Iran targets reformist media

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Source: al jazeera

Iranian authorities have banned a reformist daily newspaper and a moderate weekly magazine run by the family of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, Iran's news agency says.

Etemad, the daily, was singled out for publishing remarks by Mohammad Khatami, the former Iranian president turned opposition supporter, who said the country was facing a "crisis" since last year's disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president.

"The press watchdog banned Etemad and referred the case to the judiciary for repeated and persistent violations," Isna news agency said on Monday without giving the newspaper's alleged offences.

Mohammad Ali Ramin, Iran's deputy culture minister for media affairs and a press watchdog official, said: "After repeated warnings and the persistence of the paper in breaching the regulations, the watchdog had no choice but to ban it.

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so - the true face of this government at last. for the few left who doubted.