Media News - Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Iran Reformist Paper Shut Down_Again
Iran's leading reformist daily newspaper was ordered closed Tuesday, less than two months after it was allowed to resume publishing, the paper's manager said. The daily Hammihan, or Compatriot, was banned in 2000 by the hard-line Iranian judiciary after it called for improving Iranian ties with the United States. The decision to allow Hammihan to reopen had appeared to reflect a feeling among Iran's top leadership, composed of Shiite clerics, that the country must allow some opposition voice amid mounting discontent with hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Many writers for Hammihan are well-known reformists who have spent years in jail for opposing strict interpretations of Islamic rule by clerics and supporting democratic reforms. (the AP via ABC news)
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