In the run-up to the Iranian New Year on 20 March, when prisoners might have expected to be released, two journalists – Henghameh Shahidi and Ehssan Mazndarani – have been arrested and others have been threatened with arrest by the courts, the Revolutionary Guards and the ministry of intelligence.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its condemnation of the Iranian regime’s continuing harassment of journalists.
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