Iranian Parliament Bans The Al-Jazeera Network
The Islamic Repulic banned Al-Jazeera from their Parliament after allegations that one of the hosts on the network insulted the Iraqi Shia cleric Grand Aytollah Ali Sistani:"Iran has banned Al-Jazeera from its parliament, saying one of its talkshows had insulted the most revered Shia cleric in Iraq.Gholam Ali Hadad Adel, the parliament's speaker, said: "Parliament has decided to prevent Al Jazeera journalists from entering until this network makes a formal apology for insulting Iranian-born [Grand] Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani."Iran said questions from the host of the "Without Borders" programme had questioned the legitimacy of Sistani's leadership in Iraq.
Hadad Adel said: "This is a plot of the enemies of Islam and Iraq and news networks like Al Jazeera committed this insult because of their influential role." (Source: Media With Conscience)has not made enemies ?Image Source: Ad Blog Arabia
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There's nothing even remotely related to freedom of speech in Iran,is there? Those here who think this country is evil should be sent over there for awhile so they can get a real taste of what evil really is!
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