IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Parliament�s vote of confidence to Mohammad Farhadi as science minister dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Also among front-page headlines was the spillover of protests to other American cities following the decision of a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager in August.

Abrar: America has extended the suspension of its sanctions against Iran.

Abrar: �Those who have illegally received scholarships should be dealt with,� an MP said during the confirmation hearing of Mohammad Farhadi, the new science minister.

 





Afarinesh: South Korea paid $500 million it owed Iran [for crude imports].

 





Afkar: President Obama has urged Saudi King Abdullah�s son to help normalize relations between Tehran and Riyadh.

Afkar: President Rouhani has hailed the performance of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team.

 





Arman-e Emrooz: Mohammad Farhadi, President Rouhani�s pick for science minister, won 197 nods from MPs to take charge of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

Arman-e Emrooz: Ali Motahari, [a principlist MP who supported President Rouhani�s nominees for science minister] has come under a barrage of attacks by fellow principlists in the chamber.

 





Asrar: �We all have to turn out for [upcoming parliamentary] elections,� said former President Mohammad Khatami.

 





Ebtekar: Former President Mohammad Khatami has described the performance of President Rouhani as �good�.

Ebtekar: �Using Basij [the Volunteer Force] to advance partisan agenda is sinful,� said Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

 





Emtiaz: Sami Yusuf, an Iranian-born British singer-songwriter, is to perform onstage in Iran.

Emtiaz: �The value of smuggled items in Iran stands at $20 billion annually,� said the director of the Headquarters to Fight Smuggling in Goods and Currency.

 





Esfahan Emrooz has described the confirmation of President Rouhani�s pick for science minister as �reconciliation between government and parliament�.

 





Etemad: As many as 70 French automotive managers will soon pay a visit to Iran.

 





Ettela�at: The government spokesman said the pay rise of civil servants will be proportionate to inflation next year.

Ettela�at: European giants are in line to make it to the Iranian stock market.

 





Farhikhtegan: �Some want to tell Rouhani that they are still powerful,� said reformist former President Mohammad Khatami.

 





Hamshahri: Mayors of Asian cities have welcomed a proposal by Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf to establish a joint development fund.

 





Hemayat: �The bullying attitude of the United States is to blame for the failure [of Iranian and P5+1 negotiators] to strike a nuclear deal,� said Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani.

 





Iran: As many as 15 million people who live on the edges of major cities will benefit from the Healthcare Transformation Plan.

 





Iran Daily: Musician Khorshidifar passes away.

 





Javan: �Recent talks proved that the United States is not trustworthy,� said the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps.

 





Jomhouri Islami: �Iran has no plans to cut its crude oil production,� said Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.

 





Kaenat: Three policemen on the beat have been killed in a terrorist attack in Zahak, a small town in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

 





Kayhan: The Russian ambassador to Tehran has said in an exclusive, �Just like Iran, we view economic self-sufficiency as the way to counter sanctions.�

 





Resalat: American people are protesting against racial discrimination from coast to coast.

 





Roozan: [With the confirmation of Farhadi as science chief] Mohammad Ali Najafi, who served as acting minister since the impeachment of Faraji-Dana, released a memo to bid farewell to the staff at the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

 





Shahrara: Sami Yusuf [an Iranian-born British singer-songwriter] says he will soon pay a pilgrimage visit to Mashhad [home to the shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH)].

 





Shahrvand: A number of MPs have signed a motion that calls for the death penalty for those convicted of staging acid attacks.

 



By Iran Front Page

 

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