Asr-e Maa

Asr-e Maa

Founded	1991
Language	Persian
Headquarters	Iran
Circulation	Biweekly Weekly

Asr-e Maa (Persian: عصر ما, lit. 'Our Times') is a newspaper published in Iran.^[1]

History and profile

Asr-e Maa was established by the Organization of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin (OIRM), a reformist political organization, in 1991 as a biweekly publication.^[2] Later its frequency was switched to weekly.^[3] It was banned along with sixty other publications following the 2000 general elections after which the reformists won the majority of seats at the Majlis.^[3] The paper was restarted in 2002 when the ban was lifted.^[4]

See also

• List of newspapers in Iran

References

1. List of newspapers in Iran Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Middle East Explorer
2. Muhammad Sahimi (14 July 2013). "The Iranian Student Uprising of 1999: 14 Years Later". Muftah. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
3. Whit Mason (2002). "Iran's Simmering Discontent". World Policy Journal. 19 (1): 76. JSTOR 40209792.
4. "Judiciary Chief Agrees to Lift Ban on Asr-e Ma". Tehran Times. Tehran. 17 March 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2024.