# Chelcheragh

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'''''Chelcheragh''''' ({{langx|fa|چلچراغ|italic=yes|lit=Chandelier}}) is a [Persian-language](/source/Persian_language) weekly social and news magazine published since spring 2002 in [Tehran](/source/Tehran), Iran.

==History and profile==
''Chelcheragh'' was established in 2002.<ref name=imp>{{cite web|title=Chelcheragh|url=http://iranmediaresearch.org/en/wiki/article/917|publisher=Iran Media Program|accessdate=6 September 2014}}</ref> The magazine is published on a weekly basis on Saturdays<ref name=pay11>{{cite web|title=Iran Lifts Ban On Reformist Weekly "Chelcheragh"|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/11/jan/1039.html|publisher=Payvand|accessdate=25 May 2015|date=5 January 2011}}</ref> and targets younger readers and provides cultural and societal news.<ref name=imp/><ref name=reuno>{{cite news|title=Iran shuts down reformist weekly - ISNA|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSHOS25841620101122|accessdate=25 May 2015|work=Reuters|date=22 November 2010}}</ref> The headquarters of the weekly is in Tehran.<ref>{{cite news|author=Rageh Omaar|title=Young Iranians are doing more to transform their country than any outside agency could do|url=http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/MarchApril07/aIran.html|accessdate=25 May 2015|work=Rozaneh Magazine|date=April 2007}}</ref> It has a reformist stance and reformist figures such as [Mohammad Khatami](/source/Mohammad_Khatami).<ref name=imp/> Fereidoon Amouzadeh Khalili is the managing editor and actress [Bahareh Rahnama](/source/Bahareh_Rahnama) is among the contributors of the magazine.<ref name=ihr>{{cite web|title=Authorities Close Cultural Events in Tehran Despite Rouhani’s Recent Support of Artists|url=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/01/cultural-close/|publisher=Iran Human Rights|accessdate=6 September 2014|date=13 January 2014}}</ref> In November 2010 the weekly was temporarily folded.<ref name=reuno/> It was restarted in January 2011.<ref name=pay11/>

The weekly organizes cultural events and one in January 2014 was cancelled by the Iranian authorities.<ref name=ihr/> It also publishes interviews with politicians such as [Hassan Rouhani](/source/Hassan_Rouhani) which was published following his election as [president](/source/President_of_Iran) in June 2013.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Mahboobeh Khansari|title=Your Sword will be Broken by our Pens|journal=The Majalla|date=15 July 2013|url=http://www.majalla.com/eng/2013/07/article55243353|accessdate=6 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906154703/http://www.majalla.com/eng/2013/07/article55243353|archive-date=6 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The weekly were locked up several times due to some of their columns such as "Assansorchi" (in English, "elevator man").<ref>[http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8909011216 نشريه ''چلچراغ'' توقيف شد] ''Fars News Agency''. 1 September 1989. Retrieved 6 September 2014.</ref>

During these many years there were talented Iranian working in this weekly magazine such as Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, [Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour](/source/Bozorgmehr_Hosseinpour), [Touka Neyestani](/source/Touka_Neyestani), [Amir Mehdi Jule](/source/Amir_Mehdi_Jule), Arash Khoshkhoo, Mansour Zabetian, Ali Mirmirani, [Nima Akbarpour](/source/Nima_Akbarpour), Jalal Saeedi, Afshin Sadeghizadeh, Shermin Naderi, Pouria Alami, Siavash Zamiran, Mina Einifar, Negar Mofid, Niloufar Hajirahimi, Parichehr Bagheri, Naznin Matinnia, etc.

==References and notes==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929162548/http://www.40cheragh.org/ Official Website of ''Chelcheragh'' Magazine]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911223830/http://www.40cheragh.org/Gallery.aspx?CID=3 The Man with the Chocolate Robe in ''Chelcheragh'''s web site]

Category:2002 establishments in Iran
Category:Magazines established in 2002
Category:Magazines published in Tehran
Category:News magazines published in Asia
Category:Persian-language magazines
Category:Weekly news magazines

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