Ettela'at
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Owner(s) | Iran Chap Organisation |
| Founder(s) | Abbas Massoudi |
| Publisher | Iran Chap Organisation |
| Editor | Abbas Salehi |
| Founded | 10 July 1926 |
| Political alignment | Conservative |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Website | ettelaat |
Ettela'at (Persian: اطلاعات, romanized: Ettelâ'ât, lit. 'Information') is a Persian language daily newspaper of record published in Iran. It is among the oldest publications in the country, and the oldest running Persian daily newspaper in the world.[1] The paper has a conservative stance[2] and focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.[3] Until the revolution of 1979, the newspaper was associated with its chief founder Abbas Massoudi (1895–1974).[4]
History and profile
Ettala'at was started by Abbas Massoudi in 1926 as a four-page paper and sold nearly 2,000 copies per week.[5][6] The circulation of the paper was 15,000 copies during the reign of Reza Shah.[5] At the beginning of World War II. the paper was expanded and had eight pages.[6]
Ettala'at supported Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during his reign.[7] One of the editors-in-chief was Hassan Sayyed Javadi, younger brother of Ali Sayyed Javadi, another journalist with Kayhan, and Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, sometime interior minister of the Islamic government.[8] In the late 1960s the publisher of the paper was Abbas Massoudi who served as the vice president of the Iranian Senate.[9]
On 6 January 1978, an article appeared in Ettela'at, suggesting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was a British agent serving colonialism.[10] The article also challenged Khomeini's Iranian origins and claimed that he had been living an immoral life.[11] The next day, clerics in Qom protested and the police demanded they disperse.[11] When they refused, police opened fire and at least twenty people were killed. Iranian media displayed outrage, which increased tensions leading up to the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[10][11] During the clashes between the Imperial forces and revolutionaries, Kayhan and Ettela'at was censored in October 1978.[12]
Following the revolution, Ettela'at became a state-sponsored publication together with Kayhan and
On 31 January 1979, Kayhan and Ettela'at announced that Khomeini would return from
See also
References
- ^ Parvin 1998, pp. 58–62.
- ^ Arash Karami (15 March 2014). "Iran's Fourth Estate". Asharq Al Awsat. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- .
- OCLC 1127288640.
- ^ ISBN 0-8143-3655-8.
- ^ S2CID 145745951.
- S2CID 143139528.
- ^ Amir Taheri (2 July 2018). "Leading Iranian Writer Dies in Exile". Asharq Al Awsat. London. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- S2CID 159639635.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-525-94005-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0815635741. Archived from the originalon 21 September 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- JSTOR 4310346.
- S2CID 145067513.
- ^ "11 Bahman 1357, tomorrow morning at 9, visiting Imam in Tehran".
Sources
- Parvin, Nassereddin (1998). "EṬṬELĀʿĀT". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. IX, Fasc. 1. pp. 58–62.
