Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Hamshahri
Government and Majles Underscore Implementation of VAT
[Tehran Mayor] Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf: We absolutely sensed the realization of divine promises in the days of the Sacred Defense
6.1 Magnitude Earthquake in Fars [Province in Southern Iran]
Iran
[Prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein] Ezhe’i, Speaker of the Judiciary Announces in His First Press Conference: Endowment of [Islamic] Azad University assets not complying to Islamic jurisprudential principles
Yesterday Afternoon: Powerful earthquake shook Fars and Bushehr provinces [in south of Iran]
Iran and Brazil Face-Off in Soccer
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
The World’s Largest Aromatic Unit in Iran Begins Daily Production of 8.5 Million Liters of Gasoline
Discovery of a New Gas Field in the Country
Kayhan
Findings of Surveys by Maryland University and Zogby Institute: 95 Percent of Arab citizens: We side with Iran on the nuclear issue
No Guild Has the Right to Disobey VAT Regulations
US Kills 15 Civilians in Air Raids on Waziristan
Khabar
Banking Officials Still Silent: Dollar passes 1210 Tomans
From Dissolution of Two [Reformist Parties] to the Verdicts in the Kahrizak Case
Why Isn’t Iran-Brazil Held in Tehran?; Kafashian [Chairman of the Iranian Football Federation]: 500 Thousand fans if the match was in Azadi Stadium [Iran’s largest stadium in Tehran]
Resalat
Inaugurated in the Presence of the President: Largest water supply project in the country begins operations in Abadan [in southwestern Iran]
Speaker of the Judiciary: [Reformist parties’] Mosharket and Sazman-e Mojahedin dissolved
[Majles’ Speaker] Dr. Ali Larijani: No guild or individual exempt from paying tax
Shargh
Mohseni Ezhe’i: Terms for pursuing the case of seven reformist figures’ suit [against Cmdr. Moshfegh, intelligence official]
Andishe-ye Noe Daily’s License Revoked
15th of Mehr [7th of October] in Abu Dhabi: Iran’s national soccer team against Brazil
Tehran-e Emrooz
Controversial Cases according to [Mohseni] Ezhe’i: Sakineh Mohammadi, Kahrizak, [tourist] Americans, transference of civil servants [from Tehran] and …
Do Not Distance from Divine Traditions for the Sake of Political Power, Qalibaf: We sensed the realization of divine promises in the days of the Sacred Defense
Meeting [Brazilian Soccer] Stars in Abu Dhabi
Vatan-e Emrooz
Inauguration of the Largest Water Supply Project of the Country in the Presence of the President: Abadan’s mouth sweetened
Iran-Brazil, 15th of Mehr [7th of October] in Abu Dhabi’s Bin-Zayid Stadium: Samba face-off dream comes true
* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does not publish on Thursdays due to financial problems.
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.