( CNN ) -- The jury of Iran 's Press Court on Sunday found the Tehran bureau chief for Reuters guilty of publishing lies and negatively influencing public opinion . Press TV , a state media agency , reported a jury member said Reuters was `` found guilty of propagating against the Islamic Republic and disseminating false information to disturb public opinion . '' Parisa Hafezi is Reuters ' bureau chief in Tehran . She referred CNN to Thompson Reuters , based in London , for a statement . In a story about the verdict on its website , Reuters said , `` We understand that the jury has stated its view and we now await the court 's ruling . We do not intend to comment further until a decision is issued . '' Press TV said a judge will make his final ruling in October , and the news agency can appeal the decision . The controversy stems from a Reuters video showing women clad head to toe in black , running up walls and flipping backwards , and diving and rolling over swords held at waist heights . A Culture Ministry official accused Reuters of calling the martial arts students terrorists , when in fact they are `` university students and housewives '' who `` engaged in this sport because of their love for the sport . '' Reuters acknowledged the video report in February `` contained an error '' and said the headline was changed after a complaint . The story 's headline , `` Thousands of female Ninjas train as Iran 's assassins , '' was corrected to read `` Three thousand women Ninjas train in Iran , '' Reuters said in a statement . Reuters also apologized for the error , the news agency said . According to Fars , a semiofficial Iranian news agency , the lawsuit was filed by `` Iranian Women Ninjas . '' Eleven Reuters staff members in Tehran were told to hand in their press cards over the incident , Reuters said in April . `` We acknowledge this error occurred and regard it as a very serious matter , '' editor-in-chief Stephen J. Adler said , adding that officials at the company `` conducted an internal review and have taken appropriate steps to prevent a recurrence . '' The press court was created in February 2011 . An Iranian official said it was necessary because of developments in mass media and `` special media crimes . '' CNN 's Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report .
Reuters admitted in February a video story erred in calling women assassins in training . The story involved thousands of women practicing to be ninjas . A jury found the news agency 's bureau chief guilty . Comment: