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Iranian publications shut Canadian peace operaty-
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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.
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