Middle East
Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2014
Reporters Without Borders condemns the pro-reform newspaper Ebtekar's suspension by the Tehran prosecutor s office for media and culture on 26 April, two days after it reported that the head of the Iranian prison system, Golamhossien Esmaili, had been fired. Ebtekar editor Mohamad Ali Vakili said that "according to the letter from the prosecutor's office, the newspaper has been suspended under article 6 of the press law for publishing false information."