Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Meeting with Young [Academic] Elite: We seek science to achieve power and justice
Tehran’s Mayor [Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf] Criticizes Urban Management’s Low Stature in Bureaucratic System
Government to Announce [New] Sugar and Rice Coupons
Iran
Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Young [Academic] Elite: Scientific findings should generate wealth
Iran-Brazil; an Exciting Soccer Match Tonight
Dollar to Become 1030 Tomans from Next Week
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Stated in the Meeting of Young Academic Elite with His Excellency Ayatollah Khamenei; Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Scientific progress should accelerate; bureaucratic technicalities should not block the way of the elite
Supreme Leader of the Revolution Will Make a Trip to Qom
Head of the Egyptian Regime in His Slave-Like Comments: We won’t let the reconciliation talks perish
Kayhan
Supreme Leader of the Revolution at the Convention of Young Elite: Iran to achieve leading academic position in the region by 1404 [2015/2016]
Kayhan’s Report Today: Financial crisis of the press the consequence of an inequitable directive
After a Fortnight of Battle over VAT: Gold merchants and Tax Affairs’ Organization reach agreement
Shargh
Supreme Leader: Making up for the country’s chronic backwardness needs the endeavor of every Iranian
Tehran’s Prosecutor [Abbas Ja’fari Dowlatabadi] Underscores: Bazaar’s closure will be quelled
[Senior MPs Ali] Motahhari and [Mohammad Reza] Bahonar Pushed Out of Principlists’ Central Council
Tehran-e Emrooz
Qalibaf States at “Municipality Finances, Challenges and Solutions” Conference: Urban management a stranger in bureaucratic system
Outline of Iran’s Scientific Prospect; Supreme Leader: Iran to achieve the top academic rank among Muslim countries by 1404
No Visa for Trips to Egypt? Speaker of the Cultural Heritage Organization: Ask the Foreign Ministry
* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does not publish on Thursdays due to financial problems.
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.
Jomhouri-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 analyst is Amir Mohebbian, its political editor.
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.
Tehran-e Emrooz (Tehran Today) is a ‘principlist reformist’ newspaper, connected to Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.
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.