Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
Iran
Observers Underline in Interview with Iran: The judicial apparatus pursue the Leadership’s demands
Hungarian Ambassador to Tehran Summoned to the Foreign Ministry [over Fresh EU Sanctions]
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Widespread Ramification of Iran's Missile Maneuver in Regional and Foreign Media
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani: Days of dictatorship and tyranny over
Judiciary Head [Sadeq Larijani]: We won’t allow big seeds (1) to escape the blade of law
Kayhan
Ramification of the Great Prophet Missile Maneuver; Global Media: Iran is ready and waiting, will shoot if threatened
Resalat
Commander of Sepah’s Aerospace Forces Hajizadeh: We can strike the Zionist regime from Damghan [in north-eastern Iran]
Judiciary Chief: The blade of law is brushing the necks of big seeds
Caretaker Minister of Industry [Mahdi Ghazanfari]: Government’s intervention in the market will be minimized
Shargh
Head of the Expediency Discernment Council [Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]: The days of dictatorship in human societies are over
Sepah: We can strike Israel from Semnan [in north-eastern Iran]
Where Is Mashaei? Traces of a man who casts a long shadow over Iran's politics (2)
Tehran-e Emrooz
Commander of Sepah Aerospace Forces: Iran's missile power capable of striking Israel from Damghan
Final Verdicts Issued for 80% of Fetneh Accused
Interview with Mostafa Kavakebian, Majles’ [Reformist] Minority Member: We are not with the subversives [=radical Green activists]
Vatan-e Emrooz
Commander of Sepah Aerospace Forces: We can strike Israel from Damghan
Foreign Ministry Speaker [Ramin Mehmanparast]: British passengers will be fingerprinted
(1) “Big seed” (daneh dorosht in Persian) is a pejorative term mostly used by Kayhan to describe economically corrupt tycoons believed to have accumulated wealth through graft.
(2) Mashaei has been keeping an uncharacteristically low profile during recent days.
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* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does 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.