The first
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
ian
newspapers
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appeared in the mid-19th century during the reign of
Naser al-Din Shah
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدینشاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Male ...
.
More specifically, the first newspaper in Iran,
Kaghaz-e Akhbar
''Kaghaz-e Akhbar'' ( fa, کاغذ اخبار, italic=yes) was a monthly newspaper published in Qajar Iran.
Publishing its first issue on 1 May 1837, it was the first newspaper to be published in Iran, then known by the name Persia.
The newspape ...
(The Newspaper), was launched for the government by
Mirza Saleh Shirazi
Mirza Saleh Shirāzi ( fa, میرزا صالح شیرازی, ''Mīrzā Ṣāleḥ Shīrāzī'') was a court intellectual and the first reporter in Iran."A History of 163 Years of Iranian Press (the Story of Repeated Efforts).''Eqtesade Iran; Econom ...
in 1837. By 1907 (the era of the
Persian Constitutional Revolution), there were 90 newspapers circulating in Iran.
In 1952 under
Mohammad Musaddiq's government there were 300 newspapers, including twenty-five dailies. During the
1979 revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
the number of newspapers was 100, of which twenty-three were dailies.
As of 2000 there were 23
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
dailies, three
English
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* English language
* English people
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dailies and one
Arabic
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daily in the country. In the period between 2000 and 2004 a total of 85 newspapers were closed down in Iran.
Iranian newspapers
Below is a list of
newspapers
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published in
Iran
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.
See also
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International Rankings of Iran in Communication
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List of Iranian magazines
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Media of Iran
The mass media in Iran are privately and publicly owned but is subject to censorship. As of 2016, Iran had 178 newspapers, 83 magazines, 15,000 information sites and 2 million blogs. A special court has authority to monitor the print media an ...
References
''This article incorporates information from the
Persian Wikipedia.''
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External links
Largest online newspapers of IranList of Iranian media on the Internetvia
Gooya Gooya ( fa, گویا) is a Persian-language website started by Belgium-based journalist Farshad Bayan in 1998.
At that time, there were a few Iran-related websites and most Persian media did not have online editions. Manually prepared electronic c ...
List of Iranian Newspapers{{Asia topic, List of newspapers in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...