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Pressure on the media in Iran intensified shortly after the 1979 revolution, beginning with the shutdown of the “Ayandegan” newspaper, the seizure of major newspapers “Kayhan” and “Ettela’at”, and the persecution of numerous journalists through imprisonment and execution. In the aftermath of the revolution, Khomeini’s
Mashregh’s problematic content is the brainchild of shadowy IRGC management
How a shadowy organization drives the IRGC’s media agenda
In the following two-part series of articles, we unwrap the IRGC’s three major media outlets: Tasnim and Fars news agencies, as well as the daily newspaper Javan.
Media orgs’ intentionally opaque ownership structure points to the IRGC
In the following two-part series of articles, we unwrap the IRGC’s three major media outlets: Tasnim and Fars news agencies, as well as the daily newspaper Javan.
Parliament speaker Mohammad Qalibaf is filling top posts with friends and confederates such as Ahadian, an in-law of the supreme leader’s.
An investigation into Tabnak, Iran’s most visited news website, shows how the state-funded outlet advances the private interests of its owner, longtime IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei.
A prominent newspaper editor related to Ali Khamenei benefited from the forced takeover of reformist media by courts close to the Supreme Leader’s Office.
The path to sucess of recently elected legislator Seyyed Nezamoldin Mousavi reveals the central role that state-funded media organizations play in Iranian high politics.