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Iran-e Bastan
EditorAbdulrahman Saif Azad
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FounderAbdulrahman Saif Azad
Founded1933
First issueJanuary 1933
Final issue1935
CountryIran
Based inTehran
LanguagePersian

Iran-e Bastan (Ancient Iran in English), also known as Nameh-ye Iran Bastan,[1] was a Persian language political and news magazine which was published in Tehran, Iran, in the period 1933–1935. The publication is known for its pro-Nazi and anti-imperialist political stance.

History and profile

Iran-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 of the magazine.[3][4] The magazine enjoyed significant financial support from Persians during its early years.[4] Germans also sponsored Iran-e Bastan[5] which was headquartered in Tehran.[6] It is also reported the 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 anti-imperialism.[2][6] 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 1935.[6]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Iran in the 1950s". The University of Manchester Library. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton (1968). "The Iranian Press, 1941-1947". Iran. 6: 79. JSTOR 4299603.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ L. P. Elwell-Sutton (2013). Modern Iran (RLE Iran A). London; New York: Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-136-84161-3.
  6. ^ a b c Talinn Grigor (2021). "A Network of Inconsistencies in Iran's Nationalism". Diaspora. A Journal of Transnational Studies. 21 (1): 103.
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