Iran Confirms Journalist Defected
While Covering Nuclear Talks In Switzerland/ Iran's government has confirmed that an Iranian journalist had defected while covering negotiations in Switzerland between Tehran and world powers on the country's nuclear program. In a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency late on March 29, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the journalist defected last week and was suspended from his job at the semi-official ISCA agency. ISCA editor Amir Hossein Motaqi told RFE/RL on March 26 that he decided to seek asylum in Switzerland after being ...
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