''Hayat-e-No'' ( fa, حیات نو meaning ''New Life'' in

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) was a Persian reformist newspaper published in

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. The paper was in circulation from 2000 to December 2009 when it was closed by the Iranian authorities.

History and profile

''Hayat-e-No'' was established in 2000 in Tehran following the closure of another reformist paper, '' Azad''. The publisher of ''Hayat-e-No'' was

Hadi Khamenei Sayyid Hadi Khamenei ( fa, سید هادی خامنه‌ای; born 26 January 1948) is an Iranian reformist politician, mujtahid and linguist.(14 February 1999Reformist Kin of Iran Leader is Attacked by Militants''The New York Times'' He is a key ...

, brother of the

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. Hameed Qazwini was the

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of the paper. When '' Bahar'', a reformist daily, was banned in August 2000 ''Hayat-e-No'' became one of the most significant media outlets for the reformist groups in the country. During this period ''Hayat-e-No'' sold 300,000 copies. In June 2005, before the

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, the paper along with other reformist papers, including ''

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'' and ''

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'', published the letter of presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi to Ali Khamenei. Upon this publication the papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court. ''Hayat-e-No'' supported

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in the 2009 presidential elections held in June. In the immediate aftermath of the elections the paper was censored by the Iranian government. In December 2009 the license of the paper was revoked by the Press Supervisory Board "for working outside the regulations" and on 7 December it was closed down. ''Hayat-e-No'' and four other publications, namely ''Etemad Melli'', '' Sarmaye'', ''Arman'' and ''Farhang-e Ashti'', were all close to the

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and shut down by the Media Supervisory Board in the same period.

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History and profile

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