Iran-e Bastan (Persian: ایران باستان, lit. 'Ancient Iran'), also known as Nameh-ye Iran Bastan (نامهٔ ایران باستان),[1] was a Persian-language weekly political and news magazine which was published in Tehran, Iran, in the period 1933–1937. The publication is known for its pro-Nazi and anti-imperialist political stance.
| Editor | Abdulrahman Saif Azad |
|---|---|
| Categories | Political magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founder | Abdulrahman Saif Azad |
| Founded | 1933 |
| First issue | 21 January 1933 |
| Final issue | 1937 |
| Country | Iran |
| Based in | Tehran |
| Language | Persian |
History and profile
editIran-e Bastan was first published on 21 January 1933 and edited by a Nazi sympathiser Persian journalist Abdulrahman Saif Azad[2] who was also the founder and license holder of the magazine.[3][4] The magazine was published in Tehran on a weekly basis.[3][5] It enjoyed significant financial support from Persians during its early years.[4] Germans also sponsored Iran-e Bastan.[6] There is a report arguing that the magazine was directly published by the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda and that the real editor was a member of the Nazi Party, Major von Vibran.[1]
Iran-e Bastan featured news and frequently published articles praising the ancient civilizations of Persia which were used to support an anti-imperialist perspective.[2][5] The magazine also covered news about the achievements of Nazi Germany in the fields of science and technology.[2] Due to its increasing pro-Nazi stance the magazine lost the financial support from Persians.[4] Iran-e Bastan folded in 1937 when Abdulrahman Saif Azad left Iran for Europe.[3] Following World War II he returned to Iran and restarted Iran-e Bastan in 1947, but he could not manage to continue its publication.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Reza Zia-Ebrahimi (July 2011). "Self-Orientalization and Dislocation: The Uses and Abuses of the "Aryan" Discourse in Iran". Iranian Studies. 44 (4): 458. doi:10.1080/00210862.2011.569326. JSTOR 23033306. S2CID 143904752.
- ^ a b c "Iran in the 1950s". University of Manchester Library. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton (1968). "The Iranian Press, 1941-1947". Iran. 6: 79. doi:10.2307/4299603. JSTOR 4299603.
- ^ a b c Dinyar Patel (2021). "Caught between Two Nationalisms: The Iran League of Bombay and the political anxieties of an Indian minority". Modern Asian Studies. 55 (3): 788, 796. doi:10.1017/S0026749X20000049. S2CID 225686296.
- ^ a b Talinn Grigor (2021). "A Network of Inconsistencies in Iran's Nationalism". Diaspora. A Journal of Transnational Studies. 21 (1): 103.
- ^ L. P. Elwell-Sutton (2013). Modern Iran (RLE Iran A). London; New York: Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-136-84161-3.