Aftab Yazd

Aftab-e Yazd (آفتاب یزد lit. "The Yazd Sun") is a Persian-language daily reformist newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. The title of the paper means “the sun of Yazd” in Persian.[1]

Aftab Yazd
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherMojtaba Vahedi
FoundedAugust 2000 (2000)
Political alignmentReformist
LanguagePersian
HeadquartersTehran
Circulation100,000 (2008 est.)
WebsiteAftab-e Yazd

History and profile

Aftab Yazd was started in August 2000.[2] The paper, based in Tehran, is affiliated with the Association of Combatant Clerics (of which former President Mohammad Khatami is a leading member).[3][4] The paper focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.[5]

In June 2005, before the 2005 presidential election, the paper along with another one, Eqbal, published the letter of presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[6] Upon this publication both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court.[6] The daily was also temporarily ceased in June 2009 following the presidential elections.[4] In December 2009 it was again warned by the ministry of culture for publishing "divisive" material.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Media Environment Guide: Iran" (PDF). BBC Monitoring. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. Andrew North (21 October 2000). "'Moderate' paper faces Iranian court". BBC. Tehran. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. "Notable Middle Eastern News Media". NYU Law and Security. 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  4. "Various newspapers banned and censored". CPJ via IFEX. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. Abdolrasoul Jowkar; Fereshteh Didegah (2010). "Evaluating Iranian newspapers' web sites using correspondence analysis". Library Hi Tech. 28 (1): 119–130. doi:10.1108/07378831011026733.
  6. "Iranian reformist newspapers Eqbal and Aftab Yazd banned". Payvand. 20 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  7. Four Iranian Newspapers Threatened by Authorities Payvand 5 December 2009.
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