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

Saturday’s headlines
JAME JAM: Supreme Leader says Islamism is the most powerful force in uprising in Egypt
KHORASAN: Leader says humiliation is the main cause of uprisings by Tunisian and Egyptian nations
KHORASAN: European Union states have agreed to waive a visa ban on Salehi
HEMAYAT: Unprecedented demonstrations to bring Mubarak down
HEMAYAT: Leader says Iranian nation see echoes of their powerful voice by Egyptians and Tunisians
TAFAHOM: Gold prices increase again in world markets
TAFAHOM: Leader says the current Egyptian regime’s complete obedience to Israel and U.S. is the main cause of uprising
TAFAHOM: Iran electricity exports increase
TAFAHOM: Inflation in Dey (the Iranian calendar month which started on Dec. 22 and ended on Jan. 21) reached to 10.8%
KAYHAN: Daily Mail says Islamists in Arab states to take power
SHARQ: Egyptians in their million-strong demonstration declare resolution week
JAHANE SANAT: Leader announces Iran will attain full self-sufficiency in gasoline production by February 11
JAHANE SANAT: Afghan commercial attaché says export of Afghan goods to Iran increases
Leading articles
SHARQ in an editorial entitled “The Impact of Egyptian Movement on Developments in the Region”, written by university professor Hermidas Bavand, says except in few cases the Egyptians have not been radical. The most radical movement the Egyptians experienced in the course of history was the pan-Arabism movement led by Gamal Abdel Nasser which surpassed Egypt’s borders and gripped the whole Arab world. During his rule over Egypt, despite strong slogans in practice Nasser tried to balance Egypt’s relations with the two dominant blocs in the Cold War time and avoided dangerous tensions. After Nasser, the Sadat era started which became dominant in three-decade rule of Hosni Mubarak. During this era Egypt along with Saudi Arabia and Jordan formed a triangle, which as key supporters of the West, followed a particular policy toward the U.S. and Israel. As we have witnessed, the Egyptians in their demonstrations are pointing their finger at Hosni Mubarak’s corrupt system, and people from all walks of life and all opposition political parties are participating in demonstrations. The fast-moving developments in Egypt as one of the most important states in the Arab world would inevitably affect all countries in the region. The writer says some analysts believe the future government of Egypt would adopt policies similar to Turkey by preserving its strategic relations with Washington and Tel Aviv. The future government would try to chant slogans against Israel to satisfy the public opinion in the Arab world because the Arab public expect more of Egypt than Turkey. The future Egyptian government would most probably would create a balance in its foreign policy by establishing a more logical relationship with the outside world and thereby improve its role as a major player in the region.
JOMHURI ESLAMI in an analysis says Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak insists that he would remain in power until the next presidential elections and that he will not leave the country. But the revolution by Egyptians has reached a stage that there is no other alternative for him other than leaving the presidential palace. According to the editorialist, the difference between Egypt and Tunisia is that Tunisia has no role in political developments in the Middle East, particularly issues related to the Israeli problem as the most outstanding issue in the Arab Middle East and that the removal of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali from power had no impact on the issue. But the Egyptian government has been playing the leading role toward the Middle East conflict over the last 30 years particularly in guaranteeing the interests of Israel. The newspaper says the popular uprising in Egypt and strong slogans against Mubarak are much stronger than Khalid Istanbuli’s bullets (a reference to Khalid Istanbuli’s assassination of Anwar Sadat). The writer adds the Egyptians’ uprising and their slogans would put an end to the political life of Mubarak and his sympathizers.