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Shahrvand-e-Emrooz
Shahrvand-e-Emrooz ("Today’s Citizen" in English) was a Persian-language weekly news magazine which was closed down in September 2011.
History and profile.
Mohammad Ghoochani served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly. The magazine, based in Tehran, was a reformist publication and was Iranian version of "TIME magazine". It published significant interviews with leading figures, including Hassan Rouhani in 2008 and Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, in
February 2008.
Bans and closure.
"Shahrvand-e-Emrooz" was first closed down when it published a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughter on the cover of its 8 November 2008 issue. The weekly was also shut down in June 2009 following the presidential election. The magazine resumed on 2 July 2011, but it was again closed down in September 2011 due to the publication of a digital picture which mocked former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and his confidant Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.