Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
Iran
President’s Serenity amidst Majles’ Tempest
Iran's Report on the Government’s Plans to Reinforce Guilds’ Role and Status: Guilds will be receive supports allocated to small industries
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Fifteen-Seventeen Percent Increase in Basic Goods’ Price amid Officials’ Silence
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Criticizes Shaking Moral Foundations
Discoveries Reveal: Iran's oil and gas reserves on rise
Kayhan
Crises in Greece and Spain Turns Contagious
No Impeachment, [Ministries’] Merger Approved: Majles does not vote in favor of Sports and Youth Ministry candidate [Hamid Sajjadi]
Iran and Iraq FMs Stress: Bahrain’s political system should be representative
Resalat
[Resalat Editor-in-Chief] Morteza Nabavi, Senior Member of [Right-Wing] Islamic Association of Engineers Suggests: Regulated dialogue between Principlists and Reformists
Ahmadinejad in Majles: The friendship between Majles and government is yet as powerful
Two MPs: Negative vote for Sajjadi not political
Shargh
Bitter Tuesday for the Government
Police Commander [Brigadier Ahmadi-Moghaddam]: Punishment in public induces insecurity
[Supreme Leader’s Representative to IRGC] Zonnour: Ahmadinejad and Masha’i like Laleh and Ladan
Tehran-e Emrooz
Majles Did Not Vote for the Minister of Sports, Malekzadeh Resigned from Foreign Ministry: Bitter day for the Astray Current
Millions March in Support for the Syrian President: Assad Issues General Amnesty
Vatan-e Emrooz
Vatan-e Emrooz Reports about the Latest State of Prices: Increase with government’s admission
In Spite of Western States’ Conspiracies: Millions support Bashar Assad
* 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.