Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
Rental Season Approaching: Need for governmental solution for [spiraling] rents
Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with [Majles’] Agriculture Committee: Administration of Purposeful Subsidies Bill should not be undermined
During Their Presence in Velayat Park [in southern Tehran]: Legislators laud [Tehran Municipality’s] justice-based approach and heed toward southern Tehran
Iran
With Materialization of Penta-lateral Agreement in Ashgabat Meeting: Iran becomes regional goods and energy hub
Bahrain Regime Prepares for Execution of Revolutionaries
On Charges of Libeling Nezam Officials: Fa’ezeh Hashemi [Rafsanjani] case opens in Tehran’s General Court
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Supreme Leader of the Revolution Highlights in Meeting with Head and Members of Majles’ Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee: Advancing agricultural projects with a national outlook
[Tehran MP] Ahmad Tavakkoli Asserts in a Letter to Legislators: Government gives citizens incorrect employment and unemployment stats
Signed by Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Oman and Qatar FMs: Penta-lateral agreement to link Central Asia and Persian Gulf
Damascus Warns the Opposition: State of emergency restored in Syria
Kayhan
Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Members of Majles’ Agriculture Committee: Taking for granted the differences between Majles and government approaches incorrect
Million-Strong Demonstrations in the Capital and Some Other Cities of Morocco; Waves of Islamic Enlightenment Arrive at Maghreb; The Nation: The king must go
[Judiciary Speaker] Mohseni Ezhe’i: A new dossier opened for Fa’ezeh Hashemi
Bahrain Prosecutor General: We will kill all if protests continue
Resalat
[Resalat Editor-in-Chief] Seyyed Morteza Nabavi in an Interview with Fars [News Agency]: Principlists thawed nation-state relations
Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Head and Members of Majles’ Agriculture Committee: [Majles-set] Laws should be enforced and government’s needs should be satisfied [in the meantime]
[Former Head of the Judiciary] Ayatollah [Mohammad] Yazdi: We should beware not to give the enemy any pretext
Judiciary Speaker: Fa’ezeh Hashemi to be prosecuted
Shargh
Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Majles’ bills definitely approved by the Leadership as [binding] law
Judiciary Speaker: [Head of the government’s official news agency IRNA, Ali Akbar] Javanfekr asks the court for adjournment
[Religious Leader] Ayatollah Javadi Amoli: Country can’t be run by oil sales
Tehran-e Emrooz
Supreme Leader of the Revolution Underlines: Problems will be solved with Majles-Government joint approach
Judiciary Speaker Announces: Fa’ezeh Hashemi and Javanfekr summoned
Vatan-e Emrooz
Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Members of Majles’ Agriculture Committee: Purposeful Subsidies a substantial measure by the government
Judiciary Speaker Reacts to Successive Libels: Fa’ezeh Hashemi under prosecution
* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does not publish on Thursdays.
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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.
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.
Vatan-e Emrooz (Motherland Today) -which started its publication in November 2008-, belongs to Mehrdad Bazrpash, the thirty-old pro-Ahmadinejad politician who is also head of Iran's second largest auto manufacturer company, Saipa. Vatan-e Emrooz is a supporter of the president’s policies.