Publisher | Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha |
---|---|
President | Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha |
Editor-in-chief |
|
Founded | 9 February 1991 |
Political alignment | Reformist |
Language | Persian |
Ceased publication | 1999 |
Headquarters | Tehran |
Country | Iran |
Salam ( Persian: سلام, romanized: Salām, lit. 'Salute') was a Persian-language daily newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. It was named by Ahmad Khomeini, the son of Ayatollah Khomeini. [1] It was highly influential in the country during its brief existence from 1991 to 1999 and was one of the early reformist dailies published following the Islamic revolution in Iran. [1]
Salam was established by a group of reformist people attached to the Association of Combatant Clerics, and the first issue appeared on 9 February 1991. [1] [2] The paper was based in Tehran [3] and became one of the most read dailies in the country soon after its launch. [2] [4]
The publisher of Salam was Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha [5] [6] who remained in the post until 1999 when it was disestablished. [7]
In addition to quality editorials, Salam provided investigative articles about financial scandals. [2] It was among the first newspapers in the country to deal with injustice and corruption. [4] The paper also included a special section in which readers wrote their comments or raised questions. [8]
Salam had an anti-American and social democrat political stance. [9] It had also a liberal stance [10] and advocated state planning in economy. [11] It criticized Ali Akbar Rafsanjani while he was serving as the President [9] and supported the next President Mohammad Khatami during his election campaign. [12] [13]
One of the editors-in-chief of Salam was Ibrahim Abedi. [14] Abbas Abdi also served in the post. [15] [16]
Abbas Abdi, editor-in-chief of Salam, was jailed for eight months in 1993 for his critical writings published in the paper. [17] [18] [19] On 7 July 1999 Salam was temporarily banned by the Special Court for the Clergy following its publication of a secret ministry report. [5] [12] This incident led to six-day student demonstrations in Tehran. [20] It was the first major student uprising since the Islamic revolution in 1979. [21]
On 4 August 1999 the paper was banned for five years and its publisher, Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha, was banned from journalistic activity for three years. [22] [23]