Opened in 1991 through the efforts of Gholamhossein Karbaschi and other politicians, the Bahman Cultural Center used to be a slaughterhouse in the slums of southern Tehran.
Hamshahri is published by the municipality of Tehran, and founded by Gholamhossein Karbaschi.
Mohammad Ghouchani and Mohammad Atrianfar, its ex-head of "Policy-making Council", left Shargh in March 2007 and joined Ham-Mihan, another reformist newspaper managed by Gholamhossein Karbaschi.