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Iran Blocks Student, Women's Websites

November 09, 2006

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad sits amid an audience of women (file photo) (Fars)

TEHRAN, November 9, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Several websites have been blocked in Iran over the past 24 hours, Radio Farda reports.

Among them are advarnews.us, which belongs to Iran's main reformist student group, and meydaan.com, which covers women's issues.

Iran has been labeled an enemy of the Internet by the French media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.

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