Iran: Reformist Newspaper Is Closed
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/world/middleeast/03briefs-Iranbf.html
November 3, 2009
World Briefing | Middle East
Iran: Reformist Newspaper Is Closed
By NAZILA FATHI [Iran] [Iran’s increasingly factured internal politics] [West tries to exploit, naturally enough] [Iran’s internal, domestic politics—facitonalism] [high-level rifts in Iran’s thugocracy and elsewhere over the nuclear deal] [followup] [*]
The authorities on Monday shut down a reformist daily newspaper, Sarmayeh, on charges
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/world/middleeast/03briefs-Iranbf.html
November 3, 2009
World Briefing | Middle East
Iran: Reformist Newspaper Is Closed
By NAZILA FATHI [Iran] [Iran’s increasingly factured internal politics] [West tries to exploit, naturally enough] [Iran’s internal, domestic politics—facitonalism] [high-level rifts in Iran’s thugocracy and elsewhere over the nuclear deal] [followup] [*]
The authorities on Monday shut down a reformist daily newspaper, Sarmayeh, on charges of “repeated violations of the press law,” the official news agency IRNA reported. No details were disclosed about the violations attributed to the newspaper, which has been critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s economic policies.
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