Chelcheragh
| Categories | News magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Year founded | 2002 |
| Country | Iran |
| Based in | Tehran |
| Language | Persian |
Chelcheragh (Chandelier in English) is a weekly social and news magazine printed in Tehran, Iran.
History and profile
Chelcheragh was established in 2002.[1] The magazine is published on a weekly basis on Saturdays[2] and targets younger readers and provides cultural and societal news.[1][3] The headquarters of the weekly is in Tehran.[4] It has a reformist stance and reformist figures such as Mohammad Khatami.[1] Fereidoon Amouzadeh Khalili is the managing editor and actress Bahareh Rahnama is among the contributors of the magazine.[5] In November 2010 the weekly was temporarily folded.[3] It was restarted in January 2011.[2]
The weekly organizes cultural events and one in January 2014 was cancelled by the Iranian authorities.[5] It also publishes interviews with politicians such as Hassan Rouhani which was published following his election as president in June 2013.[6] The weekly were locked up several times due to some of their columns such as Assansorchi.[7]
See also
A Night with: The Man with the Chocolate Robe
References and notes
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- ↑ نشريه "چلچراغ" توقيف شد Fars News Agency. 1 September 1989. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
