Shahrvand-e-Emrooz

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz (Persian: شهروند امروز, lit. 'Today’s Citizen')^[1] was a Persian-language weekly news magazine that was in circulation between March 2007 and September 2011.

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz

Editor-in-chief	Mohammad Ghoochani Mohammad Reza Khojasteh Rahimi
Categories	News magazine Political magazine
Frequency	Weekly
Founded	2007
First issue	March 2007
Final issue	September 2011
Country	Iran
Based in	Tehran
Language	Persian

History and profile

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz was launched in March 2007.^[2][3] Mohammad Ghoochani and Mohammad Reza Khojasteh Rahimi served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly.^[2][4] The magazine, based in Tehran, was a reformist publication^[1][5] and was the Persian version of TIME magazine.^[4] Shahrvand-e-Emrooz published significant interviews with leading figures, including Hassan Rouhani in 2008 and Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, in February 2008.^[6][7]

Bans and closure

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz was first closed down when it published a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughter on the cover of its 8 November 2008 issue.^[8][9] The weekly was also shut down in June 2009 following the presidential election.^[4] The publication resumed on 2 July 2011,^[10] but it was again closed down in September 2011 due to the publication of a digital picture which mocked former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and his confidant Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.^[11][12]