Hossein Shariatmadari ( fa, حسین شريعتمداری) is the managing editor of '' Kayhan'', a

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ian newspaper.

Career

A strong supporter of president

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

, he has been described as being "a close confidant of Iran’s supreme leader"

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

, 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

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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 Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...

to be tried in court for "horrible crimes and treason." In 2020, Shariatmadari said that the

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"was falsely claimed by Zionist and Western governments" and that the real Holocaust was of Christians in

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in 524 CE. The article, shared by the semi-official

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, was condemned as an antisemitic promotion of Holocaust denial.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shariatmadari, Hossein 1948 births Living people Iranian journalists People from Tehran Province Iranian editors Representatives of the Supreme Leader in the Keyhan Institute Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers Association of Muslim Journalists politicians