Iran judiciary orders the closure of MP Ali Motahari website

Sources: AliMotahari.ir, Radio Zamaneh

The Iranian judiciary has ordered the closure of the website of Ali Motahari. The conservative MP, is under attack for his speech in the Parliament in favor of Mousavi and Karroubi. For his words, Motahari was physically attacked by other Iranian MPs (please, click here to watch the video). More, recently Motahari denounced that the “freedom of speech has become more strained under the Rohani administration and self-censorship has become more common in the media“. In an interview with Tasnim News, Motahari remarked that “when the administration is reformist, there will be more pressure to prevent the government’s tendency toward opening the political atmosphere“.