Jomhouri-e Eslami is an official Iranian newspaper, which started its work on May 30, 1979, as the newspaper of Islamic Republic Party. In the beginning it was under the grantee of Islamic Republic Party and its managing director was Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i is the Supreme Leader of Iran and the figurative head of the Muslim conservative establishment in Iran and Twelver Shi'a marja...

. Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a Reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election...

 was its Editor-in-Chief.

Even after the closure of Islamic Republic Party, the Jomhouri-e Eslami newspaper continued its work.