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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
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| Owner | Iran Chap Organisation |
| Founder | Abbas Massoudi |
| Publisher | Iran Chap Organisation |
| Editor | Abdolreza Izadpanah[1] |
| Founded | 10 July 1926; 99 years ago (1926-07-10) |
| Political alignment | Conservative |
| Headquarters | Tehran,Iran |
| Website | ettelaat |
Ettela'at (Persian:اطلاعات,romanized: Ettelâ'ât,lit. 'Information') is aPersian-language dailynewspaper of record published inTehran, Iran. It is among the oldest publications in the country, and the oldest running Persiandaily newspaper in the world.[2] The paper has a conservative stance,[3] and focuses on political, cultural, social, and economic news.[4] Until the1979 Iranian Revolution, the newspaper was associated with its chief founderAbbas Massoudi (1895–1974).[5]
Ettala'at was started by Abbas Massoudi in 1926 as a four-page paper and sold nearly 2,000 copies per week.[6][7] The circulation of the paper was 15,000 copies during the reign ofReza Shah.[6] At the beginning of World War II. the paper was expanded and had eight pages.[7]
Ettala'at supported ShahMohammad Reza Pahlavi during his reign.[8] One of the editors-in-chief was Hassan Sayyed Javadi, younger brother of Ali Sayyed Javadi, another journalist withKayhan, andAhmad Sayyed Javadi, sometime interior minister of the Islamic government.[9] In the late 1960s the publisher of the paper was Abbas Massoudi who served as the vice president of the Iranian Senate.[10]
On 6 January 1978,an article appeared inEttela'at, suggestingAyatollahRuhollah Khomeini was a British agent serving colonialism.[11] The article also challenged Khomeini's Iranian origins and claimed that he had been living an immoral life.[12] The next day, clerics inQom protested and the police demanded they disperse.[12] When they refused, police opened fire and at least twenty people were killed. Iranian media displayed outrage, which increased tensions leading up to the 1979Iranian Revolution.[11][12] During the clashes between the Imperial forces and revolutionaries,Kayhan andEttela'at was censored in October 1978.[13]
Following the revolution,Ettela'at became a state-sponsored publication together withKayhan andJomhouri-e Eslami of which publishers are directly appointed by theSupreme Leader.[14]
On 31 January 1979,Kayhan andEttela'at announced that Khomeini would return fromParis the next day.Ettela'at's title was "tomorrow morning at 9, visiting Imam in Tehran." The news led to the flow of millions of people from different cities to Tehran.[15] In 1979, the newspaper published a photo known asFiring Squad in Iran, showing Kurdish militants being executed by Iranian authorities. The photo would later go on to win the1980 Pulitzer Prize, attributed to "Anonymous", but later was revealed in 2006 to beJahangir Razmi.
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