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Iran: Foreign Media Speaks for 'Hooligans'
Journalists 'damaging the Islamic republic'
By Matt Cantor
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Posted Jun 17, 09 1:02 PM CDT
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(Newser)
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Iran has slammed foreign journalists for sparking unrest in the country as the “mouthpieces” of “hooligans,” CNN reports. The foreign ministry said “hundreds” of foreigners had been allowed into Iran in “a sign of the total transparency in the trends of the elections,” but “certain countries have rushed to judgment and have supported the illegal gatherings and the disturbances that a number of opportunists had created.”
The journalists have thus “damaged and targeted the radiant face of the Islamic republic,” the statement continued. Meanwhile, the country’s Revolutionary Guard said it would take “legal action” against “destructive” websites that “use cyberspace to incite riot, threaten people and create rumors.”