Three Iranian journalists arrested in fresh crackdown

By artappraiser on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 12:37am |

By Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Guardian.co.uk, Jan. 18, 2012

At least three prominent journalists have been arrested in Iran in a fresh crackdown on press freedom ahead of the country's parliamentary elections in March.

Two journalists, Marzieh Rasouli and Parastoo Dokouhaki, and photojournalist Sahamoddin Bourghani were arrested separately by officials believed to be from the Iranian security services.

Rasouli, who has been working for the arts and culture sections of some of the country's leading reformist newspapers, is reported to have been arrested at home in the early hours of Tuesday and taken to Tehran's Evin prison. According to reports published on Iranian opposition websites, security officers showed a warrant for her arrest, which accused her of "acting against national security" [....]

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