Iran bans newspaper for sparking protests
Turkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - 1 hour ago
The Azeris of northwestern Iran speak a language related to Turkish. Although Azeris have many luminaries among Iran's commercial ...

Iran's president: US will fail to provoke ethnic differences
USA Today - 1 hour ago
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president accused the United States and its allies on Wednesday of "hatching plots" to provoke ethnic tensions and destabilize Iran ...

Ahmadinejad: US won't provoke ethnic differences
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 1 hour ago
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the US and its allies will fail to provoke ethnic differences in Iran, a day after Iran closed a state-owned newspaper and ...

Iran arrests 54 after ethnic Azeri riots
IranMania News, Iran - 4 hours ago
LONDON, May 24 (IranMania) - Iranian police arrested 54 people after riots over a newspaper cartoon which provoked angry protests in the large ethnic Azeri ...

Newspaper closed after cartoon provokes riot
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 7 hours ago
The Iranian government closed one of the country's main newspapers yesterday, detaining its editor and cartoonist, for publishing a caricature that prompted a ...

Iran paper faces heat over Azeri lampoon
Calcutta Telegraph, India - 7 hours ago
Tehran, May 23 (Reuters): Iran has suspended publication of its official state newspaper after it published a cartoon that sparked violent ethnic protests in ...

Iran Shuts Newspaper for Cartoon Mocking Minority
New York Times, United States - 9 hours ago
By NAZILA FATHI. TEHRAN, May 23 — Iran's government shut down one of its official newspapers on Tuesday for publishing a cartoon ...

Cockroach cartoon closes paper
Times Online, UK - 11 hours ago
One of the top three newspapers in Iran was closed and its editor and cartoonist arrested after a caricature caused riots. A cartoon ...

Iran Closes Newspaper Over Cartoon Furor
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 13 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday for publishing ...

Iran bans state newspaper over ethnic cartoon
Reuters - 15 hours ago
By Parinoosh Arami. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has suspended publication of its official state newspaper after it printed a cartoon ...

Iran Shuts Official State Newspaper
Voice of America - 16 hours ago
By VOA News. State television quotes the country's chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi Tuesday as saying the paper's cartoonist Mana ...

Iran shuts paper for offensive cartoon
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 16 hours ago
Iran has closed down its official state newspaper after it published a cartoon that provoked ethnic violence among the Azeri community in the north of the ...

Riots prompt Iran to close major newspaper
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 18 hours ago
The Iranian government has closed one of the country's top three newspapers, detaining its editor and cartoonist, for publishing a caricature that caused ...

Cockroach cartoon lands Iranian paper in hot water
CBC News, Canada - 18 hours ago
A cartoonist and editor at a newspaper in Iran were arrested Tuesday after a cartoon compared the country's minority Azeris to cockroaches, sparking violent ...

Iran bans state newspaper for sparking protests
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 18 hours ago
TEHERAN - Iran has suspended publication of its official state newspaper after it published a cartoon that sparked violent ethnic protests in the northwestern ...

Iran bans state newspaper for sparking protests
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 20 hours ago
An issue of the "Iran" newspaper is displayed at a newsstand in Tehran May 23, 2006. Iran has suspended publication of its official ...

Iran closes newspaper over cartoon furor
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 21 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI. TEHRAN, Iran -- The government closed one of the country's top three newspapers Tuesday, detaining its editor ...

Iranian paper banned for provoking ethnic riots
IranMania News, Iran - 21 hours ago
LONDON, May 23 (IranMania) - According to an AFP report, the Iranian government's official national newspaper was banned on Tuesday for publishing a cartoon ...

Iranian paper banned over cartoon
BBC News, UK - 22 hours ago
Iran's government has suspended a state-owned newspaper after it ran a cartoon that provoked riots among the country's minority Azeri community. ...

Iran Azeris clash with police over offensive toon
IranMania News, Iran - 21 hours ago
LONDON, May 23 (IranMania) - Thousands of Iran's ethnic Azeris clashed with police in the northwestern city of Tabriz during protests against a cartoon in a ...

Iran closes newspaper over offensive cartoon
Ireland Online, Ireland - 22 hours ago
The Iranian government today closed one of its own newspapers for publishing a cartoon deemed as insulting to the Azeri minority in north-western Iran. ...

Iran Closes One of Its Own Newspapers
Washington Post, United States - 22 hours ago
TEHRAN, Iran -- The Iranian government closed one of its own newspapers Tuesday for publishing a cartoon that provoked riots among the Azeri minority. ...

Iran's Azeri minority protests mocking cartoon
Reuters AlertNet, UK - May 22, 2006
TEHRAN, May 22 (Reuters) - Members of Iran's Azeri minority hurled stones in violent protests on Monday, enraged by a newspaper cartoon they said insulted them ...

Newspaper shut down over offensive cartoon
Edmonton Sun,  Canada - 19 minutes ago
By AP. TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist yesterday for publishing a cartoon that ...

Journalists behind bars after Iranian riots
Edmonton Journal (subscription), Canada - 28 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday for publishing a cartoon that sparked riots by ethnic Azeris, the ...

Iran Shuts Down Newspaper Over Cartoon
Truthdig, United States - 1 hour ago
TEHRAN, May 23 — The government shut down one of its official newspapers on Tuesday for publishing a cartoon that mocked Iran’s Azeri minority and led to ...

Iran closes state-run paper, arrests 2 over cartoon
Indianapolis Star, United States - 2 hours ago
By Ali Akbar Dareini. TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday for publishing ...

State closes one of its own newspapers, detains two staff, for ...
Siste.no, Norway - 11 hours ago
Tehran (AP) _ The government closed one of the country's top three newspapers Tuesday, detaining its editor and cartoonist, for publishing a caricature that ...

IRAN: State paper closed, editor and cartoonist charged
CPJ Press Freedom Online, NY - 11 hours ago
New York, May 23, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the closure today of an Iranian state newspaper, and the arrest of its editor-in ...

Iran Closes Newspaper Over Cartoon Furor
Brocktown News,  USA - 12 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 38 minutes ago. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief ...

Iran Closes Newspaper Due To Riot-Provoking Cartoon
All Headline News - 12 hours ago
Tehran, Iran (AHN) – The government shut down one of Iran’s major newspapers Tuesday and is detaining its editor and cartoonist for publishing a caricature ...

Iran: one of sates newspapers closed, two people detained, for ...
Pravda, Russia - 14 hours ago
It was the first closure of a newspaper since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to office last year - and the heavy response, along with public apologies by ...

Iranian Newspaper Closed Over Azeri Cartoon
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - 22 hours ago
TEHRAN, May 23, 2006 (RFE/RL) – Iran's state radio reports the government today ordered the indefinite closure of one of its newspapers for publishing a ...

Iran Accuses US of Provoking Tension
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 37 minutes ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president accused the United States and its allies on Wednesday of ``hatching plots ...

Update 3: Iran Accuses US of Provoking Tension
Forbes - 56 minutes ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI , 05.24.2006, 04:48 AM. Iran's president accused the United States and its allies on Wednesday of "hatching ...

Iran shuts newspaper as cartoon spurs riots
Globe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago
TEHRAN -- Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist yesterday for publishing a cartoon that sparked riots by ethnic Azeris, the ...

Iran closes state paper over ethnic cartoon
International Herald Tribune, France - 12 hours ago
TEHRAN Iran closed a state-owned newspaper and detained its editor in chief and cartoonist Tuesday for publishing a cartoon that sparked riots by ethnic Azeris ...

Iran Closes Newspaper Over Cartoon Furor
CBS News - 13 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writer. (AP) Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday for ...

Iran Shuts Down Newspaper After Cartoon Sparks Riots
Wall Street Journal (subscription), NY - 14 hours ago
Iran closed one of its top three newspapers Tuesday, detaining its editor and cartoonist for publishing a caricature that caused members of Iran's Azeri ...

Iran closes newspaper amid cartoon furor
Globe and Mail, Canada - 13 hours ago
Tehran, Iran — Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday for publishing a cartoon that sparked riots by ethnic Azeris, the ...

Update 1: Iran Closes Newspaper Over Cartoon Furor
Forbes - 15 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI , 05.23.2006, 02:14 PM. The government closed one of the country's top three newspapers Tuesday, detaining its ...

Iran Closes Newspaper Over Cartoon Furor
Salon - 20 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writer. May 23,2006 | TEHRAN, Iran -- The government closed one of the country's top three ...

Azeri Minority in Iran Protests “Insulting” Cartoon
MOSNEWS, Russia - May 22, 2006
Members of Iran’s Azeri minority hurled stones in violent protests on Monday, enraged by a newspaper cartoon they said insulted them, a semi-official news ...

Iran Accuses US of Provoking Tension
Times Daily, AL - 56 minutes ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI. Iran's president accused the United States and its allies on Wednesday of "hatching plots" to provoke ethnic ...

Iran daily shut for riot-inciting cartoon
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), AR - 58 minutes ago
BY ALI AKBAR DAREINI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday ...

Iran Closes Paper Over Cartoon Ridiculing Azeris
New York Sun, NY - 1 hour ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Associated Press. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist yesterday ...

Iran closes newspaper over cartoon, cites US
Daily Breeze, CA - 2 hours ago
The chief editor has been detained following the publication of a cartoon that caused a riot. By Ali Akbar Dareini. TEHRAN, Iran ...

Iran arrests 54 after ethnic Azeri riots
Kuwait Times, Kuwait - 4 hours ago
TEHRAN: Iranian police arrested 54 people after riots over a newspaper cartoon, which provoked angry protests in the large ethnic Azeri community, a legal ...

Iran Closes Newspaper, Jails Editor, Cartoonist
Tampa Tribune, FL - 4 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI The Associated Press. TEHRAN, IRAN - The government closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist ...

Tehran not amused by cartoon that spurred riots
Washington Times, DC - 4 hours ago
By Ali Akbar Dareini. TEHRAN -- Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist yesterday for publishing a cartoon ...

Iran Closes Newspaper Over Cartoon Furor
Wyoming News, WY - 10 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Tuesday, May 23, 2006. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday ...

Iran Closes Newspaper Over Cartoon Furor
Niagara Gazette, NY - 13 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI. Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday for publishing a cartoon that ...

Iranian Authorities Close Down Newspaper
newswire.co.nz, New Zealand - 13 hours ago
The Iranian authorities have closed down a government newspaper for publishing a cartoon viewed as insulting by the country's ethnic Azeri community. ...

Iran Closes State-Run Newspaper Over Cartoon Furor
Editor & Publisher - 17 hours ago
By E&P Staff. TEHRAN, Iran The Iranian government closed one of the country's top three newspapers Tuesday, detaining its editor ...

Iran closes one of its newspapers, detains two, for anti-minority ...
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 19 hours ago
By Ali Akbar Dareini. The government closed one of the country’s top three newspapers Tuesday, detaining its editor and cartoonist ...

Iran's Azeris clash with police over offensive cartoon
Baku Today, Azerbaijan - 20 hours ago
Thousands of Iran's ethnic Azeris clashed with police in the northwestern city of Tabriz during protests against a cartoon in a government daily they deemed ...

Iran Closes Newspaper, Detains Staff for Cartoon
6abc.com, PA - 21 hours ago
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - May 23, 2006 - The government closed one of the country's top three newspapers Tuesday, detaining its editor and cartoonist for publishing ...

Iran closes newspaper over cartoon furor
News & Observer, NC - 21 hours ago
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The government closed one of the country's top three newspapers ...

Iran Closes One of Its Own Newspapers O
Newsday, NY - 22 hours ago
By Associated Press. TEHRAN, Iran -- The Iranian government closed one of its own newspapers Tuesday for publishing a cartoon that ...