{{short description|Iranian reformist newspaper}} {{redirect|Etemaad|the Indian paper|Indian Etemaad}} {{other uses|Etemad (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = '''Etemad''' | image = 175px|border | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = {{start date and age|2002}} | owners = Elias Hazrati | political_position = Reformism (Iranian) | headquarters = Tehran, Iran | language = Persian | editor = Elias Hazrati | circulation = 25,000 Daily (2015)<ref>[http://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/221199/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%98-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%DA%86%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%E2%80%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA تیراژ واقعی روزنامهها چقدر است؟]</ref> | website = {{URL|https://www.etemadnewspaper.ir/fa/main/page}} }}
'''''Etemad''''' or '''''Etemaad''''' ({{langx|fa|اعتماد|italic=yes|lit=Trust}}<ref>Note: The correct transcription of the name is ''e'temād''; because the original Persian word has a glottal stop as an independent letter/grapheme.</ref>) is a Persian-language reformist newspaper based in Iran that is published in Tehran.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8544420.stm Reformist newspapers banned in Iran] ''BBC'' 1 March 2010</ref> It is managed by Elias Hazrati, who was representative from Rasht and Tehran in the Parliament of Iran.
==Overview== The first edition of ''Etemad'' was published in Tehran in 2002. Its chief editor is Behrooz Behzadi. The editorial board of Etemad include journalists, who worked previously in reformist Iranian magazines and newspapers, which were banned by the Iranian judiciary.
The paper focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Abdolrasoul Jowkar|author2=Fereshteh Didegah|title=Evaluating Iranian newspapers' web sites using correspondence analysis|journal=Library Hi Tech|date=2010|volume=28|issue=1|pages=119–130|doi=10.1108/07378831011026733}}</ref>
==Temporary ban== ''Etemad'' had published more than 2000 editions before temporarily banned by the Iranian judiciary system on 1 March 2010. it published a story on the reaction to the emergence of a film showing the police attack on Tehran university in June, just three days after the Iranian presidential election, 2009. ''Etemaaad'', which often criticized Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration, was loosely affiliated with the reformists. It had a high circulation and was widely seen as the most influential, semi-independent news source still allowed to publish.<ref>Thomas Erdbrink [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/01/AR2010030101470.html Iran closes newspaper and magazine critical of government] ''The Washington Post'' 2 March 2010</ref>
''Etemad'', which was in its eighth year with a relatively high circulation of more than 100,000, was one of the most influential publications in Iran, especially among intellectuals. Behrooz Behzadi, editor-in-chief of the paper, told ''The Guardian'': "The Press Supervisory Board shut down our paper without giving us even a specific reason. It's an absolutely arbitrary decision."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/08/iran-pressure-journalists Iran steps up pressure on journalists] ''The Guardian''. 8 March 2010.</ref>
==New period== Elias Hazrati, the manager of ''Etemad'', said on 27 October 2010, that this newspaper was allowed to publish. The new period begins after nine months.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.khabaronline.ir/news-103674.aspx |title=Khabaronline |access-date=27 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030134153/http://www.khabaronline.ir/news-103674.aspx |archive-date=30 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The opposition publication is linked to former Parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi, an outspoken opposition leader who challenged the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/middleeast/02iran.html ''The New York Times''.]</ref> Hazrati is one of the members of the National Trust Party, which was established in 2005 by Karroubi.
==See also== *List of newspapers in Iran
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.etemadnewspaper.ir/fa/main/page}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Etemad}} Category:2002 establishments in Iran Category:Daily newspapers published in Iran Category:Newspapers established in 2002 Category:Newspapers published in Tehran Category:Persian-language newspapers Category:Reformist media in Iran