Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

25 December 2010 | 14:16 Code : 9710 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Tehran’s newspapers on Monday 29th of Azar 1389; December 20, 2010.
Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Persepolis, Iran’s most popular soccer team and once the apple of Iranian soccer’s eye, is at its ebb. Iran’s most successful club on the domestic stage has been defeated in five successive games and allowed 13 goals. The 4-1 defeat by Saba Battery finally forced Persepolis’ coach, Ali Daei, legendary soccer player and the world’s all-time leading goal-scorer to resign. Persepolis’ archrival, Esteghlal, was also taken down a peg by Foulad FC, Ahwaz’ second popular club.
Reverberations of the Purposeful Subsidies’ enforcement continue in the Iranian media and the new, ‘real’ price of fuel has been announced by the government. Ahmadinejad dismissed another member of his cabinet, his once close companion Mehrdad Bazrpash, from his position in the minor department of National Organization for Youth.
Hamshahri
Latest News on the First Day of Prices Revision
Black Day for Esteghlal and Persepolis: Ali Daei resigns
Warning of Return of Air Pollution to Metropolises
Iran
President Lauds Citizens’ Cooperation and Appropriate Reception of Enforcement of the Purposeful Subsidies: Details of prices revision in today’s Iran daily
A Day of Humiliation for the Capital’s Two Great Teams
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Fatwa [Religious Edict] for Death of ElBaradei Issued in Egypt
With Launch of the Economic Transformation Plan: The list of increase in prices for electricity, gas, water and oil products
 
[Egyptian Islamic Scholar, Yusuf] Qaradawi: Al-Azhar [key Sunni academic center] should use the Shi’a model of dynamic fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] 
[Majles’] National Security Committee’s Final Decision to Sever Ties with Britain
Kayhan
Purposeful Subsidies Headquarters Continues Releasing Statements: Details of prices revision in today’s Kayhan daily
Power Struggle in the Saudi Family
26 Billion Tomans [approx. 26 Million USD] of metro and bus ticket subsidies to be paid today
Khabar
100 Thousand Tomans [approx. 100 USD], monthly saving of a four-person household: How will Purposeful Subsidies affect households’ expenses
Majles’ Reaction to Mottaki’s Dismissal; [Ali] Larijani: It was better to save the dignity of the foreign minister
Iran’s New Nuclear Strategy Announced by the President; Ahmadinejad: We want a win-win game
After a 4-1 Defeat by Saba Battery; [Ali] Daei: For God’s sake let me go
Resalat
President Promises: Housing and unemployment problems to be solved by the end of the Tenth Administration’s tenure [in 2013]
Second Dismissal in the Tenth Administration; [Head of the National Organization for Youth, Mehrdad] Bazrpash ousted
Happens Next Saturday: Mashaei’s response to 4 months of criticism
Tehran-e Emrooz
Living with New Prices; 7 Strategic Goods Undergo an Average 70% Liberalization
Bazrpash Out of [Ahmadinejad’s] Inner Circle; Reshuffle in the Government Continues
Daei: Goodbye, Persepolis
Iran’s Share of WikiLeaks’ Allegations
Vatan-e Emrooz
Vatan-e Emrooz’ Report on the Latest State of Tariffs after Enforcement of Purposeful Subsidies: Details of prices revision
With Moderation of Prices Announced by the President: Economic revolution starts in Iran
National Security Committee Reacts to [UK Ambassador to Tehran, Simon] Gass’ Boldness; Majles’ Green Light for Severance of Ties with Britain
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.
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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.