Eqbal

For the village in Iran, see Eqbal, Iran.
Eqbal
(Persian: اقبال‎‎)
Type Daily
Managing editors Morteza Fallah
Political alignment Reformist
Language Persian
Ceased publication July 2005
Headquarters Tehran

Eqbal (Persian: اقبال‎‎ ; Luck in English) was a Persian reformist newspaper published in Iran. It was shut down in July 2005.

History and profile

Eqbal was a reformist daily of which managing editor was Morteza Fallah.[1][2] It was unofficially affiliated to the leading reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front.[3][4] Karim Arqandehpour was among senior editors of the paper.[5] The paper supported for Mostafa Moin in the 2005 presidential election.[6]

Closure

In June 2005, before the presidential election, the paper along with another one, Aftab Yazd, published the letter of presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[1][7] Upon this publication both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court on 20 June.[1][8] In fact, two more dailies, namely Etemaad, and Hayat-e-No, also published the letter of Karroubi and were banned by the same body.[3] Following the ban Eqbal was republished until July 2005 when it was closed down by the Iranian judiciary "for spreading lies and publishing false reports unrelated to Karroubi’s letter."[9]

See also

List of newspapers in Iran

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Iranian reformist newspapers Eqbal and Aftab Yazd banned". Payvand. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Frances Harrison (22 June 2005). "Iran hardliners pray for victory". BBC (Tehran). Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Attacks on the Press 2005: Iran". Committee to Protect Journalists. February 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Islamic Iran Participation Front" (PDF). Iran Data Portal. 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Nader Davoodi (21 June 2005). "Eqbal shut down". Iranian. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Robert Tait (17 June 2005). "Iran poll 'marred by dirty tricks'". The Guardian (Tehran). Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Reformist Iranian Newspapers Closed". Radio Free Europe. AFP/Reuters. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Yas-e No Banned Again". Rooz Online. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "A New Hope? Rouhani Press Reforms Usher in Optimism". Iran Media Program and ASL 19. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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