Government closes down a gym in capital

The trend of advocating a modern lifestyle through Islamic reasoning was launched in the mid-1990s by the philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush and is known in Iran as Now Andishi-ye Dini (Reformist Religious Thought). This trend sought to bridge the gap between religious and secular intellectuals by adopting a pragmatic and flexible approach towards religious doctrines on issues of democracy, freedom and human rights.