Khordad (newspaper)

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Khordad (in Persian خرداد) was a Persian language newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. It was available between 1998 and 1999. Considered to be a liberal reformist newspaper, its title 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."

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Khordad was established in 1998.[1] Its founder and publisher was Abdollah Noori.[1][2] It was shut down by Iran Special Clerical Court in November 1999,[3] and its publisher and editor-in-chief, Abdollah Noori, was sentenced to jail for five years on 27 November 1999.[4] Khordad was based in Tehran.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Ziba Mir-Hosseini (Fall 2002). "The Conservative–Reformist Conflict Over Women's Rights in Iran". International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society. 16 (1): 43. doi:10.1023/A:1016530427616. JSTOR 20020147.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b David Menashri (2001). Post-revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society, and Power. Psychology Press. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-7146-5074-6.
  4. ^ Said Amir Arjomand; Nathan J. Brown (2013). The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran. SUNY Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4384-4597-7.