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Shargh Staff: Last group photo

Newspaper closed over cartoon

Financial Times: Authorities in Iran have shut down Shargh, a leading reformist daily newspaper, and detained its managing director for publishing a cartoon which allegedly insulted the volunteer fighters during the country’s war with Iraq. The cartoon comes at a time Iran is marking the 32nd anniversary of the war with Iraq – in Iran called the “holy defence” – during which volunteer troops wore headbands on which holy words were printed >>>

27-Sep-2012
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