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The '''''Tehran Times''''' is an English-language daily newspaper. [[Mohammad Beheshti|Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti]] stated: "''Tehran Times'' is not a [[Government-owned corporation|state-owned]] newspaper, rather it must be the voice of the oppressed people in the world.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/index.php/nnnnnnnnnabout-ttnnnnnnnnn |title=About Tehran Times|work=Tehran Times |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{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}}</ref>
The '''''Tehran Times''''' is an English-language daily newspaper. [[Mohammad Beheshti|Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti]], second in line in the political hierarchy following the 1979 [[Islamic Revolution]], stated: "''Tehran Times'' is not a [[Government-owned corporation|state-owned]] newspaper, rather it must be the voice of the oppressed people in the world.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/index.php/nnnnnnnnnabout-ttnnnnnnnnn |title=About Tehran Times|work=Tehran Times |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{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}}</ref> According to the Iranian-American Middle East scholar, [[Ray Takeyh]], the ''Tehran Times'' has "close ties with the [Iranian] Foreign Ministry."<ref>{{cite news|last=Takeyh|first=Ray|date=May 2009|title=Excerpt: Guardians of the Revolution|url=https://www.cfr.org/excerpt-guardians-revolution}}</ref>

According to the Iranian-American Middle East scholar, [[Ray Takeyh]], the ''Tehran Times'' has "close ties with the [Iranian] Foreign Ministry."<ref>{{cite news|last=Takeyh|first=Ray|date=May 2009|title=Excerpt: Guardians of the Revolution|url=https://www.cfr.org/excerpt-guardians-revolution}}</ref>


Academics, ambassadors, policymakers and international affairs analysts frequently contribute to the newspaper.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
Academics, ambassadors, policymakers and international affairs analysts frequently contribute to the newspaper.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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Tehran Times
TypeDaily newspaper
Internet resource
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization
EditorAli Akbar Jenabzadeh
FoundedMay 21, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-05-21)
Political alignmentPro-Islamic Republic
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersVilla Street, Taleghani Ave, Tehran, Iran
ISSN1563-860X
OCLC number49910014
Websitewww.tehrantimes.com

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, stated: "Tehran Times is not a state-owned newspaper, rather it must be the voice of the oppressed people in the world.”[1] 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".[2] According to the Iranian-American Middle East scholar, Ray Takeyh, the Tehran Times has "close ties with the [Iranian] Foreign Ministry."[3]

Academics, ambassadors, policymakers and international affairs analysts frequently contribute to the newspaper.[4][5]

History

The newspaper was founded in 1979 as a foreign-language voice of the Islamic Revolution.[6]

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. [7]

On April 12, 2020, Shojaeian appointed Ali A. Jenabzadeh as the editor in chief of Tehran Times daily newspaper.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Tehran Times". Tehran Times. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. ^ Jaspal, Rusi (2014). Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk. Routledge. p. 82. ISBN 978-1409454373.
  3. ^ Takeyh, Ray (May 2009). "Excerpt: Guardians of the Revolution".
  4. ^ "ECO, Into the Future Together". Tehran Times. 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. ^ "Regional models of dialogue more helpful for peace: Italian expert". Tehran Times. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  6. ^ "Tehran Times | Newspaper Ranking & Review". www.4imn.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  7. ^ Tehran Times new managing director introduced - Tehran Times
  8. ^ "علی اکبر جناب‌زاده سردبیر تهران تایمز شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

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