Uncertain Fate of 11,000 Doctors

The newspaper Shahrvand reported on its front page about the "uncertain fate of 11,000 doctors," citing the head of the Medical Council who stated: "Our investigations have shown that some medical graduates are not being absorbed into the health system; we are facing a statistic of 11,000 individuals over the past two decades, meaning 11,000 who have not applied for a practice license or a medical number; unemployment, working in other professions, or migration are reasons for these 11,000 not registering with the Medical Council." The newspaper also published statements by Sadeq Larijani, the head of the judiciary, who addressed senior officials of the judiciary, saying: "It has been reported that a candidate told his supporters that we have come to break the house arrest. What are you that you want to break the house arrest?" The newspaper Sobhe No, close to Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, assessed these statements by the head of the judiciary as a "warning from the judiciary" and quoted Sadeq Larijani as saying: "Do not provoke the people." The newspaper noted that "during the electoral competition, Hassan Rouhani attempted to attract reformist votes for the second time by raising issues like 'lifting the house arrest,' and during his campaign trip to Mashhad, he said: We go to the ballot box to break the house arrest." Sobhe No explicitly stated that the target of the judiciary's statements is Hassan Rouhani, as he emphasized in Tabriz as well: 'People! There are some things that cannot be done with 51 percent of the vote; I promise you in a roundabout way that what you want is achievable, but the condition is the presence of all at the ballot boxes.' This newspaper wrote that "now the head of the judiciary has entered the field with the calming of the country's atmosphere and has positioned himself against the subversive statements made during the elections." Sadeq Larijani stated: "To provoke the people's emotions to stand against such legal decisions is the same spirit and essence of the 2009 sedition. Therefore, we warn these media and individuals who are trying to continuously repeat such issues in a chain-like manner and exert pressure through this, to gather this mess, otherwise the judiciary will decisively gather this mess itself." Sobhe No emphasized that these statements show that "the head of the judiciary has directly warned the media and circles that intend to continue this diversionary line against the system and has given them an ultimatum." The newspaper Javan, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also published Sadeq Larijani's remarks under the headline "The Smell of Post-Electoral Seditions is in the Air," stating: "The head of the judiciary said that the statements of some candidates during the electoral competition were contrary to national security and crossed some red lines of the system, considering the discussion of lifting the house arrest outside the authority of the candidates, and said: The issue of lifting the house arrest has its own specific path, and assuming the Supreme National Security Council deviates from its resolution, the judiciary's work for judicial proceedings will begin." The newspaper Arman published Hassan Khomeini's letter to Hassan Rouhani regarding the "suspicions of the illegal appointment of the caretaker of Azad University" on its front page. According to this newspaper, Hassan Khomeini, as a founding member of Azad Islamic University, wrote in a letter to Hassan Rouhani, the President of the Islamic Republic: "In my opinion, the process of dismissing our brother Mr. Mirzadeh lacks legal legitimacy, and at least the suspicion of its illegality is very strong. Also, the appointment of a caretaker was done without voting in the board of trustees. Your intervention in the matter will certainly be beneficial and constructive." Simultaneously, Kayhan published an interview with Ali Akbar Velayati, who accused the dismissed head of Azad University, Hamid Mirzadeh, of "financial corruption" and stated: "Part of the main problem in this regard is the interference of Mr. Mirzadeh's children in the affairs of Azad University and their involvement in concluding major financial contracts, for which all documents exist." The presidency of the founding board of Azad University was held by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani until his death, but afterward, while the mechanism for determining the president of the founding board was included in its statute, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, in an unprecedented move, directly appointed Ali Akbar Velayati as the head of the founding board of Azad University. Ali Akbar Velayati told Kayhan about how Hamid Mirzadeh was dismissed that after being appointed as the head of the founding board, "I repeatedly corresponded with Mr. Mirzadeh and personally warned him that large transactions and contracts should not be concluded without my knowledge and consultation with knowledgeable and reformist individuals," but "Mr. Mirzadeh wrote me a letter in which he called these investigations, which were to prevent corruption, illegal interference. He stated in that letter that the founding board and the board of trustees do not have permission to intervene in the executive affairs of the university. In the meantime, multiple pieces of evidence of existing corruption in the transactions reached me," and "I saw no choice but to act according to my responsibility." The newspaper Khorasan reported that Ebrahim Raisi, the defeated presidential candidate, during a speech to his supporters at "Jameh al-Hussein" in Mashhad, said: "I ask the Guardian Council and the judiciary not to allow the rights of the people to be violated. The electoral violations are unprecedented; everyone knows that revolutionary forces pursue their work through legal means, but if the people feel that these organized and engineered violations are not addressed, they should know that public trust will be damaged, and this damage is a great loss for the country." According to this newspaper, attendees at Ebrahim Raisi's speech held placards that read: "A new field of study has been opened: Engineering Elections, God bless it," "Electoral charlatanism is doomed to failure," "Mr. Raisi! Our vote is not your personal right; do not back down," "Elections 96: Hours of fruitless waiting in the voting line." The newspaper Etemad published a note from Mohammad Mohajeri, a former member of the editorial board of Kayhan, addressed to Ebrahim Raisi, emphasizing to this presidential candidate: "As an informed person, I must tell you that the information provided to you, which has formed the basis of your judgment, may not be 'halal.' It may be suspicious. It may not be true. It may be tainted with malice. All these methods of information dissemination can be found in our conservative shop." The note addressed to Ebrahim Raisi stressed that "do not be deceived by us conservatives," and stated: "Be careful of your surroundings. Many who are much bigger than you have made mistakes and fallen. Read the history of Mashhad after the revolution. You will surely encounter those who trusted the words of their close ones and faced what should not have happened. Some of your advisors and campaign staff are ill-tempered and aggressive individuals who do not care about you and your dignity. If you want, I can explain the current situation of some of them who were previously managers of the Reconstruction Government and 12 years ago were in Ahmadinejad's campaign in the morning, went to Larijani's campaign at noon, and in the evening reached Qalibaf's campaign. We have such wonders among us conservatives." The newspaper Shargh published a brief report on "Fatemeh Saidi's request to meet with Ismail Abdi," stating: "Fatemeh Saidi, a representative from Tehran in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, has asked the Tehran prosecutor to provide an opportunity for her to meet with Ismail Abdi, a teacher's union activist, in Evin prison." This newspaper noted that "previously, Fatemeh Saidi had met and talked with Ismail Abdi's family, reminding that Ismail Abdi, who is serving a six-year prison sentence, has been on a hunger strike since May 11 and is in poor health." The newspaper Etemad has a report titled "Now We Are Burned 18-Year-Olds," going back 11 years after the fire at the Doroodzan school to narrate the difficult lives of the girls affected. Two students who suffered burns during the 2006 fire at Doroodzan elementary school spoke to Etemad about their difficult living conditions, stating: "This year is the best time for our plastic surgery; if we pass this age, it is uncertain what will happen. Perhaps now my face has become normal for those around me, but if my condition worsens with age, I may have to secure the costs of my surgeries at any cost." The newspaper Aftab Yazd, with the headline "The Hope Government Against the Hope Faction," wrote: "One day remains until the fate of the seats in the Majlis is decided, and the future of Ali Motahari's vice-presidency remains shrouded in ambiguity. The principlists of the Velayat faction and the Stability faction are seeking to pull this seat from under Motahari, and it seems that the representatives of the Independent faction have also allied with them, forming a coalition between them. A coalition in which on one side is the Velayat faction and on the other side are members of the Independent Velayati faction."