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| Ayatollahs to beat up on IRNA... |
| 2002-08-07 |
| Iran's judiciary said it will press charges against the official news agency for publishing a statement from an outlawed reformist party, state-run radio reported Wednesday. And cautiously it was they reported it... The Tehran Revolutionary Court accused the Islamic Republic News Agency "of taking actions against national security and acting beyond its legal duties" by carrying a statement from the Freedom Movement of Iran. On July 27, the same court banned the group and sentenced 33 of its leaders to jail terms of up to 10 years for acting against national security and plotting to overthrow the Islamic establishment. Following the ruling, IRNA carried a statement from the party slamming the verdict as "unconstitutional." "We take it back! Our mistake! They didn't say anything..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |