List of newspapers in Iran

Newspapers, Tehran, 2011

The first Iranian newspapers appeared in the mid-19th century during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah.[1] More specifically, the first newspaper in Iran, Kaghaz-e Akhbar (The Newspaper), was launched for the government by Mirza Saleh Shirazi in 1837.[2] By 1907 (the era of the Persian Constitutional Revolution), there were 90 newspapers circulating in Iran.[3]

In 1952 under Mohammad Musaddiq's government there were 300 newspapers, including twenty-five dailies.[4] During the 1979 revolution the number of newspapers was 100, of which twenty-three were dailies.[4]

As of 2000 there were 23 Persian dailies, three English dailies and one Arabic daily in the country.[5] In the period between 2000 and 2004 a total of 85 newspapers were closed down in Iran.[6]

  1. ^ Abbas Milani (2008). Eminent Persians. Syracuse University Press. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-8156-0907-0.
  2. ^ Amin 2014.
  3. ^ Browne, Edward G. The Persian Revolution. reprint. Mage Publishers. 1995. p. 127
  4. ^ a b Shahidi 2006.
  5. ^ Joel Thierstein; Yahya R. Kamalipour (2000). Religion, Law, and Freedom: A Global Perspective. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-275-96452-8.
  6. ^ "Forbidden Iran". Frontline. January 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2013.

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