Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
Inauguration of Khorramabad-Pol-e Zal Freeway
[Tehran City Council President, Mahdi] Chamran’s Strong Protest: Mayors’ appointment with Ministry of Interior’s suggestion not appropriate
Majles Approves: State universities permitted to admit fee-paying students for their unfilled places
Iran
In Conjunction with Enforcement of the Purposeful Subsidies Bill: Public transportation services to be extended
Minister of Justice [Seyyed Morteza Bakhtiari]: No divorce decrees issued on the National Day of Marriage
With Construction of 26 Kilometers of Tunnels and 284 Bridges: North-South Highway runs under the Zagros [Mountain Range]
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
In the Presence of the President: Khorammabad-Pol-e Zal Highway opened
Majles Approves: State universities permitted to admit fee-paying students for their unfilled places
Majles Calls the Dissolution of Iran School of Medical Sciences Illegal
Kayhan
U.S. Human Rights Record on UN Desk; Kayhan’s Analytical Report on the Upcoming UPR [Universal Periodic Review] Meeting
Speaker of the Foreign Ministry [Ramin Mehman-Parast]: The agenda of Iran-P5+1 talks should be set beforehand
On Dissolution of Iran School of Medical Sciences: Majles’ Education and Research Committee accepts [Minister of Health] Dr. [Marzieh Vahid-] Dastjerdi’s reasoning
Khabar
The Last Public Bank Transferred to the Private Sector; Postbank Shares Sold in Six Minutes
Struggle Continues over Abrupt Dissolution of Iran School of Medical Sciences; Minister of Health: I have not resigned
Resalat
[Resalat Editor-in-Chief] Seyyed Morteza Nabavi in an Interview with Young Journalists’ Club: Distancing from structure-undermining moves the only way for the Reform Movement to return [to the Nezam]
In the Presence of the President: Khorramabad-Pol-e Zal Highway opened
[Religious Marja’] Ayatollah [Hossein] Nouri Hamedani: Supreme Leadership has administered the Revolution in the best way possible
Tehran-e Emrooz
Majles’ University-Laden Day: Approval for admission of fee-paying students in state universities; summoning the Minister of Health on account of Iran University [of Medical Sciences] dissolution
[Mahdi] Chamran Criticizes Governmental role in mayors’ election: This suggestion serves people no good
[Majles’] Principlists Faction’s Election Postponed Again: Who is [Ali] Larijani’s [head of the faction] challenger?
Vatan-e Emrooz
Khorramabad-Pol-e Zal Highway Opens in the Presence of the President: Running through the heart of Zagros
The New Brazilian President Backs Iran’s Nuclear Program: Dilma [Rousseff] the same as Lula [Da Silva]
[Recep Tayyip] Erdogan Officially Accuses Europe of Backing Terrorism
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do 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.