TEHRAN — An Iranian newspaper aligned with the country’s reform-minded new president was closed on Thursday by Iran’s judiciary, only six days after its first issue, local news outlets reported.

It is unclear whether the closing, apparently over a quote from a political activist, who had said the bedrock eye-for-an-eye principle of Islamic law is inhumane, is permanent.

“Aseman newspaper is banned for desecration of Islamic sanctities and publishing material that was against Islamic rulings,” the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.

Aseman had been presented as a supporter of President Hassan Rouhani by its editor, Mohammad Qouchani, a veteran Iranian journalist and political activist. The closing seems aimed at preventing the government from having any news media outlets other than the official government newspaper, Iran, and the Islamic Republic News Agency.