Word: shamsolvaezin
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Dates: during 1998-1998
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...infuriated hard-liners with stories on previously taboo topics, including political dissent, U.S. relations and the wisdom of a military confrontation with neighboring Afghanistan. The shutdown came swiftly after Supreme Leader ALI KHAMENEI's "final notice" to government officials to curtail press freedom. Indefatigable Tous editor MAHMOUD SHAMSOLVAEZIN had managed to get his paper back on the streets after two previous closures, once by changing its original name, Jameyeh. But last week he was in prison with four Tous colleagues, facing a revolutionary trial. There was no word from Khatami...
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