Iran Court Finds Reuters Journalist Guilty of ‘Spreading Lies’

The state-owned news Web site YJC. ir quoted Ali Akbar Loading... Kasaeian, a spokesman for the court panel, as saying that the Reuters Loading... bureau chief, Parisa Hafezi , was convicted of propaganda-related offenses for a February video that initially carried a headline saying that the women were training as ninja “assassins. ” Iran’s state Press TV Loading... also reported the court decision. Read more

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The news agency’s bureau chief in Tehran was convicted by a special media court and awaits sentencing.

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PRESS TV, Shargh, Reuters, Akbar

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