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Al ArabayaThe Dubai-based television channel Al Arabiya said on Sunday that its Tehran bureau has been ordered to remain closed indefinitely for "unfair reporting" of last week's disputed presidential election.
"The authorities accuse Al Arabiya of diffusing news that is not necessarily fair from their point of view," said channel's executive news manager, Nabil al-Khatib, adding that the channel had not done anything that was in violation of Iranian law and had appealed to the government about what it saw as a campaign against the station in the official Iranian media.
"They have ordered that we do not broadcast any news about Iran, saying Al Arabiya in Dubai does not comply with what Al Arabiya's office in Tehran was ordered to do," he said.
The move followed a decision by the Ministry of Information to shut Al Arabiya's Tehran bureau last Sunday for a week just as the protests over disputed presidential elections were getting underway.
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http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/21/76600.html
Iran asks BBC reporter to leaveSource:
BBCIranian authorities have asked the BBC's correspondent in Tehran to leave the country within 24 hours.
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Iran has singled out Britain and the BBC in its widespread condemnation of what it calls meddling by foreign powers in its affairs.
In the days following the 12 June election, BBC Persian TV was disrupted by "deliberate interference" from inside Iran, the corporation said.
In response, the BBC increased the number of satellites that carry its BBC Persian television service for Farsi-speakers in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8111638.stm