The ''Tehran Times'' is an English-language daily newspaper.
Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, second in line in the political hierarchy following the 1979
Islamic Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
, stated: "''Tehran Times'' is not a
state-owned
State ownership, also called government ownership and public ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, or enterprise by the state or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party. Public owner ...
newspaper, rather it must be the voice of the oppressed people in the world.” 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". According to the Iranian-American Middle East scholar,
Ray Takeyh, the ''Tehran Times'' has "close ties with the
ranianForeign Ministry."
Academics, ambassadors, policymakers and international affairs analysts frequently contribute to the newspaper.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1979 as a foreign-language voice of the
Islamic Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
.
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.
On April 12, 2020, Shojaeian appointed Ali A. Jenabzadeh as the editor in chief of ''Tehran Times'' daily newspaper.
See also
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List of newspapers in Iran
References
External links
Official Website
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1979 establishments in Iran
English-language newspapers published in Asia
Newspapers published in Tehran
Newspapers established in 1979