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Editor | Keyvan Samimi |
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Categories | Social, Political, Economical, Cultural |
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Format | A4 |
Publisher | Hamed Sahabi |
Total circulation (2000) | 50,000 |
Founder | Ezatollah Sahabi |
Founded | 1992 |
First issue | June 1992 |
Final issue | December 2020 |
Country | Iran |
Based in | Tehran |
Language | Persian |
OCLC | 1011738022 |
Iran-e Farda ( Persian: ایران فردا, romanized: Īrān-i fardā, lit. 'Tomorrow's Iran') is an Iranian nationalist-religious periodical publication printed in magazine-format and published digitally that focuses on current sociopolitical affairs of Iran.
Iran-e-Farda began publication in 1992. [1] As of December 1995, one survey found that the magazine was Iran's leading political monthly. [2] In 1996, the state-run IRIB TV1 aired a programme named Hoviyat which frequently attacked Iran-e-Farda and accused it of being one of the "bases for the West's cultural invasion of Iran". [3] In response, the magazine's managing director Ezatollah Sahabi wrote an open letter to President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, which was published by Salam, asking for an opportunity to defend itself. [3] During presidency of Mohammad Khatami, it became increasingly outspoken in advocating civil society and asked Khatami to fulfill his promises and called for more freedom and tolerance. [4] It also frequently criticized the conservative establishment. [5]
The magazine was banned in April 2000 [6] during crackdown of more than a dozen reformist newspapers. [7] At the time, it had been published on a biweekly basis and had an estimated circulation of 50,000 which was several times more than most other periodicals in Iran. [8]
Iran-e-Farda was relaunched in May 2014 but ceased publication in December 2020, after it was banned again. [9]
The magazine was known as the mouthpiece of the Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran [10] and has been described as "an intellectual monthly which became a forum for their liberal notion of Islam", [11] as well as "associated with the Freedom Movement of Iran". [12] According to Wilfried Buchta, the magazine was where " Islamic-left" and " nationalist-religious" were gathered around Ezatollah Sahabi. [13] Yadullah Shahibzadeh argues that post-Islamist and neo-Shariatist movements have been associated with Iran-e-Farda and used it as a platform to enter the public space in the 1990s. [1]
Ezatollah Sahabi was the founder and managing director of Iran-e-Farda and Reza Alijani was its editor-in-chief. [14] After relaunch in 2014, Kayvan Samimi served as its editor-in-chief and Hamed Sahabi was the magazine's publisher. [9]
Contributing editors and other columnists who at some time have wrote for Iran-e-Farda include:
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![]() Cover of No. 131, June 2020 | |
Editor | Keyvan Samimi |
---|---|
Categories | Social, Political, Economical, Cultural |
Frequency |
|
Format | A4 |
Publisher | Hamed Sahabi |
Total circulation (2000) | 50,000 |
Founder | Ezatollah Sahabi |
Founded | 1992 |
First issue | June 1992 |
Final issue | December 2020 |
Country | Iran |
Based in | Tehran |
Language | Persian |
OCLC | 1011738022 |
Iran-e Farda ( Persian: ایران فردا, romanized: Īrān-i fardā, lit. 'Tomorrow's Iran') is an Iranian nationalist-religious periodical publication printed in magazine-format and published digitally that focuses on current sociopolitical affairs of Iran.
Iran-e-Farda began publication in 1992. [1] As of December 1995, one survey found that the magazine was Iran's leading political monthly. [2] In 1996, the state-run IRIB TV1 aired a programme named Hoviyat which frequently attacked Iran-e-Farda and accused it of being one of the "bases for the West's cultural invasion of Iran". [3] In response, the magazine's managing director Ezatollah Sahabi wrote an open letter to President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, which was published by Salam, asking for an opportunity to defend itself. [3] During presidency of Mohammad Khatami, it became increasingly outspoken in advocating civil society and asked Khatami to fulfill his promises and called for more freedom and tolerance. [4] It also frequently criticized the conservative establishment. [5]
The magazine was banned in April 2000 [6] during crackdown of more than a dozen reformist newspapers. [7] At the time, it had been published on a biweekly basis and had an estimated circulation of 50,000 which was several times more than most other periodicals in Iran. [8]
Iran-e-Farda was relaunched in May 2014 but ceased publication in December 2020, after it was banned again. [9]
The magazine was known as the mouthpiece of the Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran [10] and has been described as "an intellectual monthly which became a forum for their liberal notion of Islam", [11] as well as "associated with the Freedom Movement of Iran". [12] According to Wilfried Buchta, the magazine was where " Islamic-left" and " nationalist-religious" were gathered around Ezatollah Sahabi. [13] Yadullah Shahibzadeh argues that post-Islamist and neo-Shariatist movements have been associated with Iran-e-Farda and used it as a platform to enter the public space in the 1990s. [1]
Ezatollah Sahabi was the founder and managing director of Iran-e-Farda and Reza Alijani was its editor-in-chief. [14] After relaunch in 2014, Kayvan Samimi served as its editor-in-chief and Hamed Sahabi was the magazine's publisher. [9]
Contributing editors and other columnists who at some time have wrote for Iran-e-Farda include: