Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Hamshahri

Supreme Leader: [Qom Clerical] Seminary should provide convincing responses to global demands

Head of the Central Bank [Mohammad-Ali Bahmani]: We have 100 billion USD foreign exchange reserves

Today in the Presence of [Tehran’s] Mayor [Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf]: 82 Urban projects to start operation in South Tehran

Iran

Supreme Leader of the Revolution Underscores in Massive, Enthusiastic Gathering of Scholars and Clerics in Qom: Dynamism of seminaries and revolutionary clerics

Head of the Central Bank: We have stored 100 billion dollars and ten-year gold consumption of the country

[Government-Granted] Civil Servants’ Marriage Bonus 10-Fold [from 300 USD to 3000 USD]

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Massive, Enthusiastic Gathering of Scholars, Instructors, Principals and Clerics of the Qom Seminary: Seminaries’ transformation should be conducted with planning, direction and management of the Seminaries’ Maraj’e and seniors

Iran and Venezuela sign 11 agreements

Kayhan

Elaborated in the Hugely Massive and Enthusiastic Gathering of Scholars, Instructors, Principals and Clerics of the Qom Seminary; Seminaries’ charter in the important speech of the Leader of the Revolution

Crisis and Chaos in France, Britain, Greece and Italy

Sanctions Have Had No Impact on Iran’s Foreign Trade

Khabar

Ahmadinejad: Import ban a mistake

Supreme Leader: Seminaries relation to the Islamic Nezam “support and advice” and “endorsement and reform”

Resalat

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Massive Gathering of Clerics, Scholars and Instructors of the Qom Seminary: Qom Seminary mother of the Islamic Nezam

Hojjat-ol-Eslam val-Moslemin Kazem Seddighi in Tehran’s Friday Prayers: Leadership’s reception in Qom resembles historical return of Emam [Khomeni] to Iran [in 1979 on the verge of the overthrow of Pahlavi regime]

Ali Larijani: Enforcement and timing of the Purposeful Subsidies should be carried out with care

Shargh

Supreme Leader in Meeting with Scholars and Clerics of the Qom Seminary: The fates of Nezam and Seminary are intertwined

Interview with [Reformist Theoretician] Dr. Hamid-Reza Jalayipour: Consciousness is the soul of the society

Head of the Central Bank Announces the Cause of Foreign Exchange Price Hike

Tehran-e Emrooz

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Qom Clerics: Transformation of the Seminary inevitable

Head of Iran’s Central Bank’s Implicit Confirmation: Iran’s foreign exchange reserves 100 billion USD

Oil Bank to Be Established

Vatan-e Emrooz

Head of the Iranian Central Bank Reports the Latest Status of Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves of the Country: 100 Billion USD foreign exchange reserves

President Announces in the Gathering of Industrialists: Liberation from 150 years of inefficient economy with Purposeful Subsidies

Leader of the Revolution in Massive Gathering of Qom Clerics and Scholars: Some [religious leaders] issue fatwas to appease Imperialism

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

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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.