Cool Hand Luke 22:36
February 19, 2004, 02:54 PM
Hmmm...were Sen. John McCain and Sen. Russ Feingold in Tehran lately?
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Tehran shuts down papers ahead of election
By Mohsen Asgari in Tehran
Published: February 19 2004 9:15 | Last Updated: February 19 2004 15:24
Iran's judiciary on Wednesday night shut down two reformist dailies that had published long extracts from a letter by parliamentary deputies criticising Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader.
The judiciary also ordered internet service providers to filter three websites of reformist organisations. (shades of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform & Incumbent Hacks Protection Act)
The moves come on the eve of the Islamic republic's seventh parliamentary election.
more...http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1075982662254&p=1012571727088
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Tehran shuts down papers ahead of election
By Mohsen Asgari in Tehran
Published: February 19 2004 9:15 | Last Updated: February 19 2004 15:24
Iran's judiciary on Wednesday night shut down two reformist dailies that had published long extracts from a letter by parliamentary deputies criticising Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader.
The judiciary also ordered internet service providers to filter three websites of reformist organisations. (shades of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform & Incumbent Hacks Protection Act)
The moves come on the eve of the Islamic republic's seventh parliamentary election.
more...http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1075982662254&p=1012571727088