Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review

10 May 2011 | 15:26 Code : 12607 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Tehran’s newspapers on Monday, 19th of Ordibehesht 1390; May 9, 2011.
Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
Conservative newspapers happily reported the attendance of Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi in a cabinet meeting chaired by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian president reacted- with a sharp tongue- to rumors about his cabinet, spread by Principlist media during the recent political crisis.
 

Hamshahri

New Promises by Tehran’s Governor [Morteza Moballeq]: Tehran will have no jobless in [Persian Year] ’92 [March 2011-2012]

Wave of Opposition Arrests Goes On in Bahrain
 

Iran

President in Cabinet Meeting: True advocating of velayat-e faqih an obligation; The Government Will Firmly Protect the Invaluable Legacy of Velayat-e Faqih and Elevation of Islamic Iran

Speaker of the Guardian Council [Abbas-Ali Kadkhodayi]: Some articles of the budget bill contradict Islam and Constitution
 

Jomhouri-ye Eslami
 

Opposition’s Houses Targeted in Arson by the Bahraini Regime

Following Row in Majles: Parliament revises some provinces’ budget

Manufacture of Long-Range Anti-Missile Defense System on Defense Ministry’s Agenda
 

Kayhan
 

Rumors Die Down: Cabinet meeting chaired by Ahmadinejad and attended by [Minister of Intelligence, Heydar] Moslehi

Following Citizens’ Protest Over Slow-Pace Reforms: Military rule announced by Tunisian interim government

On the Sidelines of Cabinet Meeting; Intelligence Minister: Bin Laden died long time ago

Resalat

Ayatollah Mesbah [Yazdi] in First Congregation of Ammar Headquarters (1): Fetneh the product of whimsicality and heresy

Yesterday Evening: Cabinet meeting chaired by Ahmadinejad and attended by [Minister of Intelligence, Heydar] Moslehi

Hijab Rally to Be Held in 8 Major Cities
 

Shargh
 

[Conservative MP] Mohammad Reza Bahonar: President shouldn’t say “I designate the Majles” (2)

President: Talks about palm-readers in the government who entertained us
 

Tehran-e Emrooz
 

Minister of Intelligence Returns to Cabinet

President’s Reaction to Recent Controversies [over Resignation of Intelligence Minister and Fury over Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei’s Excessive Influence]: Talks about palm-reading and exorcism [rumored to be favored by Mashaei’s inner circle] that entertained us

Reformists’ Cold Response to Astray Current’s Invitation Card [to Form an Alliance in the Next Parliamentary Election]
 

Vatan-e Emrooz
 

Unprecedented Verbal Row in Zionist Regime’s Ruling Team over Nuclear Iran: Israeli vertigo

Minister of Intelligence on the Sidelines of Yesterday’s Cabinet Meeting: Bin Laden dead a long time ago

* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.

Trouble with understanding some terms? Check our Glossary of Iranian Political Terms.

(1)   Ammar Headquarters is a cultural center established after the 2009 post-election protests to reinforce the Islamic Republic in the cultural ‘front’.

(2)   Allusion to Ayatollah Khomeini’s historical saying upon his arrival in Tehran “I will designate a government…with support of this nation.”

 

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.