Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
Experts Report an Increase in Pollutants and Suspended Particulates in Called-Off Days; Tehran, Tabriz, Arak and Esfahan on Alert
Bushehr [Nuclear] Power Plant Prepared to Generate Electricity
Glorious Farewell of People and Academia for the Martyred [Nuclear] Professor [Majid] Shahriari
Iran
With Presentation of Articles and Discussions between Academic Figures: The first convention for strategic thoughts in the presence of the Leader of Revolution
Cheap Facilities Provided for Guilds [after Enforcement of the Purposeful Subsidies Plan]
President’s Serious Warning to Perpetrators of Iranian Professors’ Assassination: UN issues resolution, terrorists realize it
Kayhan
Credible Western Resources in Response to Wikileaks Controversy: Iran’s Leader was right, Obama lied from the beginning
[Head of the Human Rights Council in the Judiciary] Mohammad-Javad Larijani: UN releases the name of our nuclear scientists, [and] subsequently assassinations begin
The First Convention on the “Islamic-Iranian Model of Progress and Justice” in the Presence of the Supreme Leader of Revolution
Resalat
With Attendance of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution: First convention of strategic thoughts
[Head of Iran’s Organization of Atomic Energy] Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi: War has extended to the realm of faith, science, and human thought
Minister of Intelligence [Heydar Moslehi] Reports: Network Aimed to Identify Academic Figures Discovered
Dr. Mohammad-Javad Larijani: Terrorists have infiltrated human rights international documents
Tehran-e Emrooz
New Scenarios for Gasoline Price
Expiration Date of Wikileaks Arrives? Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant for Julian Assange
With Attendance of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution: First convention for strategic thoughts
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.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.