Towfigh

Towfigh
Cover of the issue 19
EditorHossein Towfigh
CategoriesSatirical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderHossein Towfigh
Founded1923
Final issue1971
Country
Based inTehran
LanguagePersian

Towfigh, also known as Tawfiq, (Persian: توفیق) was a weekly satirical magazine which was published between 1923 and 1971 in Tehran, Iran, with some interruptions. It was among the critics of the Pahlavi rule.[1]

The journal went through three phases: from 1923 until 1939, under founding editor Hossein Towfigh the magazine was more nationalistic; from 1941 until 1953, under the son Mohammad-Ali Towfigh the magazine was more politically and government-critical; and later versions of the magazine under Towfigh brothers Hassan, Hossein, and Abbas, they focused on pure satire.[2]

  1. ^ گلونی (22 August 2018). "سخنرانی سید فرید قاسمی در بزرگداشت حسن توفیق". golvani.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ^ Abbas Milani (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979, Volumes One and Two. New York, NY: Syracuse University Press. pp. 406–409. ISBN 978-0-8156-0907-0.