Kurdish Magazine Banned As Editor Receives
Death Threat
Tehran, 12 March (AKI) - Iranian authorities
have closed Kurdish weekly Payame Kord (Kurdish message) and accused the
magazine's editor in chief Ardeshir Sadreddini of publishing false and biased
news, reports said Monday. Sadreddini, who was released on bail, has also
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.
