Neshat
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Morteza Fallah |
| Founder(s) | Hamid Reza Jalaipour |
| Publisher | Latif Safari (former) |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Political alignment | Reformist |
| Language | Persian |
| Ceased publication | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Country | Iran |
| ISSN | 2173-4976 |
Neshat (Persian: نشاط, lit. 'Vivacity or Joy') was a reformist and moderate daily newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. The paper was founded in 1998 and published until 2005 when it was banned by the Iranian authorities.
History and profile[edit]
Neshat was launched by Hamid Reza Jalaipour in 1998[1] after two other reformist papers, Jameah and Toos, were closed down.[2][3] The paper was their successor.[4][5] The paper was based in Tehran.[6] Latif Safari was the publisher and director of the daily.[7][8] Mashallah Shamsolvaezin served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[2] Most of the editors were those who had written for Jameah and Toos newspapers.[6]
The paper, a reformist and moderate publication, was banned on 4 September 1998 shortly after its start.[9] It was again banned by the Iran's Press Court in September 1999 following the publication of articles which had challenged the death sentence in Iran.[6][7] In addition, there were a total of 74 charges against the paper.[10] Due to these charges the paper was found guilty of "insulting the sanctity and tenets of Islam."[11]
In November 1999 Mashallah Shamsolvaezi was also arrested and taken to the Evin prison due to the articles mentioned above.[12] He was sentenced to three years in prison.[9] The publisher of the daily, Latif Safari, was also sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in April 2000 for publishing the articles.[13][14] The ban was lifted by Iran's supreme court in March 2005.[8] However, it was again shut down later.[2]
In September 2013 it was reported that Neshat would be relaunched, and its license holder would be Morteza Fallah.[15] In addition, Mashallah Shamsolvaezi would resume his post as the editor-in-chief of the paper, and Ahmad Sattari would be its managing editor.[15] However, the necessary publication license was not granted by the authorities.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ Gholam Khiabany; Annabelle Sreberny (2001). "The Iranian Press and the Continuing Struggle Over Civil Society 1998-2000". International Communication Gazette. 63 (2–3): 203–223. doi:10.1177/0016549201063002007. S2CID 145138547.
- ^ a b c "Neshat". Iran Media Group. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Three reformist papers shut". Iran Press Service. 23 April 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ A.W. Samii (September 2001). "Sisyphus' Newsstand: The Iranian Press Under Khatami". Middle East Review of International Affairs. 5 (3).
- ^ David Menashri (2001). Post-revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society, and Power. London: Frank Cass. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-7146-5074-6.
- ^ a b c A. W. Samii (December 1999). "The Contemporary Iranian News Media, 1998-1999". Middle East Review of International Affairs. 4 (4).
- ^ a b "Iran Bars Newspaper Director From Working". The New York Times. 26 September 1999. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Iran lifts ban on reformist paper". BBC. 9 March 2005. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ a b Behzad Yaghmaian (2002). Social Change in Iran: An Eyewitness Account of Dissent, Defiance, and New Movements for Rights. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-7914-5212-7.
- ^ Ali Raiss Tousi (20 September 1999). "Reformist Iranian daily answers anti-Islam charges". Iranian. Tehran. Reuters. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Iranian newspaper director 'guilty'". BBC. 21 September 1999. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Shamsolvaezin taken to evin prison". Green Party of Iran. Tehran. IRNA. 2 November 1999. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Iran's liberal press muzzled". BBC. 24 April 2000. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Iran" (PDF). Amnesty International. 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Banned pro-reform daily to republished after 14 years". Iran Daily Brief. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Press freedom in Iran improves slightly under Rouhani". Al Monitor. Tehran. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.