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Iran: A popular sport program under fire

Written byFred Petrossian
Posted 20 January 2009 16:37 GMT

Several news sites and blogs reported that '90’ ,a very popular sport program is under fire by government because it criticised Iranian football authorities. Jomhour, an Iran based blogger, says[fa] that Iran Telecommunication sabotaged the system so no one could send any text message to the show. The blogger adds this event shows the real meaning of “absolut freedom” in Iran that Iranian president talks about!

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