Ebtekar
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Mohammad Ali Vakili
Founder(s)Mohammad Ali Vakili
Managing editorMohammad Ali Vakili
Founded2006
Political alignmentReformist
LanguagePersian
HeadquartersTehran
CountryIran
WebsiteEbtekar

Ebtekar (Persian: ابتکار, lit. 'Innovation') is a Persian-language newspaper published in Tehran, Iran.

History and profile

Mohammad Ali Vakili is the licence holder and managing director of Ebtekar[1][2] which is based in Tehran.[3] The paper has a reformist stance[4] and focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.[5]

Ebtekar was banned by the media court in April 2014 for "spreading lies" about removal of the prisons' chief, Gholam Hossein Ismaili, due to his violent acts against political prisoners.[6][7] It was the third reformist paper closed down following the presidency of Hasan Rouhani in August 2013.[6] The paper was relaunched four days after its closure on 30 April 2014.[1][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Banned Ebtekar newspaper allowed to reopen". Majzooban Noor. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Political Affiliations of Iranian Newspapers" (PDF). Iran Media Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Iranian newspaper banned after reporting on official's firing". Iran News Update. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "What the Iranian Papers are Saying: Ahmadinejad is Over". Nasim Online. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Abdolrasoul Jowkar; Fereshteh Didegah (2010). "Evaluating Iranian newspapers' web sites using correspondence analysis". Library Hi Tech. 28 (1): 119–130. doi:10.1108/07378831011026733.
  6. 1 2 "Iran bans third reformist paper, 'Ebtekar'". Al Arabiya. Tehran. AFP. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Newspaper ordered shut down, reason unclear". Eurasia Review. Radio Zamaneh. 28 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Iran lifts ban on reformist daily". Tehran. AFP. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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