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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Mohammad Ali Vakili |
Founder(s) | Mohammad Ali Vakili |
Managing editor | Mohammad Ali Vakili |
Founded | 2006 |
Political alignment | Reformist |
Language | Persian |
Headquarters | Tehran |
Country | Iran |
Website | Ebtekar |
Ebtekar ( Persian: ابتکار, lit. 'Innovation') is a newspaper published in Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Ali Vakili is the licence holder and managing director of Ebtekar [1] [2] which is based in Tehran. [3] The paper has a reformist stance [4] and focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news. [5]
Ebtekar was banned by the media court in April 2014 for "spreading lies" about removal of the prisons' chief, Gholam Hossein Ismaili, due to his violent acts against political prisoners. [6] [7] It was the third reformist paper closed down following the presidency of Hasan Rouhani in August 2013. [6] The paper was relaunched four days after its closure on 30 April 2014. [1] [8]