''Seda'' () is an Iranian weekly

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that covers

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. In May 2019, ''Seda'' was shut down by the authorities for its cover depicting a United States Navy aircraft carrier fleet with the caption "At the crossroads between war and peace". On its editorial, the magazine had warned that an attempt to close the

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would lead to a "widespread war" and urged negotiations with the United States. This prompted the

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to call for lifting the suspension on the publication.

Political alignment

''Seda'' is a

reformist Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution. Within the socialist movement, ref ...

publication and was formerly affiliated with the

Executives of Construction Party The Executives of Construction of Iran Party () is a reformist political party in Iran, founded by 16 members of the cabinet of the then President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in 1996. The party is a member of Council for Coordinating the Reforms F ...

. It is now considered close to the

Union of Islamic Iran People Party Islamic Iran Nation's Union Party or Nation's Union Party (, ''Hezb-e Ettehad-e Mellat-e Iran-e Eslami'') is an Iranian reformist political party founded in 2015. Establishment In January 2015, it was confirmed by the Ministry of Interior that i ...

References

{{reflist 2014 establishments in Iran Magazines published in Tehran Persian-language magazines Weekly magazines published in Iran