Editor Reza Tehrani (m) to face charges of publishing false information
Reza Tehrani, the editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine “Keyan”, has recently been summoned to appear before the Press Court to answer charges of publishing false information. He has since been banned from travelling outside Iran. On 7 August 1996, the Deputy Public Prosecutor for Tehran Province, Mr. Ranjbar, stated during a press conference that Tehrani’s […]
Some religious writers freed in Iran while others remain in prison
Four religious writers and scholars have been released from prison in Iran after international pressure. The four are followers of the Garnd Ayatalloh Shirazi and were detained at the end of 1995. There were fears that they had been badly tortured. Hujjatol Islam Sheikh Jafar Ghani, Hujjatol Islam Muhammed Ali Ma’ash, Hujjatol Islam wal Muslimin […]
Director of weekly “Payam-e-Daneshjoue” banned from working at any publication for five years
An Iranian court has banned Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, the director of the radical weekly “Payam-e-Daneshjoue”, from working at any publication for a period of five years. He was also ordered to pay a fine of US$ 3,300 for the “publication of lies and for disturbing the public order.” Tabarzadi had initially been sentenced to one year […]
Weekly “Payam-e-Daneshjoue” banned
On 20 May 1996, Iran’s Media Monitoring Committee banned the radical weekly “Payam-e-Daneshjoue” for “repeated infringements of the press law.” The charge is thought to stem from clauses in the law forbidding the publication of material which “violates the rules of Islam and the foundations of the Islamic Republic,… encourages antagonism between social classes…[and] insults […]