The managing editor of the pro-reform Sobh-e Emrooz newspaper, Saeed Hajjarian, has appeared in a court in Teheran.

He's facing unspecified charges brought by a number of plaintiffs, including state television, the intelligence ministry, police and members of parliament.

Mr Hajjarian is the latest in a series of liberal journalists and editors who have appeared in court.

Many of them have been accused of undermining Islamic values, in what is being seen as an attempt by conservatives to silence moderate voices ahead of next month's general elections.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service