Bakhtar-e Emruz

Bakhtar-e Emruz was founded by Hossein Fatemi in 1949.^[1][3] The first issue of the paper appeared on 9 August 1949.^[1] Fatemi and Nasrallah Sifta were the co-editors.^[1] The paper was close to the National Front and Mohammad Mosaddegh.^[4][5] In fact, the paper became the official organ of the National Front from October 1949.^[6] It was among the national publications which were critical of the Pahlavi rule, the Tudeh party and the Fascist groups.^[7]

Fatemi's editorship continued until February 1952 when he survived, but was seriously injured in an assassination attempt.^[1] The editorial board of the paper included Mohit Tabatabai, Jalali Naini, Rahmat Mostafawi, Sepehr Zabih, Nasser Amini, and Esmail Purvali.^[1] Bakhtar-e Emruz had a format slightly longer than tabloid and covered national and international news.^[1] It was banned by the Iranian authorities several times, and its editor, Fatemi, was jailed.^[1] The paper was permanently shut down following the coup d'état which overthrown the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.^[8] In addition, the headquarters of the paper was attacked and burned by the supporters of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.^[6] The last issue of Bakhtar-e Emruz was published on 19 August 1953.^[1]

Bakhtar-e Emrooz was revived by the National Front members in Europe in 1959.^[6] The paper was also published in New York City between 1961 and 1966.^[6][9] In the 1970s the exiled members of the National Front published a paper with the same title, Bakhtar-e Emruz, in Beirut.^[10] The paper targeted Iranian students.^[11]