Iran's reformist Etemad daily temporarily banned
The Iranian public prosecutor's office ordered the ban of the reformist Etemad newspaper for two months on Sunday for "disseminating lies and insulting officials," the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
According to Etemad's Director Elias Hazrati, one of the reasons for the paper's shutdown was a story published on its Saturday edition based on an interview with Ali-Akbar Javanfekr, the media adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
During the interview, Javanfekr criticized the conservatives who accused some of Ahmadinejad's aides of undermining the Islamic establishment and principles.
Etemad has already been banned several times for its alleged violation of media law.
Editor: Mu Xuequan
English.news.cn 2011-11-21 05:57:37 FeedbackPrintRSS
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (Xinhua)
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