Iranian newspaper website attacked
{{date|February 16, 2006}}

The website of [[w:Hamshahri|Hamshahri]] newspaper was brought down this week in response to an internet attack. Hamshahri Daily is an [[Iran]]ian newspaper that sponsored a contest to produce cartoons [[w:Holocaust denial|denying the existence]] of the [[w:Holocaust|Holocaust]]. Service to the website was restored today, after several days offline.

Hamshahri Daily sponsored the cartoon competition on February 8. The contest followed upon [[w:Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|the controversy caused by the twelve cartoons]] published by the [[Denmark|Danish]] newspaper [[w:Jyllands-Posten|. Those twelve cartoons sparked outrage and have led to widespread demonstrations and boycotts.

Last year, [[w:President of Iran|Iranian President]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] denied the existence of the Holocaust, saying "They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred and place this above God, religions and the prophets".

The Hamashahri website was the subject of a [[w:Denial-of-service attack|'denial-of-service' attack]]. In a denial-of-service attack, attackers bombard the website with requests for pages until the server overloads.

Hamshahri Daily is owned by the [[w:Tehran Municipality|Tehran Municipality]], which is allied with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad is the former mayor of Tehran.

==Sources==
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*{{source|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1612951&page=1
|title=Newspaper Calls for Holocaust Cartoons
|author=Nasser Karimi
|pub=ABC News
|date=February 13,2006}}
*{{source|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1588718
    |title=Cartoon Backlash: Iranian Newspaper Seeks Holocaust Caricatures
    |author=Nasser Karimi
    |pub=ABC News
    |date=February 7, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_cartoons/
    |title= Iranian Paper Plans Holocaust Cartoons
    |author=Nasser Karimi
    |pub=Yahoo News
    |date=February 7, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/14/iran.israel/
    |title= Iranian leader: Holocaust a 'myth'
    |author=
    |pub=CNN News
    |date=December 14, 2005}}

==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4107270.stm BBC's Profile of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]

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[[Category:Journalism]]
[[Category:Middle East]]
[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
[[Category:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]
[[Category:Jyllands-Posten]]
[[Category:Depictions of Muhammed]]
[[Category:The Holocaust]]
The website of Hamshahri newspaper was brought down this week in response to an internet attack. Hamshahri Daily is an Iranian newspaper that sponsored a contest to produce cartoons denying the existence of the Holocaust. Service to the website was restored today, after several days offline.

Hamshahri Daily sponsored the cartoon competition on February 8. The contest followed upon the controversy caused by the twelve cartoons published by the Danish newspaper w:Jyllands-Posten|. Those twelve cartoons sparked outrage and have led to widespread demonstrations and boycotts.

Last year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the existence of the Holocaust, saying "They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred and place this above God, religions and the prophets".

The Hamashahri website was the subject of a 'denial-of-service' attack. In a denial-of-service attack, attackers bombard the website with requests for pages until the server overloads.

Hamshahri Daily is owned by the Tehran Municipality, which is allied with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad is the former mayor of Tehran.
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