''Atash'' ( fa, آتش, lit=The Fire) was a Persian language right-wing newspaper which was published from 1946 to 1947 in Tehran, 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 ( fa, محمد مصدق, ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 35th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, after appointment by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of ...

. The paper was based in Tehran and frequently featured political satire and cartoons. ''Atash'' had a

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

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 Ahmad Qavam (2 January 1873 – 23 July 1955; fa, احمد قوام), also known as Qavam os-Saltaneh ( fa, قوام السلطنه), was a politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran five times. Early life Qavam was born in 1873 to a p ...

and his cabinet. Due to its critical approach ''Atash'' was banned in May and July 1946. In October it was restarted, and its frequency was switched to daily. 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 final ban by the Qavam government. The official reason for the closure of ''Atash'' was the publication of the articles against the interests of the country.

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