Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Hamshahri

Electricity Subsidy of Wasteful Consumers to Be Cut Off

Ratified by the Cabinet: The Day after Eid-e Fetr to Become a Holiday

Iran

President Announces in Cabinet Meeting for Tehran Province: The government’s plans for emigration from the capital

Global Media Shocked by Iran’s Pace in Gasoline Production Self-Reliance

American Anti-Islamic Church Retreats Following Global Protest

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Ayatollah Safi Golpayehgani Warns about any Offense against the Holy Quran in the United States

49 Agricultural Products’ Import Banned

Speaker of the Foreign Ministry [Ramin Mehman-Parast]: The Triple Islands [of the Persian Gulf] eternally belong to Iran

Kayhan

Kayhan’s Analytical Report: The world ignores anti-Iran sanctions

Iran No Longer in Need of Imported Gasoline

260 Bills Passed by the Cabinet for Tehran Province

Shargh

Tehran’s Prosecutor Criticizes Deaf Ears for NGOs: Let’s not fear non-governmental organizations

[Principlist MP] Ali Motahhari: Majles’ silence means paving the way for maverick behavior [of the government]

Speaker of the Parliament [Ali Larijani] Absent Again [Due to Heart Ailment]

Tehran-e Emrooz

The Tenth Administration on the Scales of Principlists: Motahhari, Mahdavi Kani, Shari’at-Madari, Kouchakzadeh … Criticisms Continue

Forbidden Fruits: Ban on the import of French apples, Chinese pears, American almonds and Egyptian oranges

Ayatollah Safi [Golpayegani] Warns the Pope and Obama

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.

Jomhuri-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.

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.

* Note: Vatan-e Emrooz does not publish on Friday due to financial problems.