Type Daily Political alignment Reformist Ceased publication July 2005 | Managing editors Morteza Fallah Language Persian Headquarters Tehran | |
Eqbal (Persian: اقبال ; Luck in English) was a Persian reformist newspaper published in Iran. It was shut down in July 2005.
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History and profile
Eqbal was a reformist daily of which managing editor was Morteza Fallah. It was unofficially affiliated to the leading reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front. Karim Arqandehpour was among senior editors of the paper. The paper supported for Mostafa Moin in the 2005 presidential election.
Closure
In June 2005, before the presidential election, the paper along with another one, Aftab Yazd, published the letter of presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Upon this publication both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court on 20 June. In fact, two more dailies, namely Etemaad, and Hayat-e-No, also published the letter of Karroubi and were banned by the same body. Following the ban Eqbal was republished until July 2005 when it was closed down by the Iranian judiciary "for spreading lies and publishing false reports unrelated to Karroubi’s letter."