''Atash'' () was a right-wing Persian-language newspaper published from 1946 to 1947 in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

, Iran.

History and profile

''Atash'' was first published on 18 April 1946 as a weekly newspaper. The license holder and editor was Mehdi Mir Ashrafi who was elected to the Majlis during the premiership of

Mohammad Mosaddegh Mohammad Mosaddegh (, ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 1950 Iranian legislative election, 16th Majlis. He was a membe ...

and was a close friend of General Hasan Arfa. The paper was based in Tehran and frequently featured political satire and cartoons. ''Atash'' had a

right-wing Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property ...

political stance and was the only outspoken publication at that period in Iran. It was also one of the fierce critics of Iranian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam and his cabinet. Due to its critical approach ''Atash'' was banned in May and July 1946. Publication resumed in October 1946, when it became a daily newspaper. From that date it began to criticize the Russian policies adopted by the government which led to its suppression in December 1946 and in February 1947. The paper ceased publication in June 1947 following its latest ban by the Qavam government. The official reason for the closure of ''Atash'' was the publication of articles against the interests of the country.

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