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Iran's main opposition daily newspaper banned
Aug 17, 2009, 6:36 GMT
Tehran - The Tehran prosecutor's office has temporarily banned the country's main opposition newspaper Etemad Melli, the daily's website reported Monday.
The paper, which belongs to the reformist Etemad Melli party led by the cleric Mehdi Karroubi, was not published Monday.
Karroubi has several times accused the establishment of torture and even sexual abuse of prisoners jailed for their protests against alleged fraud in the June 12 election which led to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning a second term.
Karroubi was a candidate challenging Ahmadinejad in the election.
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