Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

11 September 2010 | 00:15 Code : 8601 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Tehran’s daily newspapers on Wednesday 17th of Shahrivar, September 8, 2010.

122 Iranian MPs expressed support for the Supreme Leader’s explicit remarks against parallel moves in foreign policy by sending a letter to the president asking him to rethink the appointing of special diplomatic representatives. On the same day that South Korea introduced a set of unilateral sanctions against Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei met Iranian entrepreneurs and called on them to help circumvent the effects of sanctions.

Hamshahri

Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Iran has turned into a large workshop of endeavor and innovation today

Former Deputy Governor of Tehran and Seven Others’ Sentences for Involvement in ‘Economic Corruption in Governmental Organization’

122 MPs Warn the President: Stop Parallel Moves in Foreign Policy

Iran

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting Elite Entrepreneurs and Governmental Officials: Resistance to Sanctions with Entrepreneurship and a Resistance Economy

Banned Toys to Be Seized from the Market

From 11^th of September: Registration for Discarding 60 Thousand Ageing Taxis

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Entrepreneurs: We will foil sanction-perpetrators with a resistance economy

Tehran’s Reaction to Biased Report of IAEA Chief against Iran

122 MPs Warn the President: The necessity of avoiding parallel moves in foreign policy and compliance with the Leader’s orders

Kayhan

In Meeting with Entrepreneurs; Leader of the Revolution: We will bypass the sanctions and foil the West

2-Million Strong Demonstrations in France against Sarkozy’s Policies

Kayhan’s Documented Report of Amano’s Latest Lies against Iran’s Nuclear Program

Khabar

Member of [Tehran] City Council in an Interview with Khabar: Tehran to be gridlocked next year [due to traffic]

Entrepreneurs Meet the Leader of the Revolution

In the Last Five Years: 730 thousand jobs lost in agricultural section

Resalat

Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani at Convention of Emam Sadegh University Graduates: The target of the Fetneh leaders was the velayat-e faqih

American Officials: Decision to burn Quran disgraceful

Shargh

122 MPs Warning to Ahmadinejad for Compliance with the Supreme Leader’s Demand: Avoiding Appointment of Special Representatives

Majles to Decide Today about Eid-e Fetr Holidays: Friday is the eid, Holidays not decided

[Foreign Ministry Speaker] Ramin Mehmanparast: Foreign Ministry is the final decision-maker

Tehran-e Emrooz

Iranians Awaiting Majles’ Decision [for Eid-e Fetr Holiday]

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Entrepreneurs: We will bypass the sanctions

Mr. Impeachment [Former MP and Current Minister of Education Hamid-Reza Haj Babayi] on the Verge of Impeachment

Vatan-e Emrooz

Economists Meet the Leader of the Revolution; His Excellency Ayatollah Khamenei: Purchasing every foreign-made item means unemployment of an Iranian worker

Iran 1 – 0 South Korea: Victory in Seoul after 39 Years

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.