Asr-e Azadegan
| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Hamid Reza Jalaipour |
| Editor-in-chief | Mashallah Shamsolvaezin |
| Managing editors | Ghafour Garshasbi |
| Founded | 7 October 1999 |
| Political alignment | Reformist |
| Language | Persian |
| Ceased publication | April 2000 |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
Asr-e Azadegan (Persian عصر آزادگان lit. Times of the Free People) was a popular Persian-language reformist newspaper in Iran.
Asr-e Azadegan was established on 7 October 1999. The founder and publisher of the daily was Hamid Reza Jalaipour who also launched Jaam'eh, Toos and Neshat which had been all closed down before the launching of Asr-e Azadegan. However, the existence of Asr-e Azadegan lasted very brief and it was banned in April 2000 for publishing articles which "disparaged Islam and the religious elements of the Islamic revolution."
The paper was edited by Mashallah Shamsolvaezin. The manager editor was Ghafour Garshasbi who was acquitted of publishing articles that violated the press law in October 2000.
The newspaper's editors included:
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