Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review

16 May 2011 | 03:33 Code : 12789 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Tehran’s newspapers on Sunday, 25th of Ordibehesht 1390: May 15, 2011.
Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri

 

Middle East’s Largest Roofed Amusement Park to be Built in South Tehran

New Gas Prices Announced

In Separate Letters by Ahmadinejad: Three ministers dismissed


Iran

 

Majles’ Speaker [Ali Larijani]: Quality of ministries’ merger up to the government


Jomhouri-ye Eslami

 

Dismissal of Three Ministers and Majles’ Reaction

In a Letter to Ban Ki Moon: Iranian medical society calls for a stop to crimes against Bahraini doctors

On the Anniversary of Palestine’s Occupation: People of Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt march in support for the Palestinian nation


Kayhan

 

Kayhan’s Analysis: Alliance against Israel: joint strategy of Iran and Egypt

President Dismisses Three Ministers


Resalat

 

US Official Radio Network Confesses: US assassinates scientists to stop Iran's nuclear program

[Conservative Scholar, Hassan] Rahimpour Azghadi in International Conference of Global Alliance against Terrorism: Secularism inherently nurtures terrorists

Dr. Ali Larijani: The issue of ministries’ mergers solved in presence of the Leader of the Revolution


Shargh

 

To Regulate Inter-Power Relations: Ahmadinejad and Larijani meet in presence of the Leader of the Revolution

Ayatollah [Hashemi] Rafsanjani’s Official Website Publishes: The unspoken of Hashemi’s meeting with Assembly of Experts members [after Mahdavi Kani replaced Hashemi as head of the assembly]


Tehran-e Emrooz

 

Gas Prices Rises Again: Government takes second step in liberalization of prices

“Astray Current’s” Road Map for the [9th Parliamentary] Elections

Three Ministers’ Dismissal Letters Published

 

Vatan-e Emrooz

 

Vatan-e Emrooz Reports Economic, Social and Political Crises in the Green Continent: The age of decline for EU

Gas Prices for Home Use Rise

Arab-Islamic Revolutions Pester the US: Obama’s special Middle East envoy resigns

 

* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does 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.

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.