Chelcheragh
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Chelcheragh ({{langx|fa|چلچراغ|italic=yes|lit=Chandelier}}) is a Persian-language weekly social and news magazine published since spring 2002 in Tehran, Iran.
History and profile
Chelcheragh was established in 2002.{{cite web|title=Chelcheragh|url=http://iranmediaresearch.org/en/wiki/article/917|publisher=Iran Media Program|accessdate=6 September 2014}} The magazine is published on a weekly basis on Saturdays{{cite web|title=Iran Lifts Ban On Reformist Weekly "Chelcheragh"|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/11/jan/1039.html|publisher=Payvand|accessdate=25 May 2015|date=5 January 2011}} and targets younger readers and provides cultural and societal news.{{cite news|title=Iran shuts down reformist weekly - ISNA|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSHOS25841620101122|accessdate=25 May 2015|work=Reuters|date=22 November 2010}} The headquarters of the weekly is in Tehran.{{cite news|author=Rageh Omaar|title=Young Iranians are doing more to transform their country than any outside agency could do|url=http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/MarchApril07/aIran.html|accessdate=25 May 2015|work=Rozaneh Magazine|date=April 2007}} It has a reformist stance and reformist figures such as Mohammad Khatami. Fereidoon Amouzadeh Khalili is the managing editor and actress Bahareh Rahnama is among the contributors of the magazine.{{cite web|title=Authorities Close Cultural Events in Tehran Despite Rouhani’s Recent Support of Artists|url=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/01/cultural-close/|publisher=Iran Human Rights|accessdate=6 September 2014|date=13 January 2014}} In November 2010 the weekly was temporarily folded. It was restarted in January 2011.
The weekly organizes cultural events and one in January 2014 was cancelled by the Iranian authorities. It also publishes interviews with politicians such as Hassan Rouhani which was published following his election as president in June 2013.{{cite journal|author=Mahboobeh Khansari|title=Your Sword will be Broken by our Pens|journal=The Majalla|date=15 July 2013|url=http://www.majalla.com/eng/2013/07/article55243353|accessdate=6 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906154703/http://www.majalla.com/eng/2013/07/article55243353|archive-date=6 September 2014|url-status=dead}} The weekly were locked up several times due to some of their columns such as "Assansorchi" (in English, "elevator man").[http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8909011216 نشريه چلچراغ توقيف شد] Fars News Agency. 1 September 1989. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
During these many years there were talented Iranian working in this weekly magazine such as Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour, Touka Neyestani, Amir Mehdi Jule, Arash Khoshkhoo, Mansour Zabetian, Ali Mirmirani, Nima Akbarpour, Jalal Saeedi, Afshin Sadeghizadeh, Shermin Naderi, Pouria Alami, Siavash Zamiran, Mina Einifar, Negar Mofid, Niloufar Hajirahimi, Parichehr Bagheri, Naznin Matinnia, etc.
References and notes
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929162548/http://www.40cheragh.org/ Official Website of Chelcheragh Magazine]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911223830/http://www.40cheragh.org/Gallery.aspx?CID=3 The Man with the Chocolate Robe in Chelcheragh's web site]
Category:2002 establishments in Iran
Category:Magazines established in 2002
Category:Magazines published in Tehran
Category:News magazines published in Asia