Tehran’s Daily Newspaper Review
Hamshahri
Majles Outlines with the Fifth [Development] Plan: Environmental policies in the next five years
Fires Rages in Golestan [Province] Forests Once Again
Bushehr [Nuclear] Power Plant’s Electricity in the National Network
Iran
Iranian Dignitaries’ Warm Reception for Lebanese PM; Beirut’s Response to Iran’s Diplomacy of Peace-Seeking
Failed Skyjacking on Tehran-Damascus Flight
As Inversion Continues: Capital [Tehran] on smog alert until the end of the week
Jomhouri-ye Eslami
Today with Second Turkmenistan-Iran Gas Pipeline in Operation: Exploitation of a grand Middle Eastern gas project
Maliki: Iraq does not need American troops
Lebanese MP Negotiations Begin in Tehran
Kayhan
Kayhan’s Analytical Report on Lebanese PM Visit to Iran: US failed again, Hariri visits Tehran
Do Not Take Deep Breath: Tehran Short of Oxygen
Institutions Under Leadership’s Control Pay VAT
Ayatollah Mesbah [Yazdi]: ’88 [2009] Fetneh planned from 30 years ago
Khabar
Saad Hariri in Saadabad
Experts’ and Officials’ Different Opinions on the Impact of Holidays: How much can calls for days off reduce air pollution?
Ahmadinejad at Gathering of Urban Public Transportation Drivers: Purposeful subsidies won’t pressure weaker strata
Economic Fetneh: From warning to reality
Resalat
Largest Terrorist Network Discovered in Baghdad
[Ali-Akbar] Salehi Head of Iran’s Organization of Atomic Energy: 950 Thousand Iranian patients have used nuclear medicine services
Ayatollah Mesbah: A 30-year plan behind the ’88 [2009] Fetneh
Shargh
[Mohammad] Khatami, [Karrubi’s Running Mate, Gholam-Hossein] Karbaschi, [Khatami’s Minister of Interior, Abd-ol-Vahed Musavi] Lari and [Reformist MP, Mohammad-Reza] Tabesh Explain to Shargh: Welcoming release of [political] prisoners
Details of the Botched Skyjacking on Tehran-Damascus Flight
Fear from Rampant Vote-Rigging in Egypt’s Election
Tehran-e Emrooz
Polluted Air Still Cloaking Tehran
What Is the Lebanese PM Seeking in Iran: Hariri Visits Iran at Last
Vatan-e Emrooz
As the Closing Ceremony of [Guangzhou] Asian Games Is Held, Iran Stands at Fourth Place with 59 Medals; End of the Golden Guangzhou
Lebanon on the Verge of Great Changes: Saad Hariri in Tehran
Head of the National Tax Administration: Wages VAT falls in with [enforcement] of Purposeful Subsidies
* Note: Khabar and Vatan-e Emrooz do not publish on Thursdays.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.
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.