Kayhan discussed the claims of the American Hill magazine and wrote: This magazine says if the Israeli war on Gaza stops normalization between Iran and Saudi Arabia, then Iran will emerge victorious. In fact, the magazine is seeking to blame Iran for the October 7 attack by the Hamas resistance group in the occupied territories near the Gaza Strip.  

“If this war stops Israeli-Saudi normalization, then Iran wins” was the headline of the Hill article. 

It also claimed that “Iran needed to start a war before the normalization reached fruition.”

Without mentioning the public opinion in the Arab world toward Israel, part of the article says, “Iran’s well-planned hegemonic ambitions to dominate the Middle East and chase the U.S. from the region will be thwarted if Arabs and Israelis find common ground.”

The writer of the article wants to suggest that the worst thing for Israel and its main ally is not fighting the war but losing it. The writer wants to convey the idea that a ceasefire now will lead to more wars. 

So far, Hamas has won the war. It launched a surprise attack on Israel and killed more than 1,300 Israelis. Through the attack, they have postponed the goal of peace between Israelis and Palestinians, destroyed any prospect of a moderate Palestinian leadership, blocked the normalization of relations between Israel and Arab states, and created a gap between the U.S. and its Arab allies. 

Iran: Iran’s six proposals to strengthen global trade

In a note, the Iran newspaper discussed the visit of the first vice president to China. It said: Mohammad Mokhber explained the new contexts and conditions of the global economy, such as sharing domestic opportunities with the rest of the world, supporting a comprehensive multilateral trade system to regulate international trade rules, maintaining the stability of industrial and supply chains of the world, creating international consumption center cities, developing e-commerce and creating modern logistics systems. These are six proposals to strengthen the new global trade. However, unilateralism threatens the flow of international trade; causes trade war between countries and leads to economic sanctions (which are literally economic terrorism), and creates obstacles to a globalized economy. The more countries become active in different sectors and use their national currency in exchanges and commercial transactions, the impact of American sanctions will decrease because America relies on the power of the dollar to sanction countries.

Sobh-e-No: Economic opportunities for Iran

In an explanation, Sobh-e-No discussed the trip of the Taliban delegation to Tehran and said: This trip was carried out to improve the level of commercial and economic cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan and develop bilateral relations in the fields of trade, transportation, transit, investment and customs cooperation. In recent months, there have been repeated issues in the media such as a significant increase in the number of Afghan immigrants, water crisis, and security challenges. It seems that resolving an important part of these crises will depend on increasing economic relations and defining common interests with the ruling body in Afghanistan. The increase in the unemployment rate, increase in the number of immigrants, increase in crime, growth in drug production, and finally activation of radical groups in the border areas are among the inevitable consequences of the deterioration of the economic situation in Afghanistan, which can be controlled to a significant extent by increasing economic cooperation. On the other hand, if the border areas become a passage for extensive commercial exchanges and the people of the two countries benefit from it, the space for creating insecurity will surely disappear.

Shargh: Zelensky’s baseless claims against Iran

In an analysis, Shargh discussed Zelensky's new claim against Iran. It wrote: The president of Ukraine, whose country is at war with Russia, said in part of his interview with NBC News that there is nothing new. This is a fire that has been burning between Israel and Palestine for a long time, and some people are busy making it burn more. I am sure that Russia is behind this and supports Hamas, and so does Iran. They should be blamed and pressure should increase on Iran and Russia. Zelensky's claim against Iran is raised while Amir Abdollahian has recently emphasized in a television interview that the Islamic Republic of Iran has never welcomed war. Our efforts are focused on realizing the rights of the Palestinians and not expanding the war. Many efforts are being made in the region so that the scope of the war does not expand. Iran does not give orders to the resistance forces and they make independent decisions.