Tehran Times

Tehran Times
Straight Truth
Front page on 30 September 2025
Type
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerMehr News Agency
Editor-in-chief
Mohammad Sarfi
Ali Akbar Jenabzadeh
Mohammad Ghaderi
FoundedMay 21, 1979; 47 years ago (1979-05-21)
Political alignment
Pro-Islamic Republic
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersVilla Street, Taleghani Ave, Tehran, Iran
ISSN1563-860X
OCLC number49910014
Websitewww.tehrantimes.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Tehran Times is an English-language daily newspaper published in Iran, founded in 1979 as a "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 the "voice of the Islamic Revolution".

In Oktober 2010 Reza Moqaddasi took over as the new head of the Tehran Times (TT) and the Mehr News Agency (MNA) for a four-year term, replacing the former Managing Director Parviz Esmaeili. He resigned after 3 and half years for health reasons. Therefore in May 2014 Hajottoleslam Khamoshi, the head of Iran’s Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO), appointed Ali Askari as the new director of TT and MNA. In September 2019 Mohammad Shojaeian was introduced as the new managing director of the TT and the MNA.

In April 2020 the CEO of Mehr Media Group, Mohammad Shojaeian, appointed Ali Akbar Jenabzadeh (Persian: علی اکبر جناب‌زاده) – as successor of Mohammad Ghaderi – as the editor-in-chief of the Tehran Times daily newspaper.

In April 2023 the head of IIDO, Hojjat aleslam Mohammad Qomi, appointed Mohammad Mehdi Rahmati as the new managing director of the Mehr Media Group to replace Mohammad Shojaeian Zanjani. Since early 2023 Tehran Times Editor-in-Chief is Mohammad Sarfi (Persian: محمد صرفی).

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 is a loud voice of the Islamic Revolution and the oppressed people of 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".

See also

References

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    Toosi, Nahal; Gould, Joe (2023-08-28). "An Iran mouthpiece's 'scoop' draws Republican ire". Politico. Retrieved 5 September 2026. 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.

    "Iran media guide". BBC. 2024-07-08. Retrieved 5 September 2026. Tehran Times - state-run English-language daily

    Bar Shalom, Amir (2023-09-03). "Iranian claims about suspension of ex-US envoy Rob Malley shake up Washington". Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 September 2026. But Americans were in for a shock last week when the Tehran Times, a newspaper closely tied to the regime

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  5. ↑ "Tehran Times new managing director introduced". Tehran Times. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "با حکم مدیرعامل گروه رسانه‌ای مهر؛ علی اکبر جناب‌زاده سردبیر تهران تایمز شد" [By order of the CEO of Mehr Media Group; Ali Akbar Janabzadeh becomes editor-in-chief of Tehran Times]. خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
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  12. ↑ "About Us". Tehran Times. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
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