Censorship in Iran By: Kayla Stellabotte and Murmie Baker.

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Censorship in Iran By: Kayla Stellabotte and Murmie Baker

Iran Iran is a country in the Middle East. Iran is 636,000 square miles, making it the second-largest country in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia is the largest), and the 18th largest nation in the world. It houses 77 million people. Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamenei is the supreme ruler of the country, while Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the president. Iran has been a Theocratic Islamic Republic since Feb. 11th, 1979 o A theocratic country is a country ruled by religious leaders. Political Map of Iran Physical Map of Iran

Censorship Censorship - The act of examining books, movies, etc. and suppressing/deleting offensive and/or unacceptable parts Types of censorship include banning certain internet sites, books, and media. Some examples of censored books are The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Faulkner, As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, and Ulysses by James Joyce. These books have been censored due to religious/immoral content. Journalists have been imprisoned to avoid critical news coverage in Iran. Certain publications have been banned. Millions of websites and social networking sites have been banned on the Internet.

Relationships to Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 is not censored in Iran. Book burning incidents have been recorded in Iran as well as in the book. In Fahrenheit 451, books are censored, but movies and songs are censored in Iran as well. Religious books are burned in both the book and in Iran (books not pertaining to the acceptable religion) Other countries have burned books related to Iran’s religions (mainly Islam)

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