Asr-e Azadegan

Asr-e Azadegan (Persian: عصر آزادگان, lit. 'Times of the Free People') was a Persian-language daily newspaper in Iran published briefly between 1999 and 2000.

Asr-e Azadegan

Type	Daily newspaper
Founder(s)	Hamidreza Jalaipour
Editor-in-chief	Mashallah Shamsolvaezin
Managing editor	Ghafour Garshasbi
Founded	7 October 1999
Political alignment	Reformist
Language	Persian
Ceased publication	April 2000
Headquarters	Tehran

History and profile

Asr-e Azadegan was established on 7 October 1999.^[1] The founder and publisher of the daily was Hamid Reza Jalaipour who also launched Jameah, Toos and Neshat; all of which had been closed down before the launching of Asr-e Azadegan.^[2] However, the existence of Asr-e Azadegan lasted very brief and it was banned in April 2000 for publishing articles which "disparaged Islam and the religious elements of the Islamic revolution."^[2][3][4]

The paper was edited by Mashallah Shamsolvaezin.^[5] The manager editor was Ghafour Garshasbi who was acquitted of publishing articles that violated the Iranian press law in October 2000.^[6]

The newspaper's editors included:

• Akbar Ganji, who wrote about Iranian secret services.
• Ebrahim Nabavi, who wrote a daily political satire.
• Hossein Derakhshan, who wrote a regular technology column.
• Massoud Behnoud, who wrote a regular opinion column.

See also

• List of newspapers in Iran