#Iran bans newly launched reformist newspaper
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Iran’s judiciary has banned a newly launched reformist daily over an article seen as insulting to Islamic law, prosecutors said on Thursday. “Aseman newspaper has been banned for publishing an article that insults Islam’s sacred beliefs and articles against Islamic regulations,” the office of Tehran’s prosecutor said on its website. “In an article run by the newspaper on Tuesday, it called ’qesas’ inhumane,” it added in reference to the Islamic law of vengeance. The statement said #Aseman's managing director, Abbas Bozorgmehr, also faced prosecution. read more