List of newspapers in Iran

The first Iranian newspapers appeared in the mid-19th century during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah.

[2] By 1907 (the era of the Persian Constitutional Revolution), there were 90 newspapers circulating in Iran.

[3] In 1952 under Mohammad Musaddiq's government there were 300 newspapers, including twenty-five dailies.

[4] During the 1979 revolution the number of newspapers was 100, of which twenty-three were dailies.

[5] In the period between 2000 and 2004 a total of 85 newspapers were closed down in Iran.