Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
The First Urban Train Wagon Goes on Track in Mashhad, Finally
Asian [Aid] Flotilla Arrives in Gaza
Iran
For the First Time in the Capital Market’s 43-Year History: Tehran Stock Exchange’s all-time record after [the enforcement of] Purposeful Subsidies
Legal Advisor to the President and Former Minister of Justice [Gholam-Hossein Elham]: The verdict issued against Iran daily’s editor-in-chief [Kaveh Eshtehardi] a big legal and political mistake
Asian Aid Caravan Breaks Gaza’s 5-Year Embargo
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Iran Boosts Production at Five Persian Gulf Oil Fields
“Asia” Aid Caravan Welcomed in the Gaza Strip
Ali-Akbar Salehi: Nuclear electricity by the end of Bahman [mid-February]
Kayhan
By Non-Iranian Members of the Asian Caravan and the Palestinian Nation: Iran’s flag and photos of Emam [Khomeini] and the Leadership [Ayatollah Khamenei] raised in Gaza
Speaker of the Judiciary [Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ezhe’i]: Prosecuting dangerous criminals priority of the Judiciary
14 Presidential Advisors Dismissed
Khabar
Minister of Commerce [Mahdi Ghazanfari]: Purposeful Subsidies burns the fat [off the body of the Iranian economy]
In Press Conference: Prosecutor General’s [Mohseni Ezhei] Response To Karroubi’s Letter (1)
Resalat
Hojjat-ol-Eslam val-Moslemin Agha-Tehrani (2): Hesitation in prosecuting leaders of Fetneh meaningless
Speaker of the Judiciary: No negative reports on Purposeful Subsidies
Ali-Akbar Salehi: Nuclear electricity by the end of Bahman
Shargh
Government to Prepare a Table Tomorrow; Revision in Gasoil Rations [after Objections]
[Tehran Council President, Mahdi] Chamran and [Former Minister of Economy, Davoud] Danesh Ja’fari: We were not presidential advisors to be dismissed
Head of Police Moral Security Bureau [Cmdr Ahmad Rouzbehani]: Street women will be protected
Tehran-e Emrooz
Revision of Gasoil Price and Rations
Minister of Economy [Shams-od-Din Hosseini] Content with Inflation Rate
Police New Strategy in Dealing with Mal-Veiling; Cmdr Rouzbehani: Mal-veiled photos sent for [moral] security patrols
Vatan-e Emrooz
Prosecutor General: Karroubi tried even if not ready
Flotilla Intifada: Asian conquest of Gaza
With [Students’] Associations’ Efforts: Student trial of Mahdi Hashemi [Rafsanjani]
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.
(1) In an open letter published two days ago, Mahdi Karroubi announced that he is ready to appear at an open trial.
(2) Mojtaba Agha-Tehrani is a Tehran MP and former instructor of ‘ethics’ sessions for Ahmadinejad’s cabinet. He once compared Reformists to dirty diapers thrown away by people.
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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.