Journalist Who Backed Rohani Flees Iran
Journalist Amir Hossein Motaqi (L), with Rohani's younger brother and adviser, Hossein Fereydoun An Iranian journalist who campaigned for President Hassan Rohani and who had traveled to Lausanne with Iranian negotiators to cover talks on Tehran's nuclear program is seeking political asylum in Switzerland. Amir Hossein Motaqi, editor of Iran's ISKA news agency, told RFE/RL he decided to seek asylum after being hampered in his journalistic work by Iranian officials. "Officials from the Foreign Ministry demanded that we cover the news they ...
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