''Eqbal'' ( fa, اقبال ; ''Luck'') was a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

reformist newspaper published in Iran. It was shut down in July 2005.

History and profile

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. Karim Arqandehpour was among senior editors of the paper. The paper supported

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in the

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in 2005.

Closure

In June 2005, before the presidential election, the paper along with ''

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'' published the letter of presidential candidate Mehdi Karrubi to Supreme Leader

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. Upon this incident both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court on 20 June. In fact, two more dailies, namely ''

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'', and ''

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'', also published the letter of Karrubi and were banned by the same body. Following the ban ''Eqbal'' continued until July 2005 when it was closed down by the Iranian judiciary "for spreading lies and publishing false reports unrelated to Karrubi’s letter."

References

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