Iran - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei steps up war on journalists

Reporters without borders

In a renewed crackdown on the news media in the capital, plain-clothes intelligence ministry officials yesterday searched the headquarters of four daily newspapers – Etemad, Arman, Shargh and Bahar – and the weekly Aseman and, without giving any explanation, arrested at least 10 journalists. Two other journalists were arrested the day before. Arrest warrants have been issued for other journalists. “The constant persecution of journalists keeps on intensifying by the day,” Reporters Without (...)

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