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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Iran Says NO to Al Jazeera?

Where “debate” regarding the Holocaust is accepted, questioning the political legitimacy of Iraqi Shiite leader Ali Sistani is not.

“London, May 08 – Iran’s Majlis, or Parliament, has banned the prominent Arabic-language satellite channel al-Jazeera, an international press freedoms watchdog said on Monday.”

“Parliamentary speaker Gholam Ali Hadad Adel announced yesterday that journalists employed by the Qatar-based TV station Al-Jazeera would be banned from the Iranian parliament until the station formally apologises for a talk-show last week in which Iraqi Shiite leader Ali Sistani’s political legitimacy was questioned”, Reporters Without Borders said in a report posted on its website.”

I guess Iran is just doing its part in supporting Iraq…

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