Masoud Kazemi is the Second Journalist to
Be Arrested in Tehran Within Two Weeks
مسعود کاظمی دومین روزنامه نگار است که ظرف دو هفته در تهران دستگیر
می شود
NOVEMBER
7, 2018
Unidentified security agents
detained journalist Masoud Kazemi in Tehran on November 5, 2018, making him the
second known case of a journalist being arrested in the Iranian capital within
the last two weeks.
“Bail has been set at 250
million tomans [approximately $59,340 USD], which I hope his family will be
able to come up with,” his attorney, Ali Mojtahedzadeh, tweeted on
November 6.
“Detention without prior
warning is only permissible in very limited cases for people accused of serious
or dangerous crimes but unfortunately, it is repeatedly happening to
journalists and becoming a normal pattern,” he added.
Mojtahedzadeh did not identify
the arresting authority or discuss whether charges have been filed.
Kazemi is the editor-in-chief
of the monthly political magazine, Sedaye Parsi (Persian Voice) and has
worked for several reformist newspapers including Ghanoon and Shargh.
Kazemi’s fiancé, Shima
Tadrisi, tweeted on
November 6 that neighbors who witnessed Kazemi’s arrest told her that several
individuals entered his home before noon and took him away along with his
laptop and phone.
On October 25, Iranian
journalist Pouyan Khoshhal was also arrested in
Tehran and charged with a crime that could carry the death penalty for using
the word “demise” instead of “martyrdom” while referring to a Shia imam.