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Iran: Kurdish journalist arrested by
authorities
13.3.2007
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March 13, 2007
Tehran, 13 March ,-- Iranian authorities have
banned the magazine Salam Jonoub (Good morning
south) and arrested its editor in chief Mohammad
Bagher Abbasi in Bushehr, where Iran's nuclear power
plant is based. A court ordered that the magazine be
closed on Monday and charged its editor in chief
with "discrediting the government." Abbasi had
presented his candidature for the 2004 parliamentary
elections to Iran's watchdog, the Guardians'
Council, in a reformist list but had not been
allowed to run.
Another journalist just arrested by authorities is
Iranian Kurd Mansour Tifouri.
Reports on Monday said Iranian authorities have
also closed Kurdish
weekly Payame Kord (Kurdish message) and accused
the magazine's editor in chief Ardeshir Sadreddini
of publishing false and biased news. Sadreddini, who
was released on bail, has received death threats
from a militant group called Young Revolutionaries
who have accused him of "betraying the Islamic
revolution" in articles published by the magazine,
"offending religion" and "cooperating with non
governmental organizations" - approximately the same
charges pressed by magistrates who banned the
weekly.
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Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Îranę or
Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatę
Kurdistan (East of Kurdistan) is an unofficial name
for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has
borders with Iraq and Turkey. It includes the
greater parts of West Azerbaijan province, Kurdistan
Province, Kermanshah Province, and Ilam Province.
Kurds form the majority of the population of this
region with an estimated population of 4 million.
The region is the eastern part of the greater
cultural-geographical area called Kurdistan.
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members of PEJAK are women, many of them still in
their teens, and one of the female members of the
leadership council is Gulistan Dugan, a psychology
graduate from the University of Tehran. This is due
primarily to the fact that PJAK is strongly
supportive of women's rights. PJAK believes that
women must have a strong role in government and must
be on an equal level with men in leadership
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