1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgErik Crouchhttps://cpj.org/author/ecrouch/Iran sentences journalist to five years over corruption report - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="a8WWbu6lIr"><a href="https://cpj.org/2019/01/iran-sentences-journalist-to-five-years-over-corru/">Iran sentences journalist to five years over corruption report</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2019/01/iran-sentences-journalist-to-five-years-over-corru/embed/#?secret=a8WWbu6lIr" width="600" height="338" title="“Iran sentences journalist to five years over corruption report” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="a8WWbu6lIr" 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/2019/01/AFP_Iran_01-25-19.jpg750500Washington D.C., January 25, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the five-year jail sentence imposed on January 23 by Tehran's Revolutionary Court on journalist Yashar Soltani, who reported on corruption in Tehran land deals, and called on Iran to stop persecuting journalists for doing their job.