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Reports on the closure of the paper, Bahar, in Iran, on August 8, 2000. Reason for the closure; Background of the paper; Information on Ahamad Pournejati, a member of the Parliament who resigned office to protest the attacks on the reformers.

Iran's main government-run newspaper was published Tuesday without a front-page headline, replaced by photographs of its headquarters during an assault a day earlier by forces working for the judiciary who briefly arrested the newspaper's top official -- the media adviser to the president -- and more than 30 others. The presentation of the front page appeared to be an act of protest by the newspaper over the unusual episode on Monday, which judiciary officials described as a riot carried out by newspaper employees. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the reformist newspaper of Iran known as "Shargh," or East, has been shut down. It is being said that this has happened because the newspaper published a cartoon in one of its recent editions that seemed insulting to the government. Also, the newspaper had refused to replace its director.

Reports that a group of Iranian reformers opened another newspaper in Tehran, Iran called `Asr-e Azadegan,' after its three other newspapers were shut down by court orders. Views of conservative Muslim clerics on the newspapers; Impact of the election of reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on journalism; Information on the newspapers' financial backer, editor and columnist Hamidreza Jalaeipour.

Reports the Iranian Government's ban on Jahan Islam, a conservative Islamic newspaper, owned by the brother of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for violation of prohibitive laws on Islam.

The authorities have shut down the newspaper of the reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi, left, who angered Iran's senior leaders by publicizing claims that protesters arrested after the disputed June elections were raped in prison. The newspaper, Etemad-e-Melli, was ordered to stop printing Sunday night by a Tehran prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, Mr. Karroubi's Web site reported. On Monday, Mr. Mortazavi denied that the paper had been banned, saying it failed to publish because of printing problems, Reuters said. But state-run Press TV reported that an investigating judge ordered the paper closed for ''publishing unlawful and criminal material.'' Protesters gathered outside the paper's offices on Monday and clashed with the police, who arrested some of the demonstrators, Press TV said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the Jameah newspaper in Tehran, Iran. Right-wing clerics who want to shut it down; The paper as President Mohamad Khatami's promise to liberalize the press; The paper as being feared by conservative clerics; Examples of the types of articles the paper prints.