Tracking Babak Zanjani's €25 Billion Deposit

The Iran newspaper has reported an increase in the number of Iranian casualties in the Mina incident, stating: "The number of Iranian fatalities in the Mina tragedy (as of the time of this report) has reached 136, with 102 injured and 344 missing. This newspaper emphasized that among the deceased and missing Iranians are the names of a distinguished Quran reciter, two diplomats, and some mid-level government managers." The Javan newspaper, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has called for "the management of Hajj to be under the leadership of the Islamic world," stating: "The Iranian Foreign Ministry should intensify diplomatic consultations with Islamic governments to hold the Saudi government accountable." The Etemad newspaper, in its front page titled "Meeting of the Agreement Writers," reported: "Mohammad Javad Zarif and John Kerry, the foreign ministers of Iran and the United States, met again on Saturday in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly; an event that has occurred many times during various nuclear negotiations but this first meeting between the two ministers after reaching the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has given it a different atmosphere 74 days later." The newspaper noted that "the passage of the JCPOA through the US Congress and the end of the review period of the agreement in capitals in less than 20 days has further increased the significance of this meeting," stating: "Although, according to reports from Western media, the foreign ministers of Iran and the 1+5 group are scheduled to meet by October 6 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Zarif-Kerry meeting could be seen as the first step to move past this stage." According to Etemad, Mohammad Javad Zarif stated in his meeting with John Kerry: "Our negotiation priority is the implementation of the JCPOA and the Saudi incident," while the US Secretary of State had spoken last week with Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German Foreign Minister in Berlin, about "Iran playing a greater role in the Syrian issue and paving the way for dialogue between Tehran and Washington regarding Syria." The Kayhan newspaper, in its front page, referred to what it described as "the government's unauthorized advance on the unapproved JCPOA," stating: "While the government still does not have the parliament's approval regarding the nuclear agreement, it has already started its work and has put the text obtained in Vienna on the path to implementation." The Bahar newspaper reported on the reaction of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance to recent accusations from a faction of conservatives against journalists and media activists, quoting Ali Jannati as saying: "We do not have an infiltrating current in the media." The Qanoon newspaper highlighted the statements of Amir Abbas Soltani, a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, regarding the tracing of Babak Zanjani's €25 billion deposit in Japanese banks. The Shargh newspaper also reported on its front page titled "Six Fateful Days for Babak Zanjani," stating: "There are six days left until the trial of the largest financial corruption case in recent decades, and according to judicial officials, the trial date for Babak Zanjani is October 11. If this trial is held publicly, we will likely hear more than what has been said about the oil defendant in the past two years." The Shahrvand newspaper reported the existence of one million children born from marriages between Iranian women and foreign nationals who lack "birth certificates" due to the absence of maternal citizenship in existing laws. The Ebtekar newspaper dedicated its front page photo to the championship of the Iranian women's futsal national team, stating: "Iranian female futsal players lifted the championship trophy of the 2015 Asian Women's Futsal Championship in Malaysia after defeating Japan in the final match, marking a significant achievement for our country's football." The increase in Iranian casualties in the Mina incident was reported by the Iran newspaper, stating: "The number of Iranian fatalities in the Mina tragedy has reached 136, with 102 injured and 344 missing." This newspaper emphasized that among the deceased and missing Iranians are the names of a distinguished Quran reciter, two diplomats, and some mid-level government managers. According to the Iran newspaper, Saeed Ohadi, the head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, announced on Saturday, October 4, that "the number of fatalities in this painful incident has reached 136 and the number of injured has reached 102, while the number of missing Iranian pilgrims has reached 344," and simultaneously announced the formation of "10 special identification teams that have gone to Jeddah and Taif." According to Saeed Ohadi, "Two Iranian pilgrims are hospitalized in Jeddah, and some of the injured have been transferred from hospitals in Mecca to Taif due to the severity of the tragedy, and the designated identification team has also been dispatched to hospitals to identify the injured Iranians," but "the atmosphere in Saudi Arabia regarding the issue has become security-oriented, making the identification of the missing more difficult." The Iran newspaper reported that the total number of fatalities in Mina is close to 1500, stating: "Saudi officials, including the Minister of Health and the spokesperson for the Saudi Ministry of Interior, have placed the primary cause of the incident on the disorganized pilgrims. They have described the excessive crowding as the main cause of this painful incident," while "the pilgrims and their families have blamed Saudi officials for this humanitarian disaster." The Iran newspaper also noted that "the Saudis have designated three routes for pilgrims to reach Mina, with the first route for Saudi pilgrims, the second for Arab pilgrims, and the third for Asian and African pilgrims, and this incident occurred on the Asian and African route, which is why most victims were non-Arab Asians." The Iran newspaper pointed out that "some other experts have described excessive heat, the haste of the pilgrims, and their movement in the opposite direction as the cause of the deaths of the pilgrims," while some have emphasized that "the sudden presence of Mohammed bin Salman, the Minister of Defense and Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, with a 300-member entourage of his guards, is among the main reasons for this incident," but "Saudi officials have stated that the incident has nothing to do with the prince's caravan." According to this newspaper, "The King of Saudi Arabia expressed regret after the deadly Mina incident and called for a quicker continuation of investigations in this regard" and stated that "he has issued orders to improve the way Hajj rituals are conducted." The Iran newspaper simultaneously reported that Ali Jannati, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, who "was tasked by the government to follow up on the status of Iranian pilgrims, has faced obstacles from the Saudis." This newspaper, close to the Iranian government, reported that Ahmed Al-Mawlid, during his second summons to the Iranian Foreign Ministry regarding the "Mina" incident, stated: "The Saudi government considers the incident to be a public incident. It is true that there has been some negligence in transferring information and details about these incidents, but the reason is that we have faced these incidents unexpectedly, and we are currently managing and organizing the aftermath of the incident." The Saudi chargé d'affaires regarding the lack of cooperation from his government about allowing journalists into hospitals also stated: "Since the Saudi government is currently organizing and addressing the general situation of the injured and the deceased and is in an emergency state, it cannot allow more than one person in each hospital to be present for news reporting." The Iran newspaper also quoted the Saudi chargé d'affaires in Tehran referring to the crane collapse incident in recent weeks, stating: "Since the crane collapse occurred in a public place, this incident is also considered a public incident, as there has been no planning or policy for such incidents." The Saudi chargé d'affaires also announced the formation of "a research working group to examine the details of the incidents that occurred in Mina and the crane collapse." The reaction of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance to the accusations of 12 representatives against journalists: "We do not have an infiltrating current in the media" The Bahar newspaper reported on the reaction of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance to recent accusations from a faction of conservatives against journalists and media activists, quoting Ali Jannati as saying: "We do not have an infiltrating current in the media." According to this newspaper, Ali Jannati finally defended the media against the concerns of conservatives and responded to 12 members of parliament who claimed that a band and a destructive current of hundreds of media personnel inside are connected to Western intelligence services, stating: "The fact that such a point is raised so prominently by some people and creates the impression that a large number of active elements in domestic media are connected to foreign countries is not true, and those who make such claims must prove it." Ali Jannati stated: "Those who make such claims must prove their existence; because the Ministry of Culture judges based on what is assigned to the Press Supervisory Board by law. This means that the content of websites, publications, and newspapers is evaluated, and in case of violations, they are dealt with, and the instances of this are specified in the law, including insults to sanctities, heretical content, vulgar matters, and those contrary to public decency." The Bahar newspaper reminded that "the statements of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance are related to a warning that was raised in the last days of September in the Baharestan courtyard" and during which "representatives who are either members of the Stability Front or close to them addressed the Minister of Intelligence and the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, stating that a band and a destructive current of hundreds of media personnel inside are connected to Western intelligence services and have connections with countries such as Norway, the Netherlands, and England." Twelve representatives close to the Stability Front, in part of their warning, called for the Ministry of Intelligence to deal with media activists and journalists, writing: "These currents in chain newspapers and virtual media, guided by British and Western intelligence services, operationalized the infiltration by giving titles to these infiltrators and conveying the positions requested by foreigners, therefore the representatives of the nation demand that the powerful Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran quickly deal with this current connected to the enemies of the revolution and submit their case to the judiciary." The Bahar newspaper wrote that "just a few hours after this warning from these representatives, some conservative sites" published news with the content that "12 journalists and media managers of reformist media were arrested for their connections with the BBC and hostile media," but this news was quickly removed from these sites, and now Ali Jannati, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, "after a week has denied the existence of such a current." This newspaper, in evaluating the reasons for the accusations of 12 members of the ninth parliament against journalists, wrote: "Although such warnings and news reporting require evidence and documentation, their proposal by concerned currents, which had the most opposition to the government's nuclear diplomacy during the nuclear negotiations, can indicate a type of change in the playing field by them to confront information dissemination and raise public awareness; because media activity during the nuclear negotiations made people aware of the needs and current conditions of the country, to the extent that the concerns of the worried ones no longer had a market in society. This is a point that Ahmad Salek, one of the signatories of the media warning, implicitly referred to, stating: 'Look! In the post-JCPOA era, this issue of infiltrators is even more important than the JCPOA itself.'" The Bahar newspaper, while reviewing various periods of "attack" and accusations against journalists and media, wrote: "The attack on reformist media by some and the unfounded accusations of cooperation with intelligence services is not a new issue; if these people are raising such matters in the second year of Rouhani's government, 16 years ago, that is, in the second year of Seyyed Mohammad Khatami's government, Mohsen Yazdi, the spiritual father of the Stability Front, claimed that an American official entered Iran with suitcases full of dollars and intended to distribute 20 million dollars among the media supporting Khatami's government." This newspaper wrote that Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, "the spiritual father of the Stability Front, of course, made such claims again four years later during Khatami's government, stating that Americans had determined 500 million dollars to give to some government officials. Although at that time, Mehdi Karroubi, the then Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, reacted strongly to these accusations and wrote a letter to Younesi, the then Minister of Intelligence, and everything was quickly denied." The Bahar newspaper wrote: "Now, however, the same project is being repeated by the adopted children so that the project of confronting the government's successes can bypass the media's short wall." "One million without identity" resulting from marriages between Iranian women and foreign nationals The Shahrvand newspaper reported the existence of one million children born from marriages between Iranian women and foreign nationals who, due to the lack of maternal citizenship in existing laws, do not have "birth certificates." This newspaper wrote: "This is news that was announced on Saturday by Abbas Qaeedi Rahmat, the spokesperson for the Social Commission of the ninth parliament, after a week had passed since the approval of the two-urgency citizenship law for the children of mothers who have foreign husbands. Abbas Qaeedi Rahmat stated: "We estimate that one million children, resulting from marriages between Iranian women and foreign men, live in the country whose identities are not clear," and "according to estimates made in 2006, 200,000 children with Iranian mothers and non-Iranian fathers live in Iran whose citizenship is not clear, but this number is growing, and we estimate that this number has reached one million, and if this number has now reached one million, these individuals currently lack identity documents, birth certificates, and national ID cards, and they can create problems for the country." The spokesperson for the Social Commission of the ninth parliament emphasized that the children without birth certificates resulting from marriages...