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demdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:10 PM
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Iranian press gagged on eve of poll
Iran's hardline controlled judiciary has ordered two reformist newspapers to be shut down after they published a letter critical of the Islamic republic's supreme leader.


The closure of the papers, Shargh and Yas-e No, came on the eve of parliamentary elections that are expected to see conservatives wrest control of the Majlis from reformists, most of whom have been barred from standing.

They were the only two newspapers who dared to publish a letter from incumbent reformist deputies that questioned Ayat Allah Ali Khamenei's role in the mass disqualifications.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/182A3D5B-6E8B-44FC-976F-959D248F6B95.htm
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