Tehran’s Daily Newspapers’ Review

14 August 2010 | 14:53 Code : 8060 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Tehran newspapers on 24th of Tir 1389, July 15, 2010.

Shahram Amiri –Iran’s allegedly abducted nuclear scientist- is back in Tehran and no newspaper has left its front-page devoid of news revolving around him. Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks in his meeting with members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have also appeared on the front-page of Iranian newspapers today. In the Guardian Council, assigned with the task of approving the Majles’ –Parliament’s- bills, and calibrating them with the Constitution and the Faith, Gholam-Hossein Elham’s (a radical supporter of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) term has not been extended by the Supreme Leader.

Hamshahri

Supreme Leader of the Revolution [Stresses]: Knowing today’s realities, predicting tomorrow’s situation

Government’s Doubts about Enforcement of Subsidies Law

Fars Province on the Verge of Environmental Crisis

Iran

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting of Commanders and Staff of the Sepah: Officials be ready for facing every situation

Shahram Amiri in Tehran Today

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting Army of Guardians of the Islamic Republic [Sepah] Commanders and Staff: The Iranian Nation Will Be Victorious in Every Situation, Just as Always

Shahram Amiri on His Way to Iran

Kayhan

Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Sepah [Revolutionary Guards] is a spring bubbling from mosques, universities, and households

Shahram Amiri’s Dossier, New Trouble for the CIA

Russia Announces Readiness to Sell Iran Gasoline

Resalat

Commander-In-Chief of Armed Forces [Ayatollah Khamenei] in a Meeting of Thousands of Sepah Commanders: We Should Be Prepared for Every Situation

[Chairman of the Guardian Council] Ayatollah [Ahmad] Jannati: Ahmadinejad’s positive points overshadow his weaknesses

[Shahram] Amiri Unveils: Israel aware of his abduction

Shargh

New Figures in the Guardian Council

Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Officials be ready to face every situation

Elham Removed from the Guardian Council

Tehran-e Emrooz

Whispers of Delay in Enforcement of the Subsidies Law

Russians’ Greed for Iran’s Gasoline Market

[Lawyer and Strong Supporter of Ahmadinejad, Gholam-Hossein] Elham Leaves the Guardian Council

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.

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.

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

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

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.