Khordad (newspaper)

Khordad (in Persian خرداد) was a Persian language newspaper published in Iran.

History and profile

The publisher of Khordad was Abdollah Noori.[1] It was shut down by Iran Special Clerical Court in November 1999,[2] and its publisher and editor-in-chief, Abdollah Noori, was sentenced to jail for five years on 27 November 1999.[3] Khordad was based in Tehran.[2]

The name of the liberal reformist newspaper was a reference to the 2nd of Khordad Movement, the Iranian reform movement. The word 'Khordad' is the New Persian continuation of Middle Persian Hordad, from Avestan Haurvatat "wholeness."

See also

References
  1. A. W. Samii (December 1999). "The Contemporary Iranian News Media, 1998-1999+" (PDF). Middle East Review of International Affairs. 4 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  2. David Menashri (January 2001). Post-revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society, and Power. Psychology Press. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-7146-5074-6. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. Said Amir Arjomand; Nathan J. Brown (15 April 2013). The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran. SUNY Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4384-4597-7.
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