Middle East Journalists Share Pessimistic Outlook for Region's Press Freedom - The Media Line

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : All journalists in Iran must obtain permission from the country's Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry in order to start working, she said.
48% : Iran and Saudi Arabia are next, each with 24 imprisoned journalists.
41% : "With nine women journalists currently in prison, Iran is the fifth biggest jailer of women journalists in the world."
40% : "They mostly accuse you of being in contact with spy services," she said, citing the recent examples of Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, two female journalists who were arrested in Iran last year for reporting on Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked the Woman, Life, Freedom protests.
36% : In fact, in many countries, from Turkey to Yemen and from Egypt to Iran, it further deteriorated," he said.
32% : A female journalist in Iran who also requested to remain anonymous told The Media Line, "There is no free media" in Iran.

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