Iran court convicts editor, author of banned daily

                    
                  So-called Iranian court convicts editor & author of banned daily

An Iran ian court convicted on Sunday the editor and a contributor of a banned newspaper over a series of charges, including lying about Islam and spreading anti-regime propaganda,AFP cited reports on May 25th.
The media watchdog banned Bahar daily in October 2013 after it published an article the authorities deemed as an insult to Shiite Islam for questioning one of its core beliefs.
The editor-in-chief of the named daily, , who was detained and released on bail following the closure, was on Sunday convicted of “propaganda against the establishment and spreading lies and rumors.'
The court also ruled the newspaper was guilty of spreading “propaganda against the establishment and insulting Islam and its sanctities.”
President Hassan Rouhani , a self-declared moderate who has pledged to implement more freedom, has said the closure of newspapers must be taken as “a last resort”.
Three other dailies have so far been banned by the press watchdog since he took office in August.