Except that Tehran times is Iranian State affiliated Media and virtually mouth piece of your government,
Tehran Times is by no means the voice of the Iranian government.
According to shahid Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti: "
Tehran Times is not a state-owned newspaper, rather it must be the voice of the Islamic Revolution and the oppressed people in the world."
Over the years, Tehran Times came to be associated with technocrats at the Foreign Ministry - career civil servants who
do not get swapped after each change of administration. And they are affiliated mostly with the centrist / moderate faction, to which former President Rohani also belongs. Therefore they do not reflect the views of the current conservative administration of President Raisi.
The question is why is Iranian State affiliated Media quoting Fake Factor Patil?
Many other so-called "state affiliated" media aren't. They don't all echo the same positions, because they are representative of different political factions.
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Unlikely. Nothing can be printed in the State Media without the approval of the current regime in Tehran.
Tehran Times is not state media. See above.
Furthermore, a wide rage of different views are expressed in Iranian media. They're just not translated into English if they reflect domestic political debates.
Here's an example of a completely different position on Panjshir and Afghanistan expressed by the editor of the pro-Revolution Keyhan daily, one of the country's most important publications:
First of all, a few words to introduce Hossein Shariatmadari, editor in chief of Iran's Keyhan daily newspaper. Keyhan is known as one of the ideologically most orthodox media in Iran, insofar as it is staunchly loyal to the spirit and principles of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Even though...
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The author is making fun of the reformists and centrist who have been calling for intervention against the Taleban.
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Curious to know as what's that Iran State Affiliated Media tag? Does state has a say in it?
My intention is about particular affiliation given the exact news piece that Tehran Times has been reporting. Not the official news but those rants. Let someone well versed with Iranian State media to answer it.
That tag is issued by Twitter, not by the media themselves. It's enough to be affiliated to the permanent staff of one particular institution to be labelled "state affiliated". But that doesn't mean the source acts on behalf of the current administration in charge.
Tehran Times is close to technocrats at the Foreign Ministry - career civil servants who
do not get swapped after each change of administration, and who are affiliated mostly with the centrist / moderate faction to which former President Rohani also belongs. Therefore they do not reflect the views of the current conservative administration of President Raisi. Reformists / centrists no longer decide about Iran's foreign policy since Ebrahim Raisi was elected President this summer. However, they can take aim at the establishment's policy through their media, Twitter accounts etc.
But State allows a media outlet which claims to be Iran State-Affiliated Media; to peddle fake news continuously? I mean, there should be an official shut-up call for the propaganda news given the relations between both countries. For any Pakistani, it will be used as an official go ahead to blame Pakistan.
Other media strike a very different tone on Afghanistan.
Here for example, the influential newspaper Keyhan cited by Fars News Agency, ridiculing reformists and centrists who have been advocating intervention against the Taleban in Panjshir:
First of all, a few words to introduce Hossein Shariatmadari, editor in chief of Iran's Keyhan daily newspaper. Keyhan is known as one of the ideologically most orthodox media in Iran, insofar as it is staunchly loyal to the spirit and principles of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Even though...
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There's a considerable degree of press freedom in Iran, and authorities don't censor diverging views (unless a direct threat to national security). But Tehran Times articles and Tweets have been shared here in a disproportionate manner - there are many other media with differing views on the topic.
The other day, Ahmedinijjad was investigating something against Pakistan which is not even a fact in first place.
I can only second user Muhammed45 on the subject of Ahmadinejad: he is a largely sidelined character if not an outcast. Most of his closest aides have been jailed, he was barred from running at this year's presidential election, and he is now reduced to agitating against the establishment on hostile foreign media and broadcasters.
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Not a Majoosi sazish .. Iranian Mullah regime believes that their interests are more aligned with India.
Iran's largest English Newspaper (Tehran Times) and self-claimed largest news agency (Mehr News) don't publish such stories (to maintain plausible deniability?!) but their verified twitter handle keeps spewing venom against Pakistan. It's highly unlikely that it happens without Mullah regime's tacit approval
Mehr News is not Iran's largest news agency. And there is wide scale freedom of press in Iran. The Iranian media landscape is diverse, and on this very topic, different opinions were expressed in the media.
As an example, look up the reaction of influential pro-Revolution newspaper Keyhan as republished by Fars News Agency, taunting liberals who were calling for Iranian intervetion against the Taleban in Panjshir:
First of all, a few words to introduce Hossein Shariatmadari, editor in chief of Iran's Keyhan daily newspaper. Keyhan is known as one of the ideologically most orthodox media in Iran, insofar as it is staunchly loyal to the spirit and principles of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Even though...
defence.pk
Compared to Tehran Times, Keyhan and Fars News's line is much more concurrent with the current Raisi administration, the IRGC and the Supreme Leader, who have the upper hand on foreign policy now. But dissident voices can't simply be censored by authorities.