Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Tehran’s newspapers on Monday, 1st of Azar 1389; November 22nd, 2010.
Iranian athletes’ performance in Guangzhou Asian Games, MPs response to the previous day’s remarks of Guardian Council Speaker Abbas-Ali Kadkhodayi, and the Philosophy Congress in Tehran were the top headlines of Tehran’s dailies today.
Hamshahri
A Tough Water Year on the Way; Warning about Unprecedented Low Rainfall in the Fall
Iran’s Golds [in Guangzhou Asian Games] Double-Digit
Iran
Households’ Financial Data Collection System Reactivated for 45 Days; Registration and Revision of Liquid Subsidies’ Forms Begins
Ministry of Intelligence Announces: Leader of a Wahhabi terrorist group killed in Sanandaj [center of Kurdistan Province in western Iran]
Today in Basidj Flight Club: The first female Basidji pilot will fly
Finalized in Today’s Joint Session of Gold Merchants, National Tax Administration and Majles’ Economic Committee: Details of the trilateral agreement to receive gold sales tax
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
In Discussion of the Fifth Development Plan: Majles supports production and purchase of domestic agricultural products
Russia’s Honeymoon with West Begins
Kayhan
Kayhan’s Exclusive Report: Germany’s two suggestions in Lisbon, nuclear disarmament and withdrawing nuclear bombs from Europe
Documents Disclosed on the Saudi Regime’s Financial Aid to Hezbollah Opponents
Saad Hariri in Tehran on Saturday
Khabar
Legal Vacuum to Quell Purchase of Wire-Tapping Equipment
[Central Bank’s] Chairman’s [Mohammad-Ali Bahmani] Gestures of Independence
[Former Speaker of Majles, Gholam-Ali] Haddad Adel: UNESCO’s withdrawal from the Philosophy Congress in Iran proved its political weakness
Resalat
Members of Parliament in an Interview with Young Journalists’ Club: Summoning the president [to Majles] aimed to sow rift among the powers
[Dmitri] Medvedev: Tehran ready to cooperate with IAEA
Dr. Ahmadinejad: Humankind’s major concern is to know themselves and the Creator
Shargh
In Majles’ Letter to Secretary of the Guardian Council [Ayatollah Jannati]; List of Government’s [Law] Violations Presented
Golden Start of Greco-Roman Wrestling [in the Asian Games]
Tehran-e Emrooz
Protest to Kadkhodayi’s Report: [MPs] Bahonar, Tavakkoli, Dehghan and Abou-Torabi defend Majles stature in a letter to Ayatollah Jannati
Difference between Viewpoints of the President and Senior Ministry of Health Official; Challenge over the Appropriate Age of Marriage for Females
Sumptuous Feast of Philosophy; Despite UNESCO’s Lack of Cooperation, [Philosophy] Congress Held [in Tehran]
Vatan-e Emrooz
International Day of Philosophy Begins with President’s Speech and Statement of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli: Dignitaries of philosophy in Tehran
Iran’s Fourth Rank Certain with Two Gold Medals in Wrestling and One in Track and Field: Day of Surprise in Guangzhou
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.
Trouble with understanding some terms? Check our Glossary of Iranian Political Terms.
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.
Hamshahri
A Tough Water Year on the Way; Warning about Unprecedented Low Rainfall in the Fall
Iran’s Golds [in Guangzhou Asian Games] Double-Digit
Iran
Households’ Financial Data Collection System Reactivated for 45 Days; Registration and Revision of Liquid Subsidies’ Forms Begins
Ministry of Intelligence Announces: Leader of a Wahhabi terrorist group killed in Sanandaj [center of Kurdistan Province in western Iran]
Today in Basidj Flight Club: The first female Basidji pilot will fly
Finalized in Today’s Joint Session of Gold Merchants, National Tax Administration and Majles’ Economic Committee: Details of the trilateral agreement to receive gold sales tax
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
In Discussion of the Fifth Development Plan: Majles supports production and purchase of domestic agricultural products
Russia’s Honeymoon with West Begins
Kayhan
Kayhan’s Exclusive Report: Germany’s two suggestions in Lisbon, nuclear disarmament and withdrawing nuclear bombs from Europe
Documents Disclosed on the Saudi Regime’s Financial Aid to Hezbollah Opponents
Saad Hariri in Tehran on Saturday
Khabar
Legal Vacuum to Quell Purchase of Wire-Tapping Equipment
[Central Bank’s] Chairman’s [Mohammad-Ali Bahmani] Gestures of Independence
[Former Speaker of Majles, Gholam-Ali] Haddad Adel: UNESCO’s withdrawal from the Philosophy Congress in Iran proved its political weakness
Resalat
Members of Parliament in an Interview with Young Journalists’ Club: Summoning the president [to Majles] aimed to sow rift among the powers
[Dmitri] Medvedev: Tehran ready to cooperate with IAEA
Dr. Ahmadinejad: Humankind’s major concern is to know themselves and the Creator
Shargh
In Majles’ Letter to Secretary of the Guardian Council [Ayatollah Jannati]; List of Government’s [Law] Violations Presented
Golden Start of Greco-Roman Wrestling [in the Asian Games]
Tehran-e Emrooz
Protest to Kadkhodayi’s Report: [MPs] Bahonar, Tavakkoli, Dehghan and Abou-Torabi defend Majles stature in a letter to Ayatollah Jannati
Difference between Viewpoints of the President and Senior Ministry of Health Official; Challenge over the Appropriate Age of Marriage for Females
Sumptuous Feast of Philosophy; Despite UNESCO’s Lack of Cooperation, [Philosophy] Congress Held [in Tehran]
Vatan-e Emrooz
International Day of Philosophy Begins with President’s Speech and Statement of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli: Dignitaries of philosophy in Tehran
Iran’s Fourth Rank Certain with Two Gold Medals in Wrestling and One in Track and Field: Day of Surprise in Guangzhou
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.
Trouble with understanding some terms? Check our Glossary of Iranian Political Terms.
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.