''Yas-e No'' () was a

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, unofficially an outlet of the

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. The paper was in circulation between 2002 and 2009 with long interruptions.

History and profile

''Yas-e No'' was launched in March 2002. On 19 February 2004, the Iranian judiciary banned the newspaper, perhaps temporarily, only one day before the

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, after the paper published an open letter from some members of the outgoing parliament to

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, the

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. The letter was read to journalists by

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, one of the organizers of the sit-in by MPs criticizing the vetting of candidates by the

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's general prosecutor, announced that he had ordered the ban because of a request by the

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, then the council's chair, and

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, the then president, denied this assertion on 20 and 23 February, respectively, saying that the matter was not even discussed at the council's meeting. After five-year ban the paper was allowed to publish in May 2009. However, following the

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the paper was again banned on 11 June 2009.

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History and profile

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