Iranian female ninjas suing Reuters over report: state TV
Iran's female martial artists want to showcase their fighting skills — in court.
Kristin Deasy March 29, 2012 08:24
Iran's female martial artists want to showcase their fighting skills — in court.
Martial arts has become popular among Iranian women in recent years as more than 3,000 women train in Ninjutsu in private clubs under the supervision of the Islamic republic's Martial Arts Federation.
( Atta Kenare / AFP/Getty Images )
( Atta Kenare / AFP/Getty Images )
The Iranian government today revoked press credentials for Reuters staff in Tehran after a group of Iranian female martial artists protested a Reuters report that described them as "assassins."
The Iranian women vowed to sue Reuters for defamation over the incident, Iran's state television reported on Wednesday.
Reuters today said it had corrected the story's original headline, which said, "Thousands of female Ninjas train as Iran's assassins" to read "Three thousand women Ninjas train in Iran."
