Cover of an issue of the Ettelā'āt-e Bānuvān weekly (22 August 1973)
Ettelā'āt-e Bānuvān (Persian: اطلاعات بانوان) or Banovan, was one of the early women's magazines published in Tehran, Iran. The magazine was established by Ettelaat Publishing Group in 1957.[1][2] The first issue of the magazine which was published on a weekly basis appeared in April 1957.[3]
Ettelā'āt-e Bānuvān covered news on celebrities, the royal family, health, beauty, and other topics related to women.[1] It also featured articles on home decoration with a special reference to modern furnitures and color compositions.[4] The first chief editor of Ettelā'āt-e Bānuvān and one of its founders was Iraj Mosta'an, who was succeeded by Pari Abasalti in 1968.[3]
The magazine was closed in 1979, but was reopened in 1981.[1]Ettelā'āt-e Bānuvān continued until 1980, and relaunched the following year under the title Rah-e Zaynab, and the editorship of Zahra Rahnavard.[3]
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