This column features excerpts from the editorials, commentaries, and news articles of the leading Iranian newspapers.

Saturday’s headlines
KAYHAN: 50 million took to the streets in Iran (to mark revolution anniversary)
KAYHAN: Mubarak goes
HAMSHAHRI: End of Mubarak in the God day of Bahman 22nd (February 11 rallies)
HAMSHAHRI: Tehran's BRT lines increase to 10
HAMSHAHRI: Second stage of cash subsidies to be paid this week
TAFAHOM: Iran’s electricity exports increase
TAFAHOM: Iranians issues statement at Bahman 22 rallies in support of Tunisian and Egyptian peoples’ uprisings
QODS: Abdullah Gul to visit Iran with 100 Turk businessmen
QODS: President says Iran will send man into space in 10 years
JAVAN: (Expediency Council secretary) Mohsen Rezaei says the 1388 sedition (2009 election unrest) was engineered by Americans
KHORASAN: President of civil aviation organization says the sale of Tupolev plane tickets to be banned from Feb. 20
Leading articles
IRAN in a perspective column says for many years political analysts were of the opinion that competition and tension form the main features of Iran-Turkey relationship. But now that traditional competition has been replaced by convergence and cooperation and that Tehran and Ankara have not only forged close economic and trade ties they have also been cooperating on the most important international issues. The trend of cooperation between the two neighbors is incomparable with any other country in the region. A brief look at the quality of relationship show that the two countries’ presidents have left behind issues that once were considered as “impediments” to relations and reduced differences to “zero”. Now, international observers view Tehran and Ankara as “trustable couple” to the extent that the political, security, commercial and cultural interests in the Middle East and West Asia is intricately linked to the quality of relations between the two countries. In the area of economic relations they have drawn up a plan to upgrade ties to a level of 30 billion dollars, and in terms of politics they hold consultations at the highest level on important issues such as Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon as well as nuclear issues.
JOMHURI ESLAMI in an editorial says the collapse of Mubarak’s regime is not just the fall of a regime but the beginning of a vigorous anti-American and anti-Zionist revolution in the Middle East and North Africa. It is a roaring flood that would put an end to the reign all dictators and the hegemony of colonial powers in the region. However, the Americans and the Zionists would not sit idle by and resort to every means to reassert their influence. Therefore, all Muslim revolutionaries should seize the opportunity to completely end the influence of colonialists and prevent their comeback. In this regard the Islamic Republic has a great responsibility. The columnist also says the massive turnout on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran on Friday once again confirmed the loyalty of the nation to the revolution and the Islamic Republic system. The people in their rallies called on the authorities and political activists to avoid disputes and, by fully comprehending the situation in the region and the world, make efforts to use the current situation in the favor the oppressed people.
In a report posted on the TABNAK website Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri in an interview with the ILNA news agency has said he had not been “consulted with” in drawing up the principlists manifesto. On a question that why he doesn’t participate in the Society of Combatant Clerics sessions, the former Majlis speaker said he has already “answered” this question. The cleric politician also praised people’s great turnout in Bahman 22nd rallies, saying it carries messages to authorities and the arrogant powers. The message to authorities, he said, is that the people, despite having different views, are unanimous in defending national interests and the values of the Islamic revolution. Nateq Nouri said this means that officials should also avoid division and that their differences should not make the enemies optimistic.
In a report posted on KHABAR ONLINE website, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said in Qom on Friday that unfortunately some remarks are made about certain issues which are not based on reality. He said, “I have explicitly and repeatedly expressed my view about the events that followed the presidential election; those who want to tarnish the image of the revolution must know that we are the followers of the Supreme Leader.” Elsewhere in his remarks, he said the Leader has forbidden the three branches of power to say something against each other and “we are duty bound to follow him… and until he desires so, we say nothing.” The senior lawmaker also said making accusations against others is not acceptable.