The authorities have shut down the newspaper of the reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi, left, who angered Iran’s senior leaders by publicising claims that protesters arrested after the disputed June elections were raped in prison. The newspaper, Etemad-e-Melli, was ordered to stop printing Sunday night by a Tehran prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, Mr. Karroubi’s Web site reported. Read more here
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Iran: reformist newspaper shut down
The authorities have shut down the newspaper of the reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi, left, who angered Iran’s senior leaders by publicising claims that protesters arrested after the disputed June elections were raped in prison. The newspaper, Etemad-e-Melli, was ordered to stop printing Sunday night by a Tehran prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, Mr. Karroubi’s Web site reported. […]
18 Aug 09
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