The first Iranian newspapers appeared in the mid-19th century during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah. More specifically, the first newspaper in Iran, Kaghaz-e Akhbar (The Newspaper), was launched for the government by Mirza Saleh Shirazi in 1837. By 1907 (the era of the Persian Constitutional Revolution), there were 90 newspapers circulating in Iran.
In 1952 under Mohammad Musaddiq's government there were 300 newspapers, including twenty-five dailies. During the 1979 revolution the number of newspapers was 100, of which twenty-three were dailies.
As of 2000 there were 23 Persian dailies, three English dailies and one Arabic daily in the country. In the period between 2000 and 2004 a total of 85 newspapers were closed down in Iran.
Iranian newspapers
Below is a list of newspapers published in Iran.
Title Year est. Language Notes AbrarAbrar Newspaper pishkhaan.net Persian Economic, political, artistic, social and cultural newspapers Alik (daily)Alik official website 1931 Armenian Economic, political, artistic, social and cultural newspapers Abrar-e VarzeshiAbrar varzeshi sport news abrarnews.com Persian Sports newspaper Afarinesh Persian Aftab Yazdaftabeyazd aftabeyazd.ir 2000 Persian Political, social, economic, events. Aftab-e Emruz Persian political Aftab-e Shargh Persian Andisheh-ye-No Persian currently banned Asia News 2001 Persian Economic Newspaper Asr-e Azadegan 1999 Persian Asr-e Maa 1991 Persian political Asrar Persian Azad Persian Atash 1946–1947 Persian Bahar 2000 Donyaye eqtesad 2002 Persian EbtekarEbtekar Newspaper ebtekarnews.com Persian Eftekhar Persian Entekhab 1991 Persian Eqbal Persian Esfahan-e Emrooz Persian EtemadEtemad etemaad.com 2002 Persian Persian "Official newspaper of the National Trust Party" Ettelaat 1926 English, Persian "Centrist...Iran's oldest daily, moderate, a newspaper of record" Fath Persian Financial Tribune 2014 English The only private newspaper in English and also the only non-Persian economic daily in IranGhanoon2012Persian Gilan Emrouz Persian Goalnewspaper 2005 Persian Sport newspaper Ham-Mihan 2000 Hambastegi 2000 Persian Hamshahri 1992 Persian "Centrist press...Owned by Tehran Municipality, it is one of the best-selling dailies with a circulation of about 350,000" Hamvatan Salam Persian Meaning "Hello Compatriot"; since before 1995, still published Hayat-e-No Persian currently bannedHemmat 1981Persian Iran 1995 Persian "Government newspaper published by the Islamic Republic News Agency. The daily has a circulation of 100,000 and is popular among state officials" English "Hardliner press...Pro-government" Iran Star Persian Community, Cultural, artistic, sports, social Iran Weekly Press Digest Iran-e Javan Persian Cultural, artistic, sports, social Iran Front PageIran newspapers headlines ifpnews.com 2014 English Translation of selected items and front pages of Iranian newspapers to English: politics, society, culture, science, business, art, sports Iran-e Varzeshiiran sport daily روزنامه ابران ورزشى Persian Sport newspaper Jame-Jam 2002 Persian "Owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting...hardliner" Jamee-e Madani Persian Jameah Persian currently banned Javan Persian "Hardliner...Right-wing daily affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards" Jomhouri Eslami 1979 Persian "Hardliner...Closely linked to the Supreme Leader. The paper takes the line of adherence to Khomeini's ideals and has consistently taken a radical position on foreign policy issues and a conservative position on domestic and religious issues." Jomhuriat Persian Kalemeh Sabz Associated with "Green Movement leader, Mir-Hossein Mousavi" Kayhan 1943 English, Persian "Hardliner...One of the country's oldest daily papers, run after the revolution by the office of the Supreme Leader, who appoints the editor-in-chief, currently Hossein Shariatmadari. Kayhan is state-funded and has a role comparable to "Pravda" under Stalin." Kayhan Al Arabi 1943 Arabic "Hardliner...One of the country's oldest daily papers, run after the revolution by the office of the Supreme Leader, who appoints the editor-in-chief, currently Hossein Shariatmadari. Kayhan is state-funded and has a role comparable to "Pravda" under Stalin."Kelid2013 Khabar Persian Khabar-e JonubPersian Khane Mellat Persian KhorasanKhorasan Newspaper khorasannews.comjaaar jaaar.com 1949 Persian Political, social. Khordad Persian Khorshid 2008 Persian Kian Persian navad 90 (varzeshi)90 varzeshi روزنامه ورزشى ٩٠ Persian Sport Neshat 1998 Persian "Aligned with Iran’s reform movement...Neshat’s director and editor in chief were Latif Safari and Mashallah Shamsolvaezi" Payam Ashna Persian the first newspaper of Alborz province Payam Zaman Persian Quds Persian Resalat 1985 Persian "Hardliner...Owned by the Resalat Foundation, which has strong links to the traditional bazaar merchants-conservative but in favor of a market economy. It reflects the views of the conservative Islamic Coalition Party and the Islamic Association of Engineers" Ruydadiran (Ruydademrooz) Persian "Social and Economic newspapers. It is a popular daily and nationwide newspaper that is distributed in all provinces of Iran." Salam 1991 Sarmayeh Persian "Centrist...Economic paper run by a former head of the Tehran Stock Exchange, and shut down in October 2009" Shargh 2003 Persian "Pro-reform" Sobh-eqtesadSobh-eqtesad Persian Taban Persian Tehran Emrooz "Centrist...Daily set up by a member of the Guardian Council, and close to Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bager Ghalibaf" Tehran Times 1979 English "Hardliner...Pro-government" Tous 1998 Persian "Reformist daily...Published through the Jamee-Rooz publishing company...directed by Mohammad Sadeq Javadi-Hessar with Mashallah Shamsolvaezin as editor in chief." Currently banned Vaghaye Etefaghyeh Persian Al Vefagh 1997 Arabic Yas-e-no Persian Zan 1998
See also International Rankings of Iran in Communication List of Iranian magazines Mass media of Iran
References
Further reading
External links
Largest online newspapers of Iran List of Iranian media on the Internet via Gooya List of Iranian Newspapers