Tehran Times

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Tehran Times
TypeDaily newspaper
Internet resource
Format Broadsheet
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
ISSN 1563-860X
OCLC number 49910014
Website www.tehrantimes.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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]

Contents

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]

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