Tehran’s Daily Newspapers’ Review

14 August 2010 | 14:53 Code : 8076 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Tehran’s newspapers on Saturday, 26th of Tir, July 17, 2010.

On Thursday night, July 15, 2010, while the citizens of Zahedan –the city in the center of the Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran- were celebrating the Sha’baniyeh Days (three days in the Islamic lunar month of Sha’ban when the third Shiite Imam, Hussein (AS), his brother and his son were born), two consecutive suicide bombings turned merriment into bloodshed.

In Tehran, Shahram Amiri –the nuclear scientist who Iran claimed was abducted by the U.S. intelligence services- appeared at a press conference to answer the media’s questions.

Hamshahri

27 Martyred and 300 Injured in Zahedan Terrorist Attack

Minister of Trade Explains: Why meat market control failed

Iran

Guilds Deliver 1.3 Million Tax Declarations

Shahram Amiri: We Defeated the CIA

27 Compatriots Martyred and 167 Injured: Universal condemnation of terrorist attack at Zahedan’s Grand Mosque

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Wave of Condemnation of Terrorist Crimes in Zahedan and Announcement of Three Days of Mourning in Sistan-va-Baluchestan [Province]

Ayatollah Sistani Reiterates Concern over the Delay in Formation of Iraq’s Government

Kayhan

Bloody Thursday in Zahedan, 27 Martyred, 316 Injured; U.S. revenge from Imam Hussein’s followers

Shahram Amiri Discloses in Tehran: 10-million Dollar offer for ten-minute interview with CNN

Khabar

Who Are the New Members of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution?

Mohsen Rezae’i: Akbar Ganjis (1) Are Appearing in the Insiders’ (2) Camp; Response to ambiguities about acceptance of Resolution 598 (3)

Shargh

Mohsen Ruh-ol-Amini’s (4) Memorial Ceremony Held: White-wearers mourn for Kahrizak Victims

[Revolutionary Guards] Khatam-ol-Anbiya’ [Construction] Headquarters Pulls Out of South Pars [Gas Field] Phase Two [Development Project]

Tehran-e Emrooz

Terrorist Tragedy in Zahedan

Mo’talefe’s (5) Intermediation in the Bazaar-Government Row

Mottaki’s Reaction to Shahram Amiri’s Story

Vatan-e Emrooz

The Army of Satan (6) Realized Obama’s Slogan of “Change” by Murdering 200 of Our Compatriots: American massacre in Zahedan

Shahram Amiri Returns to Iran: White House’s failure in the three spies swap plan

(1) Akbar Ganji, radical pro-reform journalist now residing in the United States, was known for his point-blank criticism of the right wing’s (and later in exile, the Islamic Republic’s) policies.

(2) Insider (khodi in Persian) is the epithet applied to forces faithful to the Islamic Republic and acknowledging of its tenets.

(3) Resolution 598 was issued by the United Nations in July 1987 to end the eight-year war between Iraq (under Saddam Hussein’s leadership) and Iran. During recent years, voices inside Iranian politics have criticized the then decision-makers of the Islamic Republic (mainly Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as head of the Supreme Council of Defense and Mohsen Rezaee as commander of the Revolutionary Guards) for acceptance of the resolution.

(4) Mohsen Ruh-ol-Amini, son of Abd-ol-Hossein Ruh-ol-Amini (former Revolutionary Guard’s member and head of Mohsen Rezaee’s electoral campaign in June 2010 presidential contest) died in the Kahrizak Detention Center, south of Tehran, after the post-election protests.

(5) Hezb-e Mo’talefe-ye Eslami (Islamic Coalition Party) is a powerful conservative party with strong links to the Tehran’s Bazaar.

(6) The terrorist group that claimed responsibility for Thursday’s terrorist attacks in Zahedan calls itself Jundullah, meaning Army of God. Its leader, Abdul-Maliki Rigi, was executed in June after being arrested by Iranian intelligence services.

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.