Iran - Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2011)

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3.12.2011- Another restriction on foreign journalists The Iranian government yesterday banned foreign news media from covering any further rallies outside Britain's embassy and diplomatic residences in Tehran. “It is the first time foreign media in Iran have been prohibited from covering pro-regime rallies,” Agence France-Presse reported. The ban seems to have been prompted by the desire to prevent coverage of yesterday's visit by foreign diplomats to the embassy and Qolhak Garden residential (...)

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