[Peace-discuss] Silencing Iran

[Paul M. King]

[Is this, perhaps, the beginning efforts by American officials
to create a media blackout in preparation for military or
covert aggression in Iran? ..:: paul]

BBC News Online is reporting that the 'semi-official' Iranian
Student News Agency has had its contract arbitrarily
terminated by the US hosting service The Planet. Quoted in the
Central Asian & Southern Caucasian Freedom of Expression
Network, an ISNA spokesman said, "Eliminating the site of
ISNA, a media outlet widely accessed around the world, is
against informatics laws and runs counter to the rhetoric
about the free flow of information and the principle of
freedom to access information and news,". The BBC Reports that
Iranian government officials were quick to accuse the US
administration of pressuring The Planet to terminate the
contract.

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