Arash Karami, an Iranian journalist, described Shargh as the opposite of conservative paper Kayhan in terms of political stance.

The letter was read to journalists by Mohsen Armin, one of the organizers of the MPs sit-in criticizing the settings of the Council of Guardians.

The situation got more interesting when Mehdi Rahmanian, Shargh's manager in charge, met Saeed Mortazavi, Tehran's general prosecutor, the next day to discuss a removal of the ban.

[6] However, the daily was banned after publishing an interview with Iranian-Canadian poet Saghi Ghahraman in August 2007.

[3] The digital newspaper Your Middle East reported on 26 September 2012 that Shargh had been banned over a controversial cartoon that shows a group of men covering each other's eyes with ribbons.