Iran yesterday threatened to close the Teheran bureau of the Arabic satellite news channel Al Jazeera for screening what the ministry of culture termed a "divisive documentary" about Arabs in Iran, the news agency Irna reported. | Al-Jizz accidentally told the truth? |
Al Jazeera broadcast a documentary on Arabs living in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, exposing what is said was discrimination they faced within Iranian society. The culture ministry, which is in charge of the foreign Press, accused the news channel of "sowing discord among the different ethnic groups in Khuzestan" by depicting the negative sides of cultural life in that province. The ministry warned Al Jazeera that such "unprofessional acts" made it difficult for it to continue activities in Teheran. |