Iranian Journalist Arrested Over Tweet Deemed Insulting To Shi'ite Imam
An Iranian journalist has been arrested in Tehran over a tweet deemed insulting to Shi'ite Islam's so-called Eighth Imam. Amir Hossein Miresmaili, a reporter with the Jahane Sanat daily, was detained at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport on April 24 while trying to leave the country for Georgia, according to a news agency affiliated with Iran's judiciary, which quoted an "informed security source." The Mizaonline report said Miresmaili was arrested and handed over to judiciary authorities. The hard-line Tasnim news agency previously reported ...
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