Government Halts Al Jazeera Broadcasts
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From Times Wire Reports
Iran suspended the operations of satellite TV channel Al Jazeera, accusing it of inflaming violent protests by the Arab minority in the country’s southwest, state-run TV reported.
Al Jazeera called the move “unexpected and unwarranted.”
The government said three protesters had died in three days in Khuzistan province. Iran’s intelligence chief said 200 opposition-linked leaders of the demonstrations had been arrested.
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