Asr-e Azadegan

Asr-e Azadegan was established on 7 October 1999.^[1] The founder and publisher of the daily was Hamid Reza Jalaipour who also launched Jameah, Toos and Neshat; all of which had been closed down before the launching of Asr-e Azadegan.^[2] However, the existence of Asr-e Azadegan lasted very brief and it was banned in April 2000 for publishing articles which "disparaged Islam and the religious elements of the Islamic revolution."^[2][3][4]

The paper was edited by Mashallah Shamsolvaezin.^[5] The manager editor was Ghafour Garshasbi who was acquitted of publishing articles that violated the Iranian press law in October 2000.^[6]

The newspaper's editors included:

• Akbar Ganji, who wrote about Iranian secret services.
• Ebrahim Nabavi, who wrote a daily political satire.
• Hossein Derakhshan, who wrote a regular technology column.
• Massoud Behnoud, who wrote a regular opinion column.

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