Journalist Who Backed Rohani Flees Iran
An Iranian journalist who campaigned for Iran's President Hassan Rohani and who had traveled to Lausanne with the Iranian nuclear negotiators to cover the last round of nuclear talks is seeking political asylum in Switzerland. Amir Hossein Motaqi, editor of Iran's ISKA news agency, told RFE/RL he decided to seek asylum in Switzerland after being hampered in his journalistic work by officials from the Foreign Ministry. "Officials from the Foreign Ministry demanded that we cover the news they wanted -- news that was not true -- or not to ...
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