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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds up copies of the Koran (L) and the Bible as he addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2010.

Iran's culture minister has admitted that book censorship was so tight under the previous government that they would have rejected even Islam's holy tract the Koran.

Ali Jannati told Iran's semi-official ILNA news agency that he had reviewed some of the rejected titles under the hard-line government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and come to the conclusion that in many cases censors picked put "irrelevant" issues.

Personal opinions and lack of expertise played a huge part in the censors' draconian attitude, according to Jannati, to the point that they would have banned the Koran, which Muslims believe is a direct revelation by God as it was verbally revealed from God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel.

"If the Koran hadn't been sent by God and we had handed it to book censors, they wouldn't have issued permission to publish it and would have argued that some of the words in it are against public virtue," he said.

However, Jannati said that book censorship will keep working in Iran. "How can we allow some problematic books to poison the society?" he asked.

Iranian writers and publishers, who are forced to submit their opus to the Culture Ministry before applying for publication, have long spoken out against the strict censorship rules.

Censors often bar books for contents they deem as immoral, anti-Islamic or politically sensitive.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that that more than 200 Iranian writers, poets and translators called on Jannati to lift the censorship policy just a few days before his outstanding remarks.

Jannati was chosen by moderate cleric Hassan Rohani, who was elected president in June and has vowed to hand more freedom to Iranians.

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Iran: Ahmadinejad's Censorship 'Would Have Banned Koran'

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By Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE/RL

Iranian Culture Minister Ali Jannati has said that book censorship was too strict under the country's former government. In comments quoted by Iran's semi-official ILNA news agency on October 8, Jannati said censors would have rejected the Koran, which Muslims believe is a revelation by God.

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"If the Koran hadn't been sent by God and we had handed it to book censors, they wouldn't have issued permission to publish it and would have argued that some of the words in it are against public virtue," he said.

Jannati said he had reviewed some of the titles that the administration of former Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad censored and concluded that in many cases, censors had objected to "irrelevant" issues.

He also said in many instances censors had based their decisions on personal opinions, and added that the reviewers lacked the necessary expertise.

Jannati has been culture minister since August after being chosen by Hassan Rohani, the moderate cleric who was elected president in June and who has promised to give Iranians more freedoms.

But limits remain. Jannati hedged his comments by also saying that book censorship will continue in Iran because the government must act in accordance with rulings made by the Supreme National Security Council and the parliament.

"How can we allow some problematic books to poison the society?" he asked.

Iranian Culture Minister Ali Jannati has said that book censorship (source: Etemaad daily)

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