Sada-e Azadi announced that Mohammad Javad Shakoori Moghaddam, the director of Aparat website, was sentenced to pay a fine after the organization complained and was accused of broadcasting Sada-e Azadi's works in cyberspace. Sada-e Azadi added that the distribution of its works on Aparat had caused "irreparable material and moral damage" to the organization and "weakened the position of the national media."