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A guard patrols the hallways of Evin Prison. (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl)

With another arrest, Iran continues crackdown on press

New York, February, 22, 2013–Yet another journalist has been arrested in Iran as part of the broad crackdown aimed at silencing dissent before Iran’s presidential elections in June, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities to halt their pattern of imprisoning journalists and instead allow members of the press to…

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