Iranian.com

Iranian.com

Infobox Newspaper
name =


type = Daily magazine
format = online
foundation = July, 1995
owners = Jahanshah Javid
headquarters = San Francisco, California
editor = Jahanshah Javid
publisher = [http://www.gpg.com/ Global Publishing Group]
website = [http://www.iranian.com www.iranian.com]

Iranian.com, also known as The Iranian and The Iranian Times [ [http://www.iranian.com/Times/2000/Juned/Ashtian/1006front.html Iranian.com | Archive Pages ] ] , is an online English language magazine.

Founded in July 1995 by entrepreneur/journalist Jahanshah Javid, Iranian.com has the largest online following among Iranians residing in North America [ [http://www.iranian.com/contact.html Iranian.com | Archive Pages ] ] , with more than 660,000 unique visitors and nearly 6 million page views per month (February 2006 stats) [See: http://www.iranian.com/JahanshahJavid/Publish/index.html#19] .

Awards and recognition

In 2006, Iranian.com won the Persian Golden Lioness Award [http://www.iranian.com/News/2006/April/Images/Iranian.com.pdf] , given by The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media (WAALM), which is an extension body of the International Further Studies Institute, for Best Contribution to Freedom of Expression. [http://www.waalm.com/awardees/awardees_of_2006.pdf]

The magazine was also awarded an "A-" in a review published in the July 2006 issue of the San Francisco magazine. [ [http://www.iranian.com/News/2006/July/best.html Iranian.com | Archive Pages ] ]

References

ee also

*Media of Iran

External links

* [http://www.iranian.com Official website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/seventhday/story/2006/09/060925_me_jjiranian.shtml BBC interview with the Editor in Chief of Iranian.com] (Persian)


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