Mirza Saleh Shirazi was the first reporter in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. He was born in Kazerun

Kazerun

Kazerun is a city in and the capital of Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 84,594, in 20,810 families....

. His newspaper, Kaghaz-e Akhbar (Persian translation of "Newspaper", was first published in May 1837.

It was published under the autocratic regime of Mohammad Shah Qajar

Mohammad Shah Qajar

Mohammad Shah Qajar was king of Persia from the Qajar dynasty .- Rise to power :...

. The objective was to communicate the decisions taken at the royal court and neutralize the activities of Fathali Shah's children, who had then made claims to the throne.