Type | Daily newspaper |
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Founder(s) | Hamidreza Jalaipour |
Editor-in-chief | Mashallah Shamsolvaezin |
Managing editor | Ghafour Garshasbi |
Founded | 7 October 1999 |
Political alignment | Reformist |
Language | Persian |
Ceased publication | April 2000 |
Headquarters | Tehran |
Asr-e Azadegan ( Persian: عصر آزادگان, lit. 'Times of the Free People') was a Persian-language daily newspaper in Iran published briefly between 1999 and 2000.
Asr-e Azadegan was established on 7 October 1999. [1] The founder and publisher of the daily was Hamid Reza Jalaipour who also launched Jameah, Toos and Neshat; all of which had been closed down before the launching of Asr-e Azadegan. [2] However, the existence of Asr-e Azadegan lasted very brief and it was banned in April 2000 for publishing articles which "disparaged Islam and the religious elements of the Islamic revolution." [2] [3] [4]
The paper was edited by Mashallah Shamsolvaezin. [5] The manager editor was Ghafour Garshasbi who was acquitted of publishing articles that violated the Iranian press law in October 2000. [6]
The newspaper's editors included: