Hayat-e-No

Hayat-e-No (Persian: حیات نو‎, hayat-e nou, New Life in English) was a Persian reformist newspaper published in Iran. It was banned in December 2009.

Hayāt-e Nou
TypeDaily
PublisherHadi Khamanei
Editor-in-chiefHamid Qazwini
Political alignmentReformist
LanguagePersian
Ceased publication7 December 2009
HeadquartersTehran

History and profile

Hayat-e-No was established in Tehran following the closure of another reformist paper, Azad.[1] The publisher of Hayat-e-No was Hadi Khamanei, brother of the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei.[1] Hameed Qazwini was the editor-in-chief of the paper.[2] 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.[3] During this period Hayat-e-No had a circulation of 300,000 copies.[3]

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.[4][5] Upon this publication the papers were banned for one day by Tehran Public and Revolutionary Court.[4][6]

Hayat-e-No supported Mir Hossein Mousavi in the 2009 presidential elections held in June.[7][8] In the immediate aftermath of the elections the paper was censored by the Iranian government.[2] In December 2009 the license of the paper was revoked by the Press Supervisory Board “for working outside the regulations”[7][9] and on 7 December it was closed down.[8]

Hayat-e-No and four other publications, namely Etemad Melli, Sarmaye, Arman and Farhang-e Ashti, were all close to the Green Movement[10] and shut down by the Media Supervisory Board in the same period.[11]

See also

List of newspapers in Iran

References
  1. Gholam Khiabany (6 August 2009). Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity. Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-203-87641-1.
  2. "In Iran, newspapers censored, another reporter arrested". CPJ. New York. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. Ben Berber (9 August 2000). "Iranian Hard-Liners Shut Reform Paper". The Washington Times. Washington, DC. Retrieved 15 October 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)
  4. "Iranian reformist newspapers Eqbal and Aftab Yazd banned". Payvand. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. "Reformist Iranian Newspapers Closed". Radio Free Europe. AFP/Reuters. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  6. "Attacks on the Press 2005: Iran". Committee to Protect Journalists. February 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  7. "Iran shuts another reformist newspaper". CPJ. New York. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  8. "Chronology: Iran". The Middle East Journal. 64 (2). Spring 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)
  9. "Reformist Daily "Hayate No" Banned". Press TV via Payvand. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  10. Hossein Mohammadi (12 December 2009). "Critical Press Under Constant Pressure". Rooz Online. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  11. "Manager of Ayande website to be indicted". Info-Prod Research. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013. – via Highbeam (subscription required)
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