History and profile
''Asr-e Azadegan'' was established on 7 October 1999. The founder and publisher of the daily was Hamid Reza Jalaipour who also launched '' Jameah'', ''Toos'' and '' Neshat''; all of which had been closed down before the launching of ''Asr-e Azadegan''. However, the existence of ''Asr-e Azadegan'' lasted very brief and it was banned in April 2000 for publishing articles which "disparaged Islam and the religious elements of the Islamic revolution." The paper was edited by Mashallah Shamsolvaezin. The manager editor was Ghafour Garshasbi who was acquitted of publishing articles that violated the Iranian press law in October 2000. The newspaper's editors included: * Akbar Ganji, who wrote about Iranian secret services. * Ebrahim Nabavi, who wrote a daily political satire. * Hossein Derakhshan, who wrote a regular technology column. * Massoud Behnoud, who wrote a regular opinion column.See also
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