Khordad (newspaper)

Khordad (in Persian خرداد) was a Persian language newspaper published in Tehran, Iran.

History and profile

The publisher of Khordad was Abdollah Noori.^[1] It was shut down by Iran Special Clerical Court in November 1999,^[2] and its publisher and editor-in-chief, Abdollah Noori, was sentenced to jail for five years on 27 November 1999.^[3] Khordad was based in Tehran.^[2]

The name of the liberal reformist newspaper was a reference to the 2nd of Khordad Movement, the Iranian reform movement. The word 'Khordad' is the New Persian continuation of Middle Persian Hordad, from Avestan Haurvatat "wholeness."

References

^ A. W. Samii (December 1999). "The Contemporary Iranian News Media, 1998-1999+" (PDF). Middle East Review of International Affairs. 4 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b David Menashri (January 2001). Post-revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society, and Power. Psychology Press. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-7146-5074-6.
^ Said Amir Arjomand; Nathan J. Brown (15 April 2013). The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran. SUNY Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4384-4597-7.

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[1] A. W. Samii (December 1999). "The Contemporary Iranian News Media, 1998-1999+" (PDF). Middle East Review of International Affairs. 4 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013.

[dav-2] David Menashri (January 2001). Post-revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society, and Power. Psychology Press. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-7146-5074-6.

[3] Said Amir Arjomand; Nathan J. Brown (15 April 2013). The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran. SUNY Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4384-4597-7.

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Khordad (newspaper)

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