Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

25 December 2010 | 14:17 Code : 9732 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Tehran’s newspapers on Wednesday, 1st of Dey 1389; December 22nd, 2010.
Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

The 6-Richter scale earthquake near Rigan, a small town in Kerman Province in southern Iran, Majles’ investigative report on last year’s controversial privatization of the state-run telecom company where 51% of the shares were sold to E’temad-e Mobin, a company affiliated with the Revolutionary guards, and news on new prices after enforcement of the Purposeful Subsidies’ plan were the main headlines of Tehran’s newspapers today.

Hamshahri

Natural Reaction to Prices Revision; Economy and Consumption Management

New Prices for Different Breads in Tehran Announced

Inter-City and Intra-City Transportation Fees Ratified

Iran

Minister of Telecommunications Announces the Final Stage of Preparation: Iranian satellite Mesbah 2 ready for launch

Minister of Interior [Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar] Announces: Crystal meth and ecstasy smugglers await execution

The Role of UK Intelligence Services in the Marivan Assassinations [in Kurdistan Province of Iran] Disclosed

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Majles’ Investigative Report on Violation in Sale of Telecom Stock [to Sepah-Affiliated Company of E’temad-e Mobin]

Minister of Economy [Shams-od-Din Hosseini]: 44 Thousand and 500 Tomans [approx. 44 USD] added to Iranian’s per capita income

40 Dead and Injured in Kerman Province [in Southern Iran’s] 6.5 Richter scale Earthquake

India and Russia Leaders Underscore Iran’s Nuclear Right and Continuation of Talks with Iran

Kayhan

Announced in Washington’s Anti-Iran Conference [Held by Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]: Fetneh, cyberwar and sabotage, and US hopes to confront Iran

Iraqi Parliament’s Vote of Confidence for Maliki’s Proposed Cabinet

7 Dead and 25 Injured: Latest news on the 6.5 Richter scale quake in Kerman Province

Khabar

Investigation [Committee] Report on the Most Controversial Privatization in Majles: The fate of Telecom case in hands of the Judiciary

Chronology of Kerman’s Earthquake

Finally, after a 10-Month Delay: Iraqi parliament casts vote of confidence for Maliki

Resalat

[Principlist] Habib-ol-Llah Asgarowladi in an Interview with Young Journalists’ Club: Jame’atain’s support umbrella cast over all sides of Principlism

Yesterday Afternoon: Iraqi parliament cast vote of confidence for Nuri al-Maliki’s cabinet

4 Dead and 36 Injured in Rigan [Town in Kerman Province] 6-Richter scale Earthquake

Shargh

Speaker of the Parliament [Ali Larijani] Announces after Pronouncement of Investigative Report: Telecom violations referred to the Judiciary

Message for Yemen also Handled by Baqa’i (2)

Tehran-e Emrooz

Confusion amid Government’s Reshufflings

Telecom Privatization Still under Question

Vatan-e Emrooz

Representatives of the Nation Decide on Severance of Ties with the Old Fox [=Britain] in the Early Days of Winter: Baharestan versus Britain

Flour and Bread Prices Become Realistic: New prices for different types of bread announced

Devastating Earthquake in Kerman Villages; This Earthquake Would Lead to a Catastrophe If Happened in a Large City

* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.

(1) Arabic word meaning “two Jame’ah [societies]”, referring to Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and Association of Combatant Clerics of Tehran.

(2) Hamid Baqa’i is head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage Organization and a member of the inner circle of the cabinet’s most influential figure, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei. He was selected as Ahmadinejad’s special representative in Asian affairs, a position dissolved after Ayatollah Khamenei’s criticism.

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.