Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Mohammad Masud |
Founded | 20 August 1942 |
Language | Persian |
Ceased publication | 14 February 1948 |
Headquarters | Tehran |
Country | Iran |
Mard-i Imruz ( Persian: مرد امروز, lit. 'The Man of Today') was a Persian language weekly newspaper which was in circulation between 1942 and 1948. It was based in Tehran, Iran. The paper was among the opposition publications of the period.
Mard-i Imruz was established by Mohammad Masud who was the license holder, [1] and the first issue appeared on 20 August 1942. [2] The paper was headquartered in Tehran. [2] It was subject to frequent bans due to its critical approach towards the Iranian government and its tendency to make blackmail to the rich. [1] [3] One of the contributors was Hossein Fatemi, future foreign minister. [4] Political cartoons were regularly used in the paper to express its opposition to the authorities. [5]
In 1943 Mard-i Imruz was made the official organ of the Paikar Party and involved in the establishment of the Independent Front in 1944. [1] Next year in October the license of the paper was revoked which was renewed in April 1946. [1] Then the paper stopped its attacks against the authorities until March 1947 when the harsh criticisms of the paper appeared again. [1] Then Masud was arrested, and Mard-i Imruz was closed down for two weeks. [1] In October 1947 Masud publicly argued in the paper that Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam should be murdered due to the oil concession deal with the Soviet Union. [1] The paper ceased publication on 14 February 1948 [2] the day after the assassination of Mohammad Masud. [5]
Hossein Fatemi launched his daily newspaper, Bakhtar-e Emruz, to succeed Mard-i Imruz. [4]