Islamic Republican (newspaper)

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Islamic Republican
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The 18 June 2009 front page of
Jomhouri-e Eslami
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Islamic Republican Party
PublisherJomhouri-e Eslami Newspaper
Founded30 May 1979; 42 years ago (1979-05-30)
Political alignmentHardline Right-wing
LanguagePersian
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
WebsiteTelegram page
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Jomhouri-e Eslami (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی‎) is an official Iranian newspaper, which started its work on 30 May 1979, as the newspaper of Islamic Republic Party. In the beginning it was under the grantee of Islamic Republic Party and its managing director was Ali Khamenei. Mir-Hossein Mousavi was its editor-in-chief.[1]

Even after the closure of Islamic Republic Party, the Jomhouri-e Eslami newspaper continued its work. The paper is one of the state-sponsored publications together with Ettela'at and Kayhan of which publishers are directly appointed by the Supreme Leader.[2] As of 2013 the paper was described as "reputedly close to" Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani.[3]

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  1. ^ Jomhouri-e Eslami Newspaper Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
  2. ^ Mahmud Farjami (2014). "Political Satire as an Index of Press Freedom: A Review of Political Satire in the Iranian Press during the 2000s". Iranian Studies. 47 (2): 233. doi:10.1080/00210862.2013.860325.
  3. ^ Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads: An Exploration of Iranian Leadership Dynamics David E. Thaler, Alireza Nader, Shahram Chubin, Jerrold D. Green, Charlotte Lynch
Revolutionary occupation of U.S. embassy Title of Islamic Republican newspaper in 5 November 1979
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