Recently launched Iranian newspaper gets shut down

Written for Editors Weblog

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) reported on Monday that the pro-government, state-owned, newspaper, Korshid (Sun), was shut down as a cost cutting measure.

Korshid had a short life seeing as it was only launched in October of last year. According to Ali Zabihi, managing director of government agency Atieh it has been shut down after a new years (Persian New Year) message given by "supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei." . He said the government needed to spend money cautiously and cut costs during the global recession.

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