Iranian journalists in Europe face threats and harassment from regime in Tehran Many Iranian journalists working for foreign media outlets say officials back home are harassing their family members in an attempt to silence critical reporting from abroad. DW spoke to some of the affected journalists.

December 5, 2019   

(Deutsche Welle) Some Iranian journalists living and working abroad have been getting bad news when calling home after discovering that parents and siblings have been interrogated and detained.

For years, Iranian authorities have been putting pressure on family members to silence critical journalists based abroad.

And the campaign of intimidation and persecution has escalated after the recent mass protests that erupted following a sharp hike in the price of gasoline. It’s considered the deadliest unrest to hit the country since the turmoil of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Among those being targeted by Tehran are London-based, Persian-language networks like Iran International TV, Radio Farda, Manoto and BBC Persian.

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