A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 23

Iran Front Page- The efforts to rescue or recover the bodies of firefighters entrapped after the Thursday collapse pf Plasco Building in central Tehran remained the top story in today�s newspapers.

Newspapers also released interviews with a number of firefighters and shop owners of Plasco Building regarding the tragic incident and the damages they have suffered.

A lawsuit filed by former president Mohammad Khatami against former Basij Commander Brigadier General Naqdi also received great coverage. Naqdi recently accused the reformist ex-president of receiving money from Saudis.

The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines:

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19 Dey:

1- Cancer Needs Some $2.6 Billion Each Year: Health Minister

2- Transport Minister: Renovation of Iran�s Old Ground, Sea, and Air Fleet to Begin Soon

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Abrar:

1- Plasco, City Council, and the People Who Vote for Singers and Athletes

2- Almost 1.5 Million Hectares of Forests in Northern Iran Destroyed over Past 50 Years

3- Erdogan: Turkish Nation Will Have the Final Say in Referandum

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Melania; A Light on Scary Face of Trump! A Report on the Ways Melania Trump Is Different from Previous US First Ladies

2- They Shouldn�t Have Confined Themselves to Warnings in Plasco Case

3- How Much Firefighters Receive in Other Countries?

4- Babak Zanjani Informed of His Sentence

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- We�re All Firefighters: Thursday, the Day of Bidding Farwell to Firefighters

2- Increase in Number of Wounded People: Specialized Committee Formed in Iran�s Parliament to Probe into the Incident

3- Will Qalibaf [current mayor and a possible rival for Rouhani in Presidential votes] Leave Municipality?

4- Iranian Counterattack on Trump: Iran�s Nuclear Chief Says Any Threat Will Restore Iranian Nuclear Energy Program to Previous Status

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Ebtekar:

1- Four Days, Three Bodies

2- Will Astana Talks Lead to Syria�s Peace?

3- Our Position Is to Maintain JCPOA: French FM

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Etemad:

1- People Waiting to Hear of Firefighters: 100 Hours after Beginning of Debris Removal, No One Knows What Has Happened to Missing Ones in Plasco Building

2- Spokesman Says Judiciary Is Investigating Former Reformist President Khatami�s Lawsuit against Former Basij Commander Naqdi

3- Women�s Riot against Trump: Women�s March in Washington Marks First Crisis for US President

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Ettela�at:

1- Private Sector�s Presence Saves Iran�s Economy: First VP in a Ceremony to Appreciate Private Entrepreneurs

2- Existence of Dangerous Centres in Tehran Threatens People�s Lives: Civil Defence Organization Chief

3- 500 Ceremonies to Be Held in 60 Countries to Commemorate Iran�s Revolution

4- Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Hold Demonstration in Protest at Israeli Regime�s Crimes

Farhikhtegan:

1- We Don�t Know What to Tell Our Mother: The Firefighter Who, Together with His Two Brothers, Is Looking for His Fourth Brother

Haft-e Sobh:

1- Plasco Had Three Fathers: Municipality, Labour Ministry, and Mostazafan Foundation: Which One Is to Blame in Plasco Incident?

2- Symphony of Those Who Lost Their Money: Two Malls Considered as Temporary Alternatives

Iran:

1- Reconstruction of Plasco; President Rouhani Orders Ministers to Immediately Bring Shop Owners Back to Work

2- US Ambassador�s Symbolic Presence in Astana Talks

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Javan:

1- First VP: We Were Not Successful in Post-JCPOA Finance

2- We�re All Firefighters

3- Iran�s Nuclear Chief Warns Trump

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Unprecedented Global Opposition to New US President Continues

2- Pope Warns against Beginning of New Era of Populism in US

Kayhan:

1- Plasco�s Message Is to Focus on Action instead of Political Fight: Lessons to Be Taken from a Disaster

2- West Terrified that Trump May Become another Gorbachev

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Khorasan:

1- Will Plasco Turn into Iran�s Triangle?

2- 100,000 SWU Warning: Nuclear Chief Says Iran Ready to Reach 100,000 SWU in 1.5 Years

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Nasl-e Farda:

1- Hush! Murderers Don�t Talk! [Reaction to Netanyahu�s Comments about Friendship with Iranian People]

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Payam-e Zaman:

1- JCPOA Prepared the Grounds for Working with the World: First VP

2- Women Hold Rallies against Trump in Washington

3- Four Judges and Three Lawyers Arrested: Judiciary Spokesman

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Resalat:

1- Five Judges and Three Lawyers Prosecuted: Judiciary Spokesman

2- Political Quake in West: What Do Massive Protest Rallies against Trump Mean?