Afarinesh

Afarinesh
Type Daily newspaper
Political alignment Conservative
Language Persian
Headquarters Iran
Website Website

Afarinesh (Persian آفرینش lit. "Creation") is a Persian-language daily newspaper published in Iran.[1]

Profile

Nazila Fathi of The New York Times described Afarinesh as a conservative paper in 2002.[2] The paper has ties with the Islamic Azad University.[3]

The managing director of the paper was convicted by the press court for "publishing false reports with the intention of disturbing the public opinion" in 2010.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Iran vows no back off on Arash field dispute with Kuwait". Payvand. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  2. Nazila Fathi (28 August 2002). "To Regulate Prostitution, Iran Ponders Brothels". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. Shahram Rafizadeh; Mahsa Alimardani. "The Political Affiliations of Iranian Newspapers" (PDF). Iran Media Research. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. "BBC Monitoring Alert - Iran". Wikileaks. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2014.


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