Aftab Yazd
{{Short description|Persian-language daily reformist newspaper in Iran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| image = Aftab Yazd newspaper logo.png
| caption =
| type = Daily newspaper
| format =
| foundation = August 2000
| ceased publication =
| owners =
| political position = Reformist
| publisher = Mojtaba Vahedi
| editor =
| circulation = 100,000 (2008 est.)
| language = Persian
| headquarters = Tehran
| ISSN =
| website = [http://www.aftabeyazd.ir/ Aftab-e Yazd]
}}
Aftab-e Yazd ({{langx|fa|آفتاب یزد|italic=yes}}, {{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.{{cite news|title=Media Environment Guide: Iran|url=http://www.combatfilms.com/mediaoperations/Media%20Environment%20Guide%20Iran.pdf |accessdate=7 December 2013|publisher=BBC Monitoring|date=30 July 2009|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801201438/http://www.combatfilms.com/mediaoperations/Media%20Environment%20Guide%20Iran.pdf|archivedate=1 August 2014}}
History and profile
Aftab Yazd was started in August 2000.{{cite news|author=Andrew North|title='Moderate' paper faces Iranian court|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/983985.stm|accessdate=10 May 2016|publisher=BBC|date=21 October 2000|location=Tehran}} The paper, based in Tehran, is affiliated with the Association of Combatant Clerics (of which former president Mohammad Khatami is a leading member).{{cite web|title=Notable Middle Eastern News Media|url=http://www.lawandsecurity.org|publisher=NYU Law and Security|accessdate=23 April 2012|year=2008}}{{cite web|title=Various newspapers banned and censored|url=http://www.ifex.org/iran/2009/06/22/newspapers_censored/|work=CPJ via IFEX|accessdate=15 October 2013|date=22 June 2009}} The paper focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.{{cite journal|author1=Abdolrasoul Jowkar|author2=Fereshteh Didegah|title=Evaluating Iranian newspapers' web sites using correspondence analysis|journal=Library Hi Tech|date=2010|volume=28|issue=1|pages=119–130|doi=10.1108/07378831011026733}}
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.{{cite news|title=Iranian reformist newspapers Eqbal and Aftab Yazd banned|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1142.html|accessdate=13 October 2013|work=Payvand|date=20 June 2005|archive-date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016192030/http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1142.html|url-status=dead}} Upon this publication both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court. The daily was also temporarily ceased in June 2009 following the presidential elections. In December 2009 it was again warned by the ministry of culture for publishing "divisive" material.[http://www.payvand.com/news/09/dec/1055.html Four Iranian Newspapers Threatened by Authorities] Payvand 5 December 2009.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
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Category:2000 establishments in Iran
Category:Newspapers established in 2000
Category:Newspapers published in Tehran