Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
Supreme Leader of the Revolution Stresses in Meeting with Workers: The need to promote Iranian goods
New Prescription by Social Security [Inc.]: No more than four sicknesses per month!
Saudi Arabia King’s Visit to Bahrain Canceled: Saudis’ feast in Bahrain aborted
Iran
Supreme Leader of the Revolution Suggests in Meeting with Thousands of Workers: Replace foreign goods with Iranian products
By Social Security Fund: Insurance for home-based businesses
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Meeting with Thousands of Workers from across the Country: Adherence to requisites of ‘Economic Jihad’ leads to [economic] leap
Following Popular Opposition to Libyan Dictator: 61 Libyan tribes call for Qaddafi’s resignation
MPs’ Letter to the President
Kayhan
Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Thousands of Workers: Quality production and purchase of Iranian goods a constituent of Economic Jihad
Detainees Confess on Syrian TV: We received money from foreigners to provoke riots
Resalat
His Excellency Ayatollah Khamenei in Meeting with Thousands of Workers: Consumption of domestic goods, the endeavor in the year of “Economic Jihad”
[Resalat Editor-in-Chief] Seyyed Morteza Nabavi: Public opinion still unsatisfied with treatment of economic corruptors
Mohsen Rezaee: Principlists should move in line with Jame’atein’s charter
[Member of Assembly of Experts] Ayatollah Mamdouhi: Mal-veiledness has turned into a political issue
Shargh
Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Nezam’s basic policy mutual understanding between workers, employers and accountable [governmental] bodies
Tehran-e Emrooz
Supreme Leader of the Revolution Reiterates in Meeting with Thousands of Workers: Economy is enemy’s primary target
West’s Dual Standards with respect to Bashar Assad
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.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.
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.
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.