Zan-e Rooz

{{short description|Iranian-Persian women magazine}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

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| title = Zan-e Rooz

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| image_file = Zan-e Rooz cover, Issue 303 - 16 January 1971.jpg

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| image_caption = Zan-e Rooz cover, Issue 303, 16 January 1971

| editor = Kayhan Publishing Company

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| previous_editor = Majid Davami

| category = Women's magazine

| frequency = Weekly

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| founder = Majid Davami

| founded = 1964

| firstdate = 27 February 1965

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| country = Iran

| based = Tehran

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| website = {{URL|http://zanerouz.ir/}}

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Zan-e Rooz or Zan-e Ruz ({{langx|fa|زن روز|italic=yes|Woman of Today}}) is a women's weekly Persian-language magazine published in Tehran, Iran.{{cite web|author=Shahla Sherkat|title=Telling the Stories of Iranian Women’s Lives|url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/101473/Telling-the-Stories-of-Iranian-Womens-Lives.aspx|work=Nieman Foundation|access-date=6 September 2014}} The magazine was first published in 1964.{{cite book|author=Gholam Khiabany|author-link=Gholam Khiabany|title=Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IbiSAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA187|year=2009|publisher=Routledge

|isbn=978-1-135-89490-0|page=187}} The first issue hit the newsstands in Tehran on 27 February 1965, and the magazine gained an immediate success.{{Cite book|author=Liora Hendelman-Baavur

|title=Creating the Modern Iranian Woman: Popular Culture between Two Revolutions

|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/creating-the-modern-iranian-woman/D7303A9D71B5DB36A5C188B50CAFD9B6

|publisher=Cambridge Core|isbn=9781108498074|doi=10.1017/9781108627993|year=2019}} The inaugural issue of Zan-e Rooz was published in 15,000 copies, and in 1968 the magazine boasted a print run of 140,000 copies. Its founding editor-in-chief and co-founder was Majid Davami. Before Islamic revolution Kayhan publishing company was the editorial and publisher.{{cite web

|author=Persheng Vaziri|url=http://www.merip.org/mero/mero021601|title=Caught in the Middle|work=Middle East Research and Information Project|date=16 February 2001|access-date=9 December 2012}} After the Iranian Revolution, as women's political activity alongside men increased, publications focusing on women's issues sprang up to answer the increased demand. Due to this, Zan-e Rooz shifted from being a Western-style gossip sheet to a publication dedicated to exploring the rights of women within the Islamic framework.