Saturday, November 2, 2013

Bahar Editor Arrested


Saeed Pourazizi, editor-in-chief of Bahar daily, was arrested today in Tehran and sent to the notorious Evin prison, ISNA reported. The newspaper was shut down on Monday by government censors.

In its 23 October edition, the paper had published an op-ed piece entitled, “Imam, a Political Leader or a Religious Model?”

Image credit: Bahar’s front page (Radio Farda)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

اولین سالگرد شهادت ستار بهشتی - حرف‌های محمد نوری‌زاد

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBDkVI2-rTQ

Anonymous said...

Motahari challenges the judgment of Khamenei about 88

http://farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13920727000089

Mark Pyruz said...

These sorts of things are reflective of a nation under threat.

During a period where the United States was under threat, President Lincoln arrested newspaper reporters and editors and held them without trail, indefinitely. When the Supreme Court voiced dissent, Lincoln simply ignored the court and even deliberated arresting the chief justice.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=70018#axzz2jXrjPppo

It's my personal opinion that upon a certain time where Iran is no longer under foreign threat, symptoms of insecurity such as these will dissipate.

Anonymous said...

Ye, because you are anti-american you are entitled to every crime - it's a funny ideology for imbeciles .

Anonymous said...

again, a load of utter fanboy bullshit headed by a lame attempt at analogy.

there's no civil war raging in Iran and you remain a tirelessly dishonest lickspittle.

Nader Uskowi said...

Mark, let's not justify the reactionary attempts by Iran Judiciary and the country's hard right to kill press freedom in the name of external threat in the 21st century. We as bloggers especially should object to this naked censorship. Reactionary regimes can use their vast information operations to defend their censorship, they don't need our help.