Iranian.com

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Type Daily magazine
Format online

Owner Jahanshah Javid
Publisher Global Publishing Group
Editor Jahanshah Javid
Founded July, 1995
Headquarters San Francisco, California

Website: www.iranian.com

Iranian.com, also known as The Iranian and The Iranian Times[1], is an online English language magazine.

Founded in July 1995 by entrepreneur/journalist Jahanshah Javid, Iranian.com has the largest online following among Iranians residing in North America[2], with more than 660,000 unique visitors and nearly 6 million page views per month (February 2006 stats)[3].

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[edit] Awards and recognition

In 2006, Iranian.com won the Persian Golden Lioness Award [4], given by The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media (WAALM), which is an extension body of the International Further Studies Institute, for "Best Contribution to Freedom of Speech".[5]

The magazine was also awarded an "A-" in a review published in the July 2006 issue of the San Francisco magazine.[6]

The magazine is blocked by the government of Iran.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.iranian.com/Times/2000/Juned/Ashtian/1006front.html
  2. ^ http://www.iranian.com/contact.html
  3. ^ See: http://www.iranian.com/JahanshahJavid/Publish/index.html#19
  4. ^ http://www.iranian.com/News/2006/April/Images/Iranian.com.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.iranian.com/javid.html
  6. ^ http://www.iranian.com/News/2006/July/best.html

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