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Online Citizenship Soraya Rozbahani: After Rooh al-Quds published 13 issues, Mohammad Ali Shah and the Minister of Science and Education ordered a two-month ban on the magazine.

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The reason for Ruh al-Quds’ detention was related to an article published in the 13th issue of the magazine, which criticized Muhammad Ali Shah, but after the court session, he was charged with 5 more crimes, each of which was related to a corner of an article in a previous issue of this magazine. Mohammad Bitarfan, a researcher and head of the Tehran Provincial Association of Historical Sciences, said about the court: “In the editorial of the 13th issue of Ruh al-Quds (mystical sayings or references to Lalibi), he compared the state of the Sassanid period and regarded Muhammad Ali Shah as the source of oppression and dictatorship.

This editorial alone shows the wisdom and militant nature of the editors of this publication in dealing with tyranny. One of the most influential, important and especially radical periodicals after the Constitution, Al-Quds was founded by Sheikh Ahmad Torbati, known as the Sultan Ulema of Khorasan, with its first issue in August 1286. This newspaper was sent to other countries, such as Russia, with four pages cut to 6.5 x 11. As a result of this publication, Sheikh Ahmad Torbati’s name was changed to Ruh al-Quds.

His teachers were his father, clerics and local scholars in Tobet and nearby areas. A few days later, he moved to Tehran and became a student at the Sadr School. He was one of the few active and knowledgeable journalists during the Constitutional Revolution. Like Mirza Jahangir Khan Shiraz, Rukh Quddos wrote the truth regardless of the consequences and adhered to his beliefs with the utmost courage until the last moment. Finally, he was executed at Baghshah by order of the king.

The newspaper Rooh al-Qods introduces itself as follows: “This is not a newspaper. He discusses freely academically, politically, politically, and will never be hindered by appearance and title.”

The newspaper addressed the king and his courtiers directly. Ruhor al-Quds believed that the existence of tyranny was one of the most important causes and factors for most political problems and issues and the destruction of the country, and he believed that the three main forces of tyranny, namely the king, the viziers and the related agents, played an important role in the demise and destruction of Iran at that time. Sultan Ulama published the Quds newspaper until June 11, 1287, that is, for about eleven months, 28 issues every two weeks, until he was finally arrested and killed.