Iran - The Iranian authorities and the art of manipulation and provocation

The Islamic Republic demonstrated yet again its skill in the art of provocation by using the confessions of a woman under sentence of death against two German journalists imprisoned in Iran, as some 100 prominent Germans on 2 January called for their immediate release. The arrest of the two journalists was made public on 11 October 2010 when they had just interviewed the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery. The two, who were imprisoned in the (...)

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