Salam (newspaper)

In addition to quality editorials, Salam provided investigative articles about financial scandals.^[2] It was among the first newspapers in the country to deal with injustice and corruption.^[4] The paper also included a special section in which readers wrote their comments or raised questions.^[8]

Salam had an anti-American and social democrat political stance.^[9] It had also a liberal stance^[10] and advocated state planning in economy.^[11] It criticized Ali Akbar Rafsanjani while he was serving as the President^[9] and supported the next President Mohammad Khatami during his election campaign.^[12][13]

One of the editors-in-chief of Salam was Ibrahim Abedi.^[14] Abbas Abdi also served in the post.^[15][16]

Abbas Abdi, editor-in-chief of Salam, was jailed for eight months in 1993 for his critical writings published in the paper.^[17][18][19] On 7 July 1999 Salam was temporarily banned by the Special Court for the Clergy following its publication of a secret ministry report.^[5][12] This incident led to six-day student demonstrations in Tehran.^[20] It was the first major student uprising since the Islamic revolution in 1979.^[21]

On 4 August 1999 the paper was banned for five years and its publisher, Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha, was banned from journalistic activity for three years.^[22][23]