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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Etemad > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Etemad.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etemad > Source revision: 1344092469 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/newspaper) | format = [Broadsheet](/source/Broadsheet) | founded = {{start date and age|2002}} | owners = [Elias Hazrati](/source/Elias_Hazrati) | political_position = [Reformism](/source/Reformism) ([Iranian](/source/Iranian_reformists)) | headquarters = [Tehran](/source/Tehran), Iran | language = [Persian](/source/Persian_language) | editor = Elias Hazrati | circulation = 25,000 Daily (2015)[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؟] | website = {{URL|https://www.etemadnewspaper.ir/fa/main/page}} }} '''''Etemad''''' or '''''Etemaad''''' ({{langx|fa|اعتماد|italic=yes|lit=Trust}}Note: The correct transcription of the name is ''e'temād''; because the original Persian word has a [glottal stop](/source/glottal_stop) as an independent letter/[grapheme](/source/grapheme).) is a [Persian-language](/source/Persian_language) reformist newspaper based in Iran that is published in [Tehran](/source/Tehran).[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8544420.stm Reformist newspapers banned in Iran] ''BBC'' 1 March 2010 It is managed by [Elias Hazrati](/source/Elias_Hazrati), who was representative from [Rasht](/source/Rasht) and Tehran in the [Parliament of Iran](/source/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 [journalist](/source/journalist)s, 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.{{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}} ==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](/source/Tehran_university) in June, just three days after the [Iranian presidential election, 2009](/source/Iranian_presidential_election%2C_2009). ''Etemaaad'', which often criticized [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](/source/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.[Thomas Erdbrink](/source/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 ''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](/source/The_Guardian)'': "The Press Supervisory Board shut down our paper without giving us even a specific reason. It's an absolutely arbitrary decision."[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/08/iran-pressure-journalists Iran steps up pressure on journalists] ''The Guardian''. 8 March 2010. ==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.{{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 }} The opposition publication is linked to former Parliament speaker [Mehdi Karroubi](/source/Mehdi_Karroubi), an outspoken opposition leader who challenged the government of [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](/source/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad).[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/middleeast/02iran.html ''The New York Times''.] Hazrati is one of the members of the [National Trust Party](/source/National_Trust_Party_(Iran)), which was established in 2005 by Karroubi. ==See also== *[List of newspapers in Iran](/source/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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Etemad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etemad) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etemad?action=history)). 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