Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

14 August 2010 | 18:34 Code : 8365 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Tehran’s newspapers on Thursday 21st of Mordad, August 12, 2010.

The saga of Masha’ee’s “School of Iran” has become as stretched out as it can be. In reaction to Iran’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Hassan Firouzabadi’s remarks (see the 20^th of Mordad daily review), Masha’ee has threatened to sue. His controversial remarks were another chance for President Ahmadinejad to prove one of his unique traits, one rarely observed among other Iranian executives: supporting subordinates in the strongest way possible. That explains why after the cabinet meeting on August 11, Ahmadinejad told the press that Masha’ee’s remarks express the government’s point of view.

Hamshahri

Lawyers Stress Judges’ Independence

Referring to the Parliament’s Metro Credit Bill; Ahmadinejad: I don’t consider the bill legal

Iran

President [Ahmadinejad] among the Press after the Cabinet’s Meeting: The priority of the country is confronting the enemy

The Government’s 1 Million Toman Present Put into the Account of 1.4 Million Newborn Babies

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Russian Deputy FM Announces: Bushehr [nuclear] power plant to be inaugurated in Shahrivar [August/September]

Reflections on Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah’s Disclosure in Lebanon and throughout the World

Ahmadinejad at the End of Cabinet’s Meeting: Masha’ee expresses the government’s point of views

Kayhan

Referring to Turkey’s Presence at [Tehran’s] Trilateral Meeting; Netanyahu: Attack on the Freedom Flotilla was revenge for the Tehran Declaration

London Circle’s (1) Evaluation of the Reasons for Non-Seizure of Fetneh (2) Leaders

Tel Aviv: Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah’s intelligence capacity has stunned us

Shargh

Mashaee’s Reaction to the Remarks of General Firouzabadi: Following through legal channels

President’s Response to Non-Allocation of Metro’s Two Billion Dollar Budget: I don’t consider it a bill

(1) London Circle refers to a number of self-exiled Iranian officials and journalists, including former Minister of Culture Ata-o-llah Mohajerani and famed journalist Mas’oud Behnoud, who have functioned as a powerful think-tank for the Green Movement since the 2009 presidential elections.

(2) Fetneh (in Arabic Fitnah) is a Qur’anic term meaning ‘trial’. In Iran’s political context, it was first used by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to describe the post-election developments as a situation in which distinction of wrong and right was extremely difficult. The word has been widely used since then by loyal forces to the Islamic Republic, while Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi (and at times Khatami) have been named as Saran-e Fetneh (Leaders of the Fetneh).

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 government.

Jomhuri-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.

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.