Iranian journalist banned from work
Laptop Battery Tuesday, 1st March 2005
AFP
TEHRAN - An Iranian journalist has been banned from working for two years and given a six months suspended jail term over a magazine article, the student news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday.
Mohammad Hassan Alipour, chief editor of Aban weekly magazine, was sentenced in response to the article and a cartoon that appeared in the magazine. No further details were given, and his lawyer could not be reached for comment.
In recent months Iran's hardline judiciary has been engaged in a crackdown on pro-reform press and Internet sites, detaining some 20 reporters and technicians.
Three Iranian reformist journalists were released after they agreed to write letters of repentance, saying they had been brainwashed by foreigners and counter-revolutionaries.
Iran's judiciary has maintained a crackdown on the pro-reform press for several years, with scores of papers shut down and journalists frequently detained.
According to the indictment, Jones would steal various IBM and Penguin computer servers from Verisign's warehouse in Virginia and sell them to Johnson. Johnson would then sell the servers to several individuals, who would sometimes place them for sale on eBay. As a result of this scheme, the indictment alleges that Jones and Johnson caused Verisign to lose more than $120, 000 worth of computer equipment. In the indictment, Jones and Johnson are charged in three counts with causing the interstate transportation of stolen property, namely IBM 330 and 335 servers, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
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