Marginalized Rouhani criticizes arrests of journalists
Special to WorldTribune.com Hard-liners in Iran are “exaggerating the case” and promoting baseless arrests of journalists in a crackdown on freedom of expression, President Hassan Rouhani said. Iranian authorities detained five local journalists this week after accusing them of having ties to “anti-revolutionary” media. Rouhani, who had promised to end the stifling of expression during […]