The first
Iranian
newspapers appeared in the mid-19th century during the reign of
Naser al-Din Shah
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدینشاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...
.
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
The Persian Constitutional Revolution ( fa, مشروطیت, Mashrūtiyyat, or ''Enghelāb-e Mashrūteh''), also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911. The revolution led to the establishment of a par ...
), 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 Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
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.
See also
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International Rankings of Iran in Communication
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List of Iranian magazines
This is a list of magazines published in the Persian language.
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Media of Iran
References
''This article incorporates information from the
Persian Wikipedia
The Persian Wikipedia ( fa, ویکیپدیای فارسی, Wikipediā, Dānešnāme-ye Āzād, Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia) is the Persian language version of Wikipedia. The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As o ...
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External links
Largest online newspapers of IranList of Iranian media on the Internetvia
Gooya Gooya ( fa, گویا) is a Persian-language website started by Belgium-based journalist Farshad Bayan in 1998.
At that time, there were a few Iran-related websites and most Persian media did not have online editions. Manually prepared electronic c ...
List of Iranian Newspapers{{Asia topic, List of newspapers in
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