Zan (newspaper)

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Zan
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)Faezeh Hashemi
FoundedJuly 1998
LanguagePersian
Ceased publication6 April 1999

Zan (Persian: زن, lit. "Woman") was an Iranian weekly newspaper focused on women's rights, published from 1998 until it was banned in 1999.[1]

History[]

Zan was founded by Faezeh Hashemi in July 1998, becoming the first-ever women's newspaper in Iran.[2] It brought women into the political debate between modernists and traditionalists.[2] It was quickly harassed by the hard-line judiciary, with reporter Camelia Entekhabifard arrested and held for 76 days.[3] The newspaper was banned on the orders of the Revolutionary Court on 6 April 1999.[1][4] The reasons cited for the ban included the newspaper's publication of cartoons criticizing Iranian traditionalists, as well as the publication of a Newroz message from Farah Diba, the exiled Empress of Iran.[1][4][5]

Content[]

During its brief existence, Zan broke several important news stories. In the fall of 1998, the newspaper published a leaked list of 179 intellectuals, writers, and political activists who were marked for death by the Iranian government. The list included , Ebrahim Nabavi, Mehrangiz Kar, and Camelia Entekhabifard. The story caused a great deal of controversy within Iran.[6]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Profile - Sayyed Mohammad Khatami". APS Review Gas Market Trends. 19 April 1999.
  2. ^ a b Ziba Mir-Hosseini (2000). Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran. I.B. Tauris. p. 275. ISBN 1-85043-269-4.
  3. ^ Stephen C. Poulson (2006). Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Iran. Lexington Books. p. 284. ISBN 0-7391-1757-2.
  4. ^ a b A. W. Samii (December 1999). "The Contemporary Iranian News Media, 1998-1999+" (PDF). Middle East Review of International Affairs. 4 (4). Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Iranian journalists arrested". BBC. 19 June 1999. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  6. ^ Entekhabifard, Camelia (2008). Camelia, Save Yourself by Telling the Truth: A Memoir of Iran. New York: Seven Stories Press. pp. 197–198. ISBN 1-58322-833-0.
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