Ayande-No (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: آینده نو; ''The New Future'' in English) is an independent Persian-language newspaper published in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

History and profile

''Ayande-ye No'' was established in August 2006. The paper has a

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stance. In February 2007 the newspaper launched its online edition. In reaction to the 2007 film ''300'', an

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's 1998

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, was widely criticized for its portrayal of Persian combatants at the

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. Ayende-No, in a front page said that "the film depicts Iranians as demons, without culture, feeling or humanity, who think of nothing except attacking other nations and killing people"

References

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