Iran shuts paper for Hamas criticism

[Fozzledick]

The Iranian government on Wednesday ordered shut a leading reformist daily, Kargozaran, for publishing a statement by a student group that blamed Hamas for provoking the current IAF strikes on Gaza.

The paper's editor Mehran Karami said the student statement condemned the Israeli attacks but also called Hamas a terrorist organization that hides in schools and thus draws civilian casualties.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733117030&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[JuniperLea]

1. The pen is mightier than the sword...

People around the world need to take back their press.

[sabbat hunter]

2. taking back the press

is extremely hard in a dictatorship. For all intents and purposes Iran is run by the Mullahs, what they say goes.

[JuniperLea]

5. I submit that it is nearly as difficult in a so-called democracy...

US press, case in point.

[EFerrari]

9. "The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr." The Koran.

[JuniperLea]

16. I bet there's a "reap what you sow" or "Karma"....

Type instruction in there as well. I find recurring themes fascinating.

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[cali]

4. What are you blathering about?

The NYT has frequently had Palestinian Op-Ed contributors.

And of course you love the Angry Arab, he's a hater and in your view he hates the right people. Hey, he even hates Israeli doves. What a guy!

[LeftishBrit]

6. Dictators hate a free press.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

11. One of the things that amazes me about Israel is the level of free press there

Their own major dailies print a broadly diverse set of views. Nothing comparable in the region, and its even better than the US and Europe. Combine that with some of their social policies, Israel is one of the more progressive nations in the world. Then there is that blowing up your neighbor thing...

[Vegasaurus]

15. Israel is the freest society in the entire middle east and maybe in the world

in terms of civil and human rights.

Try criticizing Hamas in Gaza, and you'd end up dead.

[EFerrari]

7. Their site is still up. Are you sure this story is true? n/t

[bemildred]

8. LOL.

http://www.kargozaaran.com/

[EFerrari]

10. I couldn't find an English toggle to check the date.

:)

[bemildred]

12. Probably isn't one.

Probably why it was considered safe to blather on ...

[EFerrari]

13. LOL. That's so cheap.

:)

[shira]

14. what's with the arab/muslim world siding with those zionists?

didn't they get the memo that all this is Israel's fault? what's their problem?

those zionists and their protocols and lobbies.....wow. :sarcasm: