Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
The Judiciary was the centerpiece of Tehran’s dailies’ front pages today. Chief Magistrate Sadegh Larijani’s remarks were covered in interestingly –but expectedly- different ways by the anti-Ahmadinejad Shargh and Jomhouri-ye Eslami on the one hand, and Vatan-e Emrooz and Iran (whose editor-in-chief was sentenced to flagellation by the Judiciary last week) on the other. The head of the Physical Education Organization’s humiliating defeat in his bid to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Board also appeared on the front page, another instance of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s bitter defeats in international organizations.
Hamshahri
Mediterranean Clouds in Iran’s Sky; Rain and Snow to Pour, Clouds This Time More Fecund
Enter Expediency Council: Fifth [Development] Plan at the last station
Bread Standardization, Maybe Next Year
Iran
Ayatollah Amoli Larijani, Chief Magistrate in Prosecutors’ and Judiciary Heads’ Convention: Judges beware of issuing controversial verdicts
Ayatollah [Ahmad] Jannati in Tehran’s Friday Prayers Sermon: Frequent summoning of ministers to Majles not expedient
Capital Market Experts Forecast: Good news for stock exchange shareholders
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Head of the Judiciary: Attacks against the judiciary coordinated, judges do not yield
Friday Prayers Leaders Underscore the Necessity of Combating Representations of Western Culture and Mal-Veiledness
US Dispatches More Troops to Afghanistan
Kayhan
Zionists’ Most Explicit Confession; Haaretz: Iranian nuclear scientists assassinated by Mossad
Ayatollah Amoli Larijani: Judiciary welcomes legal and compassionate criticisms
Majles Sends 6 Articles of the Fifth Plan to Council of Nezam’s Expediency Discernment [for Final Approval]
Khabar
Khabar’s Exclusive Report on AFC [Executive Board] Election Backstage: Causes of Iran’s political-sport failure in Qatar
Awaiting New Developments: Muqtada Sadr returns to Iraq after 4 years
Resalat
Head of the Judiciary: Judges beware of issuing controversial verdicts
Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami in an Interview with Resalat on its 26th Anniversary: Resalat achieved a good score in countering the ’88 Fetneh
[Minister of Commerce, Mahdi] Ghazanfari in Tehran’s Friday Prayers Pre-Sermon Speech: Stability prevailing over the market will continue
Shargh
Ayatollah Amoli Larijani Warns: Coordinated attacks against the Judiciary
Iran’s Sports Diplomacy Fails in Asian Football Confederation’s Election: Nepalese rival knocks out [Head of Physical Education Organization, Ali] Saeedlou
Ayatollah Jannati Speaker of Tehran’s Friday [Prayers]: Majles’ summons waste ministers’ time
Tehran-e Emrooz
[Tehran Principlist MP, Elias] Naderan, [Ahmadinejad’s Majles’ Advisor, Mohammad-Reza] Mir-Tajoddini and [Head of General Inspection Organization, Mostafa] Pourmohammadi Attend the Hot Debate: Televised reopening of the economic corruption file
Tehran Mayor [Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf]: Work for God, not politics
Saeedlou loses AFC Election: “Zero”, Iran’s score in AFC Election
Vatan-e Emrooz
Iraqis’ Rapturous Reception for the Influential Shi’a Cleric: Sadr returns to Iraq
Ayatollah Jannati in Tehran’s Friday Prayers Sermon: One judge’s error should not be attributed to the entire Judiciary
From [Expediency] Council’s Denial to Documents Showing Hashemi [Rafsanjani’s] Suit against Vatan-e Emrooz: Politics minus honesty
* 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.