Ayandegan

Ayandegan was founded in 1967 by Daryoush Homayoun, and its first issue appeared on 16 December that year.^[5][6] From its start in 1967 to 1977 Homayoun edited the paper,^[7] which held a liberal stance.^[5] The paper had its headquarters in Tehran.^[5]

In the immediate aftermath of the 1979 revolution, Ayandegan enjoyed higher levels of circulation selling 400,000 copies.^[8] However, the paper was banned on 12 May 1979 due to its criticisms over the Islamic government's censorship and limitations on the freedom of press.^[2][9] In fact, on the same day the paper published three empty pages to protest over the statements of Ayatullah Khomeini who declared that he would not read Ayandegan.^[4] Soon after this incident Ayatullah Khomeini stated that the paper was both depraved and deviationist.^[2] Then the revolutionary prosecutor closed the newspaper on 8 August 1979.^[10][11] The staff were also arrested.^[2]

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