The state news agency IRNA quoted the managing editor of the paper, Hojatoleslam Rasul Montajabnia, as saying the courts had ordered the Islamic Republic's reformist-run Culture Ministry to withdraw the newspaper's permission to publish.
He said the matter was apparently related to an unclear complaint by a former managing editor. Montajabnia is a prominent member of the Militant Clerics Association, the left-leaning party of President Khatami.
In recent years, the Iranian judiciary has maintained a concerted crackdown on the press, closing down at least 100 publications -- most of them pro-reform.
(AFP)
He said the matter was apparently related to an unclear complaint by a former managing editor. Montajabnia is a prominent member of the Militant Clerics Association, the left-leaning party of President Khatami.
In recent years, the Iranian judiciary has maintained a concerted crackdown on the press, closing down at least 100 publications -- most of them pro-reform.
(AFP)
