Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review

26 April 2011 | 18:55 Code : 12219 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Tehran’s newspapers on Tuesday, 6th of Ordibehesht, 1389; April 26, 2011.

Ayatollah Khamenei supported both the Majles and the government in his meeting with members of the parliament’s Agriculture Committee, and enjoined cooperation between the two bodies. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s daughter, Fa’ezeh will be summoned to court, according to the Judiciary Speaker Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ezhe’I, for calling officials “thugs” during her interview with an opposition website. Assumedly skewed coverage of the Supreme Leader’s recent remarks on the resignation of Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi by the official Islamic Republic News Agency brought its chief, former media advisor to the president Ali-Akbar Javanfekr, a subpoena by the court.

Hamshahri

Rental Season Approaching: Need for governmental solution for [spiraling] rents

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with [Majles’] Agriculture Committee: Administration of Purposeful Subsidies Bill should not be undermined

During Their Presence in Velayat Park [in southern Tehran]: Legislators laud [Tehran Municipality’s] justice-based approach and heed toward southern Tehran

Iran

With Materialization of Penta-lateral Agreement in Ashgabat Meeting: Iran becomes regional goods and energy hub

Bahrain Regime Prepares for Execution of Revolutionaries

On Charges of Libeling Nezam Officials: Fa’ezeh Hashemi [Rafsanjani] case opens in Tehran’s General Court

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Supreme Leader of the Revolution Highlights in Meeting with Head and Members of Majles’ Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee: Advancing agricultural projects with a national outlook

[Tehran MP] Ahmad Tavakkoli Asserts in a Letter to Legislators: Government gives citizens incorrect employment and unemployment stats

Signed by Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Oman and Qatar FMs: Penta-lateral agreement to link Central Asia and Persian Gulf

Damascus Warns the Opposition: State of emergency restored in Syria

Kayhan

Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Members of Majles’ Agriculture Committee: Taking for granted the differences between Majles and government approaches incorrect

Million-Strong Demonstrations in the Capital and Some Other Cities of Morocco; Waves of Islamic Enlightenment Arrive at Maghreb; The Nation: The king must go

[Judiciary Speaker] Mohseni Ezhe’i: A new dossier opened for Fa’ezeh Hashemi

Bahrain Prosecutor General: We will kill all if protests continue

Resalat

[Resalat Editor-in-Chief] Seyyed Morteza Nabavi in an Interview with Fars [News Agency]: Principlists thawed nation-state relations

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Head and Members of Majles’ Agriculture Committee: [Majles-set] Laws should be enforced and government’s needs should be satisfied [in the meantime]

[Former Head of the Judiciary] Ayatollah [Mohammad] Yazdi: We should beware not to give the enemy any pretext

Judiciary Speaker: Fa’ezeh Hashemi to be prosecuted

Shargh

Supreme Leader of the Revolution: Majles’ bills definitely approved by the Leadership as [binding] law

Judiciary Speaker: [Head of the government’s official news agency IRNA, Ali Akbar] Javanfekr asks the court for adjournment

[Religious Leader] Ayatollah Javadi Amoli: Country can’t be run by oil sales

Tehran-e Emrooz

Supreme Leader of the Revolution Underlines: Problems will be solved with Majles-Government joint approach

Judiciary Speaker Announces: Fa’ezeh Hashemi and Javanfekr summoned

Vatan-e Emrooz

Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Members of Majles’ Agriculture Committee: Purposeful Subsidies a substantial measure by the government

Judiciary Speaker Reacts to Successive Libels: Fa’ezeh Hashemi under prosecution

* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does 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.

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.