Shahrvand-e-Emrooz

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz (Today’s Citizen in English)[1] was a Persian-language weekly news magazine that was in circulation between March 2007 and September 2011.

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz
CategoriesNews and Political magazine
FrequencyWeekly
First issueMarch 2007
Final issueSeptember 2011
CountryIran
Based inTehran
LanguagePersian

History and profile

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz was launched in March 2007.[2] Mohammad Ghoochani and Mohammad Reza Khojasteh Rahimi served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.[2][3] The magazine, based in Tehran, was a reformist publication[1][4] and was Iranian version of TIME magazine.[3] It published significant interviews with leading figures, including Hassan Rouhani in 2008 and Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, in February 2008.[5][6]

Bans and closure

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz was first closed down when it published a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughter on the cover of its 8 November 2008 issue.[7][8] The weekly was also shut down in June 2009 following the presidential election.[3] The magazine resumed on 2 July 2011,[9] but it was again closed down in September 2011 due to the publication of a digital picture which mocked former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and his confidant Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.[10][11]

References
  1. "Iranian Paper Shut Down for Obama Cover". Fox News. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. "«شهروند امروز» و «روزگار» توقیف شدند". Deutsche Welle (in Persian). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. Bernd Kaussler (10 July 2009). "Iran: "How to lose friends and alienate your own people"". e-International Relations. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. "Reformist Weekly Banned for Publishing Image of Ahmadinejad". Iran Human Rights. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  5. Michael Rubin (17 March 2008). "Iran News Round Up". National Review Online. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  6. Helia Ighani; Garrett Nada (31 May 2013). "Khomeini's rebel grandchildren rock the vote". Asia Times Online. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  7. Ali Akbar Dareini; Sally Buzbee (12 November 2008). "Could Obama victory lead to Iran talks?". San Diego Tribune. Tehran - Cairo. AP. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  8. "Media Environment Guide: Iran" (PDF). BBC Monitoring. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  9. "Iran shuts down 2 newspaper for criticizing Ahmadinejad". News. Az. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  10. Saeed Kamali Dehghan (6 September 2011). "Iran newspaper closed down amid row over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad satire". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  11. "Iran: Magazine closed down amid row over satirical image". Index. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
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