Iranian Paper Says Reporter Arrested During May Day Protest,
5/4/19.
An Iranian newspaper
says one of its reporters was arrested by police earlier this week while
covering a May Day protest, during which dozens of activists were detained.
The pro-reform Shargh
newspaper said on May 4 that Marzieh Amiri was detained at a demonstration
outside the Iranian parliament in Tehran.
The paper said
authorities detained some 30 protesting workers, including two workers'
leaders, Reza Shahabi and Hassan Saeedi.
The semiofficial Mehr
news agency reports that the detainees will be released soon, citing the
general prosecutor, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.
Iran has witnessed
protests over the past two years sparked by the country's worsening economic
situation.
In 2018, the
administration of U.S. President Donald Trump re-imposed economic sanctions on
Iran after pulling out a
2015 nuclear deal that
provided Tehran with sanctions relief in return for curbs on its atomic
program.
Nationwide protests in
2017 led to 25 deaths.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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