Iran must release journalists detained in newspaper office raids

Headline Title:  Iran detains journalists in newspaper raids 28 January 2013 Iran must release all journalists being held solely for carrying out their legitimate work, Amnesty International urged after at least 14 reporters were arrested in the past three days amid police raids on newspaper offices.The journalists are reportedly accused of cooperating with "anti-revolutionary" Persian-language media organizations outside Iran."This latest example of locking-up Iran's journalists is a result of draconian restrictions on reporting which violate the right to freedom of expression and…

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