Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review

Hamshahri

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Meeting with Hajj Functionaries: Pilgrims should donate to Pakistan’s Muslims by cutting extra expenses

Direct Sale of Foreign Exchange to Ordinary Citizens Stops

[Transportation] Fares Controlled by Enforcement of Purposeful Subsidies’ Plan

Iran

Supreme Leader of the Revolution in Meeting with Hajj Functionaries: Unity in Hajj will ‘break’ the enemy’s morale

Vice President [Mohammad-Reza Rahimi] at the Closing Ceremony of International Industry Fair: We can make France’s Peugeot go bankrupt

Central Bank Decides: Unlimited injection of foreign exchanges to the market

Jomhouri-ye Eslami

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Meeting with Hajj Functionaries: Pilgrims should donate to Pakistan’s Muslims by cutting extra expenses

Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah: We’ll present new documents on Israel’s involvement in [Rafik] Hariri’s assassination

Million-Strong Demonstrations against Sarkozy’s Policies

Resalat

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Meeting with Hajj Functionaries: Muslims’ Unity in Hajj ‘breaks’ the enemies’ front

[Ali] Larijani at National University of Armenia: International powers are changing

2 Terrorists of Sanandaj Incident Killed

Shargh

Speaker of the Guardian Council [Abass-Ali Kadkhodayi] Did Not Reject the President’s Remarks on the Stature of Majles: Our Nezam is half-parliamentary, half-presidential

[Senior Principlist Cleric] Mohammad Yazdi’s New Narrative on His Disagreement with Hashemi Rafsanjani: Our problem won’t be solved with a smile

Vice President’s Warning to France: Don’t force us to boycott Peugeot

Tehran-e Emrooz

After a Ten-Day Argument with the Government over VAT: Gold market reopens

Economic Retaliation against France and the UAE; Tough Warnings by Vice President: We will return your economies to a hundred years ago

Tehran Mayor [Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf]: Management the country’s biggest challenge today

Vatan-e Emrooz

Leader of the Revolution Addresses Anti-Religion Cults’ Line-Up against Islam in Meeting with Hajj Functionaries: Today’s circumstances similar to the War of Confederates (1)

In Remarks by Minister of Finance [Shams-od-Din Hosseini] in Washington: Strident criticism of World Bank’s attitude towards Iran

Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah: All Lebanon welcome Ahmadinejad

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

(1) Famous war between Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and an alliance of Jewish and polytheist Arabs which led to the victory of the besieged Muslims.

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.