Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

25 October 2010 | 22:46 Code : 9095 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Tehran’s newspapers on Sunday, 2nd of Mehr 1389; October 24, 2007.

Consider the significance of these headlines: while most newspapers prefer to choose a positive headline to report the meeting between Ayatollah Khamenei and members of the once-powerful clerical institute, Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, the government’s mouthpiece, Iran, publishes today’s edition with a large font headline a quote from the leader: A part of cultural defects due to [failure of] the cleric institution and seminary, just two days after the Supreme Leader warns about the return of "Islam Minus Clerics" idea. Could this lend further support to claims that Ahmadinejad and his theoreticians are—as one time influential reformist columnist Mohammad Ghouchani had said—secularists-in-disguise?

Hamshahri

Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Society of [Seminary] Teachers [of Qom] should remain the criteria for the [Qom] Seminary and the country

Dollar and Gold Prices Fall in Domestic Markets

Experts Criticize Inauguration of Iran’s Cultural Heritage Sale Centers

Iran

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Chairman and Members of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom: A part of cultural defects due to [failure of] the cleric institution and seminary

Deputy Head of the National Tax Administration [Mohammad-Qasem Panahi]: 12 Billion Tomans [approx. 12 million USD] returns to tax-payers each month

US Dollar Price Continues Downfall; Gold Demand in the Market Normalized

Kayhan

Supreme Leader of the Revolution Underscores: Society of Teachers, supporters of the Line of Imam yesterday and today [in the past and present]

82 Civil-Cultural Projects Inaugurate in South Tehran

Khabar

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Members of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom: Correct cultural direction a responsibility of the clergy

With Less Rainfall in This Year’s Water Year: Water rationing, maybe next year

[Former Head of the Privatization Organization, Gholam-Reza Heydari Kord Zanganeh]: I repeat, Sepah not the purchaser of [controversial deal] telecom shares

Resalat

Supreme Leader in Meeting with the Members of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom: Influential identity of the Society of Teachers should be preserved

President: Planning should be based on Iranian-Islamic models

Minister of Defense [Cmdr. Ahmad Vahidi]: We will manufacture S300 missile system in near future

Shargh

[Director General of Tehran’s Prisons, Sohrab] Soleymani in Valediction and Inauguration Ceremony of Evin [Prison] Administrators: Evin the showcase of Nezam’s security behavior

Central Bank’s Two New Conditions to Sell Foreign Exchange to Passengers

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Statistics’ Day Convention: Data and statistics should be to motivate, not discourage

Tehran-e Emrooz

Tehran-e Emrooz Analysis on Developments of Import-Export Policies: Half-open gates for import

Qom; The Fifth Day of [Supreme Leader’s] Trip: Seniors of the Seminary meet the Supreme Leader of the Revolution

Vatan-e Emrooz

Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Members of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom: Society of Teachers the birthplace of Maraaje’ [religious leaders]

Head of Presidential Office [Esfandiar Rahim Masha’i]: Iran flag-bearer of Ahl-e Beit (1) and Pure Islam schools

Sanctions Are Useless, Target Purposeful Subsidies: [Western] Embassies’ report to instigate chaos

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

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.