{"id":2939,"date":"2024-10-04T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T07:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2024-10-16T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:30:11","slug":"tehran-prosecutors-office-files-charges-against-media-activists-amid-iran-israel-military-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/tehran-prosecutors-office-files-charges-against-media-activists-amid-iran-israel-military-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehran Prosecutor\u2019s Office Files Charges Against Media Activists Amid Iran-Israel Military Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>As military tensions escalate between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel, the Tehran Prosecutor&#8217;s Office has initiated legal cases against several media outlets and activists on the grounds of what it termed &#8220;spreading false news or creating terror undermining the psychological security of society.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mizan, the news agency affiliated with the judiciary, reported on October 4, 2024 (Mehr 13, 1403), without naming the individuals or media organizations facing charges, that the Tehran Prosecutor\u2019s Office stated: &#8220;By monitoring social media and identifying violators, charges have been filed against some individuals, some have faced judicial actions, and warnings have been issued to others.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mizan elaborated on the accusations against these individuals or media outlets, stating: &#8220;In recent days, some social media accounts on platforms such as X, Telegram channels, and online activists have engaged in spreading false news or creating fear in a way that undermines the psychological security of society.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tehran Prosecutor&#8217;s action against media outlets, media activists, and journalists is a repeated pattern following significant social events in Iran, similar to actions taken in April this year after the IRGC&#8217;s missile-drone attack on Israel from Iranian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following significant social events in Iran, judicial and security authorities, in coordination with the Islamic Republic&#8217;s propaganda apparatus, are working to disrupt free information dissemination in order to promote the official narrative of the regime and prevent independent narratives from becoming the dominant discourse among citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As military tensions escalate between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel, the Tehran Prosecutor&#8217;s Office has initiated legal cases against several media outlets and activists on the grounds of what it termed &#8220;spreading false news or creating terror undermining the psychological security of society.&#8221; Mizan, the news agency affiliated with the judiciary, reported on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-repression-of-media"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2941,"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions\/2941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deffi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}