Atash (newspaper)

Newspaper in Iran(1946–1947)

AtashType|

* Weekly newspaper
* Daily newspaper

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Owner(s)| Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi
Editor| Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi
Founded| 18 April 1946
Political alignment| Right-wing
Language| Persian
Ceased publication| June 1947
Headquarters| Tehran
Country| Iran

* Media of Iran
* List of newspapers

Atash (Persian: آتش, lit. 'The Fire') was a right-wing Persian-language newspaper published from 1946 to 1947 in Tehran, Iran.

## History and profile

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Atash was first published on 18 April 1946 as a weekly newspaper.[1] The license holder and editor was Mehdi Mir Ashrafi who was elected to the Majlis during the premiership of Mohammad Mosaddegh[2][3] and was a close friend of General Hasan Arfa.[4] The paper was based in Tehran[1] and frequently featured political satire and cartoons.[5] Atash had a right-wing political stance and was the only outspoken publication at that period in Iran.[1] It was also one of the fierce critics of Iranian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam and his cabinet.[5][6]

Due to its critical approach Atash was banned in May and July 1946.[1] Publication resumed in October 1946, when it became a daily newspaper.[1] From that date it began to criticize the Russian policies adopted by the government which led to its suppression in December 1946 and in February 1947.[1] The paper ceased publication in June 1947 following its latest ban by the Qavam government.[1] The official reason for the closure of Atash was the publication of articles against the interests of the country.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton (1968). "The Iranian Press, 1941-1947". Iran. 6: 74. doi:10.2307/4299603. JSTOR 4299603.
2. ^ Ervand Abrahamian (2021). Oil Crisis in Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 93\. doi:10.1017/9781108946278. ISBN 9781108946278. S2CID 242478080.
3. ^ Mark J. Gasiorowski; Malcolm Byrne, eds. (2015). "Notes". Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 291\. ISBN 978-0-8156-3017-3.
4. ^ "Letter to Cde. I. I. Kozlov, 'List of the Main Newspapers and Magazines Published in Tehran'". Wilson Center Digital Library. 19 November 1955.
5. ^ a b c Camron Michael Amin (August 2001). "Selling and Saving "Mother Iran": Gender and the Iranian Press in the 1940s". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (3): 335–361. doi:10.1017/S0020743801003014. PMID 18159657. S2CID 6159141.
6. ^ Ali Massoud Ansari (1998). Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the myth of imperial authority (PhD thesis). SOAS, University of London. p. 134\. doi:10.25501/SOAS.00028497.