Aftab Yazd

Persian-language daily reformist newspaper in Iran

Aftab Yazd

Type| Daily newspaper
Publisher| Mojtaba Vahedi
Founded| August 2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Political alignment| Reformist
Language| Persian
Headquarters| Tehran
Circulation| 100,000 (2008 est.)
Website| Aftab-e Yazd

Aftab-e Yazd (Persian: آفتاب یزد, lit. 'The Yazd Sun') is a Persian-language daily reformist newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. The title of the paper means “the sun of Yazd” in Persian.[1]

## History and profile

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Aftab Yazd was started in August 2000.[2] The paper, based in Tehran, is affiliated with the Association of Combatant Clerics (of which former President Mohammad Khatami is a leading member).[3][4] The paper focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.[5]

In June 2005, before the 2005 presidential election, the paper along with another one, Eqbal, published the letter of presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[6] Upon this publication both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court.[6] The daily was also temporarily ceased in June 2009 following the presidential elections.[4] In December 2009 it was again warned by the ministry of culture for publishing "divisive" material.[7]

## See also

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* List of newspapers in Iran

## References

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1. ^ "Media Environment Guide: Iran" (PDF). BBC Monitoring. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
2. ^ Andrew North (21 October 2000). "'Moderate' paper faces Iranian court". BBC. Tehran. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
3. ^ "Notable Middle Eastern News Media". NYU Law and Security. 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
4. ^ a b "Various newspapers banned and censored". CPJ via IFEX. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
5. ^ Abdolrasoul Jowkar; Fereshteh Didegah (2010). "Evaluating Iranian newspapers' web sites using correspondence analysis". Library Hi Tech. 28 (1): 119–130. doi:10.1108/07378831011026733.
6. ^ a b "Iranian reformist newspapers Eqbal and Aftab Yazd banned". Payvand. 20 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
7. ^ Four Iranian Newspapers Threatened by Authorities Payvand 5 December 2009.

## External links

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* Official website

*[lit.]: literal translation