Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Founder(s) | Ahmad Majd Al Islam Kirmani |
Editor-in-chief | Ahmad Majd Al Islam Kirmani |
Founded | 27 December 1906 |
Political alignment | Liberal |
Language | Persian |
Ceased publication | June 1908 |
Headquarters | Tehran |
Country | Iran |
Nida-yi Vatan ( Persian: ندای وطن, lit. 'The Country's Call') was a weekly newspaper being one of the publications that were started following the Iranian constitutional revolution in 1906. [1] The paper supported a constitutional rule in Iran and appeared until 1908.
Nida-yi Vatan was established by the journalist Ahmad Majd Al Islam Kirmani who also edited the paper. [2] [3] Its first issue appeared on 27 December 1906. [4] Nida-yi Vatan was headquartered in Tehran. [4]
Kirmani described the paper as a liberal publication which attempted to make the notion of constitutionalism much more popular in the country. [2] In each issue the statement hubb al-watan min al-iman ( Persian: love of homeland is of the faith) was put under its title. [5] This sentence is attributed by the Sufi Muslims to Prophet Mohammad which refers to the Sufis' attempt to reach unity with the divine. [5] In the paper, this statement was employed to encourage patriotism among its readers. [5]
The paper frequently featured brief biographies of the deputies. [2] It also published patriotic poems and letters from its readers. [5] [6] Unlike other publications established in the same period such as Majlis the paper was strictly controlled by the state. [1] Nida-yi Vatan folded in June 1908. [2]
Some of its issues are archived by the University of Chicago Library. [4]