Iran: media crackdown continues

Bahman Totonchi, a journalist for the former Kurdish weekly Karfto, was arrested on 18 November following a house search by intelligence agents. The authorities had been harassing the journalist since the closure of Karfto on 29 December last year, when the weekly’s licence was withdrawn for good on the grounds of “failure to publish regularly”. It is not known where Totonchi is now being held.

Mohammad Khaleghi, an ethnic Azeri journalist for the ASR Iran news website, was stabbed on 24 November by two unidentified men. Khalegni had extensively covered protest actions by local residents about liquid gas distribution problems.

Shahnaz Gulami, the blogger of “azerwoman” website, was arrested on 9 November following her articles accusing Iranian authorities of harassing ethnic Azeris living in Iran. She has been repeatedly prosecuted and jailed in the past. The official accusation and her whereabouts remain unclear.
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