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New York, May 10, 2002--In the latest wave of Iran's ongoing crackdown on the press, the country's conservative Press Court has sentenced two journalists to prison and banned three newspapers during the last two weeks. CPJ learned that on May 8, Iran's Press Court convicted Mohsen Mirdamadi, a member of Parliament and director of the…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/10/colophon.gif