Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Hamshahri

New Sections of the Fifth [4-Year Development] Plan; Universal Insurance Compulsory, Medical Insurance Funds Merge

Importers and Wholesale Vendors Obligated to Quote Prices

President: 3 Million should leave Tehran

Iran

Minister of Intelligence [Heydar Moslehi] Announces: Headquarters and financial network of the Fetneh caucus identified

Minister of Trade [Mahdi Ghazanfari]: Economic saboteurs will have a hard time with the judiciary

President’s Efforts to Solve the Problems of Tehran Residents

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Iran Agrees to Negotiate with P5+1 in Turkey

Anti-American Demonstrations in Indonesia and India against Obama’s Visit

Elected Representative of Editors-in-Chief in the Board of Supervision over Press: Offensive behavior and comments against the press untenable

Kayhan

Western Analysts’ Evaluation on the Threshold of Negotiations with P5+1; LA Times: Iran has not changed even a word

Minister of Intelligence Reveals: Details on account of Fetneh leaders’ direction by foreign agents

Yemen PM: Al-Qaeda brainchild of U.S. and West

Khabar

The New Chapter of Principlism Begins: Principlists’ decisive vote for [Ali] Larijani [in Election of the New Chairman of Principlist Fraction in Majles]

Family Protection Bill Discussed at Khabar’s Roundtable: Shari’a should not be defied in the name of protecting women

Resalat

Political Parties Come to Agreement in Iraq: Maliki keeps his premiership

[Foreign Minister] Manouchehr Mottaki Announces: Iran agrees to negotiations with P5+1 in Turkey

Supreme Leader of Revolution: Those who wanted to marginalize the culture of martyrdom are isolated

Ahmadinejad: Executives should take seriously transference of governmental organizations out of Tehran

Shargh

72 Pro-[State-Run]-TV Groups Demand: [Head of TV and Radio Organization, Ezzat-ol-Llah] Zarghami should confess [to defects in his management style]

Ahmadinejad’s Demand of Tehran Residents: Leave to reduce the consequences of [likely] earthquake

Tehran-e Emrooz

Insistence on Migration of 5 Million Tehran Residents; Ahmadinejad: 40 Percent of civil servants should telecommute and some governmental buildings should be sold

Tehran’s Metro; The World’s Cheapest Metro

Iran’s Effort to Revive the Tehran Declaration

Vatan-e Emrooz

A New Wave of Protests against the French Government’s Economic Policies Sets Off: Sarkozy’s opponents’ fireworks

President Criticizes Tehran Metro’s Heavy Expenses Since ’66 [1987]: 5700 Billion Tomans [approx. 5700 Million USD] spent for Tehran’s metro [to date]

In Presence of Vice President [Mohammad-Reza Rahimi] in Doha: Commercial visas between Iran and Qatar rescinded

* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.

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.