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

Wednesday’s headlines
JAVAN: Trade minister says hoarders’ dream of becoming wealthy overnight through price rises will not come true
MELLAT MA: Director of Association of Demographics says it would impossible to transfer 5 million from Tehran province
HAMSHAHRI: Iranian representative protests Amano’s remarks
IRAN: 7,700 unions announce readiness to control market when subsidy reform plan goes into effect
TAFAHOM: Vice president promises visa-free travel for Islamic countries
JAM-E JAM: Election of mayors, the right of people or government?
JAVAN: Political activists request impartial investigation of Mahdi Hashemi case (Mahdi Hashemi is the son of Hashemi Rafsanjani)
HEMAYAT: Majlis opposes reducing the number of ministries
KHORASAN: FM Mottaki and Akhondzade (president’s special representative) call for settling the Caspian Sea legal regime based on 1921 and 1940 agreements signed between Iran and the former Soviet Union
DONYA EQTESAD: Dubai businessmen protest against Iran trade curbs  
GOSTARESH SANAT: Sources say MKO is launching activities to undermine subsidy reform plan
 Leading articles
TEHRAN-E EMROOZ in a report writes eight decades after secular system was established in Turkey, Israel and many Western countries are now admitting that Turkey has undergone major changes in recent years. The writer says Turkey under Islamic-minded leaders is watching the behavior of the U.S. and Israel in the Middle East. When countries such as Russia, China and India, which are considered as Iran’s traditional allies, made a U-turn and supported the U.S.-backed moves against Iran, Turkey backed the Islamic Republic. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdullah Gul in their separate remarks in the last two days once again expressed support for Tehran. The newspaper concludes with a question: Do the Turks’ close relationship with Iran would finally lead to Turkey’s membership in the EU, or it would form a strategic alliance with Iran in the region?
DONYA-E EQTESAD in an editorial criticizes Yukiya Amano for claiming that Iran is not fully cooperating with IAEA inspectors. In New York, the IAEA head called on Iran to implement all resolutions approved by the IAEA and the UN Security Council including a full suspension of its uranium enrichment program and start negotiations with the 5+1 group. The writer says the statements by Amano were neither “technical” nor “legal”, rather they were “political”. The columnist emphasizes that the nuclear case of Iran is a purely technical and legal issue which has nothing to do with politics. However, the writer adds the issue has been overshadowed by the United States’ hostile policy toward Iran. The former IAEA chief, Mohamed Elbaradei, was attempting to depoliticize the issue, but Amano does not have such an idea. Amano’s remarks about Iran’s nuclear activities may interfere with the technical job of the IAEA and tarnish the image of the UN body.