AZERI PAPER CLOSES DOWN FOR NATIONALISM
AZG Armenian Daily
17/03/2006
According to “Kar” news agency of Iran and “Armenia” newspaper of
Athens, on March 12 the press supervision department of the Iran’s
Culture Ministry closed down Azeri “Navide Azerbaijan” Turkish-language
newspaper that had existed for 8 years. The reason for banning the
paper was the violation of articles 4 and 5 of the law on press that
prohibits inciting citizens to acts threatening national security
and expression of nationalistic attitude.
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