''Afarinesh'' (, ) is a Persian-language daily

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published in

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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Nazila Fathi of ''

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'' described ''Afarinesh'' as a

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paper in 2002. The paper has ties with the

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; , ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a Private university, private university system Headquarters, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of university, universities in ...

. The managing director of the paper was convicted by the press court for "publishing false reports with the intention of disturbing the public opinion" in 2010.

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