Ettelā'āt
| Ettelā'āt | |
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| description | Iranian daily newspaper |
| language | Persian |
| First edition | 1927 |
| Frequency of publication | six times a week |
| Web link | www.ettelaat.com |
Ettelā'āt ( Persian :اطلاعات, Information) is the oldest Iranian newspaper still in existence . The same publisher also appearing Ettela'at International (ﺍﻃﻠﺎﻋﺎﺕ ﺑﻴﻦ المللى), the only daily international newspaper in Persian and La Revue de Téhéran , Iran's only monthly magazine in French . The newspaper was founded in 1927.
On January 6, 1978, an article appeared in the Ettelā'āt under the name Ahmad Rashidi Motlagh, which was entitled Iran and Black and Red Colonialism . Clerics protested in Qom the following day . When the demonstrators did not respond to the police's request to break up the demonstration, the police opened fire and killed at least twenty people.
On September 8, 1979, during the Islamic Revolution , the two largest newspapers in the country, Ettelā'āt and Keyhan , were nationalized and the newspaper was owned by Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan .
In August 1979 Ettelā'āt appeared on the front page with the picture Firing Squad in Iran , which shows the shooting of Kurds during the Islamic Revolution at the airport of Sanandaj . The picture appeared a short time later on the front pages of many newspapers, for example The New York Times and The Daily Telegraph . As the only anonymous work to date, Firing Squad was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Current Photo Reporting in Iran in 1980 . It wasn't until 2006 that it became known that Jahangir Razmi was the author of this picture.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sandra Mackey : The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation . Plume Book, New York, NY. 1998, ISBN 0-452-27563-6 .
- ^ Iran after the victory of 1979's revolution. Iran Chamber Society, accessed January 26, 2011 .
- ↑ Joshua Prager: A Chilling Photograph's Hidden History. Wall Street Journal, December 2, 2006, p. A1 , accessed January 26, 2011 .