24 June 2005

Alert

Three dailies allowed to resume publication, a fourth remains suspended


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(RSF/IFEX) - On 20 June 2005, the editor of the daily "Eqbal" was summoned to a Tehran court on the orders of Prosecutor Said Mortazavi to be handed an order definitively suspending his newspaper. The previous evening, the paper published a letter from a candidate complaining about fraud in the first round of the presidential election. The journalist and his lawyer were surprised to learn that the paper had been facing several other complaints for which they had not received any notification.

The dailies "Etemaad", "Aftabyazd" and "Hayat No" were allowed to resume publication on 21 June, following a one-day suspension.



Source:

Reporters Without Borders
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