Jame'eh

Jame'eh
TypeDaily newspaper
Founded5 February 1998
Political alignmentReformist
LanguagePersian
Ceased publicationJune 1998
HeadquartersTehran
CountryIran

Jame'eh (Persian: جامعه, lit. 'Society') was a Persian language reformist newspaper published in Tehran briefly between February and June 1998. Geneive Abdo described it as the first free newspaper in Iran.[1]

History and profile

Jameah was launched on 5 February 1998.[1][2] Mohsen Sazegara was one of the three founders of the paper.[1] Hamidreza Jalaeipour was the publisher.[3] The paper gradually became one of the most read newspapers in Iran selling 300,000 copies.[1] It was a supporter of Mohammad Khatami and frequently covered news about the US movies.[1][3] In June 1998 the license of the paper was cancelled due to its allegedly insulting news about the head of the Revolutionary Guards, Rahim Safavi.[3] Following this incident the paper was banned by the Iranian government and was succeeded by another reformist newspaper Tus which was started in July 1998.[4] The editorial staff of the newspaper was same with those of Jameah, but it was soon shut down.[4] Then the reformists launched another newspaper, Neshat.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Geneive Abdo (Fall 2003). "Media and Information: The Case of Iran". Social Research: An International Quarterly. 70 (3): 880–881. JSTOR 40971645.
  2. ^ "The Iranian press". Index on Censorship. 27 (4): 141. 1998. doi:10.1080/03064229808536401.
  3. ^ a b c Scott Peterson (29 June 1998). "Iranian Revelations as Press Tests New Freedom". The Christian Science Monitor. Tehran. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b c A.W. Samii (September 2001). "Sisyphus' Newsstand: The Iranian Press Under Khatami". MERIA. 5 (3).