Press Digest

Date: 31 August 2016 - 21:38

News ID: ۳۰۷۱۳

Turkish Lobby

TASNIM: Iran has to do more to get into the Russian consumer market. Turkish lobbies did everything they could to keep their companies in the Russian market even when there was rift between Moscow and Ankara. They also did everything they could not to allow Iranian companies penetrate the Russian market. Iranian consumer products also cannot get into the supermarket chains of Russia because of the trade barriers that Europeans have put there. They use their lobbies to stop Iranian products from being sold in Russia.

Geopolitical Advantage

ASR IRAN: It is Iran’s geopolitical position that is an advantage in international relations not its economy – just like Turkey. As a regional power, Iran has huge geopolitical potentials. Its stability is a decisive factor for foreign powers. The country should always sit at the negotiating tables armed with a geopolitical, economic, political and security package. Without a strong economy Iran’s geopolitical position means nothing at all.

Cultural Woes

MASHREQ: Parliament is duty-bound to ensure all the guidelines of the Leader in art and culture are fully considered and implemented by the government. As maintained by the Leader, the sector is not doing a fine job and nothing much happens. It is time for the government to think much more seriously about art and culture and come up with proper policies and plans to get the sector off the ground.

Saudi-Israeli Ties

KAYHAN: Saudi Arabia is a dying regional power. To do some damage control, it has no option but to ally with a foreign power. To this end, the regime has behind closed doors improved its diplomatic ties with the Zionist regime of Israel. The decision makes sense; the Saudis failed to undermine Iran, Syria, Iraq and Yemen on different fronts. The new alliance between Tel Aviv and Riyadh will similarly go nowhere. They will fail to get others on board for any new anti-Iran campaign, much less coalition.