Iranian MP Ali Motahari has called on the Tehran Prosecutor to announce the grounds and produce the warrant for the media ban on former president Mohammad Khatami. ISNA reports that in a letter to the Tehran Prosecutor, Motahari writes that according to a number of statements, the media ban on Khatami was not imposed […]
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Professors speak out against media ban on former president
Hundreds of professors from across Iran have issued a letter to the head of Iran’s judiciary, urging him to end the media ban on former president and top reformist figure Mohammad Khatami. The Kaleme website reports that 608 professors and scholars have spoken out against the media ban on Khatami, describing it as illegal […]
Iranians Take To Social Media To Challenge Media Ban On Ex-President Khatami
Some Iranians are protesting against a state media ban on former President Mohammad Khatami by posting his pictures on social media under the hashtag “We will be Khatami’s media” (in Persian: #رسانه_خاتمی_میشویم) The ban was formally announced earlier this week by judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei who said that, according to a judicial order, […]