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Kayhan Al Arabi
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s)Keyhan Institute
Founder(s) Abdolrahman Faramarzi and Mostafa Mesbahzadeh
Editor Hossein Shariatmadari
Founded1943
Political alignmentPro-Constitution, Principalist, Conservative
Language Arabic
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Website Official Website

Kayhan Al Arabi ( Arabic: كيهان العربي, lit.'Arab Cosmos / Arab World') is an Arabic-language newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. One of the country's oldest daily papers, run after the revolution by the office of the Supreme Leader,[ citation needed] who appoints the editor-in-chief, currently Hossein Shariatmadari.

History and profile

Kayhan Al Arabi was founded in February 1943. [1] The newspaper was mainly founded for the Arab minorities in Iran (like Ahwazi Arabs, Khamseh Arabs, Marsh Arabs, Khorasan Arabs) as well as Arabs from the Arab world in Iran and Arabic speaking people who are living in Iran too.

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References

  1. ^ Arash Karami (15 March 2014). "Iran's Fourth Estate". Asharq Al Awsat. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2014.