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List of newspapers in Iran
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The first Iranian newspapers appeared in the mid-19th century during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah.{{cite book|author=Abbas Milani|title=Eminent Persians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixU33FaG_dgC&pg=PA395|year=2008
In 1952 under Mohammad Musaddiq's government there were 300 newspapers, including twenty-five dailies. During the 1979 revolution the number of newspapers was 100, of which twenty-three were dailies.
As of 2000 there were 23 Persian dailies, three English dailies and one Arabic daily in the country.{{cite book|author1=Joel Thierstein|author2=Yahya R. Kamalipour|title=Religion, Law, and Freedom: A Global Perspective
Iranian newspapers
Below is a list of newspapers published in Iran.
| Title | Year est. | Language | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Abrar* | Persian | Economic, political, artistic, social and cultural newspapers | ||||||
| *Alik (daily)* | 1931 | Armenian | Economic, political, artistic, social and cultural newspapers | |||||
| *Abrar-e Varzeshi* | Persian | Sports newspaper | ||||||
| *Afarinesh* | Persian | |||||||
| *Aftab Yazd* | 2000 | Persian | Political, social, economic, events. | |||||
| *Aftab-e Emruz*{{cite book | author=David Menashri | title=Post-revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society, and Power | year=2001 | publisher=Psychology Press | isbn=978-0-7146-5074-6 | page=326}} | Persian | |
| *Aftab-e Shargh* | Persian | |||||||
| *Andisheh-ye-No* | Persian | currently banned | ||||||
| *Asia News* | 2001 | Persian | Economic Newspaper | |||||
| *Asr-e Azadegan* | 1999 | Persian | ||||||
| *Asr-e Maa* | 1991 | Persian | political | |||||
| *Asrar* | Persian | |||||||
| *Azad* | Persian | |||||||
| *Atash* | 1946–1947 | Persian | ||||||
| *Bahar* | 2000 | |||||||
| *Donyaye eqtesad* | 2002 | Persian | ||||||
| *Ebtekar* | Persian | |||||||
| *Eftekhar* | Persian | |||||||
| *Entekhab* | 1991 | Persian | ||||||
| *Eqbal* | Persian | |||||||
| *Esfahan-e Emrooz* | Persian | |||||||
| *Etemad* | 2002 | Persian | ||||||
| ** | Persian | "Official newspaper of the National Trust Party" | ||||||
| *Ettelaat* | 1926 | English, Persian | "Centrist...Iran's oldest daily, moderate, a newspaper of record" | |||||
| *Fath* | Persian | |||||||
| *Financial Tribune* | 2014 | English | The only private newspaper in English and also the only non-Persian economic daily in Iran | |||||
| Ghanoon | 2012 | Persian | ||||||
| *Gilan Emrouz* | Persian | |||||||
| *Goalnewspaper* | 2005 | Persian | Sport newspaper | |||||
| *Ham-Mihan* | 2000 | |||||||
| *Hambastegi* | 2000 | Persian | ||||||
| *Hamshahri* | 1992 | Persian | "Centrist press...Owned by Tehran Municipality, it is one of the best-selling dailies with a circulation of about 350,000" | |||||
| *Hamvatan Salam* | Persian | Meaning "Hello Compatriot"; since before 1995, still published | ||||||
| *Hayat-e-No* | Persian | currently banned | ||||||
| *Hemmat* | 1981 | Persian | ||||||
| *Iran* | 1995 | Persian | "Government newspaper published by the Islamic Republic News Agency. The daily has a circulation of 100,000 and is popular among state officials" | |||||
| ** | English | "Hardliner press...Pro-government" | ||||||
| *Iran Star* | Persian | Community, Cultural, artistic, sports, social | ||||||
| *Iran Weekly Press Digest* | ||||||||
| *Iran-e Javan* | Persian | Cultural, artistic, sports, social | ||||||
| *Iran Front Page* | 2014 | English | Translation of selected items and front pages of Iranian newspapers to English: politics, society, culture, science, business, art, sports | |||||
| *Iran-e Varzeshi* | Persian | Sport newspaper | ||||||
| *Jame-Jam* | 2002 | Persian | "Owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting...hardliner" | |||||
| *Jamee-e Madani* | Persian | |||||||
| *Jameah* | Persian | currently banned | ||||||
| *Javan* | Persian | "Hardliner...Right-wing daily affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards" | ||||||
| *Jomhouri Eslami* | 1979 | Persian | "Hardliner...Closely linked to the Supreme Leader. The paper takes the line of adherence to Khomeini's ideals and has consistently taken a radical position on foreign policy issues and a conservative position on domestic and religious issues." | |||||
| *Jomhuriat* | Persian | |||||||
| *Kalemeh Sabz* | Associated with "Green Movement leader, Mir-Hossein Mousavi" | |||||||
| *Kayhan* | 1943 | English, Persian | "Hardliner...One of the country's oldest daily papers, run after the revolution by the office of the Supreme Leader, who appoints the editor-in-chief, currently Hossein Shariatmadari. Kayhan is state-funded and has a role comparable to "Pravda" under Stalin." | |||||
| *Kayhan Al Arabi* | 1943 | Arabic | "Hardliner...One of the country's oldest daily papers, run after the revolution by the office of the Supreme Leader, who appoints the editor-in-chief, currently Hossein Shariatmadari. Kayhan is state-funded and has a role comparable to "Pravda" under Stalin." | |||||
| *Kelid* | 2013 | |||||||
| *Khabar* | Persian | |||||||
| *Khabar-e Jonub* | Persian | |||||||
| *Khane Mellat* | Persian | |||||||
| *Khorasan* | 1949 | Persian | Political, social. | |||||
| *Khordad* | Persian | |||||||
| *Khorshid* | 2008 | Persian | ||||||
| *Kian* | Persian | |||||||
| *navad 90 (varzeshi)* | Persian | Sport | ||||||
| *Neshat* | 1998 | Persian | "Aligned with Iran’s reform movement...Neshat’s director and editor in chief were Latif Safari and Mashallah Shamsolvaezi" | |||||
| *Payam Ashna* | Persian | the first newspaper of Alborz province | ||||||
| *Payam Zaman* | Persian | |||||||
| *Quds* | Persian | |||||||
| *Resalat* | 1985 | Persian | "Hardliner...Owned by the Resalat Foundation, which has strong links to the traditional bazaar merchants-conservative but in favor of a market economy. It reflects the views of the conservative Islamic Coalition Party and the Islamic Association of Engineers" | |||||
| *Ruydadiran (Ruydademrooz) * | Persian | "Social and Economic newspapers. It is a popular daily and nationwide newspaper that is distributed in all provinces of Iran." | ||||||
| *Salam* | 1991 | |||||||
| *Sarmayeh* | Persian | "Centrist...Economic paper run by a former head of the Tehran Stock Exchange, and shut down in October 2009" | ||||||
| *Shargh* | 2003 | Persian | "Pro-reform" | |||||
| *Sobh-eqtesad* | Persian | |||||||
| *Taban* | Persian | |||||||
| *Tehran Emrooz* | "Centrist...Daily set up by a member of the Guardian Council, and close to Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bager Ghalibaf" | |||||||
| *Tehran Times* | 1979 | English | "Hardliner...Pro-government" | |||||
| *Tous* | 1998 | Persian | "Reformist daily...Published through the Jamee-Rooz publishing company...directed by Mohammad Sadeq Javadi-Hessar with Mashallah Shamsolvaezin as editor in chief." Currently banned | |||||
| *Vaghaye Etefaghyeh* | Persian | |||||||
| *Al Vefagh* | 1997 | Arabic | ||||||
| *Yas-e-no* | Persian | |||||||
| *Zan* | 1998 |
References
Bibliography
- {{cite book |editor-link= Peter Avery
- {{cite journal|author=Hossein Shahidi|title=From Mission to Profession: Journalism in Iran, 1979–2004|journal=Iranian Studies|date=March 2006|volume=39|issue=1|pages=1–28|doi= 10.1080/00210860500470177
- {{cite web |title=Iran Media Guide |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/12/media-guide.html |year=2009 |work=Tehran Bureau |via=Public Broadcasting Service, USA
- {{cite journal|author= Camron Michael Amin |title=The Press and Public Diplomacy in Iran, 1820–1940|journal=Iranian Studies|year=2014|doi=10.1080/00210862.2013.871145 |volume=48|issue=2|pages=269–287
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