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ifmat - Iran shuts down newspaper over virus cover-up allegations

Iran shuts down newspaper over virus cover-up allegations

One of Iran’s main business dailies has been shut down by authorities after it published an interview with a government physician who said the country was covering up the ...
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ifmat - Iranian metal band arsames facing prosecution for Satanic Music

Iranian metal band arsames facing prosecution for Satanic Music

Arsames, an Iranian melodic death metal band, is reportedly facing inarceration for creating and playing ‘Satanic music.’
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ifmat - A newspaper in Iran is censured for interview defending people right to revolt

A newspaper in Iran is censured for interview defending people’s right to revolt

Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which oversees censorship in the clergy-dominated country, has cnesured Etemad, a local pro-reform daily for an interview touching upon the sensitive issue ...
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ifmat-Iran uses arrests censorship to silence critical coronavirus coverage

Iran uses arrests censorship to silence critical coronavirus coverage

As coronavirus spreads in Iran, authorities have moved swiftly and aggressively to contain independent reporting about it by harassing, detaining and censoring journalists and social media users.
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ifmat - Iranian intelligence agents raid homes of 4 journalists

Iranian intelligence agents raid homes of 4 journalists

Iranian authorities should cease raiding journalists’ homes and should return all material confiscated in recent raids, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today
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ifmat - Iranian culture ministry said to have outsourced book censorship

Iranian culture ministry said to have outsourced book censorship

A conservative news website in Iran published the leaked contents of a contract between the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and a private company, charging that the ...
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