Type Daily Editor-in-chief Seyed Taha Hashemi Political alignment Conservative | Founder(s) Mohammad Mahdi Faghihi Founded 1991 Language Persian | |
Entekhab (Persian: انتخاب Choice in English) was a Persian language newspaper published in Iran between 1991 and 2004.
History and profile
Entekhab was founded by Mohammad Mahdi Faghihi, a close advisor to Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, and a board member on The Islamic Propagation Office of the Islamic Seminary of Qom, in 1991. Taha Hashemi was the editor-in-chief of the paper. The daily had a conservative stance and was based in Qum.
Khamenei ordered the paper to close down shortly after its start. Although it was reopened later, the paper was banned in 2004.
The paper still operates an online version.
References
Entekhab Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA