TEHRAN - Sobh-e-No devoted its editorial to Lavrov's support for the UAE’s position to refer the country’s ownership claims of over the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf to The Hague-based International Court of Justice.

It said: The Arab countries are apathetic to the Israeli occupation of a part of the land of the Arab people and turning a blind eye to the crimes of the occupying regime in cleansing and killing Palestinians. However, they have a covetous eye on the small Iranian islands. In their numerous statements, instead of condemning the occupation of the Israeli regime, they have been talking about an “imaginary conflict” over the islands and seeking to resolve this so-called conflict through bilateral negotiations or the International Court of Justice. These Islands (Abu Mousa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs) have eternally belonged to Iran and issuing such statements is against the friendly relations between Iran and its neighbors. Russia should know that Iran has succeeded in making itself needless of the hegemony of America and its allies, managed their hostile policy of pressure and sanctions, and reduced its economic dependencies. Iran is serious with every party about its territorial integrity and independence. By adopting a "balanced policy", Iran's diplomatic system does not allow any of the powers to undermine its position as an emerging power in the new regional and global order.

Vatan-e-Emrooz: Desperate attack to escape failure

In an analysis, Vatan-e-Emrooz discussed the Dec. 25 martyrdom of Seyyed Razi Mousavi, one of Iran's senior military advisers in Syria, by the Zionist regime and wrote: The Zionist regime's goal in assassinating martyr Mousavi is a suicide attempt to bring Iran into a direct war with the Zionist regime and turn the West Asia region into a battlefield. After the Al-Aqsa Storm Operation, all the efforts of the Zionists have been to expand the war to the entire region, because the Al-Aqsa Storm was the biggest military, security, and political hit to the Zionist regime in the occupied territories. Now, it is for two months since the Zionists have entered Gaza but have failed to achieve any important victory on the battleground. Therefore, it is clear that they want the war to be dragged outside the borders of the occupied territories so that by involving other countries in the region, they can find an excuse to create a ‘war coalition’ for their benefit. In addition, with the development of the war, the focus of the world's public opinion will be deflected away from this regime and its crimes in Gaza.

Siasat-e-Rooz: Endless claims

In a commentary, Siasat-e-Rooz addressed the false claims against Iran by quoting Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying: The baseless claims of the British Foreign Secretary against Iran are rejected as this country itself is in the position of the accused and is a clear historical example of instability and insecurity in the region as it created the Zionist regime in the region. Instead, Iran has made many diplomatic efforts at various bilateral, regional, and international levels (to de-escalate the tension in the region). The last attempt was to host the international conference in Tehran. But the biggest defendant in recent developments is the U.S. government, which is actually part of the war crime and perhaps the first and last country responsible for both the start of the war and the attacks of the Zionist regime on Gaza and its continuation. From an international moral and legal point of view, the American government is not in a position to make accusations against other parties inside and outside the region. Iran considers these accusations completely rejected and worthless. Such claims are aimed at deflecting the public attention and covering up the crimes of the Israeli regime.

Hamshahri: Iran's economic diplomacy has become more active
Hamshahri discussed the progress of Iran's economic diplomacy in a conversation with economic expert Harvik Yarijanian. The paper said: Iran has been the target of cruel sanctions by the United States for several years. Now, to get out of the problems and unfortunate effects that these sanctions have caused for us, especially in the private sector, we need regional and extra-regional agreements. The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is a regional pact that Iran was already its partner and this partnership is getting more comprehensive. Moreover, Iran's economic diplomacy has become much more active. The main reason for this is the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to economic diplomacy. Today, many countries are noticing that their economy is affected by political issues, and Iran has paid a lot of attention to its economy in its political interactions. Today, Iran has an effective economic relationship with all neighboring countries, and our products have shown that they have a competitive advantage in the international markets, especially with neighboring countries and distant countries like China.