Mardom (newspaper) explained

Mardom
Type:	Weekly
Owners:	-->
Founders:	-->
Publisher:	Tudeh Party
Maneditors:	-->
Foundation:	1 February 1942
Political:	Communist
Language:	Persian
Ceased Publication:	1980
Headquarters:	Tehran
Publishing Country:	Iran
Sister Newspapers:	Name-ye Mardom Razm Khavar-e no Rahbar Zafar
Oclc:	269184338
Free:	1942; no. 1–227 1948; no. 336–459 1949–1954; no. 1–47/156–247 1965–1979; no. 1–224 1979–1980; no. 1–184

Mardom (Persian: مردم|lit=People) was the official newspaper of the Tudeh Party of Iran. It was published on a weekly basis.^[1]

History and profile

Mardom began circulation on 1 February 1942. It was started to contribute to the Tudeh party's achievement of political power.^[2] During World War II the paper was part of the campaign against the Axis powers.^[3] The paper was one of the most read publications in Iran in the early 1950s.^[1]

Staff

During its early years, Reza Radmanesh and Khalil Maleki served as its editors.^[4] Mostafa Fateh also co-edited the newspaper for some time.^[4]

Notes and References

1. William G. Dildine. Iran Today. Pakistan Horizon. 4. 1. 1951. 41392472. 26.
2. Ali Massoud Ansari. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the myth of imperial authority. SOAS University of London. 108. PhD. 10.25501/SOAS.00028497. 1998.
3. M. Ali Geranmayeh. Iranian resistance to Soviet pressure: Irano-Soviet relations, 1941-1947. University of London. 190. PhD. 1992.
4. Book: Ervand Abrahamian. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 188, 306. Princeton, NJ.