Eqbal (Persian: اقبال, lit. 'Luck') was a reformist newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. It was shut down in July 2005.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Managing editor | Morteza Fallah |
| Political alignment | Reformist |
| Language | Persian |
| Ceased publication | July 2005 |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Country | Iran |
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Eqbal was a reformist daily of which managing editor was Morteza Fallah.[1][2] It was unofficially affiliated to the leading reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front.[3][4] Karim Arqandehpour was among senior editors of the paper.[5] The paper supported Mostafa Moin in the presidential election in 2005.[6]
In June 2005, before the presidential election, the paper along with Aftab Yazd published the letter of presidential candidate Mehdi KarrubitoSupreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[1][7] Upon this incident both papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court on 20 June.[1][8] In fact, two more dailies, namely Etemad, and Hayat-e-No, also published the letter of Karrubi and were banned by the same body.[3] Following the ban Eqbal continued until July 2005 when it was closed down by the Iranian judiciary "for spreading lies and publishing false reports unrelated to Karrubi’s letter."[9]