Iranian media say reformist magazine closed by authorities
May 12, 2019
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities shut down a reformist magazine that had urged negotiations with the United States, local media reported Sunday.
The weekly magazine Seda was handed a suspension order Saturday by a court in Tehran, the reformist newspaper Arman reported.
Seda's most recent front page had shown a U.S. aircraft carrier fleet and the caption "At the crossroads between war and peace."
The magazine called for "high-level engagement" between the U.S. and Iran, warning that closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz, an occasional Iranian threat, would lead to "widespread war."
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