''Seda'' ( fa, صدا, lit=Voice) is an Iranian weekly

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that covers

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. In May 2019, ''Seda'' was shut down by the authorities for its cover depicting a United States Navy aircraft carrier fleet with the caption "At the crossroads between war and peace". On its editorial, the magazine had warned that an attempt to close the

Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz ( fa, تنگه هرمز ''Tangeh-ye Hormoz'' ar, مَضيق هُرمُز ''Maḍīq Hurmuz'') is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the ...

would lead to a "widespread war" and urged negotiations with the United States. This prompted the

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to call for lifting the suspension on the publication.

Political alignment

''Seda'' is a

reformist Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement. Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can eve ...

publication and was formerly affiliated with the

Executives of Construction Party The Executives of Construction of Iran Party ( fa, حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران, Hezb-e Kārgozārān-e Sāzandegi-ye Irān) is a reformist political party in Iran, founded by 16 members of the cabinet of the then President ...

. It is now considered close to the

Union of Islamic Iran People Party Union of Islamic Iran People Party ( fa, حزب اتحاد ملت ایران اسلامی, ''Hezb-e Ettehad-e Mellat-e Iran-e Eslami'') is an Iranian reformist political party founded in 2015. Establishment In January 2015, it was confirmed by t ...

References

{{reflist 2014 establishments in Iran Magazines published in Tehran Persian-language magazines Weekly magazines published in Iran