Some 772 Iranian journalists signed a petition to President Rouhani, saying they were "hopeful" he would reopen a press association closed in 2009 by his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Source/Credit: Circa
By Circa | July 9, 2014
Several incidents of cracking down on the press have questioned President Hassan Rouhani's pledge to ease restrictions on the media.
Culture journalist Marzieh Rasouli reported to prison on July 8 to serve a two-year sentence and receive 50 lashes. The government convicted her of spreading anti-government propaganda, she said. Reporters Without Borders said she and at least two other Iranian journalists were accused of collaborating with the BBC.
The reformist Aseman, or Sky, newspaper was closed and its manager jailed, according to a report on Feb. 20. The official Islamic Republic News Agency said the decision was because it was "spreading lies and insulting the holy precepts of Islam" over an article that questioned the precept of eye for an eye.
Some 772 Iranian journalists signed a petition to President Rouhani, saying they were "hopeful" he would reopen a press association closed in 2009 by his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Iranian newspaper Etemad first reported about the petition on Jan. 27.
After being elected to the presidency in 2012, Rouhani promised reforms including improvements to social freedoms. Some are worried however, that his push to make a deal on the country's nuclear program cost him political capital at home to push through reforms.
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