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Tehran Times

Iranian newspaper

Field	Value
name	Tehran Times
motto	Straight Truth
logo	TehranTimes.svg
image	File:Tehran Times cover, 2025-09-30.png
caption	Front page on 30 September 2025
type	Daily newspaper
Internet resource
format	Broadsheet
founded
political_position	Pro-Islamic Republic
owners	Mehr News Agency
editor	Ali Akbar Jenabzadeh
headquarters	Villa Street, Taleghani Ave, Tehran, Iran
ISSN	1563-860X
oclc	49910014
website
language	English

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the newspaper

Internet resource

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.

History

The newspaper was founded by Mohammad Beheshti in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution as a self-proclaimed "voice of the Islamic Revolution".

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

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.

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.” 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".

References

Takeyh, Ray. (May 2009). "Excerpt: Guardians of the Revolution". [[Politico]].
(2017-12-31). "Death Toll Climbs As Anti-Government Protests Continue In Iran". NPR.
(2016). "Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk". Routledge.
[https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/440470/Tehran-Times-new-managing-director-introduced Tehran Times new managing director introduced - Tehran Times]
(11 April 2020). "علی اکبر جناب‌زاده سردبیر تهران تایمز شد".
(2023-08-28). "An Iran mouthpiece's 'scoop' draws Republican ire". Politico.
"About Tehran Times". Tehran Times.
(2014). "Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk". Routledge.

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