Iranian Authorities Arrest Four More Journalists

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By: Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, October 18, 2011--Iranian authorities arrested four journalists who work for reformist newspapers and are expected to charge them with antistate crimes, according to news reports. 

Mehdi Afsharnik, Ali Akrami, Mohamed Heydari, and Mohsen Hakim were arrested and taken from their homes on October 5, news reports said. An Iranian journalist told CPJ that the four arrested men were rumored to be in Evin Prison, but CPJ was unable to confirm the report. None of the journalists have had access to lawyers or been officially charged, though their families were told that they were being charged with antistate crimes, news reports said.  































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