Iran - Exile journalists threatened, pressured and defamed from inside Iran

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns Iran's threats and defamatory attacks on Iranian journalists living in exile, including UK-based freelancer Masih Alinejad and US-based Arash Sigarchi of Voice of America. The intelligence ministry and Revolutionary Guards are using the government-controlled national radio and TV broadcaster to orchestrate these harassement campaigns from Tehran. “Efforts are being made to mask the origins of these threats, but it is definitely the national broadcaster, (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - jeudi 3 octobre 2013