Hahaha! The truth hurts? It appears that the mullahs and Ayatollah and Ahmadinejad don't want any newspapers in Iran publishing the truth that the price of a loaf of bread in Tehran is going through the roof! Here's the details of the latest shut down of a news publication in Iran, from Reuters:
This is one of the myriad of reasons where Iran is one of the biggest farces in the world. I've said it countless times before that the Persians are pathological liars. They claim they are an open and free society, yet they stone people to death for dress code violations. They claim they are a hands off government, yet they shut down newspapers. They claim that all of their countrymen support the mullahs, yet their prisons are full of dissidents.
Inflation in Iran is running about 26 percent. Did you hear that? 26 bloody percent! We have Americans yelling that the sky is falling economically because our inflation rate went above 4 percent!
We have seen reports here and there about polls in Iran that show a considerable amount of discension by the people against the government, but unlike a similar situation in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, this isn't driven by Shia vs. Sunni sectarianism, but more the iron rule of the islamist government and the declining economy of this country.
Iranian authorities have banned the evening edition of a large circulation newspaper for publishing news they said was harmful to the economy, Iranian media reported.
It is the second daily in just over a month to be banned for economic reporting. Analysts say the economy will be the main battleground in next year's presidential race as the government grapples with surging inflation in OPEC's No. 2 oil producer.
Rising prices are the main gripe for most ordinary Iranians.
This is one of the myriad of reasons where Iran is one of the biggest farces in the world. I've said it countless times before that the Persians are pathological liars. They claim they are an open and free society, yet they stone people to death for dress code violations. They claim they are a hands off government, yet they shut down newspapers. They claim that all of their countrymen support the mullahs, yet their prisons are full of dissidents.
Inflation in Iran is running about 26 percent. Did you hear that? 26 bloody percent! We have Americans yelling that the sky is falling economically because our inflation rate went above 4 percent!
We have seen reports here and there about polls in Iran that show a considerable amount of discension by the people against the government, but unlike a similar situation in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, this isn't driven by Shia vs. Sunni sectarianism, but more the iron rule of the islamist government and the declining economy of this country.
Iran bans newspaper over economic reporting: agency
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have banned the evening edition of a large circulation newspaper for publishing news they said was harmful to the economy, Iranian media reported.
Hamshahri daily, which has a morning and evening edition, is owned by the Tehran municipality, which in turn is run by potential presidential hopeful Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a conservative political rival of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
It is the second daily in just over a month to be banned for economic reporting. Analysts say the economy will be the main battleground in next year's presidential race as the government grapples with surging inflation in OPEC's No. 2 oil producer.
Rising prices are the main gripe for most ordinary Iranians.
"By a decision of the press supervisory board, Hamshahri evening edition has been banned. The reason for banning this publication was the propagation of untruthful news with the aim of creating disruption in the country's economic condition," the official IRNA news agency reported late on Thursday.
Fars News Agency said Hamshahri evening edition would not be published for three months.
Hamshahri on Thursday reported a row between cabinet economic ministers and Central Bank Governor Tahmasb Mazaheri, who have been at odds over interest rate policy. The governor wants to hike rates but has been opposed by the government.
The daily Tehran Emrouz, launched about 18 months ago, was banned in June for an article critical of Ahmadinejad's economic handling.
Ahmadinejad, who came to power in 2005 on a pledge to share Iran's oil wealth more fairly, has come under mounting criticism for not containing inflation now running at about 26 percent.
Although Iran says it allows free speech, journalists say they have to tread carefully to avoid being closed down.
Since 2000, Iran has closed dozens of publications in recent years, most of them pro-reform newspapers. Many subsequently reopened under different names.
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Ahmadinejad, who came to power in 2005 on a pledge to share Iran's oil wealth more fairly, has come under mounting criticism for not containing inflation now running at about 26 percent.
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Who wouldn't thought the 'poison midget' would not fulfill his campaign promises?
Seriously though, when the common people have had enough tyranny - then Ahmadinejad and his cronies will find out what it's like to be on the receiving end of a toppled government. And destroying what could easily be a great economy is a fast track to pissing off the populace. What a bunch of dorks...
can't agree more, brent - I mean, look at the dollars pouring in from oil at this point and these guys can't even feed their people. You think those little satellite operations in Gaza and Lebanon are putting a drag on things? : )
:Holger Danske
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