Iran - Reporting is not spying

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for the immediate release of two German journalists detained in Iran, who have been shown on Iranian TV and who were accused yesterday by a judicial official in Tabriz (in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan) of spying. The press freedom organization regards the accusations as a violation of both Iranian and international law. “The two journalists were just using their fundamental right to gather and report news and information,” (...)

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