Tehran Times
{{Short description|Iranian newspaper}}
{{About|the newspaper|the fashion blog|The Tehran Times}}
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| type = Daily newspaper
Internet resource
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = {{start date and age|1979|05|21}}
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| political = Pro-Islamic Republic
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| owners = Mehr News Agency
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| editor = Ali Akbar Jenabzadeh
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| headquarters = Villa Street, Taleghani Ave, Tehran, Iran
| ISSN = 1563-860X
| oclc = 49910014
| website = {{Official URL}}
| language = English
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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.{{cite news|last=Takeyh|first=Ray|date=May 2009|title=Excerpt: Guardians of the Revolution|url=https://www.cfr.org/excerpt-guardians-revolution|quote=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."}} {{cite news |last1=Toosi |first1=Nahal |title=An Iran mouthpiece's 'scoop' draws Republican ire |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/28/tehran-times-iran-rob-malley-00113259 |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=Politico |date=2023-08-23|quote= 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.}} {{cite web |title=Iran media guide |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14542234 |website=BBC |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=2023-07-04 |quote=Tehran Times - state-run English-language daily}} {{cite news |last1=Bar Shalom |first1=Amir |title=Iranian claims about suspension of ex-US envoy Rob Malley shake up Washington |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-claims-about-suspension-of-ex-us-envoy-rob-malley-shake-up-washington/ |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=Times of Israel |date=2023-09-03|quote=But Americans were in for a shock last week when the Tehran Times, a newspaper closely tied to the regime}}
Academics, ambassadors, policymakers and international affairs analysts frequently contribute to the newspaper.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-27|title=ECO, Into the Future Together|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/467446/ECO-Into-the-Future-Together|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Tehran Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-11-24|title=Regional models of dialogue more helpful for peace: Italian expert|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/467366/Regional-models-of-dialogue-more-helpful-for-peace-Italian-expert|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Tehran Times|language=en}}
History
The newspaper was founded by Mohammad Beheshti in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution as a self-proclaimed "voice of the Islamic Revolution".{{cite news |last1=Doubek |first1=James |title=Death Toll Climbs As Anti-Government Protests Continue In Iran |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/31/574842829/2-protesters-killed-as-anti-government-protests-enter-fourth-day-in-iran |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=NPR |date=2017-12-31}}{{cite book |last1=Jaspal |first1=Rusi |title=Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780367600327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxsGDAAAQBAJ&dq=Tehran+Times+%22voice+of+the+islamic+revolution%22&pg=PA1830 |access-date=2 October 2023}}
In 2002, the Tehran Times established a news agency which later came to be known as the Mehr News Agency (MNA). Now, the Tehran Times and the MNA are run by a single management system.
Mohammad Shojaeian took over as the new managing director of the Tehran Times and the MNA in September 2019.[https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/440470/Tehran-Times-new-managing-director-introduced Tehran Times new managing director introduced - Tehran Times] On April 12, 2020, Shojaeian appointed Ali A. Jenabzadeh as the editor-in-chief of the Tehran Times daily newspaper.{{cite web |title=علی اکبر جنابزاده سردبیر تهران تایمز شد |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4897884/ |website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=fa |date=11 April 2020}}
In August 2023, Tehran Times published a United States Department of State 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 acquired the information.{{cite news |last1=Toosi |first1=Nahal |title=An Iran mouthpiece's 'scoop' draws Republican ire |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/28/tehran-times-iran-rob-malley-00113259 |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=Politico |date=2023-08-28}}
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.”{{cite news|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/index.php/nnnnnnnnnabout-ttnnnnnnnnn |title=About Tehran Times|work=Tehran Times |access-date=30 November 2012}} 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".{{cite book |last1=Jaspal |first1=Rusi |title=Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1409454373 |page=82}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
{{Iranian news agencies and websites}}
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Category:1979 establishments in Iran
Category:English-language newspapers published in Asia
Category:Newspapers published in Tehran