Iran’s ultra-conservative weekly "9-Day" has been shut down by the Iranian authorities for criticizing the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries, which was signed in Vienna on July 14.

According to BBC’s Persian Service, Iran’s Press Supervisory Board has banned the weekly because of its failure to comply with media law in Iran, which says that media "must obey and follow any instructions received from the Supreme National Security Council" and "avoid publishing defamation against Iranian authorities."

The weekly "9-day", which is directed by the ultra-conservative parliamentarian Hamid Ressaei, has written many articles criticizing the Iranian government’s foreign policies and the nuclear talks.

On the nuclear negotiations it recently wrote: "Each step Zarif took destroyed 100 kilos of reserves of enriched uranium." In other articles it has accused president Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet of financial corruption, and insulted Ali Akbar Velayati, the foreign policy advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader. 

On July 22, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance issued detailed instructions on how Iranian reporters should cover the nuclear deal. It forbids Iranian journalists from publishing any articles that suggest rifts among "high-ranking authorities in Iran", or reporting on anything that "indoctrinates" the public into believing that the nuclear deal goes "against the nation, Islam, or revolutionary values and ideals."