''Eqbal'' () was a reformist newspaper published in

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, Iran. It was shut down in July 2005.

History and profile

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. Karim Arqandehpour was among senior editors of the paper. The paper supported

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in the

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in 2005.

Closure

In June 2005, before the presidential election, the paper along with '' Aftab Yazd'' published the letter of presidential candidate Mehdi Karrubi to

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. Upon this incident both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court on 20 June. In fact, two more dailies, namely ''

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'', and ''

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'', also published the letter of Karrubi and were banned by the same body. Following the ban ''Eqbal'' continued until July 2005 when it was closed down by the Iranian judiciary "for spreading lies and publishing false reports unrelated to Karrubi’s letter."

References

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