1. Kāveh

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An influential newspaper that started being published in WWI Germany as a propaganda tool, but after WWI turned into a literary and scholarly newspaper. S. Hasan Taqizadeh, a renowned Iranian scholar was its editor, and during its active years distinguished scholars, such as Mohammad Qazvini, published in it.

Name in Persian: کاوه

Publication years: 1916-1922

Published in: Berlin

Frequency: biweekly (irregular)

Founder: Seyyed Hasan Tāqizādeh

Scope: Iranian studies; Persian Literature and philology; history of Iran; politics; political history; literature

2. Mehr

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Name in Persian: مهر

Publication years: 1933-1967

Frequency: monthly

Total number of Issues: 148

Founder and editor-in-chief: Majid Movaqqar (مجید موقر)

Scope: Persian literature & philology; Modern Persian Literature; History; Economics; Psychology; Socio-politics; Religious studies; International Literature; etc.

Contributing scholars: Sa’id Nafisi, Rashid Yasemi, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Abbas Eqbal, Sadeq Rezazade Shafaq, Malek-osh-shoara Bahar; Ebrahim Pourdavoud; Mohammad Moin, Badi’-oz-zaman Forouzanfar, Zabih-ollah Safa 

Interesting articles: Zabihollāh Safā, Tārix-e ta’lim va tarbiyyat dar Irān (n. 1-9, 1315AH); Sa’id Nafisi, Āsār-e gomšode-ye Abolfazl-e Beyhaqi (n. 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 1315AH); Ali Asγar Rahimzāde-ye Safavi, Raveš-e este’māri-ye Sāsāniyān (n. 1, 1315AH).

3. Yaghmā

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Name in Persian: یغما

Publication years: 1948-1979

Frequency: monthly

Total number of Issues: 366

Founder: Habib Yaghmayi

Scope: Persian literature & philology; History; Socio-Political; Architecture

Contributing scholars: Mohammad Mo’in, Habib Yaghmayi, Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob, Mojtaba Minovi, Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani-Parizi, Iraj Afshar, Mehdi Mohaqqeq.

Editor-in-chief: Habib Yaghmayi 

Interesting articles: Habib Yaγmāyi, Nosxe-yi az tarjome-ye tafsir-e Tabari dar Māhān (n. 1, 1327AH); Zabihollāh Safā, Taqvim-e Irān-e qadim (n. 3, 1327AH).

4. Armaghān

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Name in Persian: ارمغان

Publication years: 1920-1978 (with interruptions)

Frequency: month 

Total number of Issues: 382

Founder: Mohammad Vahid Dastgerdi 

Scope: Persian literature & philology; poetry; socio-political; etc.

Contributing scholars: Sa’id Nafisi, Rashid Yasemi, Habib Yaghmayi, Mohammad Vahid Dastgerdi, etc.

Editor-in-chief: Mohammad Vahid Dastgerdi

Interesting articles: Mohammad Pourdavud, Mohājerat Pārsiyān be Hendustān (n. 3/4, 1329AH – n. 10, 1333AH); Ali Akbar Tašayyod, Tārix-e tašayyo’ dar Irān (n. 10, 1328AH – n. 3/4, 1329AH).

5. Āyande

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Name in Persian: آینده

Publication years: 1925-1993 (with long interruptions)

Frequency: monthly

Total number of Issues: 46

Founder: Mahmoud Afshar

Scope: Persian literature; modern literature, socio-politics, philosophy, education, 

Contributing scholars: Seyyed Hasan Taqizade, Mohammad Qazvini, Mohammad Mosaddeq, Ahmad Kasravi, Ali Dashti, Ali-Akbar Davar, etc.

Editor-in-chiefs: Mahmoud Afshar, Iraj Afshar

6. Yādegār

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Name in Persian: یادگار

Publication years: 1944-1949

Frequency: monthly

Total number of Issues: 50 (5 volumes)

Founder: Abbas Eqbal

Scope: Persian literature, history, politics, geography

Contributing scholars: Mohammad Qazvini, Qasem Ghani, Abdolhossein Navayi, Abbas Eqbal, Said Nafisi.

7. Majalle-ye Dāneškade-ye Adabiyyat va Olum-e Ensāni-ye Dānešgāh-e Tehran

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Name in Persian: مجله دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی دانشگاه تهران

Publication years: 1953-2010

Frequency: quarterly

Total number of Issues: 159

Founder: –

Scope: Persian literature and philology, history, psychology, philosophy, 

Contributing scholars: Ali Akbar Siyasi, Ali Asghar Hekmat, Mohammad Mo’in, Ehsan Yarshater, Abbas Eqbal, Said Nafisi, Isa Sadiq, Sadeq Kia, Mojtaba Minovi

8. Majalle-ye Dāneškade-ye Adabiyyat va Olum-e Ensāni-ye Dānešgāh-e Tabriz

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Name in Persian: مجله دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی دانشگاه تبریز

Publication years: 1948-2009

Frequency: –

Total number of Issues: 217

Founder: –

Scope: Persian language and literature, philology, linguistics, history, regional studies 

Contributing scholars: Hossein Nakhjavani, Manuchehr Mortazavi, Naser Baqayi, Jan Rypka, Abdolrasul Khayyampour, Mahyar Navvabi

9. Dāneškade-ye Adabiyyat va Olum-e Ensāni-ye Dānešgāh-e Esfahān

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Name in Persian: مجله دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی دانشگاه اصفهان  

Publication years: 1964-2008

Frequency: quarterly

Total number of Issues: 66

Founder:-

Scope: Persian language and literature, philology, linguistics, history

Contributing scholars: Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani-Parizi, Farhad Abadani, Sadeq Rezazade Shafaq, Seyyed Mohammad Mohit Tabatabayi, Jalaleddin Homayi

10. Maqālāt va Barrasihā

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Name in Persian: مقالات و بررسی ها

Publication years: 1970-2010

Frequency: quarterly

Total number of Issues: 89

Founder: –

Scope: Islamic studies, religion, Islam in Iran, Persian philology,

Contributing scholars: Seyyed Hasan Taqizade, Hasan Malekshahi, Mohammad Taqi Daneshpazhuh.

11. Irānšenāsi

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Name in Persian: ایرانشناسی

Publication years: 1989-2016

Frequency: quarterly

Affiliation: Foundation for Iranian Studies

Country: USA

Total number of volumes: 28

Founder and editor-in-chief: Jalal Matini

Scope: Iranian studies, Classical Persian literature, Iranian history, politics, culture

Contributing scholars: Ehsan Yarshater, Djalal Khaleghi Motlagh, Ahmad Karimi Hakkak, Hamid Dabashi, Jalal Matini, Abbas Milani, Mahmoud Omidsalar, Mohammad Ali, Homayun Katouzian.

12. Irān-nāme

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Name in Persian: ایران نامه

Publication years: 1982-2016

Frequency: quarterly

Total number of volumes: 30 

Founder: Jalal Matini

Scope: Iranian studies, Persian literature, philology, history, society, politics, economy.

Contributing scholars: Zabihollah Safa, Djalal Khaleghi Motlagh, Mojtaba Minovi, Shahrokh Meskub, Mehdi Mar’ashi, Daryush Shayegan, Leonard Lewisohn, Abbas Amanat.

Editor-in-chiefs: Jalal Matini, Daryush Shayegan, Daryush Ashuri, Hormoz Hekmat.

13. Soxan (Sokhan)

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Name in Persian: سخن

Publication years: 1943-1979

Frequency: monthly

Total number of Issues: –

Founder: Parviz Natel Khanlari

Scope: Persian and modern literature, art, history. 

Contributing scholars: Parviz Natel Khanlari, Mojtaba Minovi, Parviz Behnam, Ehsan Yarshater, Iraj Afshar

Editor-in-chief: Zabihollah Safa

14. Nāme-ye Farhangestān-e Qadim

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This magazine was published by the first Farhangestan, for a brief period between the years 1943-1947. Later, during the 3rd Farhangestan, the publication of the magazine was resumed starting from 1995.

Name in Persian: نامۀ فرهنگستان 

Publication years: 1943-1947

Frequency: monthly

Total number of Issues: 10 (5 volumes)

Founder: –

Scope: Persian language, Farhangestan

15. Boxārā (Bukhara)

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Name in Persian: بخارا

Publication years: 1998-now

Frequency: bimonthly

Total number of Issues: 151

Founder: Ali Dehbashi

Scope: Iranian Studies, Persian literature and art, Iranian culture and history 

Contributing scholars: Zhaleh Amouzgar, Hasan Anvari, Hamid Dabashi, Mohammad-Reza Shafii Kadkani 

Editor-in-chief: Ali Dehbashi

16. Anjoman Farhang-e Irān-e Bāstān

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Name in Persian: انجمن فرهنگ ایران باستان

Publication years: 1963-1977

Frequency: biquarterly

Total number of Issues: 19

Founder and Editor: Farhang Mehr

Scope: Iranian history

Contributing scholars: Zabihollah Safa, Ebrahim Pourdavoud, Mahmoud Hesabi, Ali Akbar Jaafari, Bahram Farrevashi

17. Ārmān

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Name in Persian: آرمان

Publication years: 1930-1931

Frequency: monthly 

Total number of Issues: 10

Founder: Ali Shirazpour

Scope: Persian literature, philology, Iranian history

Contributing scholars: Ahmad Kasravi, Said Nafisi, Badi’-uz-zaman Khorasani, Mohammad Mohit Tabatabayi

Editor-in-chief: Ali Shirazpour

Interesting articles: Mohammad Mohit-e Tabātabāyi, Tārix madāres-e Irān ba’d az eslām (n. 4-5, 1309AH); Sa’id-e Nafisi, Nasr-e fārsi dar qarn-e čahārom (n. 1, 1309AH).

18. Farhang-e Irān-zamin

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Name in Persian: فرهنگ ایران زمین

Publication years: 1953-2008

Frequency: quarterly, then anually

Total number of volumes: 30 (?)

Founders: Iraj Afshar, Mohammad-Taqi Daneshpazhuh, Mahuchehr Sotude, Mostafa Moqarrabi, Abbas Zaryab Khoyi

Scope: Iranian studies; Persian literature; philology; linguistics; history

Contributing scholars: Iraj Afshar, Sa’id Nafisi, Mahmoud Omidsalar, Mahuchehr Sotude, Mohammad-Taqi Daneshpazhuh.

Editor-in-chief: Iraj Afshar

19. Ma’āref-e Eslāmi

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Name in Persian: مجله معارف اسلامی

Publication years: 1966-1979

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 29

Founder: –

Scope: Islamic studies; Iranian studies; philosophy; literature

20. Barrasihā-ye Tārixi

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Name in Persian: بررسی های تاریخی

Publication years: 1966-1978

Frequency: bimonthly

Total number of Issues: 79

Scope: Iranian studies; history of Iran; historical documents

Contributing scholars: Ebrahim Pourdavoud, Mohammad Javad Mashkour, Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, Iraj Afshar, Bahram Farrevashi, Rashid Yasemi, Jahangir Qaemmaqami

Editor-in-chiefs: Jahangir Qaemmaqami; Yahya Shahidi; Mohammad Kashmiri

Note: Affiliated with the Army of Iran

21. Vahid

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Name in Persian: وحید

Publication years: 1964-1979

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 263

Founder and editor-in-chief: Seyfollah Vahid

Scope: Iranian studies; Persian literature; architecture, history

Contributing scholars: Zabihollah Safa, Sadeq Rezazade Shafaq, Sa’id Nafisi

22. Dāneš

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Name in Persian: دانش

Publication years: 1949-1954

Frequency: monthly (not regularly)

Total number of issues: 22

Founder and editor-in-chief: Nurollāh Irānparast

Scope: Persian literature (classical and modern) and philology; politics; philosophy; history. 

Contributing scholars: Sa’id-e Nafisi, Mohammad-e Mo’in, Abbas-e Khoyi, Mohammad Javad-e Mashkur, Ahmet Ateş.

Interesting articles: Mohammad-e Mo’in, Tafsir-e fārsi-ye xāje Abdollāh-e Ansāri (n. 2, 1328AH); Sa’id-e Nafisi, Adabiyyāt-e fārsi dar Afγānestān (n. 1, 1328AH); Ahmad-e Ātaš, Moqaddame bar Tarjomān-ol-balāγe (n. 5, 1328AH); Sa’id-e Nafisi, Ravābet-e tārixi-ye Irān va Hendustān (n. 2, 1328AH).

23. Mardomšenāsi va Farhang-e ‘Āmme-ye Irān

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Name in  Persian: مردم شناسی و فرهنگ عامه ایران

Publication years: 1956-1977

Frequency: quarterly

Total number of Issues: –

Founder: –

Scope: Iranian studies; Iranian culture; ethnography

Contributing scholars: Hasan Taqizadeh, Parviz Azkayi, Isa Nikukar, Mortaza Honari.

24. Šarq

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Name in Persian: شرق

Publication years: 1924-1932 (with interruptions)

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 14

Founder: Mohammad Ramazani

Scope: Persian literature; history of Iran, 

Contributing scholars:

Editor-in-Chiefs: Ali Dashti, Nasrollah Falsafi, Sa’id Nafisi

25. Sa’di-šenāsi

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Publication years: 1998-now

Frequency: annual (formerly), biannual (now)

Total number of Issues:

Founder: 

Scope:Classical Persian Literature

Contributing scholars:

Editor-in-Chiefs: Kurosh Kamali

26. Hāfez

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Name in Persian: حافظ

Publication years: 2004-2010

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 75

Founder and editor-in-chief: Hasan Amin

Scope: Persian literature; modern history of Iran; politics

Contributing scholars: Hasan Amin, Manuchehr Daneshpazhuh, Seyfollah Vahidniya, Mohammad Mohit Tabatabayi, Mohammad-Reza Shafi’i Kadkani

27. Irān-e Emruz

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Name in Persian: ایران امروز

Publication years: 1939-1942

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 24 (?)

Founder and editor-in-chief: Mohammad Hejazi

Scope: Iran; social issues: Persian literature: enlightenment, philosophy, psychology, science; feminism

Contributing scholars: Sa’id Nafisi, Ali Akbar Siyasi, Qasem Ghani, Zabihollah Safa, Rashid Yasemi, Sadeq Rezazade Shafaq

28. Payyām-e Novin / Payyām-e Now

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Name in Persian: پیام نوین /  پیام نو

Publication years: 1944-1976

Frequency: monthly

Total number of Issues: 115

Founder: Ahmad Barimani

Scope: Russian literature; Persian literature; philology; arts; history

Contributing scholars: Sa’id Nafisi; Malek-osh-shoara Bahar, Ali Asghar Hekmat, Bozorg Alavi, Mehdi Bayani, Mohammad Mo’in

29. Pešotan

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Name in Persian: پشوتن

Publication years: 1948-1949

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 12

Founder: Key-Khosrow Keshavarz

Scope: Iranian studies; pre-Islamic Iran; Iranian culture; Persian literature; epic literature

Contributing scholars: Zabihollah Safa, Mohammad Mo’in, Mohammad Javad Mashkour

30. Honar va Mardom

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The journal was republished after the Islamic Revolution and was renamed Muzeha (موزه ها).

Name in Persian: هنر و مردم

Publication years: 1957-1979 (interrupted between 1957-1962)

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 193

Founder: Firuz Baqerzadeh

Scope: Iranian studies; Iranian arts; culture; architecture; ethnography

Contributing scholars: Yahya Zaka, Isa Behnam, Akbar Tajvidi, Mehdi Forough, Mohammad Hasan Samsar

Editor-in-chiefs: Firuz Baqerzadeh, Enayatollah Khojaste, Bizhan Samandar

31. Gowhar

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Name in Persian: گوهر

Publication years: 1973-1979

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 72

Founder and editor-in-chief: Mortaza Kamran

Scope: Persian literature; arts, culture; history

Contributing scholars: Mohammad-Mohit Tabatabayi, Mohammad-Amin Adib Tousi, Mohammad Ali Jamazade, Mahmoud Neshat, Iraj Afshar

32. Kelk 

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Name in Persian: 

Publication years: 1990-2005

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 156

Founder: Mir-Kasri Haj Seyyed Javadi

Scope: Iranian studies; Persian literature; Iranian culture; arts

Contributing scholars: Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, Ahmad Tafazzoli, Bahram Beyzayi, Daryush Ashuri, Gholamhusein Yusefi, Ali Dehbashi

Editor-in-Chiefs: Ali Dehbashi, Mohammad-Javad Kheradmand

33. Arteš

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Name in Persian: ارتش

Publication years: 1947-1948

Frequency: monthly

Total number of Issues: 20 (?)

Founder: –

Scope: military history; history of Iran 

Contributing scholars: Sadeq Rezazade Shafaq, Zabihollah Safa, Mohammad Nakhjavan, Ali Akbar Deyhim, Sa’id Nafisi

34. Rāhnemā-ye Ketāb

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Name in Persian: راهنمای کتاب

Publication years: 1958-1979

Frequency: monthly, quarterly

Total number of issues:

Founder: Ehsan Yarshater 

Scope: Iranian studies; book reviews

Contributing scholars: Abdolhosein Zarrinkoob, Mojtaba Minovi, Sa’id Nafisi, Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, Ebrahim Pourdavoud, Mehdi Bayani, 

Editor-in-chiefs: Ehsan Yarshater, Iraj Afshar

35. Jondišāpur

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Name in Persian: جندی شاپور

Publication years: 2015-now

Frequency: monthly

Total number of issues: 23

Founder: –

Scope: Iranian studies; history of Iran; political history