Khordad (newspaper)

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Khordad was a newspaper published by Abdollah Noori.[1] It was shut down by Iran Special Clerical Court and its editor-in-chief, Abdollah Noori, was sentenced to jail for five years on 27 November 1999.[2] After this newspaper was closed by Iranian conservatives.

The name of the liberal reformist newspaper was a reference to the 2nd of Khordad Movement, the Iranian reform movement. The word 'Khordad' is the New Persian continuation of Middle Persian Hordad, from Avestan Haurvatat "wholeness."

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  1. ↑ A. W. Samii (December 1999). "The Contemporary Iranian News Media, 1998-1999+". Middle East Review of International Affairs 4 (4). Retrieved 11 October 2013. 
  2. ↑ Said Amir Arjomand; Nathan J. Brown (15 April 2013). The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran. SUNY Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4384-4597-7. 
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