Editorial Analysis of Three Iranian Newspapers (Keyhan, Ettela’at, and Jomhorie-Eslami) A bout the 10th Presidential Election in Iran(13 Jun-22 July, 2009)

Abstract

The 10th presidential election in Iran is significant and should be seriously
 examined not because of a razor-edge margin rivalry between Fundamentalist
 and Reformist movements, but in the wake of the post-election events and
 spectrum category between fundamentalists and reformists. In this article, an
 effort is stepped up to study and scrutinize notes and news headlines published
 in the best-selling Iranian mainstreams of Keyhan, Ettela’at and Jomhouri-e
 Islami on the post-election unrests which started from June 13, 2008 [after the
 announcement of early result of the election] to July 22, 2009 when the unrest
 considerably abated, by using Practical Discourse Analysis Method (PDAM)
 Findings show that Ettela’at daily has concentrated on “unacceptability of election
 results”, “Underlining the role of internal and external elements in sparking postelection unrests” and “announcement of annulment of election results. In Jomhouri-e
 Eslami daily, the articles predominantly focused on “The unacceptability of election
 results”, “Underlining the role of internal elements in the aftermath of the presidential
 election” and the “Solutions proposed by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani at a Friday Prayer
 address to end the post-election political stalemate. Keyhan headlines, however, adopted
 a U-turn and a distinctive approach where the focal point was put on “Defending
 election results”, “ Linking local and external elements to fomenting unrests” and “
 Defending a plan put forth by Supreme Leader” to end the post-election unrests.