Asr-e Maa
{{Short description|Iranian newspaper}}
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Asr-e Maa ({{langx|fa|عصر ما|italic=yes|lit=Our Times}}) is a newspaper published in Iran.[http://www.middleeastexplorer.com/Iran/List-of-newspapers-in-Iran List of newspapers in Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195126/http://www.middleeastexplorer.com/Iran/List-of-newspapers-in-Iran |date=3 March 2016}} Middle East Explorer
History and profile
Asr-e Maa was established by the Organization of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin (OIRM), a reformist political organization, in 1991 as a biweekly publication.{{cite web|author=Muhammad Sahimi|title=The Iranian Student Uprising of 1999: 14 Years Later
|url=http://muftah.org/the-iranian-student-uprising-of-1999-14-years-later/|publisher=Muftah|accessdate=12 September 2014|date=14 July 2013}} Later its frequency was switched to weekly. It was banned along with sixty other publications following the 2000 general elections after which the reformists won the majority of seats at the Majlis.{{cite journal|author= Whit Mason|title=Iran's Simmering Discontent|journal=World Policy Journal|volume=19|issue=1|year=2002|jstor=40209792
|page=76}} The paper was restarted in 2002 when the ban was lifted.{{cite news|title=Judiciary Chief Agrees to Lift Ban on Asr-e Ma|work=Tehran Times|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/76715/Judiciary-Chief-Agrees-to-Lift-Ban-on-Asr-e-Ma|access-date=19 May 2024|date=17 March 2002|location=Tehran}}
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Category:1991 establishments in Iran
Category:Persian-language newspapers
Category:Newspapers established in 1991
Category:Weekly newspapers published in Iran
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