Tag: newspaper closure

Newspaper Closed for Publishing News of IRGC Commander’s Release

  The major Iranian daily, Ghanoon, was shut down on May 7, 2014, by judicial authorities who claimed the newspaper published a “false” report about a former Revolutionary Guard. Ghanoon’s report concerned the release of Mohammad Royanian, a former senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards and manager of the major Tehran soccer club, Perspolis, on […]