Shahrvand-e-Emrooz

Shahrvand-e-Emrooz (Persian: شهروند امروز, lit.

'Today’s Citizen')[1] was a Persian-language weekly news magazine that was in circulation between March 2007 and September 2011.

[4] Shahrvand-e-Emrooz published significant interviews with leading figures, including Hassan Rouhani in 2008 and Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, in February 2008.

[6][7] 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.

[4] The publication resumed on 2 July 2011,[10] 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.