PRESS DIGEST - Iran - Oct 22
TEHRAN, Oct 22 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
ANDISHE NO
- "Fear and flattery are the enemies of the Islamic society," said former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
EBTEKAR
- "We would be able to compete with the world with the enforcement of targeted subsidies," said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, referring to plans to replace food and energy subsidies with direct cash payments to those in need.
JOMHURI-YE ESLAMI
- Deputy head of Iran's judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, said: "No execution verdicts issued so far against post-election rioters."
HAYAT-E NO
- Defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubui said the green opposition movement is reformist in nature and not intent on toppling the Islamic establishment.
KAR VA KARGAR
- Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said Russia has been put in charge of enforcing an agreement on supplying nuclear fuel for a Tehran reactor.
