Reuters Hit over Iran’s Ninja Assassin Women Story: 11 Lose Press Accreditation, Defamation Suit

The Iranian government suspended the press accreditation for Reuters staff in Iran after the publication of a video and article claiming that Iranian women were training to become ninja assassasins. Reuters amended the story only after receiving a complaint from the martial arts club on the grounds of misappropriation. The story’s headline originally read, “Thousands of female ninjas train as Iran’s assassins,“ and it was revised to, “Three thousand women ninjas train in Iran.“ However, even after the chang