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Hossein Shariatmadari

Iranian journalist

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name	Hossein Shariatmadari
image	Hossein Shariatmadari 2019 2.jpg
native_name_lang	fa
birth_date
birth_place	Damavand, Tehran Province, Iran
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occupation	Journalist
nationality	Iranian
party	Association of Muslim Journalists
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branch	Revolutionary Guards

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an Iranian journalist

Hossein Shariatmadari () is the managing editor of Kayhan, a conservative and hard-line Iranian newspaper.

Career

A strong supporter of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he has been described as being "a close confidant of Iran's supreme leader" Ali Khamenei, and as having "links" to Iran's intelligence services.

On 17 April 2012 Shariatmadari published an editorial in which he stressed Iran's right to enrich uranium to 99%.

Controversies

After the controversial 2009 election and weeks of protest, Shariatmadari wrote an editorial in *Kayhan *alleging that defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was trying to "escape punishment for murdering innocent people, holding riots, cooperating with foreigners and acting as America's fifth column inside the country" and called for Mousavi and former reformist President Mohammad Khatami to be tried in court for "horrible crimes and treason."

In 2020, Shariatmadari said that the Holocaust "was falsely claimed by Zionist and Western governments" and that the real Holocaust was of Christians in Najran by Yemenite Jews in 524 CE. The article, shared by the semi-official Fars News Agency, was condemned as an antisemitic promotion of Holocaust denial.

References

(July 30, 2000). "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Pars Times.
(31 December 2008). "The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps". Rand Corporation.
Worth, Robert F.. (June 21, 2009). "Up in Arms, A Struggle for the Legacy of the Iranian Revolution". [[New York Times]].
"ARRICCHIRE URANIO AL 99% UN DIRITTO DELL'IRAN?".
[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election Hardliner calls opposition leader US agent. Associated Press, July 4, 2009] accessed 7-July-2009
i24NEWS. "Pushing Holocaust Denial, Iranian Media Claims Jews Perpetrated Genocide In Yemen".
"Iran media pushes Holocaust denial: Jews perpetrated mass murder in Yemen". [[The Jerusalem Post]].

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