The arrest of at least 14 journalists in Tehran over the
course of three days this week, just a few months before the June presidential
election has come as a shock to members of the Iranian press, reports Tehran
Bureau.
“We have to stay up all night tonight,” said a journalist
based in Tehran. “They could raid our homes.” (Tehran Bureau, 30 January)
The current crackdown began Saturday with the arrests of Milad Fadayi-Asl, political affairs editor of the Iranian Labour New Agency (ILNA), and Soleyman Mohammadi, a reporter for the Bahar daily.
The current crackdown began Saturday with the arrests of Milad Fadayi-Asl, political affairs editor of the Iranian Labour New Agency (ILNA), and Soleyman Mohammadi, a reporter for the Bahar daily.
Late Sunday afternoon, eight security agents entered the
offices of the pro-reform Etemad daily. They detained social affairs editor
Nasrin Takhayori, political affairs editor Javad Dalirei, and Saturday supplement
editor Sassan Aghaei, who were taken to an unknown location. Eight other agents
went to the offices of Bahar around the same time looking for Reyhaneh
Tabatabaei, but the young journalist was not there.
That evening, agents raided the offices of two more
dailies, Arman - where they arrested Motahhareh Shafiee and Nargess Jodaki -
and Sharq - where they arrested Pejman Mousavi, Pouria Alemei, and Sadra
Mohaghegh. Akbar Montadji was arrested at the offices of the weekly Aseman, and
two more journalists, Emily Amraei and Sabba Azarpeyk, were arrested in their
homes.
To read the full Tehran Bureau report in today's edition of the Guardian, please click here.
Photo: Faces of detained journalists (EA)
Photo: Faces of detained journalists (EA)
Although I don't support their arrests in any way.They still naively believe in "reforming" this Tazi occupying regime.
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