Today’s Headlines from Payvand (via Radio Zamaneh)
Tehran University Students Invite Opposition Leaders to Student Day Over three thousand students of Tehran University have signed a petition inviting opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, to attend Day of the Student ceremonies at their institution on December 7. The students urge the two opposition leaders to renew their protests to the […]
Government shuts down business daily Sarmayeh
Citing “repeated violations of the press law,” the Iranian government’s press advisory board shut down Sarmayeh, one of the country’s leading business dailies, today. According to Reuters, further details were not given. Sarmayeh editor Saeed Laylaz, an outspoken government critic, was arrested shortly after Iran’s disputed election in June. In August, authorities shut down Etemad-e […]