Iran Moves To Silence criticism of Nuclear Deal by Hard Line Media

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Iran Moves To Silence criticism of Nuclear Deal by Hard Line Media
By contributors | Aug. 5, 2015
By Golnaz Esfandiari

Iran’s state media watchdog has suspended a hard-line publication and warned two other like-minded outlets for criticizing the nuclear deal reached last month between Iran and major world powers.

The government’s Press Supervisory Board suspended the weekly 9 Dey, which is run by lawmaker Hamid Rasaei, a staunch government critic, and referred the case to a court, Iranian news agencies reported on August 3.

The publication had been targeted twice before by the government watchdog.

The board, which operates under Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, also cautioned the influential ultra-hard-line Kayhan daily and the website Rajanews over some of their “headlines and content.”