Kayhan
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Kayhan (Persian: کيهان, lit. 'The Cosmos') is a Persian-language newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. It is considered "the most conservative and hard-line Iranian newspaper."[1] Hossein Shariatmadari is the editor-in-chief of Kayhan. According to the report of the New York Times in 2007, his official position is representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran.[2]
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Keyhan Institute |
Founder(s) | Abdolrahman Faramarzi Mostafa Mesbahzadeh |
Editor | Hossein Shariatmadari |
Founded | 27 May 1942; 82 years ago (1942) |
Political alignment | Pro-Constitution, Principalist, Conservative |
Headquarters | Ferdowsi Street, Tehran, Iran |
OCLC number | 473890618 |
Website | kayhan |
Kayhan has about 1,000 employees worldwide.[2] There are conflicting reports about its circulation numbers: in 2006 the BBC gave it as 60,000–100,000 copies,[3] in 2007 the New York Times gave "about 70,000", and in 2008 a New York University School of Law journal article reported it as 350,000 copies.[4] Kayhan also publishes special foreign editions, which include the English-language Kayhan International.[1]