Tehran’s Daily Newspapers’ Review
Supreme Leader of the Revolution Indicates (Regarding) Scientific and Religious Realities: Today, Universities’ Atmosphere is Truly Appropriate, Satisfactory and Remarkable
Confusion and Disorder, Outcome of Unplanned Holidays
In an Inexpert Justification, Government: No Debts to Banks, They Owe Us
Iran
Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Heads of the Vali-e Faqih’s (1) Representation Institutions in the Universities: With the incumbent government, the situation is truly prepared for clerics’ activities in the universities
Ahmadinejad: Some Revolutionary Values Went Up in Smoke with Political Compartmentalization
Organizations on the Alert to Confront Outcomes of the Unprecedented Heat
Jomhuri-ye Eslami
Supreme Leader of the Revolution’s Advice in Meeting with Heads of the Vali-e Faqih’s Representation Institutions in the Universities: Human [Force] and Academic Support of Seminaries for the Vali-e Faqih’s Representation Institutions in the Universities
Iraqi Groups’ Protest to Interventionist Trips of American Officials to This Country
Shargh
With Spain’s Championship: Dream Comes True in Midnight
President [Ahmadinejad]: The Velayat (2) Regime Has Only One Party
Tehran-e Emrooz
Supreme Leader: Adversaries Worried about Universities’ Islamization
Happy Ending in the Toughest Final: Fantasy Football Won the Cup
A Likely Maliki-Allawi [Coalition] Government
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.
Jomhuri-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.
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.
(1) and (2) Velayat-e Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) was the theory first introduced by Ayatollah Khomeini in the early 1960s. Based on his theory, in the era of Emam Mahdi’s (AS) absence, ruling the Muslim society is assigned to the Faqihs (Islamic Jurists). Based on the Iranian Constitution, the most qualified Faqih should be elected as the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. The person in this position is known as Vali-e Faqih.