| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Foundation: | August |
| Political Position: | Reformist |
| Publisher: | Mojtaba Vahedi |
| Circulation: | 100,000 (2008 est.) |
| Language: | Persian |
| Headquarters: | Tehran |
| Website: | Aftab-e Yazd |
Aftab-e Yazd (Persian: آفتاب یزد|italic=yes,) is a Persian-language daily reformist newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. The title of the paper means “the sun of Yazd” in Persian.[1]
Aftab Yazd was started in August 2000.[2] The paper, based in Tehran, is affiliated with the Association of Combatant Clerics (of which former President Mohammad Khatami is a leading member).[3] [4] The paper focuses on political, cultural, social and economic news.[5]
In June 2005, before the 2005 presidential election, the paper along with another one, Eqbal, published the letter of presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[6] Upon this publication both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court.[6] The daily was also temporarily ceased in June 2009 following the presidential elections.[4] In December 2009 it was again warned by the ministry of culture for publishing "divisive" material.[7]