Tehran’s Daily Newspapers Review

Forty Plus Degrees Heat in More than Half of the Country

Iran Air [Airline] Flight Restrictions Are Technical; Not Political

Iran

Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant to Start Operation in Shahrivar [August-September]

Kayhan

Meeting in Washington: Obama gives report to Netanyahu

Stop Tours to the UAE

Shargh

West’s Reaction to Head of the National Security Council’s [Saeed Jalili’s] Letter: The path to talks is open

Reducing the Government’s Control over the Central Bank

Tehran-e Emrooz

EU and U.S. Ready for Ramadan Negotiations

Iranian Delegation Meets [Hezbollah Leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah] in Beirut

Committee Formed to Solve Executive-Legislative Disagreements

Briefing

Hamshahri 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.

Jomhuri-ye Eslami 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 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 is a principlist daily newspaper which adopts a critical stance towards Ahmadinejad’s policies.

Resalat belongs to the moderate wing of the principlist camp. Resalat’s best known analyst is Amir Mohebbian, its political editor.

Tehran-e Emrooz is a ‘principlist reformist’ newspaper, connected to Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.

Shargh 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.

Vatan-e Emrooz -which started publication in November 2008- belongs to Mehrdad Bazrpash, the thirty-year old pro-Ahmadinejad politician who is also head of Iran’s second largest auto manufacturing company, Saipa. Vatan-e Emrooz is a supporter of the president’s policies.