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Iran’s Reformist papers accused of lackluster Gaza coverage

Conservative media outlets in Iran have attacked Reformist news organizations for failing to report on the conflict in Gaza, prompting the editors to defend their coverage.
A Palestinian boy walks past the remains of a house which witnesses said was destoyed by an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City July 23, 2014. Israeli forces pounded the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, sending thousands of residents fleeing, and said it was meeting stiff resistance from Hamas Islamists, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Tel Aviv to push ceasefire talks. Israel launched its offensive on July 8 to halt missile salvoes by Hamas Islamists, who were struggling under the weight of an Israeli-Eg
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Iranian TV and a number of conservative websites have accused Reformist newspapers of not sufficiently covering the current war in Gaza. The accusations, which reflected the political divide in Iran, became so intense that a number of Reformists papers and editors felt compelled to respond.

Since the war began July 8, Shargh, one of the best known Reformist papers in Iran, has chosen Gaza as their top story twice. Inside their July 22 edition, their cartoonist Arvin depicted Israeli bombs falling on a crib, expressing the paper's concern for the disproportionate number of Palestinian children to be killed:

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