Prosecutors in Iran target a newspaper over its cartoon mocking internet restrictions
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FILE - The Ham Mihan newspaper with a cover picture of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is seen in Tehran, Iran April 14, 2024. (Photo via West Asia News Agency)
An Iranian newspaper implying that the public needed to have the patience of the Biblical figure Job in waiting for President Masoud Pezeshkian to lift restrictions on the internet now faces potential criminal charges.
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