List of newspapers in Iran

The first Iranian newspapers appeared in the mid-19th century during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah.^[1] More specifically, the first newspaper in Iran, Kaghaz-e Akhbar (The Newspaper), was launched for the government by Mirza Saleh Shirazi in 1837.^[2] By 1907 (the era of the Persian Constitutional Revolution), there were 90 newspapers circulating in Iran.^[3]

Newspapers, Tehran, 2011

In 1952 under Mohammad Musaddiq's government there were 300 newspapers, including twenty-five dailies.^[4] During the 1979 revolution the number of newspapers was 100, of which twenty-three were dailies.^[4]

As of 2000 there were 23 Persian dailies, three English dailies and one Arabic daily in the country.^[5] In the period between 2000 and 2004 a total of 85 newspapers were closed down in Iran.^[6]

Iranian newspapers

Below is a list of newspapers published in Iran.

Title	Year est.	Language	Notes
Abrar[7]		Persian	Economic, political, artistic, social and cultural newspapers
Alik (daily)[8]	1931	Armenian	Economic, political, artistic, social and cultural newspapers
Abrar-e Varzeshi[9]		Persian	Sports newspaper
Afarinesh		Persian
Aftab Yazd[10]	2000	Persian	Political, social, economic, events.
Aftab-e Emruz[11]		Persian	political
Aftab-e Shargh		Persian
Andisheh-ye-No		Persian	currently banned[citation needed]
Asia News	2001	Persian	Economic Newspaper
Asr-e Azadegan	1999	Persian
Asr-e Maa[12]	1991	Persian	political
Asrar		Persian
Azad		Persian
Atash	1946–1947	Persian
Bahar	2000
Donyaye eqtesad[13]	2002	Persian
Ebtekar[14]		Persian
Eftekhar[15]		Persian
Entekhab	1991	Persian
Eqbal		Persian
Esfahan-e Emrooz[16]		Persian
Etemad[17]	2002	Persian
Etemaad-e Melli [fa]		Persian	"Official newspaper of the National Trust Party"[18]
Ettelaat	1926	English, Persian	"Centrist...Iran's oldest daily, moderate, a newspaper of record"[19]
Fath		Persian
Financial Tribune	2014	English	The only private newspaper in English and also the only non-Persian economic daily in Iran
Ghanoon	2012	Persian
Gilan Emrouz[20]		Persian
Goalnewspaper[21]	2005	Persian	Sport newspaper
Ham-Mihan	2000
Hambastegi[22]	2000	Persian
Hamshahri	1992	Persian	"Centrist press...Owned by Tehran Municipality, it is one of the best-selling dailies with a circulation of about 350,000"[19]
Hamvatan Salam[23][24]		Persian	Meaning "Hello Compatriot"; since before 1995,[25] still published as of August 2023[update][24]
Hayat-e-No		Persian	currently banned[citation needed]
Hemmat	1981	Persian
Iran[26]	1995	Persian	"Government newspaper published by the Islamic Republic News Agency. The daily has a circulation of 100,000 and is popular among state officials"[18]
Iran Daily [fa][27]		English	"Hardliner press...Pro-government"[19]
Iran Weekly Press Digest
Iran-e Javan[28]		Persian	Cultural, artistic, sports, social
Iran Front Page[29]	2014	English	Translation of selected items and front pages of Iranian newspapers to English: politics, society, culture, science, business, art, sports
Iran-e Varzeshi[30]		Persian	Sport newspaper
Jame-Jam	2002	Persian	"Owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting...hardliner"[18]
Jamee-e Madani		Persian
Jameah		Persian	currently banned
Javan[31]		Persian	"Hardliner...Right-wing daily affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards"[19]
Jomhouri Eslami[32]	1979	Persian	"Hardliner...Closely linked to the Supreme Leader. The paper takes the line of adherence to Khomeini's ideals and has consistently taken a radical position on foreign policy issues and a conservative position on domestic and religious issues."[19]
Jomhuriat[33]		Persian
Kalemeh Sabz			Associated with "Green Movement leader, Mir-Hossein Mousavi"[18]
Kayhan[34]	1943	English, Persian	"Hardliner...One of the country's oldest daily papers, run after the revolution by the office of the Supreme Leader, who appoints the editor-in-chief, currently Hossein Shariatmadari. Kayhan is state-funded and has a role comparable to "Pravda" under Stalin."[19]
Kayhan Al Arabi[35]	1943	Arabic	"Hardliner...One of the country's oldest daily papers, run after the revolution by the office of the Supreme Leader, who appoints the editor-in-chief, currently Hossein Shariatmadari. Kayhan is state-funded and has a role comparable to "Pravda" under Stalin."[19]
Kelid	2013
Khabar		Persian
Khabar-e Jonub		Persian
Khane Mellat		Persian
Khorasan[36][37]	1949	Persian	Political, social.
Khordad		Persian
Khorshid	2008	Persian
Kian		Persian
navad 90 (varzeshi)[38]		Persian	Sport
Neshat	1998	Persian	"Aligned with Iran’s reform movement...Neshat’s director and editor in chief were Latif Safari and Mashallah Shamsolvaezi"[18]
Payam Ashna		Persian	the first newspaper of Alborz province
Payam Zaman		Persian
Quds[39]		Persian
Resalat[40]	1985	Persian	"Hardliner...Owned by the Resalat Foundation, which has strong links to the traditional bazaar merchants-conservative but in favor of a market economy. It reflects the views of the conservative Islamic Coalition Party and the Islamic Association of Engineers"[19]
Ruydadiran (Ruydademrooz) [41]		Persian	"Social and Economic newspapers. It is a popular daily and nationwide newspaper that is distributed in all provinces of Iran."
Salam	1991
Sarmayeh[42]		Persian	"Centrist...Economic paper run by a former head of the Tehran Stock Exchange, and shut down in October 2009"[19]
Shargh	2003	Persian	"Pro-reform"[18]
Sobh-eqtesad[43]		Persian
Taban		Persian
Tehran Emrooz			"Centrist...Daily set up by a member of the Guardian Council, and close to Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bager Ghalibaf"[19]
Tehran Times	1979[44]	English	"Hardliner...Pro-government"[19]
Tous	1998	Persian	"Reformist daily...Published through the Jamee-Rooz publishing company...directed by Mohammad Sadeq Javadi-Hessar with Mashallah Shamsolvaezin as editor in chief."[18] Currently banned
Vaghaye Etefaghyeh		Persian
Al Vefagh	1997	Arabic
Yas-e-no		Persian
Zan	1998

See also

• International Rankings of Iran in Communication
• List of Iranian magazines
• Media of Iran