{"id":13565,"date":"2013-04-30T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/13565-iran-reporters-without-border-condemns-escalation-of-censorship"},"modified":"2023-01-14T21:32:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T20:32:50","slug":"iran-reporters-without-border-condemns-escalation-of-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-reporters-without-border-condemns-escalation-of-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Reporters Without Border condemns escalation of censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"censorship\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-39314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/01\/censorship.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" \/>NCRI &#8211; Reporters Without Borders condemned on Tuesday the continuing harassment of news providers and yet another escalation in censorship in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With just six weeks to go to a presidential election, the intelligence ministry has been summoning netizens and media editors to give them instructions on what they may and may not cover,&#8221; the statement by the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The regime wants to use the June presidential election to bolster the Supreme Leader&#8217;s authority, which has been publicly questioned by millions of Iranians since Ahmadinejad&#8217;s disputed reelection in the June 2009 presidential election,&#8221; Reporters Without Borders said.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters Without Borders said: &#8220;But without a free press and with 52 journalists and netizens currently detained, one cannot talk of a free election. 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