Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

14 August 2010 | 14:56 Code : 8317 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Tehran’s Newspapers on Sunday, 17th of Mordad, August 8, 2010.
Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Last week, hard-line Iranian cleric and Head of the Guardian Council, the octogenarian Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, made another controversial remark, this time accusing the so-called Heads of Fetneh, namely, leaders of the post-election protests, of receiving one billion dollars from Saudi Arabia. They were promised another 50 billion dollars if they overthrew the Islamic Republic, Jannati claimed. Yesterday, the speaker of the Guardian Council told reporters that the elderly ayatollah possesses documents to prove his allegations, but is waiting for a court that tries the leaders of the protests.

Hamshahri

Central Bank’s Warning: Figures on the Number of Bounced Checks

Tehran’s Mayor at Opening Ceremony of 100 Urban Projects in South-Eastern Tehran: Metro lines extended with priority given to southern parts of the city

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Speaker of the Guardian Council: Issuance of Bills by Speaker of the Parliament is Legal

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Opines on 17th of Mordad, Reporters’ Day: Do Not Allow the Others [Foreigners] to Inform the [Iranian] People about News of Iran

[Tehran’s Mayor Mohammad Baqer] Qalibaf: East and west of Tehran will be connected by the end of the year [by the metro]

Kayhan

Reuters Reports from Beit-ol-Moqaddas [Jerusalem]: Iran’s allies have besieged Israel

Intensive Negotiations between the Iraqi President and Prime Minister; Maliki: Formation of a new cabinet is nearing

On the brink of Reporters’ Day: President awards top journalists and families of media martyrs

Khabar

Ahmadinejad’s New Conditions for Announcing the Names of Economic Swindlers

Speaker of the Foreign Ministry [Ramin Mehmanparast] and 25 Questions of Khabar: We are seeking to add ‘art’ to the country’s diplomacy

Interview with Former Head of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)

Resalat

President at the Commemoration of Reporters’ Day Ceremony: Today we are facing a full-scale media war

Kadkhodayi: Ayatollah Jannati will deliver his documents to court for the trial of the Fetneh leaders

Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Yazdi: Mr. Masha’ee should not engage in specialized religious discussions

Shargh

Two Days after [Esfandiar Rahim] Mashaee’s Remarks; President: Iran is a school

Hashemi Rafsanjani on Reporters’ Day: Tell people the reality

Speaker of the Guardian Council [Abbas-Ali Kadkhodayi] in Response to the One Billion Dollar Aid question: Ayatollah Jannati possesses the related documents

Tehran-e Emrooz

South America Supports Iran’s Nuclear Program

Crucial Negotiations in Tehran, Beirut and Damascus

Reactions to the Controversial Remarks by the Head of the President’s Office; Ahmadinejad Defends, Yazdi and Khatami [senior Principlist clerics] Criticize

Vatan-e Emrooz

[Guardian Council Speaker] Abbas-Ali Kadkhodayi Speaks to the Validity of the Remarks of the Head of the Guardian Council [Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati]: Documents on Arabs’ Money (will be) in (the hands of the) Court

Ahmadinejad: Critics should not be sentenced; Good News for Journalists

The Tragedy of 13 Million Flood Victims in Pakistan

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.

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.