Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review

25 June 2011 | 17:20 Code : 14062 Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Tehran's newspapers on Wednesday 1st of Tir 1390; July 23, 2011.

Majles cast a negative vote for Hamid Sajjadi, Ahmadinejad's candidate for the newly established Ministry of Youth and Sports, on suspicion of his links with Esfandiar Masha’i and the “Astray Current”. Mohammad-Sharif Malkezadeh, a close aide of Masha’i, also made an unwilling resignation from the foreign ministry following heavy attacks from the Conservatives. Shargh and Tehran-Emrooz called Tuesday a “bitter day” for the government.

Iran

President’s Serenity amidst Majles’ Tempest

Iran's Report on the Government’s Plans to Reinforce Guilds’ Role and Status: Guilds will be receive supports allocated to small industries

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Fifteen-Seventeen Percent Increase in Basic Goods’ Price amid Officials’ Silence

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Criticizes Shaking Moral Foundations

Discoveries Reveal: Iran's oil and gas reserves on rise

Kayhan

Crises in Greece and Spain Turns Contagious

No Impeachment, [Ministries’] Merger Approved: Majles does not vote in favor of Sports and Youth Ministry candidate [Hamid Sajjadi]

Iran and Iraq FMs Stress: Bahrain’s political system should be representative

Resalat

[Resalat Editor-in-Chief] Morteza Nabavi, Senior Member of [Right-Wing] Islamic Association of Engineers Suggests: Regulated dialogue between Principlists and Reformists

Ahmadinejad in Majles: The friendship between Majles and government is yet as powerful

Two MPs: Negative vote for Sajjadi not political

Shargh

Bitter Tuesday for the Government

Police Commander [Brigadier Ahmadi-Moghaddam]: Punishment in public induces insecurity

[Supreme Leader’s Representative to IRGC] Zonnour: Ahmadinejad and Masha’i like Laleh and Ladan

Tehran-e Emrooz

Majles Did Not Vote for the Minister of Sports, Malekzadeh Resigned from Foreign Ministry: Bitter day for the Astray Current

Millions March in Support for the Syrian President: Assad Issues General Amnesty

Vatan-e Emrooz

Vatan-e Emrooz Reports about the Latest State of Prices: Increase with government’s admission

In Spite of Western States’ Conspiracies: Millions support Bashar Assad

* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does 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.