Islamic Republican (newspaper)

Jomhouri-e Eslami (Islamic Republican Newspaper)

The 18 June 2009 front page of
Jomhouri-e Eslami
Type Daily newspaper
Publisher Jomhouri-e Eslami Newspaper
Founded 30 May 1979 (1979-05-30)
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Website Official site
Newspaper logo

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. As of 2013 the paper was described as "reputedly close to" Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani.[2]

References

  1. 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 November 5, 1979
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.