''Aftab-e Yazd'' (آفتاب یزد lit. "The Yazd Sun") is a

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daily

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published in Tehran,

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. The title of the paper means “the sun of Yazd” in Persian.

History and profile

''Aftab Yazd'' was started in August 2000. The paper, based in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, is affiliated with the

Association of Combatant Clerics The Association of Combatant Clerics ( fa, مجمع روحانیون مبارز, ''Majma'-e rowhāniyūn-e mobārez'') is an Iranian reformist clerical political party. It is regarded as a left-wing party within the Iranian political spectrum. Hi ...

(of which former President

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is a leading member). The paper focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news. In June 2005, before the 2005 presidential election, the paper along with another one, ''

Eqbal ''Eqbal'' ( fa, اقبال ; ''Luck'') was a Persian reformist newspaper published in Iran. It was shut down in July 2005. History and profile ''Eqbal'' was a reformist daily of which managing editor was Morteza Fallah. It was unofficially affi ...

'', published the letter of presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi to Supreme Leader

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. Upon this publication both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court. The daily was also temporarily ceased in June 2009 following the

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. In December 2009 it was again warned by the ministry of culture for publishing "divisive" material.Four Iranian Newspapers Threatened by Authorities
''Payvand'' 5 December 2009.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aftab Yazd 2000 establishments in Iran Newspapers established in 2000 Newspapers published in Tehran Persian-language newspapers

History and profile

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