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 seriouslyexamined not because of a razor-edge margin rivalry between Fundamentalistand Reformist movements, but in the wake of the post-election events andspectrum category between fundamentalists and reformists. In this article, aneffort is stepped up to study and scrutinize notes and news headlines publishedin the best-selling Iranian mainstreams of Keyhan, Ettela’at and Jomhouri-eIslami on the post-election unrests which started from June 13, 2008 [after theannouncement of early result of the election] to July 22, 2009 when the unrestconsiderably abated, by using Practical Discourse Analysis Method (PDAM)Findings show that Ettela’at daily has concentrated on “unacceptability of electionresults”, “Underlining the role of internal and external elements in sparking postelection unrests” and “announcement of annulment of election results. In Jomhouri-eEslami daily, the articles predominantly focused on “The unacceptability of electionresults”, “Underlining the role of internal elements in the aftermath of the presidentialelection” and the “Solutions proposed by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani at a Friday Prayeraddress to end the post-election political stalemate. Keyhan headlines, however, adopteda U-turn and a distinctive approach where the focal point was put on “Defendingelection results”, “ Linking local and external elements to fomenting unrests” and “Defending a plan put forth by Supreme Leader” to end the post-election unrests.

Keywords

• practical discourse analysis method (pdam)
• jomhourie-islami daily
• keyhan daily
• ettela’at daily
• elections
• 10th presidential elections
• fundamentalists
• reformists
• post-election incidents