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Iran Cracks Down on Journalists Despite International Outcry

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2013. The Iranian authorities must release journalists arrested in the past three days and accused of cooperating with “anti-revolutionary” Persian-language media organizations outside Iran, Amnesty International said.

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The organization believes further waves of arrests are planned. Underpinning this fear is today’s arrest of Bahar Newspaper Economics Editor, Ali Dehghan.

A statement attributed to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence declares: “The investigation will be continued until the last individual linked to this network is…

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