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In yet another controversial move, a high ranking cleric in Iran has announced that, several British embassy officials who were detained during the post election violence, will now stand trial and may also be prosecuted on the charges of inciting protests and public unrest. Cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who is a highly influential figure in Iranian [...]

Since the post violence election in Iran, there has been widespread arrest and detainment of protesters, political activists, opposition reformists and foreign journalists. Last week, a Newsweek reported confessed to manipulation of facts on the behest of foreign governments. Now, in a shocking statement released by Iranian government, authorities [...]

During the post election violence, Iranian authorities had detained several reporters and media correspondents as part of its international media ban. One of the detained journalists, Maziar Bahari, 42, a reporter with Newsweek has reportedly confessed to the act of doing the bidding of western governments. According to Iran’s semi-official media [...]