Iran - Iran is world's leading jailer of female journalists and netizens

Reporters without borders

Ten women who work in the media are currently behind bars in the Islamic Republic The arrest on 22 July of two journalists and a photographer, including the Tehran correspondent of the Washington Post and his Iranian wife, brings to 65 the number of news providers behind bars in Iran. They include 10 women, of whom three are foreign nationals, making Iran the world's leading jailer of female journalists and netizens. Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned by this wave of (...)

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