The Monument of 'One Hundred Titles' of America in Khomeini's Words

The newspaper Etemad assessed the statements made by the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts yesterday as a 'warning to Rouhani,' noting that Mohammad Yazdi's remarks were 'direct warnings to the President, who is a member of the Assembly of Experts.' The newspaper reminded that this Assembly 'must hold its next session in six months, precisely during the time when the results of the upcoming Assembly of Experts elections will be clear.' The newspaper Javan, close to the Revolutionary Guards, reacted to news about the 'removal of the slogan Death to America' from the walls of the former U.S. embassy and other streets in Tehran, reporting that on Wednesday 'a ceremony will unveil a monument of one hundred titles of America in the words of Ayatollah Khomeini' at the main entrance of the former U.S. embassy. The newspaper Iran published the statements of the Minister of Interior defending the 'political activities of members of dissolved parties,' reporting that Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli emphasized in a television interview that 'the activities of members of a dissolved party are not prohibited.' Meanwhile, the newspaper Shargh reported that Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, warned on Tuesday during a press conference at the Tharallah headquarters in Tehran about 'the re-emergence of opponents of the revolution's direction,' stating: 'We must be careful not to let them disguise themselves as new parties.' The newspaper Javan highlighted another part of Jafari's remarks in its headline, quoting him as saying: 'The power of the military prevented war.' The newspaper Aftab Yazd featured a photo of the meeting between Hossein Fereydoun, brother and special assistant to Hassan Rouhani, and Mohammad Reza Shajarian in the hospital, describing it as a 'meaningful meeting.' This newspaper also reported on its front page about a new narrative of the previous government's coin speculation, stating that Gholamali Jafarzadeh Iman Abadi, a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, reported 'the purchase of 1,430 gold coins during Kamran Daneshjoo's ministry in the Ministry of Science,' and said: 'In the previous governments, we witnessed lavish spending that, if not addressed, will certainly be repeated in future governments.' Kayhan published a notice from the office of the Supreme Leader regarding his quotes about nuclear negotiations, stating: 'The clear statements of the Leader are the only criteria for his nuclear positions.' The newspaper Qanoon reported on the 'failure of reformists in the elections of the Tehran City Council's board of directors,' stating: 'The elections for the third year of the fourth term of the Tehran City Council were held on Tuesday, during which, as predicted in recent days, the athletes of the City Council determined the board's fate for another year.' According to this newspaper, 'Among the two candidates for the council presidency, namely Mehdi Chamran and Ahmad Masjed Jamei, it was Mehdi Chamran who, with 17 votes and a significant margin of 4 votes, snatched the presidency from Masjed Jamei, ensuring that the council's leadership remains in the hands of conservatives for another year.' The newspaper Qanoon also reported on 'managerial chaos in the Tobacco Company,' stating: 'A glance at the developments in the Tobacco Company shows that this company has faced numerous managerial upheavals and challenges over the past year and remains in an unstable situation. 55% of the company's shares belong to the pension fund of steel industry employees, and 40% of its shares were previously allocated to justice shares. Additionally, 5% of the remaining shares are to be allocated to the employees of the Tobacco Company.' The newspaper Shahre Vahdat reported on its front page with the title 'Tehran in the Whirlwind of a Storm,' emphasizing that 'the 70 km/h wind worried the capital,' stating: 'This time, the storm came at night, turning the darkening sky brown. Dust fell on the heads of the capital's residents, and continuous lightning indicated hours of turbulence. When the rain began, the dust turned to mud, and the rain sent mud into the city. Everyone fled to find shelter.' This newspaper noted that at least three people were injured, stating: 'After the storm passed, news reported a 70 km/h storm in Tehran and Alborz province, which reduced horizontal visibility to less than 100 meters, cut off electricity in parts of the cities of Karaj, Fardis, Nazariabad, and Savojbolagh, and broke several trees in Alborz province. Following this situation, the National Disaster Management Organization put rescue devices on standby.' The eye-to-eye warning to Hassan Rouhani in the Assembly of Experts. The newspaper Etemad assessed the statements made by the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts yesterday as a 'warning to Rouhani,' noting that Mohammad Yazdi's remarks were 'direct warnings to the President, who is a member of the Assembly of Experts; an Assembly that must hold its next session in six months, precisely during the time when the results of the upcoming Assembly of Experts elections will be clear.' Mahshid Setoudeh, a reporter for Etemad, wrote in a report from the Assembly of Experts session that Mohammad Yazdi's speech on Tuesday, while Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hassan Rouhani sat next to each other facing the Chairman's seat, had 'specific audiences,' and Yazdi, after starting his speech, 'only turned his head a few times and mostly stared at the two faces sitting in front of him.' According to this newspaper, the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts began his speech with 'ethics' and 'the essence of man,' but his remarks about 'current issues' were longer. The first part was about 'the JCPOA,' where Yazdi, after thanking the negotiating team, began his warnings, 'a warning directed specifically at the President,' and 'the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts, eye-to-eye with the President who is also a member of the Assembly of Experts,' said: 'Be careful that future generations do not reprimand current officials for what they did in the JCPOA.' Etemad also reported that Yazdi, in response to a statement by Hassan Rouhani a few days ago, said: 'The President cannot send the JCPOA to the Assembly by claiming he did not sign it.' According to this newspaper, the next discussion by the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts was 'the elections,' 'a discussion that was a sort of response to the President's explanation of electoral policies,' and Yazdi warned that 'the role of the Guardian Council, which from his perspective is not a spectator but has supervisory authority,' was listened to by the audience, and Hassan Rouhani himself 'listened to the warnings and recommendations with a smile, eye-to-eye with the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts.' Etemad emphasized that Yazdi stated in his speech: 'This year we have two elections ahead, and we have no compromises with anyone. The Ministry of Interior is the executor of the elections, and the Guardian Council is the supervisor of the elections, and its supervision is also substantive, not merely observational. This supervision of the Guardian Council will be from the moment of registration to the moment of announcing the results. In registration, the Ministry of Interior insists on electronic registration, while they still do not have the simplest means for it and want to buy it from China. Meanwhile, in the Guardian Council, we say we do not trust these means.' According to this newspaper, the continuation of the Assembly members' session after Yazdi's speech was 'non-public,' during which Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, the external branch of the Revolutionary Guards, spoke. This newspaper named Mahmoud Alavi, the Minister of Intelligence, Abdolhadi Hosseini Shahroudi, Ahmad Beheshti, and Mohammad Momen as other speakers at the Assembly of Experts session, reporting that Mohammad Momen, a member of both the Assembly of Experts and the Guardian Council, stated: 'According to the law, in addition to the conditions mentioned for the candidates of the Assembly of Experts, these individuals must be at a level of knowledge that enables them to interpret certain jurisprudential issues and be able to identify the qualified Supreme Leader. Therefore, a plan has been devised so that candidates for the Assembly of Experts elections will participate in a written exam, and after passing the written exam, they will also participate in a scientific oral interview so that, considering the important duties of the Assembly of Experts, individuals who have reached the required academic level can enter the elections for this Assembly.' The reaction of the newspaper close to the Revolutionary Guards to the removal of the 'Death to America' slogan is deflection. The newspaper Javan, close to the Revolutionary Guards, reacted to news about the 'removal of the Death to America slogan' from the walls of the former U.S. embassy and other streets in Tehran, reporting that on Wednesday 'a ceremony will unveil a monument of one hundred titles of America in the words of Ayatollah Khomeini' at the main entrance of the former U.S. embassy. Zahra Chidari, in a report in this newspaper, noted that for several days now, the slogans 'Death to America 2015' have been disappearing from the walls of the former U.S. embassy and other walls of the city, stating: 'The spontaneous movement of the people's anti-imperialist slogans will continue.' The newspaper close to the Revolutionary Guards also reported the reaction of the 'Student Basij,' stating in a notice that the slogan Death to America was written with the blood of the martyrs of this land, declaring: 'It seems that some are starting to deflect in order to normalize relations with America, and in this path, they do not hesitate to tarnish the image of value-based organizations whose mission is to fight against the oppressors.' The newspaper Javan quoted the Student Basij's notice as saying: 'The Death to America slogan will forever adorn the walls of this place.' This newspaper also referenced parts of Hassan Rouhani's statements in its report, stating: 'According to the President's emphasis, the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the countries that has previously been a victim of the undue interventions of great powers, especially Western powers and America during the previous regime, and after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, it has been a victim of terrorism and assassination in the first stage and a victim of imposed war in the second stage, and in that war, it was a victim of weapons of mass destruction.' The defense of the Minister of Interior for 'political activities of members of dissolved parties.' The newspaper Iran published the statements of the Minister of Interior defending the 'political activities of members of dissolved parties,' while the newspaper Shargh reported on the warning from the commander of the Revolutionary Guards about 'the re-emergence of opponents of the revolution's direction.' According to the newspaper Iran, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, the Minister of Interior, emphasized in a television interview that 'the activities of members of a dissolved party are not prohibited.' According to this newspaper, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli mentioned in the program 'Negah Yek' that 'a party may have its license revoked due to certain party behaviors or the presence of some individuals who were offenders. This does not mean that all individuals present in this party were offenders; some of these individuals can establish another party based on the law outside this party. It cannot be declared that all two thousand members of a dissolved party do not have the right to engage in activities.' The Minister of Interior also referred to 'meetings and consultations he and senior officials of the Ministry of Interior have had with representatives of parties,' stating that the reason for the government's emphasis on 'partisan political activity' is that 'the more political behaviors are organized within the framework of organizations, the more they can be monitored, accountable, and guided within the framework of laws,' while 'individuals who express political opinions in public and enter elections are not accountable anywhere; however, a party can regulate political behaviors.' The newspaper Iran also quoted the Minister of Interior as saying: 'Currently, we have at least 100 speeches daily in the country; however, activists are doing political work, and it is not electoral activity. These speeches have not caused any problems because everyone has accepted compliance with the law and reached the important conclusion that the legal path is the best path.' The warning from the commander of the Revolutionary Guards about 'the re-emergence of opponents of the revolution's direction' in 'new parties.' Meanwhile, the newspaper Shargh reported that Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, warned on Tuesday during a press conference at the Tharallah headquarters in Tehran about 'the re-emergence of opponents of the revolution's direction,' stating: 'We must be careful not to let them disguise themselves as new parties.' According to this newspaper, while announcing the holding of 'exercises with the participation of over 50,000 Basij forces in the form of 250 battalions on the 11th and 12th of Shahrivar in Velayat Park in Tehran,' Jafari referred to what he called 'threats in the upcoming elections,' stating: 'Enemies always have specific plans for elections, which are mainly carried out through various parties and currents; therefore, we must be careful that political currents and parties that have opposed the revolution and its directions in the past do not disguise themselves as new parties and organizations. Although the people's insight has increased after the 2009 sedition, we do not have serious concerns, but we remain vigilant.' Shargh also reported that the commander of the Revolutionary Guards expressed 'regret' over some interpretations following the Vienna agreement, stating: 'Unfortunately, one of the interpretations that emerged after the negotiations is that we have removed the ominous shadow of war from the country and the people through negotiation and agreement or that the security of the Islamic Republic has been secured through negotiation and dialogue with the enemy, which seems to undermine the sacrifices and heroism of the Iranian people and the main components of the power of the Islamic Republic.' Mohammad Ali Jafari stated that 'we must remain steadfast on the slogans and principles of the Islamic Revolution,' emphasizing that 'the main axis of the Islamic Revolution, which is anti-imperialism, must always be regarded as the main slogan of the revolution and we must stand firm on it,' and 'what is concerning after the agreement is not military or security threats but the notion that some individuals believe that America's hostility towards us has ended or diminished, which is alarming.' According to this newspaper, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards emphasized that 'not only has the enmity of global imperialism towards us not diminished, but the tools have changed and shifted towards soft warfare, which we must be cautious about; as the Supreme Leader has stated, it is the responsibility of officials to clearly announce their revolutionary positions.' Mohammad Ali Jafari defended the economic activities of the Revolutionary Guards, describing it as 'helping the government.'