Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

20 October 2010 | 14:29 Code : 9041 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Tehran’s newspapers on Tuesday, 27th of Mehr 1389; October 19, 2010.
Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
The big moment has arrived for the Iranian economy: Purposeful Subsidies, a risky plan that former presidents Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami believed in, but did not dare attempt to implement, is enforced by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei called for prompt formation of the Iraqi cabinet.

Hamshahri

Qom, Ready for Glorious Welcome for the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution

Minister of Commerce [Mahdi Ghazanfari] Announces: Punishment for hoarding and refusal to sell goods

Iran

President’s Warning to Rumor Mongers against Purposeful Subsidies: Do not distress people, you will regret it

According to the New Statute: VAT on automobiles

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister: Prosperity of Iraq hinges upon prompt formation of the cabinet and provision of security

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Supreme Leader of the Revolution Calls for in Meeting with Nuri al-Maliki: Prompt formation of the cabinet and provision of security in Iraq

Head of Iran’s Organization of Atomic Energy [Ali-Akbar Salehi] Announces: Initiation of large-scale uranium exploration operation in center and south of the country

Massive Detention of Muslim Brotherhood Members by the Egyptian Government

Kayhan

In Yesterday’s Meeting: Prompt formation of the cabinet and provision of security; Vali-yye Amr-e Moslemin’s advice to Maliki

Sage Leader of the Revolution, Today in the Land of Blood and Uprising (1)

Purposeful Subsidies’ Plan Kicks Off; 81 Thousand Tomans (approx. 81 USD) deposited into bank account of every citizen

Khabar

Media Advisor of the President [Ali-Akbar Javanfekr]: Principlism and reformism have no real existence anymore

Qom’s Historic Day with the Presence of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Scholars and clerics of the seminaries and different groups of people will welcome His Excellency Ayatollah Khamenei

With Enforcement of Purposeful Subsidies [Plan] and First Stage Payment: What percent of increasing prices will liquid subsidies cover?

Resalat

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister: Prompt formation of the cabinet is the Iraqi people’s demand

The Government’s Information Center Announces: 81 Thousand Tomans paid for 61 million Iranians

[Judiciary Speaker Gholam-Hossein Mohseni] Ezhe’i: Belated execution of verdicts citizens’ most common complaint

Shargh

[Head of the General Inspection Organization] Mostafar Pourmohammadi Announces in Convention of Prosecutors: 11 Million judicial cases per annum

Commander of Tehran’s Police Forces [Hossein Sajedinia]: We will quell economic fetneh-perpetrators if ordered

Tehran-e Emrooz

Supreme Leader of the Revolution Underscores in Meeting with Nuri al-Maliki: The necessity of prompt formation of cabinet in Iraq

A New Economic Era Starts: 81 Thousand Tomans of liquid subsidies; for two months or six?

Qom, The Given Day

Vatan-e Emrooz

The First Payment of Liquid Subsidies Credited Today: 81 Thousand Tomans for each person

President’s Warning on Energy Wastefulness in the Country: 20% Percent [saved] energy subsidy can double civil construction budget

Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Nuri Maliki: No chance of re-domination of invaders over Iraq

* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does not publish on Thursdays due to financial problems.

(1) Qom is known as the Land/City of Blood and Uprising, in reference to the bloody uprising by its people on the dawn of the Islamic Revolution in early 1978.

Trouble with understanding some terms? Check our Glossary of Iranian Political Terms.

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.