1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgShazdeh Omarihttps://cpj.org/author/somari/Iran adds to its list of press freedom violations - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sTrJsqe3TL"><a href="https://cpj.org/2011/09/iran-adds-to-its-list-of-press-freedom-violations/">Iran adds to its list of press freedom violations</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2011/09/iran-adds-to-its-list-of-press-freedom-violations/embed/#?secret=sTrJsqe3TL" width="600" height="338" title="“Iran adds to its list of press freedom violations” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="sTrJsqe3TL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lecturecover.jpeg218300New York, September 9, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the forced closure of two independent Iranian newspapers on Monday and the arrest of an Iranian writer in the city of Tabriz. In July and August, Shahrvand-e Emrooz (Today's Citizen), a reformist weekly, ran two covers depicting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a satirical light. The…