Tehran Times

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Tehran Times
TypeDaily newspaper
Internet resource
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Mehr News Agency
EditorAli Akbar Jenabzadeh
FoundedMay 21, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-05-21)
Political alignmentPro-Islamic Republic
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersVilla Street, Taleghani Ave, Tehran, Iran
ISSN1563-860X
OCLC number49910014
Websitewww.tehrantimes.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Tehran Times is an English-language daily newspaper published in Iran, founded in 1979 as the self-styled "voice of the Islamic Revolution". While not state-owned, it is considered state-controlled and closely tied to the hardline factions within the Iranian government.[1]

Academics, ambassadors, policymakers and international affairs analysts frequently contribute to the newspaper.[2][3]

History

The newspaper was founded by Mohammad Beheshti in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution as a self-proclaimed "voice of the Islamic Revolution".[4][5]

In 2002, the Tehran Times established a news agency which later came to be known as the Mehr News Agency (MNA). Now, Tehran Times and the MNA are run by a single management system with MNA staff triple that of Tehran Times. The MNA is now considered one of the most important news organizations in Iran. Mohammad Shojaeian took over as the new managing director of the Tehran Times and the MNA in September 2019.[6]

On April 12, 2020, Shojaeian appointed Ali A. Jenabzadeh as the editor in chief of Tehran Times daily newspaper.[7]

In August 2023, Tehran Times published a State Department memo informing U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley of his security clearance suspension. The publication prompted calls by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate for a probe into how the newspaper obtained the sensitive information.[8]

Editorial position

Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, second in line in the political hierarchy following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, stated: "Tehran Times is not a state-owned newspaper, rather it must be the voice of the oppressed people in the world.”[9] Although the newspaper is not state-owned, "it aims to disseminate key tenets of the Islamic Revolution and is therefore generally supportive of the Islamic Republic of Iran's ideology".[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Takeyh, Ray (May 2009). "Excerpt: Guardians of the Revolution". The Tehran Times, a newspaper with close ties to the Foreign Ministry, editorialized that "any sign of goodwill will be responded [to] by goodwill on the Iranian side."

    Toosi, Nahal (2023-08-23). "An Iran mouthpiece's 'scoop' draws Republican ire". Politico. Retrieved 2 October 2023. Tehran Times, an Iranian state-run media outlet....Close observers of Iran believe the English-language Tehran Times is controlled by hardline Iranian government factions.

    "Iran media guide". BBC. 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2 October 2023. Tehran Times - state-run English-language daily

    Bar Shalom, Amir (2023-09-03). "Iranian claims about suspension of ex-US envoy Rob Malley shake up Washington". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2 October 2023. But Americans were in for a shock last week when the Tehran Times, a newspaper closely tied to the regime
  2. ^ "ECO, Into the Future Together". Tehran Times. 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  3. ^ "Regional models of dialogue more helpful for peace: Italian expert". Tehran Times. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. ^ Doubek, James (2017-12-31). "Death Toll Climbs As Anti-Government Protests Continue In Iran". NPR. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ Jaspal, Rusi (2016). Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk. Routledge. ISBN 9780367600327. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ Tehran Times new managing director introduced - Tehran Times
  7. ^ "علی اکبر جناب‌زاده سردبیر تهران تایمز شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  8. ^ Toosi, Nahal (2023-08-28). "An Iran mouthpiece's 'scoop' draws Republican ire". Politico. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  9. ^ "About Tehran Times". Tehran Times. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  10. ^ Jaspal, Rusi (2014). Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk. Routledge. p. 82. ISBN 978-1409454373.