Iran - Intelligence ministry admits arresting news providers, blames foreign media

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the renewed crackdown on Iranian journalists, in which a wave of arrests in Tehran on and around the “Black Sunday” of 27 January has been followed by interrogations and arrests of journalists in several provincial cities. At least 15 journalists and netizens – members of the Hana literary association and contributors to the monthlies Koshk and Varia and the bimonthly Najva – were summoned and interrogated for several hours by intelligence ministry officials (...)

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