Aftab Yazd

Aftab-e Yazd
Type Daily newspaper
Publisher Mojtaba Vahedi
Founded 2000 (2000)
Language Persian
Headquarters Tehran
Circulation 100,000 (2008 est.)
Website Aftab-e Yazd

Aftab-e Yazd (آفتاب یزد) is a Persian-language daily reformist newspaper published in Iran.

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The title of the paper means “the sun of Yazd” in Persian.[1] The paper, based in Tehran, is affiliated with the Association of Combatant Clerics (of which former President Mohammad Khatami is a leading member).[2][3] The paper focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.[4]

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.[5] Upon this publication both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court.[5] The daily was also temporarily ceased in June 2009 following the presidential elections.[3] In December 2009 it was again warned by the ministry of culture for publishing "divisive" material.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Media Environment Guide: Iran" (PDF). BBC Monitoring. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Notable Middle Eastern News Media". NYU Law and Security. 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Various newspapers banned and censored". CPJ via IFEX. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Abdolrasoul Jowkar; Fereshteh Didegah (2010). "Evaluating Iranian newspapers' web sites using correspondence analysis". Library Hi Tech 28 (1): 119–130. doi:10.1108/07378831011026733. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Iranian reformist newspapers Eqbal and Aftab Yazd banned". Payvand. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Four Iranian Newspapers Threatened by Authorities Payvand 5 December 2009.
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