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, Iran. It was in circulation between 2000 and 2009.

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In January 2000

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, former mayor of Tehran, established ''Ham Mihan'' after he was released from prison. He also ran the paper and was its managing editor. The chief editor of ''Ham-Mihan'' was

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served as the policy director of the paper which was based in Tehran. The paper backed

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in the

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held in 2005. It was temporarily closed in May 2000 and in July 2007 by a court in Tehran. The paper was relaunched in 2009, but was suspended in July 2009. In September 2013, Karbaschi petitioned the

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to lift the ban on publication and his request was accepted. However, the publication license was not granted.

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