andyheath

Reporter arrested in Iran

Submitted by andyheath on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 10:54

A Demotix reporter has been arrested and had his camera seized in Iran.

The contributor, who submitted videos from the streets of Tehran to Demotix, contacted us late last night after being released from custody by police. His camera, car and ID card were seized by police, and he was told to report back to police today, 17 June, to be handed to a judge.

While in custody, he was led by officials to believe that were he to be found guilty as a spy, he could be executed.

He said, “Just pray for me. Ten years ago in ‘Koye daneshgah’ [Tehran University] I was arrested, and it's a nightmare for me to repeat my memories...”

Demotix is in contact with the contributor, and we are following developments closely.

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Nishlens
Nishlens commented on 23/06/2009

Any updates on this?

rizvi
rizvi commented on 22/06/2009

nothing will happen ins iran will only punish those who are guilty and he was jst doing his work

gen
gen commented on 21/06/2009

need to urgently appeal to Amnesty International

ICJ
ICJ commented on 21/06/2009

The regime in Tehran will be the ones standing before judges soon enough

Juan David Escobar
Juan David Escobar commented on 20/06/2009

Que mal.
Pero si, es un hombre valiente, y su alma saldrá bien librada de esto.
Esperemos, y, qué hacemos?

stefan171
stefan171 commented on 19/06/2009

Any update?

Flo
Flo commented on 19/06/2009

is there anything that is needed / that we can do from here? eg collect money, find him a local lawyer etc?? just monitoring the situation from here might not be enough!