Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
Iran’s Biggest Amusement Park to Be Built in Western Tehran
Cities Besieged by Protestors in Greece and Spain
Iran
Chairman of Institute for Trade Studies and Research: Executive institutes ordered to reduce costs
Majority of the Principlist Faction in Majles Approve of the Nominee for Sports Minister [Hamid Sajjadi]
Fashion and Clothes Market Monopolized by Mafias
Kayhan
Hectic Day in Pasteur and Baharestan: Intensive negotiations between the government and parliament on impeachment, mergers, and a vote of confidence
LA Times Analysts Predict: European protests soon to arrive on the US coast
Kayhan’s Analysis: Escalating political dispute and delayed affairs, the enemy’s desired project
Resalat
Javad Mansouri Ghaem, Vice President of Center for Islamic Revolution Archives’ Center: Infiltrators have stricken the heaviest blows on the Islamic Republic (1)
Ahmadinejad: Iran’s presence in space will improve rapidly
[Hardliner MP, Ruhollah] Hosseinian: Lawmakers pursue Malekzadeh’s dismissal
Shargh
Order for All-Out Support of the Government Issued: Ahmadinejad abandons his ‘silent’ stance
Crimean-Congo Fever Claims the Lives of 26 Iranians
Tehran-e Emrooz
Intelligence Ministry Officially Disapproves of Appointment of Malekzadeh: Behind a controversial choice
[Ali] Larijani Criticizes ‘Extra’-Legal Measures: Unlawful conduct won’t remain unanswered
Speaker of the Article 90 Committee: Government should return from the path it has stepped onto
Vatan-e Emrooz
LA Times: Europe protests will reach the US
(1) Most likely an indirect reference to Esfandiar Rahim Masha’i and his coterie.
* 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.