Mohammad Hossein Khoshvaght, director general of the Iranian Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry, said the suspension will last for "as long as is needed" to examine the possibility that Al-Jazeera had provoked subversive elements in the rioting.
Officials say three people were killed and some 200 arrested in fighting between ethnic Arabs and Iranian security forces in mid-April in Khuzestan Province, which borders Iraq.
However, opposition politicians say the death toll was much higher than officials have admitted.
(RFE/RL/AFP/Reuters)
Officials say three people were killed and some 200 arrested in fighting between ethnic Arabs and Iranian security forces in mid-April in Khuzestan Province, which borders Iraq.
However, opposition politicians say the death toll was much higher than officials have admitted.
(RFE/RL/AFP/Reuters)
