THE GUARDIAN
BY SAEED KAMALI DEHGHAN
Iran’s media has been banned from publishing the name or images of Mohammad Khatami, the country’s reformist former president, according to a senior judicial official.
Although the authorities have taken similar actions against reformers and opposition figures in the past, the latest move is significant because it is happening under the current moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, who had promised greater freedoms.
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