Type | Daily newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Abrar Publications Group |
Founded | 8 November 1988 |
Political alignment | Conservative |
Language | Persian |
Headquarters | Tehran |
Sister newspapers | Abrar-e Varzeshi Abrar-e Eghtesdai |
Website | Abrar |
Abrar (Samaritans in English) is a Persian-language daily newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. [1]
Abrar was first published on 8 November 1988. [2] The printing of the paper was done using the printing facility of a defunct leftist newspaper, Azadegan. [3] It is described by the US newspapers as hard-line [4] and traditional conservative publication. [5] [6] Mohammad Safizadeh, former minister of interior, holds the licence of Abrar. [5] The paper is based in Tehran [7] and focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news. [8] It has two sister newspapers, Abrar-e Varzeshi (Sports Abrar) and Abrar-e Eghtesdai (Economic Abrar). [9]
During the presidency of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Abrar was one of his supports. [3] In June 2013, the offices of the paper were raided and sealed and it was closed down. [10]
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