Share this: TwitterFacebookWhatsAppLinkedInEmailTelegramWashington, D.C., August 10, 2020 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Iranian authorities’ to reverse their decision to shut down the Tehran-based economic daily Jahane Sanat. “This latest move to target a newspaper for reporting on COVID-19 is an irresponsible act in the face of the biggest public health crisis of our time. The closure of Jahane Sanat is an unfortunate continuation of Iran’s long practice of suppressing information to the detriment of the Iranian people’s well-being,” said CPJ Middle East and North Africa representative Ignacio Miguel Delgado. CPJ emailed the newspaper but did not receive an immediate response. Last week the BBC’s Persian news service reported that the number of virus fatalities in Iran may be three times larger than official reports have stated.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 10, 2020 18:22 UTC