Advocacy group demands release of 2 detained Iran reporters
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An advocacy group has called for the immediate release of two Iranian journalists detained in Tehran.
The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement early Friday highlighting the cases of Sadra Mohaqeq, an editor at the pro-reform daily newspaper Shargh, and Yashar Soltani, who writes for the news website Memari News.
The committee says Mohaqeq was detained Sept. 19 for allegedly working with "anti-revolutionary media outlets" outside of Iran. It says Soltani's detention came after Tehran authorities filed a criminal complaint against him over an article alleging corruption in land deals.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sherif Mansour of the committee says the reporters' detention shows, "whether journalists are advocating for national political reform or reporting on a local land deal, they are not safe from Iranian prisons."