Towfigh, also known as Tawfiq, (Persian: توفیق) was a weekly satirical magazine which was published between 1923 and 1971 in Tehran, Iran, with some interruptions.
[6] Hadi Khorsandi started his journalistic career in the magazine which contributed to when he was a high school student.
[9] The magazine featured political caricatures which appeared five years after its start when the Iranian government allowed their publication.
[4] From 1938 the magazine began to contain literary material instead of political satire due to the strict censorship exerted by the government.
[3] In these satirical materials the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, prime ministers and cabinet members were criticized for their alleged inefficiency and incompetency.