Atash (newspaper)

Atash
Type	Weekly newspaper; Daily newspaper;
Owner(s)	Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi
Editor	Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi
Founded	18 April 1946
Political alignment	Right-wing
Language	Persian
Ceased publication	June 1947
Headquarters	Tehran
Country	Iran
	Media of Iran; List of newspapers;

Atash (Persian: آتش, lit. 'The Fire') was a right-wing Persian-language newspaper published from 1946 to 1947 in Tehran, Iran.

History and profile

Atash was first published on 18 April 1946 as a weekly newspaper.^[1] The license holder and editor was Mehdi Mir Ashrafi who was elected to the Majlis during the premiership of Mohammad Mosaddegh^[2]^[3] and was a close friend of General Hasan Arfa.^[4] The paper was based in Tehran^[1] and frequently featured political satire and cartoons.^[5] Atash had a right-wing political stance and was the only outspoken publication at that period in Iran.^[1] It was also one of the fierce critics of Iranian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam and his cabinet.^[5]^[6]

Due to its critical approach Atash was banned in May and July 1946.^[1] Publication resumed in October 1946, when it became a daily newspaper.^[1] From that date it began to criticize the Russian policies adopted by the government which led to its suppression in December 1946 and in February 1947.^[1] The paper ceased publication in June 1947 following its latest ban by the Qavam government.^[1] The official reason for the closure of Atash was the publication of articles against the interests of the country.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton (1968). "The Iranian Press, 1941-1947". Iran. 6: 74. doi:10.2307/4299603. JSTOR 4299603.
^ Ervand Abrahamian (2021). Oil Crisis in Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 93. doi:10.1017/9781108946278. ISBN 9781108946278. S2CID 242478080.
^ Mark J. Gasiorowski; Malcolm Byrne, eds. (2015). "Notes". Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-8156-3017-3.
^ "Letter to Cde. I. I. Kozlov, 'List of the Main Newspapers and Magazines Published in Tehran'". Wilson Center Digital Library. 19 November 1955.
^ ^a ^b ^c Camron Michael Amin (August 2001). "Selling and Saving "Mother Iran": Gender and the Iranian Press in the 1940s". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (3): 335–361. doi:10.1017/S0020743801003014. PMID 18159657. S2CID 6159141.
^ Ali Massoud Ansari (1998). Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the myth of imperial authority (PhD thesis). SOAS, University of London. p. 134. doi:10.25501/SOAS.00028497.

[lpes68-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton (1968). "The Iranian Press, 1941-1947". Iran. 6: 74. doi:10.2307/4299603. JSTOR 4299603.

[2] Ervand Abrahamian (2021). Oil Crisis in Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 93. doi:10.1017/9781108946278. ISBN 9781108946278. S2CID 242478080.

[3] Mark J. Gasiorowski; Malcolm Byrne, eds. (2015). "Notes". Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-8156-3017-3.

[wcdl-4] "Letter to Cde. I. I. Kozlov, 'List of the Main Newspapers and Magazines Published in Tehran'". Wilson Center Digital Library. 19 November 1955.

[cma01-5] Camron Michael Amin (August 2001). "Selling and Saving "Mother Iran": Gender and the Iranian Press in the 1940s". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (3): 335–361. doi:10.1017/S0020743801003014. PMID 18159657. S2CID 6159141.

[6] Ali Massoud Ansari (1998). Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the myth of imperial authority (PhD thesis). SOAS, University of London. p. 134. doi:10.25501/SOAS.00028497.

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