Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
The West Plays the Hariri Card
Iran
Secretary of the National Security Council [Saeed Jalili] in an Interview with American Network NBC: Futile sanctions forced the West to negotiate with Iran
Legislators Stress: Council of Expediency Discernment should not vote against Central Bank’s independence
Dr. Ahmadinejad: I prefer the company of the [financially and socially] weakest citizens to meeting with assertive [politicians]
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Arab Totalitarian Regimes Fear Tunisia Developments
Council of Nezam’s Expediency Discernment: Leadership has assigned resolving the problem of Central Bank to the council
Kayhan
Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah: Hariri dealt with the US, we dismissed him
NY Times: Iran’s position in talks with P5+1stronger with implementation of Purposeful Subsidies
Group 77 [of Developing Nations] Pursues Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientists Case in Vienna
Resalat
Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah: Hezbollah will not support corrupt governments in Lebanon
Ali-Akbar Salehi: We will sue the Zionist regime for the assassination of [nuclear scientist] Dr. Ali-Mohammadi in the near future
[Religious marja’] Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani: Tunisian government was commanded by the US
Tehran-e Emrooz
Decoding the Conspiracy: Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah discloses the Zionistic-American Fetneh of [Rafik] Hariri’s tribunal
Charter of Principlism, Criterion for Proximity
Vatan-e Emrooz
Hezbollah Secretary General: We won’t accept Hariri’s premiership
Full Text of Article 90 Committee’s Report on Law Violations of Majles’ Presiding Board Published: How did the Black Sunday of Majles [when it voted in favor of Islamic Azad University] happen?
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.
Trouble with understanding some terms? Check our Glossary of Iranian Political Terms.
Briefing
Hamshahri (Citizen) is the official daily newspaper of Tehran’s Municipality. Its general directions in politics, culture and economy are determined by the mayor of Tehran, currently Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.
Iran is the official organ of the administration.
Jomhouri-ye Eslami (The Islamic Republic) was known as the official organ of the Party of the Islamic Republic, founded in 1979 and disbanded in 1987. Currently, it is an open critique of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies and is known to be a mouthpiece of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Kayhan (Universe) is a hard-line conservative newspaper. Its editor-in-chief –currently Hossein Shari’atmadari- is appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader. Shari’atmadari’s editorials often spark off controversy and debate inside Iranian political circles.
Khabar (News) is a principlist daily newspaper which adopts a critical stance towards Ahmadinejad’s policies.
Resalat (Mission) belongs to the moderate wing of the principlist camp. Resalat’s best known analyst is Amir Mohebbian, its political editor.
Shargh (East) is a moderate reformist newspaper. It was the most popular and influential reformist newspaper in its first period of publication which lasted from August 2003 until September 2006.
Tehran-e Emrooz (Tehran Today) is a ‘principlist reformist’ newspaper, connected to Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.