Tehran's Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
BRTs Hit Record; Two Million Passengers Transported Per Day
Supreme Leader of the Revolution Calls for Vigilance against Appropriation of Popular Regional Movements
Majles and the Judiciary Pursue [Government’s] Refusal to Pay [Tehran] Metro Credit
Iran
MPs’ Self-Criticism about Offending the President [During the Confirmation Hearing of Minister of Transportation and Urban Development
President Speaks of the Cabinet’s Upcoming Bills: Rehabbers prioritized for employment and housing amenities
Government’s Economic Speaker [Finance Minister Shams-od-Din Hosseini]: Government has no plans to lift subsidies
Kayhan
Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Leaders of Iraq, Pakistan and Sudan: West worried about establishment of an Islamic regime at Europe’s doorsteps
Warning to Corrupts and Thugs; [Judiciary Head] Ayatollah Amoli Larijani: We show no mercy to violators of law
Resalat
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Meeting with Sudan’s President: West dreads formation of Islamic regimes in the region
With 205 Votes of Favor: [Ali] Nikzad becomes the first Transportation and Urban Development minister
[Former Supreme Leader’s Representative to IRGC, Hojjat-ol-Eslam] Zonnour Reveals in [Right-Wing] Islamic Association of Engineers’ Convention: Joint meetings between the ‘Astray Group’ and Fetneh-perpetrators [i.e. Masha’i team and Reformists]
Head of the Election Bureau [Seyyed Sowlat Mortazavi]: US and UK have plans to stoke chaos in the Ninth Parliamentary elections
Shargh
Supreme Leader of the Revolution: US’ Middle East policy in decline
Two Cases of Government’s Abrogation of Law in Majles after Confirmation Vote for Nikzad: Government’s transient pleasure
Tehran-e Emrooz
Confidence in 25 Minutes: Nizad, the first minister of Transportation and Urban Development
Judiciary Chief Gives Stern Warning to Criminals
First Confession by Detained Administrator of Aras Free Trade Zone: Election negotiations between the ‘Astray Current’ and Fetneh
Vatan-e Emrooz
Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with the Sudanese President: Vigilance needed against appropriation of regional movements
President Promises: Jobs and houses for young rehabbers
* 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.