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Hossein Shariatmadari | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 77–78) Damavand,Tehran Province, Iran |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Political party | Association of Muslim Journalists[1] |
| Military career | |
| Branch | Revolutionary Guards[2] |
Hossein Shariatmadari (Persian:حسین شريعتمداری) is the managing editor ofKayhan, aconservative and hard-lineIranian newspaper.
A strong supporter of presidentMahmoud 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.[3]
On 17 April 2012 Shariatmadari published an editorial in which he stressed Iran's right toenrich uranium to 99%.[4]
After the controversial2009 election and weeks of protest, Shariatmadari wrote an editorial inKayhanalleging that defeated candidateMir 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 PresidentMohammad Khatami to be tried in court for "horrible crimes and treason."[5]
In 2020, Shariatmadari said that theHolocaust "was falsely claimed by Zionist and Western governments" and that the real Holocaust was of Christians inNajran byYemenite Jews in524 CE. The article, shared by the semi-officialFars News Agency, was condemned as an antisemitic promotion of Holocaust denial.[6][7]
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