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Skeletons Working In A Closet.(the press in Iran)(Brief Article)
Three years ago Iranian President Mohammed Khatami promised press freedom, and dozens of excited publishers rented spacious villas and set up shop in style. The hard-liners who control Iran's courts started closing newspapers within months. But journalists who went to jail as ordinary citizens emerged a few weeks later, with A-list cachet. The newspapers simply reopened under new names.
Everything changed in March 2000. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accused "15 or 16" publications of "acting as the enemy's fifth column." He ordered them shuttered without naming them. Since then, almost 30 more ...
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