CPJ's Yeganeh Rezaian on mass protests and journalist arrests in Iran - Committee to Protect Journalists

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : I know this all too well, having been imprisoned and held in solitary confinement for 72 days while I was an accredited journalist in Iran.
54% :CPJ senior researcher Yeganeh Rezaian, who spent 72 days in solitary confinement while an accredited journalist in Iran, discusses the implications of the latest developments.
52% : What difficulties are women journalists facing as they try to cover this moment in Iran?
49% : The U.S. has adjusted its sanctions on Iran so tech companies can give Iranians access to more services and platforms.
44% : Women journalists have always faced challenges in Iran.
34% : One source who spoke to us from HaftHoz Square in the eastern part of Tehran said the arrests and crackdowns are brutal, with people being arrested simply for being in the street, regardless of what they are wearing.
33% : When mass protests erupted in Iran more than a week ago, the government cracked down hard.

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