200 Arrested in Iran Ethnic Unrest, Jazeera Closed

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Apr 18, 2005 — TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said Monday some 200 people were arrested in ethnic unrest in its southwest in recent days and closed the offices of the Arab language Al Jazeera television channel, accusing it stirring up trouble.

At least one person died after Arab-Iranians went on the rampage in the city of Ahvaz, near the border with Iraq, on Friday and Saturday, smashing and setting fire to police cars, banks and government buildings and clashing with police.

We have arrested many of those behind the scenes and it became evident that they have ties to anti-government (television) channels," he said.

The Tehran bureau of Qatar-based Al Jazeera television was later closed, said a senior Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry official in charge of supervising the foreign press. Some Iranian lawmakers also called for the expulsion from Iran of Al Jazeera.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=680142

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[xultar]

2. So when we shut down Al Sadar's paper were we doing an American

thing or an Iran thing?
I get confused :crazy:

[merwin]

3. A sure sign that Al Jazeera was speaking truths