Zan-e Rooz

Zan-e Rooz or Zan-e Ruz (Persian: زن روز, romanized: Woman of Today) is a women's weekly Persian-language magazine published in Tehran, Iran.^[1] From its founding till the 1990s Zan-e Rooz was the most popular magazine in Iran.^[2][1]

Zan-e Rooz

Zan-e Rooz cover, Issue 303, 16 January 1971
Categories	Women's magazine
Frequency	Weekly
Founder	Majid Davami
First issue	27 February 1965
Country	Iran
Based in	Tehran
Language	Persian
Website	zanerouz.ir
ISSN	1029-6913

History

History

The first issue of Zan-e Rooz hit the newstands of Tehran on 27 February 1965 and was an immediate success.^[3] The inaugural issue was published with 15,000 copies and by 1968 had the magazine had a print run of 140,000 copies.^[3] Its main rival was Ettelaat-e Banuvan, however, it quickly became more popular.^[2]

Before the Islamic Revolution the magazine was published by the Kayhan Institute.^[4][5]

After the 1979 Islamic Revolution the editorial board was overhauled and Zan-E Rooz became an Islamic lifestyle magazine.^[5] The magazine moved away from the Western-style gossip sheet and women's publication that it was previously and now explored the rights of women within an Islamic framework.^[4]

Shahla Sherkat was appointed editor in 1991, she was quickly accused of “promoting modernist, westernised and feminist tendencies,” and fired the same year.^[1] Sherkat then founded Zanan which became the most popular feminist magazine in Iran before publication was suspended in 2008 by order of the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad government.^[6]

Editors

• Majid Davami (1965–1979)^[3][7]
• Shahla Ansari (1980–?)^[5]
• Feeroozeh Golmohammadi (1980s–1991)^[5]
• Shahla Sherkat (1991–1991)

Contributors

Writers with this publication include Poopak Niktalab, Nooshafarin Ansari and Aminollah Rezaei.^[8]