Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
By the President: Exact amount of liquid subsidy to be announced in near future
Police’s Special Plans for Schools’ Reopening [on 1st of Mehr, 23rd of September]
Tension in China-Japan Ties Escalating
Iran
Vice President [Mohammad Reza Rahimi] after Opening Two Grand Industrial Projects in [the Northern Province of] Mazandaran: 200 Thousand unemployed on the hands of five countries imposing sanctions against Iran
Deputy President on Human Force Affairs: 5 Solutions for civil servants reluctant to leave Tehran
[UN Secretary General] Ban-Ki Mon Commends Iran’s Constructive Role in Establishment of Regional Peace and Security
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Iran Called the Vienna Group [France, Russia and US] to Resume [Nuclear] Negotiations
Latest Speculations on the Amount of Liquid Subsidies; Underprivileged Classes 44 Thousand Tomans, Others 24 Thousand Tomans [approx. 44 and 24 USDs]
The Glorious History of Sacred Defense [8-Year Iran-Iraq War] as Narrated by the War’s Commander; Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani: The history of War manifests the greatest political and military victories
Kayhan
Kayhan’s Correspondent Reports from New York: President’s hectic days, interview with media and negotiation with Leaders of other countries
Liquid Subsidy: 24 to 44 thousand tomans per month [per person]
[Head of Iran’s Organization of Atomic Energy Ali Akbar] Salehi: [International Atomic Energy] Agency is stricken with the crises of moral qualification and credibility
Khabar
Former Commander of [Revolutionary Guards] Mohammad Rasoul-o-llah Army Elaborates: The role of Hashemi [Rafsanjani], [Mohsen] Rezaei, [Mohammad] Khatami and [Mir Hossein] Musavi in ending the war
Controversy in [Majles’ Speaker Ali] Larijani’s Visit; Esfahan Province Governor followed Larijani to his airplane
Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Construction: 300 Thousand units of Maskan-e Mehr Plan ready by the end of the [Persian] year [in May]
Resalat
Hojjat-ol-Eslam val-Moslemin (1) Rahimian, Special Envoy of the Leader of the Revolution to Pakistan: Flood has ruined one-fifth of Pakistan
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Meeting with UN Secretary General: Tehran Declaration the solution to Iran’s nuclear issue
Dr. Ali Larijani: Sanctions will turn into an opportunity if we are united
Shargh
The Hejab and Decency Plan Issued by the President in Person
President: Promotion of “Iranian Culture” the principal mission of the Iranian nation
Tehran-e Emrooz
Tales from New York: President’s meetings, speeches and sessions in the United States
Majles’ Power beyond Presidency: [Powerful Principlist MP Mohammad Reza] Bahonar responds to Ahmadinejad’s remarks
Vatan-e Emrooz
61 American Women on the Death Row
President in an Interview with Associated Press: We will add to our enriched uranium reserves
Colin Powel Dubbed Anti-Iran Sanctions Useless: Nuclear Iran should be acknowledged
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.