Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

21 January 2011 | 03:29 Code : 9989 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Tehran’s newspapers on Thursday 23rd of Dey 1389; January 13th, 2011.
Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

The fall of Saad Hariri’s cabinet following the resignation of 11 ministers was the top headline of Tehran’s newspapers today, enjoying mega-large fonts on the front pages of Kayhan and Jomhouri-ye Eslami. Hashemi Rafsanjani’s supportive remarks for the Velayat-e Faqih and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei were also reflected in Resalat (moderate conservative), Jomhouri-ye Eslami (pro-Hashemi) and Shargh (forcibly moderate Reformist).

Hamshahri

Latest News on Subsidies: 89 Thousand Tomans [approx. 89 USD] for two months; two prices for diesel

Lebanese Cabinet Collapses

Iran

Minister of Commerce [Mahdi Ghazanfari] Underscores Stability in Market after [Enforcement of] Purposeful Subsidies: Consumer goods ample in the [Persian] New Year market

Vice President for Academic and Technological Affairs [Nasrin Soltankhah] Announces: Special team forms to protect scientists and [academic] elite

Following Hariri Cabinet’s Disregard of 8th of March Alliance Ultimatum: 11 Ministers in Lebanon’s cabinet resign

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

With Resignation of 11 Cabinet Ministers and Failure of Arab Countries’ Negotiations over Rafik Hariri’s Tribunal: Lebanese cabinet collapses

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani: The Guardianship of Jurisprudent tenet cause of unity in society

Two Religious Leaders [marja’s] Slam Iranian Banks [over Un-Islamic Interest Rates]

Kayhan

Resistance Flexes Muscles against US, France and 14th of March: Political earthquake in Lebanon, Hariri cabinet collapses

Full Text of Key Perpetrator of [Nuclear Scientist] Martyr Ali-Mohammadi’s Assassination: The shadow of Iranian intelligence apparatus loomed over Mossad agents

In a Letter to [UN General Secretary] Ban Ki-Moon: [Head of state-run TV and radio channels, Ezzat-ol-Lah] Zarghami criticizes unfair order ruling international community’s communications

Resalat

Deputy Minister of Intelligence for Economic Affairs: Operation against pyramid schemers with 1000 key leaders arrested

11 Lebanese Ministers Resign as Hariri Meets Obama

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani: I bind myself to Leadership [Ayatollah Khamenei] decrees

Shargh

Iran Complains to UN over Satellite Channels

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani: My viewpoints not different from the Leadership’s in general

Hariri’s Fall, Price of Meeting Obama

Tehran-e Emrooz

Hezbollah’s Muscle-Flexing: Hariri cabinet collapses as 11 ministers resign

[Principlist Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammad-Reza] Bahonar’s Interpretation of [Expediency] Council’s Authority [Following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Criticism]: Council can even act against the Constitution

[Iran’s Ambassador to IAEA, Ali-Asghar] Soltanieh Warns West: Istanbul a historical opportunity

* 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.