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All the News All the Time : Under Siege, But Tehran's Liberal Press Rolls On.(newspapers in Tehran, Iran)(Brief Article)

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| February 28, 2000 | Dickey, Christopher | COPYRIGHT 2009 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

There's no question about the biggest winner in last week's Iranian elections: the Iranian press. It's wild. It's irreverent. It's brutal and amusing, and unabashedly partisan. It's constantly under pressure, its editors are sued and jailed, it's being shut down all the time--and it just keeps going.

In a nation where political parties are only beginning to take shape, Iran's newspapers have become the signposts guiding people through the fields of candidates. In Tehran alone, there are at least 35 newspapers published every day, all pushing their own line, whether liberal or conservative, reformist or radical. "We're a hero-making factory," says Hamidreza Jalaei…

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