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| | Reformist press regroups amidst crackdown -DAWN - International; August 25, 2003 |
 | | In the last four years, more than 90 newspapers and magazines have been banned, throwing over 2,000 journalists out of work, says Mohammad Hydari, manager of the website ‘Parspejvak.com’. |
 | | On Aug 16, the Journalist Association called for the resignation of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ahmad Masjedjamei and the public prosecutor of Tehran, Judge Mortazavi, who are seen as responsible for the crackdown on journalists and students. |
 | | The dilemma facing the dissidents and reform-minded among the press is that in the absence of independent parties and political institutions, newspapers and magazines have become political instruments, often representing politicians’ interests.—Dawn/The InterPress News Service. |
| www.dawn.com /2003/08/25/int15.htm (796 words) |
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