Hamshahri

{{Infobox newspaper

| logo = Hamshahri newspaper logo.gif

| image = The front page of first Number of Hamshahri newspaper.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = The front page of vol.1 & no.1

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| foundation = 15 December 1992

| founder = Gholamhossein Karbaschi

| owners = Municipality of Tehran

| publisher = Hamshahri Corp.

| price = 5,000 Rial

| editor =

| circulation = 540,000 Daily (2015)[http://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/221199/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%98-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%DA%86%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%E2%80%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA {{lang{{!}}fa{{!}}تیراژ واقعی روزنامه‌ها چقدر است؟}}]

| language = Persian

| headquarters = Tehran, Iran

| website = {{url|http://hamshahrionline.ir/}}

| ISSN = 1735-6385

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Hamshahri ({{langx|fa|همشهری|italic=yes|lit=Fellow citizen}}; {{IPA|fa|hæmʃæhˈɾiː}}) is a major Iranian national Persian-language newspaper in Tehran (whose municipal government owns the newspaper).

History and profile

Hamshahri is published by the municipality of Tehran, and founded by Gholamhossein Karbaschi. It is the first coloured daily newspaper in Iran and has over 60 pages of classified advertisement. The newspaper is distributed within the limits of Tehran municipality. It has a daily circulation of over 400,000 copies, which is on par with major US-American daily newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, and Chicago Tribune.{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/featuresNews/idUKBLA73920920070611?pageNumber=2|title=Iran's liberal press tiptoes between "red lines"|date=11 June 2007|work=Reuters}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Based on the results of a domestic poll of how citizens of Tehran view television and print media which were released by Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Hamshahri was the most read daily in Tehran with 44.1% in March 2014.{{cite news|author=Arash Karami|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/tehran-citizens-believe-media-not-free.html|title=Tehran poll: 60% believe media has little or no freedom|access-date=22 September 2014|work=Al Monitor|date=16 May 2014}}

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In 1997's Iranian presidential election, Hamshahri newspaper, then run by former mayor of Tehran, Gholamhossein Karbaschi, was accused by conservatives of supporting Mohammad Khatami. This was seen as illegal, as papers receiving government subsidy were forbidden to take sides in the elections. The issue eventually led to Karbaschi being put on trial on grounds of embezzlement and was sentenced to time in prison. During Khatami's second term, Tehran press court ruled that the newspaper can only be distributed inside Tehran.

International Holocaust Cartoon Competition

On 6 February 2006, Farid Mortazavi, graphics editor of Hamshahri, announced the International Holocaust Cartoon Competition, a cartoon contest to denounce what it called 'Western hypocrisy on freedom of speech', alleging that "it is impossible in the West to joke upon or even discuss certain topics related to Judaism, such as the Holocaust, and the pretexts for the creation of Israel.". The contest was created in response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and ended on 1 November 2006 with Abdellah Derkaoui, a Moroccan cartoonist, claiming the first prize.{{Cite web|title=Foreign Policy In Focus {{!}} Holocaust Cartoon Contest |url=http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3868|date=9 January 2007|access-date=20 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109185147/http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3868|archive-date=9 January 2007}} The event was denounced by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Israeli foreign ministry, Reporters Without Borders, the Anti-Defamation League and other parties.Anti-Defamation League: [http://www.adl.org/main_Arab_World/asam_jul_dec_cartoon_contest_2006.htm Arab Media Review: Anti-Semitism and Other Trends July – December 2006: Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Contest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806191414/http://www.adl.org/main_Arab_World/asam_jul_dec_cartoon_contest_2006.htm|date=6 August 2010}}, 24 January 2007David Cesarani. (11 December 2006). [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/david_cesarani/2006/12/post_777.html Deep in denial], The Guardian

Temporary banning

The newspaper was temporarily banned from publication on 23–24 November 2009, after it published a picture from a temple of the Baháʼí Faith, which is an unrecognized religion in Iran, where its followers are subject to state sanctioned persecution.[http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Shuts_Newspaper_For_Publishing_Bahai_Temple_Photo/1886171.html "Iran Shuts Newspaper For Publishing Baháʼí Temple Photo"]Hafezi, Parisa; Jaseb, Hossein; Mostafavi, Ramin (24 November 2009). [https://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSGEE5AN2T620091124 Ban on Iran paper over Baháʼí photo lifted]. Reuters.

References

External links

{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160104012922/http://irregulartimes.com/iranianholocaustcartoons.html Holocaust Cartoons]}} – mirrored cartoons from Hamshahri, and commentary by irregulartimes.com
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/rshoraka/3025417378/ Copyright Infringement by Hamshahri] (Persian and English)

Category:1992 establishments in Iran

Category:Newspapers published in Tehran

Category:Persian-language newspapers

Category:Newspapers established in 1992

Category:Daily newspapers published in Iran