Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
New Medical Achievements of the Country: Nine refractory diseases will be cured in Iran
In Meeting with Iranian FM [Ali Akbar Salehi]; Kuwait’s Emir [Sheikh Sabah Ahmad]: We believe in the goodwill of our Iranian brothers
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Arabs Call for Million-Strong March towards [Palestinian] Occupied Territories
Qaddafi Murders Defense Minister
9 Domestic Medicines Unveiled
Minister of Defense [Ahmad Vahidi] Announces: [Homemade] Ballistic missiles to be delivered on the anniversary of [strategic port] Khorramshahr’s liberation [from Iraqi army occupation in 1982]
Kayhan
Tehran Prosecutor General [Abbas Ja’fari Dowlatabadi] Announces: Investigation on financial corruption of the “Astray Current” to begin
12 Dead and 50 Wounded in Anti-American Protests of Afghan People
Resalat
[Conservative Politician] Habibollah Asgarowladi Elaborates in an Interview with YJC: Characteristics of the “Astray Current” and its similarities to the ’88 Fetneh [of the Green Movement]
Tehran Prosecutor: Cases of financial corruption of the “Astray Current” to be investigated
Clinton and Ashton: West will sustain its anti-Iran approach
Tehran-e Emrooz
Colonel [Qaddafi] Murders His Defense Minister
[Tehran Mayor] Qalibaf: We have suffered from [governmental style of] management
* 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.
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.