Ali Asghar Qaravi, the Iranian journalist who was arrested for his article in the Bahar daily, has been released on bail after two months in jail. Neday-e Sbaz-e Azadi reported that Qaravi was released after the Bahar daily was found to be in violation of press laws. Qaravi is a Nationalist-Religious activist and a member of the Freedom Movements ...

Culture Minister Ali Jannatihas been questioned in the Iranian parliament by a hard-line lawmaker over some of his comments regarding the closure of newspapers and the solo singing of women. Hamid Rasayi accused Jannati of showing tolerance toward the insulting of religious sanctities and promoting laxness over religious principles. Rasayi said ...

The editor of an Iranian reformist newspaper has been jailed for publishing an article on Shia Islam deemed offensive by authorities. The semiofficial ISNA news agency says Saeed Pourazizi of the Bahar newspaper was taken to Evin prison Saturday. ISNA quoted Pourazizi's wife, Masoumeh Shahriari, as saying her husband was summoned to court but was ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has shut down a reformist newspaper over an article that allegedly undermined Islamic values. State TV reported Monday that Iran's media supervisory body banned the daily Bahar, citing a law authorizing media closures over articles deemed to violate Islamic values or insult Islam. Bahar published an op-ed article on Wednesday ...