TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian media say state TV has stopped broadcasting a series after protesters in the southwest claimed it insulted a prominent local tribe. IRNA said Sunday that state TV suspended Sarzamin-e Kohan, or The Ancient Land. The series is set in the 1940s, 50s and 60s when Iran was a monarchy, before its 1979 Islamic Revolution. The ...

Protests against a TV series calledSarzamine Kohan(Ancient Land) erupted this week in several Iranian cities, includingDezfulandAhvazin the oil-rich Khuzestan province. Demonstrators say the show was insulting toBakhtiaripeople and the role its leaders played in Iran'sConstitutional Revolution. In at least one dialogue of the fictional show, Bakhtyarisare ...