Eghbal

<i>Eqbal</i>

Eqbal

Defunct Persian daily newspaper

For the village in Iran, see Eqbal, Iran.

Eqbal (Persian: اقبال ; Luck) was a Persian reformist newspaper published in Iran. It was shut down in July 2005.

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History and profile

Eqbal was a reformist daily of which managing editor was Morteza Fallah.[1][2] It was unofficially affiliated to the leading reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front.[3][4] Karim Arqandehpour was among senior editors of the paper.[5] The paper supported Mostafa Moin in the presidential election in 2005.[6]

Closure

In June 2005, before the presidential election, the paper along with Aftab Yazd published the letter of presidential candidate Mehdi Karrubi to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[1][7] Upon this incident both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court on 20 June.[1][8] In fact, two more dailies, namely Etemad, and Hayat-e-No, also published the letter of Karrubi and were banned by the same body.[3] Following the ban Eqbal continued until July 2005 when it was closed down by the Iranian judiciary "for spreading lies and publishing false reports unrelated to Karrubi’s letter."[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Iranian reformist newspapers Eqbal and Aftab Yazd banned". Payvand. 20 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. [2]
    Frances Harrison (22 June 2005). "Iran hardliners pray for victory". BBC. Tehran. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Attacks on the Press 2005: Iran". Committee to Protect Journalists. February 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Islamic Iran Participation Front" (PDF). Iran Data Portal. 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  5. [5]
    Nader Davoodi (21 June 2005). "Eqbal shut down". Iranian. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. [6]
    Robert Tait (17 June 2005). "Iran poll 'marred by dirty tricks'". The Guardian. Tehran. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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    "Reformist Iranian Newspapers Closed". Radio Free Europe. AFP/Reuters. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  8. [8]
    "Yas-e No Banned Again". Rooz Online. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  9. [9]
    "A New Hope? Rouhani Press Reforms Usher in Optimism". Iran Media Program and ASL 19. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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