heavy rain, the water from most of the recently cleaned streams and gutters flowed into the streets and alleys of Tehran... leaving Tehran, for the umpteenth consecutive year after a pleasant autumn rain, with the same image of street congestion and the flavor of being stuck in traffic for several hours." The Sharq newspaper reported on "a violation of over 2,200 billion tomans by the Abbasabad Land Organization," stating that this issue marked "the worst day of auditing in the history of Tehran Municipality" during the Tuesday city council meeting. Reactions to the beginning of the "collection of centrifuges from Natanz" were highlighted, with Etemad reporting that "Iran has begun to implement its commitments based on the text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA," officially announced by Hassan Rouhani, the president of the eleventh government, at a conference for ambassadors and heads of Iranian representations abroad on Tuesday. Rouhani stated: "We are advancing the JCPOA according to existing frameworks and especially the considerations of the Supreme Leader, and our efforts to begin the executive phases stem from the desire to reduce the costs borne by the people due to the continuation of sanctions." Etemad reported that in addition to the Islamic Republic's president, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization, who is currently in Tokyo, and Abbas Araghchi, deputy minister for legal and international affairs, also announced that Iran has begun to fulfill its commitments. Salehi stated in an interview with Kyodo News regarding this matter: "Iran has begun to implement the nuclear agreement by collecting some of its centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility. We have started the preliminary work, which includes reducing the number of centrifuges. Specifically, we are reducing the number of centrifuges, including at the Natanz nuclear facility. However, full implementation will take time." According to Etemad, Abbas Araghchi, a senior member of the Iranian negotiating team, also stated on Tuesday: "The effort is to reach the full executive stage of the JCPOA within the next two months, considering the requirements emphasized by the Supreme Leader, and the process of implementing this matter has begun." The newspaper also reported that simultaneously with the announcement of the beginning of the collection of centrifuges, twenty-one members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly also wrote a letter to Hassan Rouhani requesting a halt to the collection of centrifuges in Natanz and Fordow. Etemad noted that "in the annex to the sequence of actions specified for Iran and the 1+5 under the commitments of both parties, it is stated that from this day, the JCPOA will take effect, and the participants in the JCPOA, who spent the past 90 days from the finalization day or the conclusion of negotiations overcoming legal barriers in their countries, must from this day forward adopt the necessary arrangements and measures, including legal and administrative measures, to implement their commitments according to the nuclear agreement." The newspaper wrote that "after 90 days from the day of the conclusion of negotiations, the parties effectively announced that they would begin the next steps to enter the implementation day, and in this process, the European Union and its member states first approved an executive regulation, which stated that all provisions of the executive regulation of the European Union, which implemented all financial and economic sanctions related to the nuclear issue, would be lifted," and that "this order was also issued by the President of the United States according to his powers." Etemad emphasized that after these actions, with the approval of the JCPOA by the Supreme Leader, Hassan Rouhani also announced the implementation of Iran's commitments. The newspaper wrote that "it seems that the process of implementing commitments began in Iran about ten days ago," but "among Iran's commitments under the JCPOA, two issues, the beginning of the modernization of the Arak reactor and the transfer of fuel abroad, are contingent upon the closure of the file related to Iran's nuclear activities in the present and past, which according to Abbas Araghchi, this file will be closed within a month and a half." The newspaper Kayhan, which is published under the supervision of the Supreme Leader's representative, criticized the beginning of the collection of centrifuges on its front page on Tuesday, stating: "With what written guarantee is the implementation of the JCPOA starting?" This newspaper emphasized that "while Iranian government officials have announced the beginning of the JCPOA's executive operations and the collection of centrifuges, the other side has not yet provided any written guarantee regarding the lifting of sanctions." It wrote: "The government's hasty action comes at a time when no written guarantee has been provided by the President of the United States and the European Union regarding the complete lifting of sanctions, and on the other hand, strong and sufficient guarantees to prevent violations by the opposing parties have not been prepared by the Iranian government." Despite the beginning of the JCPOA's implementation after its approval by the Supreme Leader, Kayhan continues to describe this joint program as ambiguous, citing a statement from Ali Khamenei, writing: "As the Supreme Leader emphasized in his letter to the President, the JCPOA has ambiguities and structural weaknesses and numerous issues that, in the absence of careful and moment-to-moment monitoring, could lead to significant losses for the present and future of the country." Kayhan also wrote: "A look at the performance of Americans over different periods and their approach to the JCPOA shows that the lack of a written guarantee from the highest political authority of this country regarding the lifting of sanctions could lead to serious troubles in the near future." This newspaper noted that "American officials have repeatedly stated that they seek to maintain the structure of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran," writing: "Statements from official and high-ranking American officials indicate that they are not seeking to abandon the tool of sanctions against the Iranian nation and are not shy about announcing it publicly, and for this reason, the beginning of the JCPOA's implementation based on optimism and trust in the opponent does not seem to be a calculated action." The warning from the commander of the IRGC about the "sedition of influence" was highlighted, with the newspaper Javan dedicating its front page to Mohammad Ali Jafari alongside the headline "The Sedition of Influence," reporting that the commander of the IRGC spoke at Tehran University on Tuesday, referring to the influence after the JCPOA as the "fourth sedition" and stated: "Negotiating with America on the nuclear issue began with the Supreme Leader's opinion, and His Excellency allowed negotiations with America on the nuclear issue in 2013 with the proposal of heroic flexibility." The commander of the IRGC stated: "The result of the negotiations with America on the nuclear issue led to the JCPOA, which ultimately, despite the discussions that took place in the Supreme National Security Council regarding its approval, was confirmed by the Supreme Leader. However, after the approval of the JCPOA, His Excellency said that Hezbollah and those who care about the revolution should be cautious of the post-JCPOA influence." According to this newspaper, Mohammad Ali Jafari referred to the Iran-Iraq War as the "first sedition," the events of the second half of the 1990s, especially the student protests following the events at Tehran University in 1999, as the "second sedition," and the protests following the 2009 presidential election as the "third sedition," stating: "In the security fields where I have worked for several years, I can say that the 2009 sedition cannot be compared to the imposed war and was much harder than the imposed war." The commander of the IRGC emphasized that "negotiations with America were only on the nuclear issue and are prohibited in other matters," stressing that "some officials repeatedly say that it is possible to reach a conclusion with the enemy and constantly say that now that we have reached an agreement with America on the nuclear issue, such possibilities exist in other matters, while the main danger is right here, and we must be cautious." According to the Javan newspaper, Mohammad Ali Jafari also stated that according to the Supreme Leader's opinion, "political and cultural influence is much more dangerous than other influences, stating that some inside the country assist the enemy in achieving their influence goals." This newspaper quoted the commander of the IRGC as saying: "To counter influence, some actions must be seriously prevented." The newspaper Sharq reported on "the violation of over 2,200 billion tomans by the Abbasabad Land Organization," stating that this issue marked "the worst day of auditing in the history of Tehran Municipality" during the Tuesday city council meeting. Fatemeh Jamalpour, a reporter for Sharq, wrote that "financial rebellion" and "misery" were among the terms used by the principlist members of the city council on Tuesday to describe the audit report from the Abbasabad lands, "a report that estimates a single violation at over 2,000 billion tomans and, according to numbers and figures, appears to be the largest financial violation in the history of Tehran Municipality." According to the Sharq newspaper, "Based on the city council auditor's report, since 2011, despite the Abbasabad Land Law that prohibits the transfer of properties, 75,000 square meters and 5,000 square meters of this land have been sold and delivered to the real estate organization and municipality, a foundation, and a bank," and "the auditor used the term clear legal violation," as "the value of these lands, considering the current price of 25 million tomans per square meter, amounts to over 2,000 billion tomans." This newspaper emphasized that "the sale of 80,000 square meters of land from the Abbasabad lands is a clear legal violation," noting that this occurred while the Supreme Leader had ordered the preservation of the Abbasabad lands, and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the mayor of Tehran, had stated regarding this order that "the Leader's wisdom saved the Abbasabad hills from construction damage." Sharq reported that Rahmatollah Hafezi, on Tuesday in the city council meeting, referred to the sale of part of the Abbasabad lands, stating: "There are multiple instances of violations by organizations and companies of Tehran Municipality, one of which is the sale of 80,025 square meters of forbidden Abbasabad lands in 2011." This city council member pointed out that "the Supreme Council of Architecture and Urban Planning had a resolution in 2005, based on which...