The column ‘Persian Press Review’ features the headlines and leading articles carried by Farsi dailies.

Sunday’s headlines
HAMSHAHRI: Global reaction to the launch of Bushehr nuclear power plant slated for next week
JAM-E JAM: Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi calls on president to urge (his aide) Mashaei to keep silence
TEHRAN-E EMROOZ: MP says the metro budget could be pursued through judicial channels
JAVAN: Details of the presence of foreigners in constructing houses
TAFAHOM: Japan purchases more oil from Iran
HEMAYAT: Mahathir Mohammad says the West’s approach toward Iran on its nuclear program is a deceit
KHORASAN: Special group has been formed to resolve the disputes between government and Majlis
JAM-E JAM: Poll shows 77% of Arabs consider U.S. as a threat to their security
IRAN: John Bolton says Bushehr nuclear power plant demonstrate one decade of U.S. failure
SHARQ: Mashaei was exempted from cultural heritage organization case
GOSTARESH-E SANAT: The oil prices decrease
Leading articles
SIASAT-E ROOZ in its editorial says that bad law is better than lawlessness. The backbone of every country is based on law, and if law is not implemented chaos will emerge. The late founder of Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini, every now and then insisted on the implementation of law and according to him it was obligatory for both government and people to obey law. The writer says one may not like a law but this can never be used an a excuse not to implement it. s Last week, Ahmadinejad, when asked about parliamentary approval about Tehran metro budget, said: “I do not consider it as law.” And he added, “This law has been investigated in the Guardian Council and this body has considered it as being against Article 75 (of the constitution) and can not be discussed further in Majlis.” However, according to the Article 112 of the Constitution in cases of disagreement between Majlis and the Guardian Council it is the Expediency Council which sets in and makes the final decision. The writer also says if the president participates in the Expediency Council sessions it will be helpful when such things happen.
JAVAN in a commentary has lamented the tension between the three branches of powers in the country. The writer says if Majlis, government and judiciary had been divided between different political factions, then the tension could be more tolerable. The president says something against Majlis or judiciary and the Judiciary chief in response says something against the president. The irony is that the three branches hold joint sessions.
JOMHURI ESLAMI in its editorial says that the U.S. administration has announced a number of its forces will remain in Iraq until the next 10 years. According to the news reports, quoting U.S. high-ranking officials, on the basis of the Baghdad-Washington agreement all United States’ forces would not withdraw from Iraq until 2020. According to this agreement which was signed two years ago, about 50 thousands troops are expected to leave Iraq and the remaining troops should withdraw until the end of the next year. The U.S. recent position, once again confirms the fact that U.S. military intervention in Iraq was not merely intended to topple a dictator and creating a democratic system in Iraq, but to achieve its long-term interests.
JAHAN-E SANAT in its editorial says that the labor minister has expressed doubt about the recent report on the percentage of unemployment and inflation released by the “Statistics Center of Iran.” The common people do not trust such statistics as they are feeling high prices and experts are seeking to see the statistics presented by the Economist magazine or World Bank because the domestic system of statistics are simply unreliable.