Asr-e Azadegan
{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Iran}}
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| founder = Hamidreza Jalaipour
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| chiefeditor = Mashallah Shamsolvaezin
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| maneditor = Ghafour Garshasbi
| foundation = 7 October 1999
| political = Reformist
| language = Persian
| ceased publication = April 2000
| headquarters = Tehran
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Asr-e Azadegan ({{langx|fa|عصر آزادگان|italic=yes|lit=Times of the Free People}}) was a Persian-language daily newspaper in Iran published briefly between 1999 and 2000.
History and profile
Asr-e Azadegan was established on 7 October 1999.{{cite book|author=Behzad Yaghmaian|title=Social Change in Iran: An Eyewitness Account of Dissent, Defiance, and New Movements for Rights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSyousRGslMC&pg=PA129|date=24 January 2002|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-5212-7|page=129}} The founder and publisher of the daily was Hamid Reza Jalaipour who also launched Jameah, Toos and Neshat; all of which had been closed down before the launching of Asr-e Azadegan. However, the existence of Asr-e Azadegan lasted very brief and it was banned in April 2000 for publishing articles which "disparaged Islam and the religious elements of the Islamic revolution."{{cite web|title=Three reformist papers shut|url=http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles/reformist_papers_closed_23400.htm|work=Iran Press Service|accessdate=18 October 2013|date=23 April 2000}}{{cite news|title=Iran Tightens Crackdown on Reformist Publications|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/25/news/25iht-iran.2.t_8.html|accessdate=18 October 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 April 2000|author=Geneive Abdo|location=Tehran}}{{cite book|author=Hossein Shahidi|title=Journalism in Iran: From Mission to Profession|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MLLywtI-_n0C&pg=PA145|date=11 May 2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-09391-5|page=145}}
The paper was edited by Mashallah Shamsolvaezin.{{cite web|title=Iranian reformist editor jailed for Islam challenge|url=http://www.iran-e-sabz.org/news/closures3.htm|work=Reuters via Green Party of Iran|accessdate=18 October 2013|location=Tehran|date=10 April 2000}} The manager editor was Ghafour Garshasbi who was acquitted of publishing articles that violated the Iranian press law in October 2000.{{cite news|title=Press Jury finds Asr-e Azadegan editor guilty|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/00/oct/1136.html|accessdate=18 October 2013|work=Payvand|date=28 October 2000|agency=Islamic Republic News Agency|location=Tehran}}
The newspaper's editors included:
- Akbar Ganji, who wrote about Iranian secret services.
- Ebrahim Nabavi, who wrote a daily political satire.
- Hossein Derakhshan, who wrote a regular technology column.
- Massoud Behnoud, who wrote a regular opinion column.
See also
References
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Category:1999 establishments in Iran
Category:2000 disestablishments in Iran
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Iran
Category:Newspapers published in Tehran
Category:Defunct Persian-language newspapers
Category:Newspapers established in 1999