Hossein Shariatmadari
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Born1948 (age 77–78)
Damavand, Tehran Province, Iran
OccupationJournalist
Political partyAssociation of Muslim Journalists[1]
BranchRevolutionary Guards[2]
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 of Kayhan, a conservative (principlist) and hard-line Iranian newspaper.
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.[3]
On 17 April 2012 Shariatmadari published an editorial in which he stressed Iran's right to enrich uranium to 99%.[4]
