Tuesday, August 6, 2013

News Post August 6, 2012

!سلام
A lot happened in Iran over the past weekend, so I thought I'd share some headlines from a handful of Persian newspapers and websites.

The most prominent event, of course, was the inauguration of new president Hasan Rowhani.

BBC Farsi published an article with this headline:

روحانی: رويكرد اصلی دولت زمينه سازی برای مشاركت مردم است
Vocabulary:

رويكرد - approach
اصلی - main
دولت - government
زمينه - background
سازی - of
مشاركت - participation
مردم - people

***Translation:

The other significant occurrence, which received less attention in the Western media, was Rowhani's proposal of cabinet members. Tabnak described Rowhani's cabinet proposals with the following headline from this article:
 
 کابینه پیشنهادی کابینه 50-50 است 



Vocabulary:

کابینه - cabinet
پیشنهادی - proposed

Translation: The proposed cabinet is the 50-50 cabinet

The article describes Rowhani's proposed cabinet as an even split of conservatives/principalists and reformers. The move was seen as a bit disappointing by reformists with high hopes following Rowhani's election.