What Goes On In Iran
Newspaper censorship and calls for volunteer suicide terrorists
The Iranian government on Wednesday ordered shut a leading reformist daily, Kargozaran, for publishing a statement by a student group that blamed Hamas for provoking the current IAF strikes on Gaza.
The paper’s editor Mehran Karami said the student statement condemned the Israeli attacks but also called Hamas a terrorist organization that hides in schools and thus draws civilian casualties.
Meanwhile, hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the military operation in the Gaza Strip.
The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Five hard-line student groups and a conservative clerical group launched a registration drive on Monday, seeking volunteers to carry out suicide attacks against Israel.
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