Tehran’s Daily Newspapers’ Review

14 August 2010 | 14:54 Code : 8140 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Tehran’s newspapers on Tuesday, 30th of Tir, July 21, 2010.

Yesterday was a good day indeed for the Tehran Municipality. The underground rail system (Metro) that allegedly suffers from the government’s parsimony, may find some breathing space—a chance for sustained construction of new routes and the purchase of new wagons—after Majles (the Iranian Parliament) approved a bill which authorizes the allocation of 2 billion dollars for public transportation improvement in Tehran and other major cities (more news here). Mottaki’s remarks at the Kabul International Conference also attracted the attention of Tehran newspapers.

Hamshahri

Majles Speaker Issues Metro’s 2 Billion Dollar Bill

Kabul Conference Starts with Attendance of Representatives from 70 Countries: Karzai’s commitment, the West’s promise

Reactions Continue over Remarks about Tehran Water’s Pollution

Iran

Iran’s Five Proposals to End Extremism and Terrorism in Afghanistan

Iran Newspaper’s Interview with Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Construction: New Incentives for Renovation of Old Buildings

Iran National Taekwondo Team’s Championship after Defeating Spain

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani States: Rationality, Unity and Active Diplomacy to Foil the [UN Security Council, US and EU] Sanctions

Head of the Article 90 Committee (1): Majles Speaker Issues Bill for Allocation of Two Billion Dollars to Metro

Kabul International Conference Supports Afghanistan Occupiers’ Presence for another Four Years

Kayhan

Mottaki at Kabul Conference: Afghanistan’s security should be assigned to Afghans

Washington Residents Call for Boycott of Israeli Goods

With the Majles Ratification: Organization of Atomic Energy Obliged to Produce 20 Percent [Enriched Uranium] Fuel

Khabar

Iran’s Border Mountains, United States’ New Offer to Monafeghin [Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization]

[Principlist MP] Asadollah Badamchian: Ahmadinejad is flattering himself that he is not connected to any [political] party

Head of the Article 90 Committee: Rahimi (2) would have been summoned if charges against him were serious

Resalat

Iranian Foreign Minister [Manouchehr Mottaki] at the Kabul Conference: Foreign troops are the cause of increasing instability in Afghanistan

[Key Principlist Figure Habibollah] Asgar-Owladi: Voice of America is the organ of terrorism in the region

Zionist Regime [Israel] Constructs a New Nuclear Power Plant with U.S. Support

Shargh

Majles Speaker Issues Allocation of Two Billion Dollars for Metro: Larijani instead of Ahmadinejad

Shargh’s Exclusive Interview with Mohsen Rezaee: Single-Party system won’t be realized

Seyyed Mohammad Khatami: Reducing justice to the economy is unfair to humankind

Tehran-e Emrooz

Majles Speaker Orders Enactment of the [Tehran] Metro Budget [Bill]

Five Iranian Proposals for the Afghanistan Crisis

Tehran’s Water, Again

Vatan-e Emrooz

The Shadow of the Narcotics Trade over the Kabul Conference; NATO Secretary General: We will stay in Kabul!

Majles Speaker: [UN] Security Council measures against Iran illegal

Iran’s Proposals at the Kabul International Conference; Mottaki: Foreigners Leave Afghanistan Soil

(1) Committee of the Article 90 of the Constitution is in charge of investigating complaints about the executive or the judicial branch of government. Article 90 of the Iranian Constitution reads: “Whoever has a complaint concerning the work of the Assembly or the executive power, or the judicial power, can forward his complaint in writing to the Assembly. The Assembly must investigate his complaint and give a satisfactory reply. In cases where the complaint relates to the executive or the judiciary, the Assembly must demand proper investigation in the matter and an adequate explanation from them, and announce the results within a reasonable time. In cases where the subject of the complaint is of public interest, the reply must be made public.” (from iranchamber.com)

(2) Mohammad Reza Rahimi is Ahmadinejad’s Vice President. The governor of Kurdistan Province during Hashemi Rafsanjani’s presidency, he has been frequently accused of financial corruption by senior principlist MPs such as Elias Naderan.

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.

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 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.

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.