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Iran's reformers go online

TEHERAN Aug. 6. With dozens of their newspapers banned, Iran's reformists are turning to the Internet as a new arena for their struggle with the Islamic Republic's conservative establishment, journalists said yesterday.

Since the President, Mohammad Khatami, came to office in 1997, Iranian newspapers have been one of the main battlegrounds between his pro-reform allies and their hardline rivals.

More than 80 publications have been banned in the last two years since Supreme Leader Ayatollah, Ali Khamenei, sparked a crackdown by branding liberal newspapers ``bases of the enemy''. Dozens of pro-reform journalists have been jailed.

But at least five Iranian news-based Web sites have been opened by Mr. Khatami's supporters in the last 10 days, two of them in place of the recently banned dailies, Bonyan and Norouz.

The newly founded Web sites offer a wealth of news, analysis and opinion as well as ``behind-the-scenes'' revelations for news- hungry Iranians. — Reuters

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