ISNA: Representatives of the Islamic Consultative Assembly have mandated the Ministry of Intelligence and the IRGC Intelligence Organization to publicly publish the list of hostile media outlets for public information.
During today's open session of Parliament (Sunday, November 3), representatives reviewed the report of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission regarding the foreign infiltration counter-action bill and approved the addition of a note to Article 22 of this bill.
The added note to Article 22 states that the Ministry of Intelligence and the IRGC Intelligence Organization are required to compile the list of media outlets referred to in this article within a maximum of 3 months from the notification of this law and to publicly publish it for public information, as well as to publicly release any changes to the list.
Article 22 of this bill states that interviews and participation of Iranian citizens in dialogues with media or citizen-journalists designated and publicly announced as "hostile" by the Ministry of Intelligence, or owned, managed, or funded by operators associated with tier-one or tier-two governments, is prohibited except in compliance with the regulations of this law and shall be subject to one or more grade-six punishments under Article (19) of the Islamic Penal Code. Officials are exempt from the provisions of this article.
Source: Entekhab
