Headlines: Raïssi's election to Iranian presidency complicates nuclear negotiations
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Iran's new president Ebrahim Raisi addresses the media in Tehran on June 18, 2021 © AFP / Atta Kenare
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The elected president, the ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raïssi sets the bar very high at the outset by declaring that Iran will not allow “
negotiations for the sake of negotiating
” on its nuclear program.
"
Iran elected a tough guy
", underlines the
Japan Times
which this morning estimated that "
the rise of the sexagenarian Raïssi could complicate the negotiations to relaunch the agreement of 2015, but without derailing them
". Analysis shared in the
Wall Street Journal
for which "
the elected president of Iran will (certainly) be a more confrontational adversary for the West than his predecessor
", but which should ultimately follow the line of his mentor Ali Khamenei, the Guide Supreme Leader of Iran who supports the Geneva negotiations "
to free the Iranian economy from US sanctions
."
For the
Washington Post,
which quotes Western diplomats, the negotiations could even be successful “
before Raïssi takes office in early August
”, a way for Iranian conservatives to reap, says the
Post,
“
the political and economic advantages of an agreement, everything by blaming the Rohani administration for the shortcomings of this same agreement
”.
"
An agreement is the only chance to avoid a new escalation
", insists for its part the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
who sees Raïssi as a future troublemaker in the whole region, even if the German daily also wants to believe "
that the difficulties can be ironed out with a view to an agreement in Vienna
”.
First round of the French regional elections, Macron and Le Pen losers
"
It's a slap
" for Macron, headlines the
Guardian,
which uses the expression of majority MP Aurore Bergé. The British daily sees in the high rate of abstention 68% the failure of "the
president and his government to mobilize their supporters
". "
This means that about 30 million people
" shunned the ballot box, notes the
New York Times,
which highlights an "
electoral campaign marked by acts of violence against political leaders and inflammatory speeches that reflect wars cultural developments in France
”. "
Macron's party looks pale
," underlines
La Repubblica
which insists like the
New York Times
on the defeat of Marine Le Pen which "
destroys the hopes of the extreme right to make of this ballot a springboard for the race for the presidency next year
".
Most of the dailies also underline "
the rebirth of the French right
", as the Swiss daily
Le Temps
headlines
, for the Spanish
El Pais
"
the LR right remains the main French political force
", and has shown that it can beat the extreme right ; and the two dailies to see in Xavier Bertrand a "
potential future opponent of Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election
". "
Caution
", recommends for its part the
Guardian
for which one should not "
confuse regional results with a presidential election
", the
Guardian
which also considers "
that neither the dominant right nor the socialist left has yet a credible candidate at this stage
”.
Covid-19: already more than 500,000 dead in Brazil, and the fear of a third wave
"
Until when are we going to die?"
", The headline yesterday in the
Folha de São Paulo
, while Brazil ravaged by the pandemic is now worried about a possible third wave with the appearance of new variants and while vaccination remains very low. "
The country recorded nearly 83,000 infections yesterday and more than 2,300 deaths
", explains the
Chinese
Global Times
which, like the
Japan Times,
points out that "
less than 30% of the population received a first dose and only 12 % received two
”. And "
the spread of the virus could get even worse with the onset of winter in the southern hemisphere
," notes the Chinese daily.
For his part,
O Globo
calls again for the "
urgent
"
dismissal
of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accusing his government "
of having committed a crime against the Brazilian people, by underestimating the pandemic, and with a program to fight against the Covid -19 which goes against,
says the Brazilian daily
, all scientific recommendations
”.
The pandemic also and always weighs on the Tokyo Olympics
One month before the start of the Games, the organizers have just authorized a maximum of 10,000 people in the stadiums "
but do not exclude the possibility of re-establishing the closed door if the infections multiply
", explains the
Japan Times
which also specifies that "
the athletes will be authorized to consume alcohol only in their room and will also see themselves deprived of distribution of condoms
", and this always "in
order to limit the progression of the virus
".
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