Abrar

Abrar (Samaritans in English) is a Persian-language daily newspaper published in Tehran, Iran.[1]

Abrar
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Abrar Publications Group
Founded8 November 1988
Political alignmentConservative
LanguagePersian
HeadquartersTehran
Sister newspapersAbrar-e Varzeshi
Abrar-e Eghtesdai
WebsiteAbrar

History and profile

Abrar was first published on 8 November 1988.[2] The printing of the paper was done using the printing facility of a defunct leftist newspaper, Azadegan.[3] It is described by the US newspapers as hard-line[4] and traditional conservative publication.[5][6] Mohammad Safizadeh, former minister of interior, holds the licence of Abrar.[5] The paper is based in Tehran[7] and focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.[8] It has two sister newspapers, Abrar-e Varzeshi (Sports Abrar) and Abrar-e Eghtesdai (Economic Abrar).[9]

During the presidency of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Abrar was one of his supports.[3] In June 2013, the offices of the paper were raided and sealed and it was closed down.[10]

See also

References
  1. Joel Thierstein; Yahya R. Kamalipour (2000). Religion, Law, and Freedom: A Global Perspective. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-275-96452-8.
  2. Naiim Bapii (1995). "Content characteristics of major Iranian newspapers: a comparative analysis of six Tehran dailies". CEMOTI, Cahiers d'Études sur la Méditerranée Orientale et le monde Turco-Iranien. 20 (20): 49. doi:10.3406/cemot.1995.1274.
  3. Anthony Hyman (1990). "Iran's press — freedom within limits". Index on Censorship. 19 (2): 26. doi:10.1080/03064229008534794. S2CID 143865652.
  4. "Iranian Newspaper Rejects Rushdie's Conciliation Effort". The New York Times. AP. 26 December 1990. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  5. "The Political Affiliations of Iranian Newspapers" (PDF). ASL19. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  6. "Rushdie's Death Sentence Stands, Iran Says". Los Angeles Times. Athens. UPI. 27 December 1990. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  7. David Menashri (January 2001). Post-revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society, and Power. Psychology Press. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-7146-5074-6.
  8. Abdolrasoul Jowkar; Fereshteh Didegah (2010). "Evaluating Iranian newspapers' web sites using correspondence analysis". Library Hi Tech. 28 (1): 119–130. doi:10.1108/07378831011026733.
  9. "Abrar". Iran Media Program. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  10. Joanna Paraszczuk (9 June 2013). "Abrar Newspaper Raided, Suspended". EA Worldview. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

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