On 20 May 1996, Iran’s Media Monitoring Committee banned the radical weekly “Payam-e-Daneshjoue” for “repeated infringements of the press law.” The charge is thought to stem from clauses in the law forbidding the publication of material which “violates the rules of Islam and the foundations of the Islamic Republic,… encourages antagonism between social classes…[and] insults […]
On 20 May 1996, Iran’s Media Monitoring Committee banned the
radical weekly “Payam-e-Daneshjoue” for “repeated infringements of
the press law.” The charge is thought to stem from clauses in the
law forbidding the publication of material which “violates the
rules of Islam and the foundations of the Islamic Republic,…
encourages antagonism between social classes…[and] insults
officials, institutions, organisations and individuals.” However,
no official notification of the ban was sent to the newspaper.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to Iranian authorities:
“Payam-e-Daneshjoue” lifted as soon as possible, and to put an end
to the harassment endured by the press in Iran
Appeals To
His Excellency Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue
Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
care of the Iranian diplomatic representative in your country
(in France)
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
4, avenue d’Iena
75116 Paris, France
Fax: +33 1 40 70 01 57
(in Canada)
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
245 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 2K2 Canada
Fax: +1 613 232 5712
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