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WORLD I’ajjc 14 THK BATTALION Iranian publications shut Canadian peace operaty- down during reform strike Canada’s peacekeepers Preventive Deployment Force (Macedonia) March 31 1995 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians searched street kiosks in vain for their fa- I vorite newspapers Monday, after hard-lin- | ers closed down 14 pro-democracy publi cations in a strike against a major pillar of the reform movement. The shutdown of pro-reform newspapers, part of a crackdown that has seen two jour nalists jailed in the past three days, is a strong backlash by Islamic hard-liners trying to pre serve their power and is a blow against pop ular President Mohammad Khatami. The move also showed how much power the hard-liners still hold, despite a crushing defeat by Khatami supporters in recent legislative elections. The judiciary, which handed down the ban against the newspapers Sunday, has been the hard-liners’ most powerful instrument in the power struggle against the movement for social and political reforms that has swelled since Khatami’s 1997 election. “The power struggle in Iran is entering dire straits,” said Saeed Leylaz, an analyst and writer for several reformist newspapers. “The press has been the main instrument for Khatami to speak to the people, and if that is taken away from him he is in serious trou ble,” Leylaz told the Associated Press. Khatami spoke in public Monday to mark Armed Forces Day, but made no mention of the closures or the future of his reforms. Ten major daily newspapers and four weekly or biweekly magazines were closed down by order of the hard-line judiciary in Tehran late Sunday and Monday, the offi cial Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. Only two reformist newspapers — Mosharekut and Bayan — escaped the ban. It was not clear why they were not included. Azad, which was banned, was on sale Monday, because the daily already had gone to print before the ban. It is un likely to appear Tuesday. Judiciary statements quoted by IRNA said the publications were closed for “printing material against the lofty Islam ic principles and commands.” “Khatami is still strong and very popu lar among the people, but now he is handi capped without his main pillars of support,” said Hossein Qaragozlu, a shopkeeper, who was buying papers. The closures came three days after Ay atollah Ali Khamenei, the hard-line supreme leader whose powers supersede those of the elected president, said there were 10 to 15 reformist papers undermin ing Islamic principles. Hard-liners were outraged after footage from the conference was aired last week on state television, showing Iranian exiles criticizing Iran’s religious govern ment and a woman dancing in a skimpy outfit. In Iran, women must adhere to an Islamic dress code. Current Canadian peacekeeping operations as of June 1998. Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (Croatia) January 1996 Police Mission in Haiti Dec 1,1997 Mission in Guatemala January 1997 Mission in Bosnia- Herzegovina and the Mine Action Centre December 1995 Special Commission (Iraq) . April 1991 More than 4,000 Canadian soldiers and military observers serve overseas under the United Nations banner of peace, a fraction of their contribution over the past 40 years. Currently, however, with annual defense budget cuts, the government is wrestling with the prospect of future deployments. NATO Peace Stabilization Force (Bosnia- Herzegovlna) December 1996 Iraq - Kuwait Observer Mission April 1991 Disengagement * Observer Force (Israel - Syria) June 1974 Mlnete (Camtafe 1993 STA Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara April 1991 Multi-national Force and Observers (Egypt • Israel) 1979 Mission to the Central African Republic April 1998 Truce Supervision Organization Mission (Middle East) June 1948 Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus March 1964 Source Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. 1999 Wm. J Casteii [he Departn ling with the Jit on Sunda jer of Tex a; calyngineering HI was colics Heen the nei ttedirector of impose was to hem and provic lelp-line numbe ' jhie 2()-yeai' m|ranch near west of Austin, I shot in the back shoes or socks. Foster said s GREAT DEALS EVERY TUESDAY IN THE BATTALION Summer Jobs! onthc fourtl111 _ ,, Hall, and Kuja College Station shonly after h Need some extra spending money? 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