''Asrar'' ( fa, اسرار, lit=The Mysteries) is a
Persian
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** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
-language reformist daily newspaper published in
Tehran
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,
Iran
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''Asrar'' has a reformist political leaning.
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held in June 2009 the paper was banned temporarily along with other reformist publications. In December 2009, the ministry of culture warned the paper for publishing "divisive" material.
[ On 30 May 2010, the managing editor of ''Asrar'' was found guilty by the press jury for publishing incorrect news.]
See also
*List of newspapers in Iran
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. ...
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2006 establishments in Iran
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