Tehran’s Daily Newspapers Review

14 August 2010 | 14:56 Code : 8299 General category

Tehran’s Newspapers on Saturday 16th of Mordad, August 07 2010.

Esfandiar Rahim Masha’ee, a name that is synonymous with controversy in the Iranian media. Ahmadinejad’s right hand man was already a controversial figure in the president’s first administration due his unorthodox views—from stating that Iranians are friends with the Israeli nation and claiming that that the era of spreading Islam is over, to his proclamation that foreign tourists need not wear head veils when visiting Iran. Such controversial remarks even prompted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to ask Ahmadinejad to retreat from his decision to appoint Masha’ee as the vice president in his second term. Masha’ee’s latest remarks, at the opening of the Iranian Expats Convention, that the “Iranian School” (of thought) should replace the “Islamic School”, have infuriated clerics and principlists in Tehran.

On August 5, 2010, leaders of the three Persian-speaking countries of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan gathered in Tehran to discuss mutual interests.

Hamshahri

Principlist Figures React to the Iranian Expats Convention: Lavish convention under the blade of criticism

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution: Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan are sister countries

Countdown to [Launch of] the Purposeful Subsidies Plan

Iran

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Presidents of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan: United States is weaker compared with 20 years ago

From Next Year: Rental charges designated for Tehran’s 22 districts

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Announces: The president and government’s supporting plans for journalists

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Meeting With Presidents of Three Persian-Speaking Countries: Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan should shrewdly stand against foreigners’ greed

Unprecedented Increase in the Zionist Regime’s Espionage Services Budget

Several Religious and Political Figures Protest Mashaee’s Remarks

Kayhan

Ministry of Intelligence to Deal with Organized Hoarder Groups in [Food] Markets

Former U.S. Senior Intelligence Officials Warn Obama: Israel will be annihilated if it attacks Iran

Tehran’s Friday Prayers Leader [in Reaction to Mashaee’s Remarks]: Self-professed nationalists have always betrayed the country

Khabar

Statements of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution in a Meeting with the Presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan: Progress, security and prosperity of Afghanistan and Tajikistan benefit Iran, and Iran’s progress and security will serve regional states

Reactions to Remarks of Head of Ahmadinejad’s Office [Esfandiar Rahim Masha’ee] Continue: Aftershocks of the “Iranian School” theory

Minister of Housing and Urban Construction: We will control rental charges after Ramadan

Resalat

Leader of the Revolution in a Meeting with the Presidents of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan: Islamic Awakening has restricted U.S. maneuverability

Tehran Summit Declaration: Peaceful nuclear energy is Iran’s right

Minister of Trade: Ministry of Intelligence deals with organized hoarding groups

Shargh

Preachers and MPs slam “Iranian School”: Ahmadinejad must explain Masha’ee

[Former Iranian FM] Ali Akbar Velayati Meets Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah

Rice Import Blocked

Tehran-e Emrooz

Supreme Leader in a Meeting with the Three Presidents: Prosperity of Afghanistan and Tajikistan benefits Iran

Reactions to Masha’ee’s Remarks Continue: Principlists ask for the president’s explanation

Obama’s Tricks to Tackle Security Challenges in Afghanistan and Iraq: Negotiations with Iran, pleading with Ayatollah Sistani

Vatan-e Emrooz

Important Meeting between the Presidents of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan in Tehran Interpreted as a Regional Arrangement against West: Persianphones’ Alliance

Leader of the Revolution in a Meeting with the Presidents of Three Persianphone States: Foreigners’ presence in Afghanistan has brought nothing but evil and corruption

In the Strongest Clashes of the Last Two Years: 45 Kashmiri martyrs in Indian military raid

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.