Hayat-e-No
{{Short description|Iranian daily newspaper (2000–2009)}}
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Hayat-e-No ({{langx|fa|حیات نو|italic=yes|lit=New Life}}) was a reformist newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. 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.{{cite book|title=The Middle East and North Africa 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CfBKvsiWeQC&pg=PA419
|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-132-2|page=419}} The publisher of Hayat-e-No was Hadi Khamenei, brother of the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei.{{cite book|author=Gholam Khiabany|author-link=Gholam Khiabany|title=Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tcCMaqHFXgwC&pg=PA112|date=6 August 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-87641-1|page=112}} Hameed Qazwini was the editor-in-chief of the paper.{{cite web|title=In Iran, newspapers censored, another reporter arrested|url=http://cpj.org/2009/07/in-iran-more-newspapers-censored-another-reporter.php|work=CPJ|accessdate=15 October 2013
|location=New York|date=2 July 2009}} 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.{{cite news|title=Iranian hard-liners shut reform paper|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2000/aug/9/20000809-011817-1438r/|access-date=17 July 2021|work=The Washington Times|date=9 August 2000}} During this period Hayat-e-No sold 300,000 copies.
In June 2005, before the presidential election, the paper along with other reformist papers, including Aftab Yazd and Eqbal, published the letter of presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi to Ali Khamenei.{{cite news|title=Iranian reformist newspapers Eqbal and Aftab Yazd banned|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1142.html|accessdate=15 October 2013|work=Payvand|date=20 June 2005|archive-date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016192030/http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1142.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1059368.html|title=Reformist Iranian Newspapers Closed|access-date=15 October 2013|work=Radio Free Europe|date=20 June 2005|agency=AFP/Reuters}} Upon this publication the papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court.{{cite web|title=Attacks on the Press 2005: Iran
|url=http://cpj.org/2006/02/attacks-on-the-press-2005-iran.php|work=Committee to Protect Journalists|access-date=15 October 2013|date=February 2006}}
Hayat-e-No supported Mir Hossein Mousavi in the 2009 presidential elections held in June.{{cite web|title=Iran shuts another reformist newspaper|url=http://cpj.org/2009/12/iran-shuts-another-reformist-newspaper.php
|work=CPJ|accessdate=15 October 2013|location=New York|date=8 December 2009}}{{cite journal|title=Chronology: Iran|journal=The Middle East Journal|date=Spring 2010|volume=64|issue=2|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40783044|jstor=40783044}} 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"{{cite news|title=Reformist Daily "Hayate No" Banned|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/09/dec/1086.html|accessdate=15 October 2013|work=Press TV via Payvand|date=8 December 2009|archive-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115034909/http://www.payvand.com/news/09/dec/1086.html|url-status=dead}} 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 Green Movement{{cite news|title=Critical Press Under Constant Pressure|accessdate=15 October 2013
|url=http://www.roozonline.com/english/news3/newsitem/article/critical-press-under-constant-pressure.html|work=Rooz Online|date=12 December 2009|author=Hossein Mohammadi}} and shut down by the Media Supervisory Board in the same period.{{cite news|title=Manager of Ayande website to be indicted|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-213843905.html|work=Info-Prod Research|date=9 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105184922/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-213843905.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2013|access-date=15 October 2013}}
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Category:2000 establishments in Iran
Category:2009 disestablishments in Iran
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Iran
Category:Defunct Persian-language newspapers
Category:Newspapers established in 2000
Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2009