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PRESS DIGEST - Iran - Nov 7

Sat Nov 7, 2009 3:04am EST
TEHRAN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Saturday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

ABRAR

- "The country cannot be run with poverty... hell is also for the incompetent," said Ayatollah Javadi Amoli in reference to the government's handling of economic problems.

JAVAN

- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Washington will have to choose between "change or defeat" in its encounter with Iran.

KAR VA KARGAR

- " The root cause of the Iranian youth's attraction towards narcotics is unemployment," said lawmaker Javad Zamani.

SIASAT-E ROUZ

- "(Some) 80 percent of the Iranian pilgrims are expected to contract the swine flu H1N1," said a Health Ministry report.

HAYAT-E NO

- The number of those detained in an opposition rally on Wednesday is unclear, said a police official.

ANDISHEH-YE NO

- A senior cleric said judiciary should not keep the cases of post-election detainees undecided any longer.



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