The Constitution provides for freedom of the press as long as published material accords with Islamic principles. The publisher of every newspaper and periodical is required by law to have a valid publishing license. Any publication perceived as being anti-Islamic is not granted a publication license. In practice, the criteria for being anti-Islamic have been broadly interpreted to encompass all materials that include an antigovernment sentiment. All the papers and magazines in circulation supported the basic political institutions of the Islamic Republic.
The major daily newspapers for the country are printed in Tehran. While all newspapers are considered to be appropriately Islamic, they do not endorse every program of the central government.
All radio and television broadcasting is controlled by the government. Television and radio stations exist in Tehran and the major provincial cities. Stations in Azerbaijan, Kordestan and Baluchistan are permitted to broadcast some programs in Azeri Turkish, Kurdish and Baluchi.
See also
Iranian Headline News
Up-To-The-Minute Headline News of Iran by different news providers from around the world.
Sport in Iran
Biographies of Iranian Sportmen, Articles, Links to Sport News Sites and Iranian Clubs.
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Articles
First Iranian Newspaper
By: Manouchehr Saadat Noury, 2005

Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)
Its history and activities, 2007

Kayhan Newspaper
By: Shapour Ghasemi, 2006

Media and information: the case of Iran
By: Geneive Abdo, 2003

Links
Ayandeh-Negar Radio (In Sweden)

BBC, Jam-e Jahan Nama (Persian Service, Radio & News)

Deutsche Welle (Germany's International Radio in Persian)

Entekhab (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Ettelaat-International- (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Golagha (Persian Comedy, Weekly & Monthly Newspaper)

Gozaresh (Persian, Monthly Magazine)

Hamshahri (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Iran (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Iran Daily (English, Daily Newspaper)

Iran-e Emrooz (Persian, News & features based in Germany)

Iran News Watch (Iranian Daily English News, based in London)

Iran Star (Weekly Persian Magazine based in Canada)

IRIB (I.R. of Iran Broadcasting)

IRNA (I.R. of Iran News Agency)

ISNA (Iranian Students' News Agency)

Jame Jam (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Jomhouri Eslami (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Keyhan (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Keyhan [London] (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

KIRN Radio (Iranian AM station in Los Angeles)

Pejvak (Radio Sweden International in Persian)

Pyk Net (Persian, Daily News)

Quds (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Radio Barabari (Persian Radio Based in Germany)

Radio Farda (Persian, U.S. Broadcasting)

Radio France (Persian Service of French Radio)

Radio Israel (Daily Persian service)

Radio Peyk (Persian Radio in Switzerland)

Radio Sedaye Iran (24-hour Radio based in Los Angeles)

Radio Velayat (Persian Radio based in USA)

Radio Voice of America (News Service in Persian)

Sharq Newspaper (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Resalat (Persian, Daily Newspaper)

Tavoos (Quarterly Art Magazine published in Persian & English)

Tehran Times (English, Daily Newspaper)
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