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| Sharq daily`s editorial office shut down |
| 2004-02-19 |
| One of Sharq daily`s employees told IRNA late Wednesday night that the daily will not be published on Thursday, since its editorial office has been shut down. He told IRNA that at about 11 pm a number of officers from the Prosecutor General`s Office came to Sharq`s Central Bureau and talked with the daily`s officials for a while. The Sharq employee added, "The said officers asked our editors to stop publication of the daily until further notice." He said, "They told our editors that the final decision on Sharq will be announced officially on Saturday, February 21st." The editorial staffer of Sharq who was unaware of the real reason behind Sharq`s closure predicted that the publication of the Majlis representatives` open letter to the Supreme Leader must have caused the problem. A number of the 6th parliament`s representatives read out an open letter to the Supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution at their press conference on Tuesday evening, which was published with numerous ensured parts in Sharq and Yaas-e-Nou dailies` Wednesday editions. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Hmmm...it's interesting to watch a country such as Iran take itself so close to the edge of civil war. I suppose the Mullah's will win this round - but they certainly are smoking cigarettes on top of powder keg. |
| Posted by: B 2004-2-19 2:44:17 PM |
| #2 Fred, it looks like it is several papers. I saw this Reuters article this morning -Iranian Papers Shut on Eve of Elections. The line - Campaigning for polls in the oil-producing nation of 66 million is prohibited on Thursday. makes it sound as if there is a version of McCain-Feingold in force. It also says - Issa Saharkhiz, a liberal journalist and former deputy culture minister, told Reuters the newspapers had been closed for failing to obey an order from the Supreme National Security Council banning publication of the letter to the supreme leader. You will enjoy - Around 100 newspapers have been closed down in the past four years and many journalists and publishers have been jailed. Paris-based rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said last year Iran had more journalists behind bars than any other country in the Middle East. How is it that the Islamic Republic is potrayed as moderate and reformist in the world press? I wonder how many activists they have in jail vis-a-vis Castro's regime. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-19 12:53:43 PM |
| #1 Does anyone have a link to the MP's letter? It seems to me to be a pretty important document, a rallying point for the Iranian revolution, (or a renewed demonstration of the fecklessness of the reformists) that should be everywhere online. |
| Posted by: john bragg 2004-2-19 12:47:56 PM |