''Abrar'' (, ''Samaritans'' in English) is a
Persian-language daily newspaper published in Tehran,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
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History and profile
''Abrar'' was first published on 8 November 1988. The printing of the paper was done using the printing facility of a defunct leftist newspaper, ''Azadegan''.
It is described by the US newspapers as hard-line and traditional conservative publication.
[ Mohammad Safizadeh, former minister of interior, holds the licence of ''Abrar''.]Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani (25 August 19348 January 2017) was an Iranian cleric, politician and writer who served as the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. One of the founding fathers of the Government of Iran, Islamic Republic, ...
''Abrar'' was one of his supporters.[ In June 2013, the offices of the paper were raided and sealed and it was closed down.]
See also
*List of newspapers in Iran
The first Iranian newspapers appeared in the mid-19th century during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah. More specifically, the first newspaper in Iran, Kaghaz-e Akhbar (The Newspaper), was launched for the government by Mirza Saleh Shirazi in 183 ...
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1988 establishments in Iran
Newspapers established in 1988
Newspapers published in Tehran
Persian-language newspapers
Daily newspapers published in Iran