Ettela'at

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Ettela'at is an Iranian newspaper.

[edit] Incidents

On January 6, 1978 a slanderous article appeared in Ettela'at suggesting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was a homosexual and a serving British agent. [1] The next day clerics in Qom protested and the police demanded they disperse. [1]When they refused the police opened fire and at least twenty died. Iranian media displayed outraged mounting tensions leading up to the 1979 Iranian Revolution. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Sandra Mackey (1996) The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation. Plum Penguin Group. New York, NY. p.278 ISBN 0452275636

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