Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
The Guardian Council’s opinion about the president’s membership in Central Bank’s General Board, Iran’s long-awaited chairmanship of OPEC, and air pollution were the top headlines in Tehran’s newspapers today.
Hamshahri
Passengers in [Long] Queues, Public Transportation Awaiting Governmental Funds
55% Percent of Electricity Charges Still Subsidized
Governmental Appointment of Mayors Bill; City Councils’ Key Authority Awaiting MPs’ Decision
Iran
Lawmakers and Experts Stress: Merger of Youth Affairs’ Organization and Physical Education Department against the Constitution
At the New Christian Year: Iran’s chairmanship of OPEC begins
The Court Issues Verdict against the Vote of the Jury; Six Months of Prison and Flagellation for Iran’s Editor-in-Chief [Kaveh Eshtehardi] with Mahdi Hashemi’s Complaint
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
An American Analyst [James Morris]: There is not a single document proving Iran’s nuclear deviation
[Speaker Abbas-Ali] Kadkhodayi: Guardian Council has no objection to president’s removal from Central Bank board of trustees
Member of Majles’ Presiding Board [Omidvar Rezaee]: Report on government’s infractions on air pollution to be handed to the Judiciary
Kayhan
Non-Oil Exports Exceed 22 Billion Dollars
With Arms Sale to Arabs: 123 Billion Dollars, US revenue from the Iranophobia project
In Meeting with Secretary General of [Principlist Party] Mo’talefeh [Mohammad-Nabi Habibi]; Ayatollah Sistani: Exert all your resolution for Velayat-e Faqih
Khabar
Lawmakers State in Interview with Khabar: Reinforcement of political parties’ bases, prerequisite to province-based [parliamentary] elections
Following the Announcement of 4000 Deaths by Head of Majles Health Committee; Minister of Health [Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi]: We do not confirm air pollution casualties
Resalat
[Advisor to the Judiciary] Mohammad-Baqer Zolqadr States in the Gathering of the People of Zanjan: Fetneh agents in the large prison of public hatred
Minister of Health: Iran becomes self-reliant in plasma
Shargh
Head of the [Economic] Competition Council [Jamshid Pazhouyan]: Telecom deal (1) was not competitive
Member of Majles’ Presiding Board [Omidvar Rezaee]: Report on government’s infractions on air pollution to be handed to the Judiciary
Tehran-e Emrooz
Surprising Decision of the Guardian Council; Kadkhodayi: We are not against president’s removal from Central Bank’s General Board
Press TV and Suspended Accounts [in British Banks]
Adverse Economic Policies: India’s ambitious game
Vatan-e Emrooz
Vatan-e Emrooz Reports the Procedure of Iran’s Presidency over Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries: OPEC chairmanship after 36 years
Seyyed Ali Khomeini’s Attendance in 9th of Dey Commemoration Ceremony Infuriates Fetneh-Perpetrators: Fetneh against Emam [Khomeini’s] grandson
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani: All should exert resolution for Velayat-e Faqih
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.
(1) The controversial privatization auction in which E’temad-e Mobin, company affiliated with Revolutionary Guards, bought 51% of Iran’s state-run Telecom Company.
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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.