Wednesday 16 November 2011

Journalist arrested for interviewing about explosions

Sate run media announced the arrest of Hassan Fat-hi, who had previously given an interview on the RGC Base explosion in Tehran.

This Tehran journalist who had spoken to the BBC Farsi language service a few days ago was arrested in Tehran on charges of ‘publishing lies and instigating public opinion’.

The Fars state-run News Agency had claimed that this arrested journalist had ‘confirmed the claims of the Zionists regarding Iran in a live interview in the BBC Farsi’. (Daneshju News website, Asre Iran state-run website – Nov. 13, 2011)




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