{"id":9097,"date":"2010-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-protests\/9097-second-iranian-regime-reporter-defects-in-recent-months"},"modified":"2023-01-13T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:59:59","slug":"second-iranian-regime-reporter-defects-in-recent-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/second-iranian-regime-reporter-defects-in-recent-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Iranian regime reporter defects in recent months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"escape-from-iran\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-35982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/escape-from-iran.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Escape from Iran\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" align=\"right\" \/>NCRI &#8211; In the latest sign of defections and a trend of demoralization in a variety of the \u200eclerical regime\u2019s organs and institutions, the state-run Jahan News reported this week that \u200ea second reporter from the Iranian regime\u2019s Mehr news agency has fled the country.\u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jahan News did not name the reporter, but wrote, \u201cReports indicate that he fled to \u200eTurkey last Saturday and is seeking refugee status from either the US or one of the \u200eEuropean countries.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n<p>Several months ago, there were reports that the head of Mehr\u2019s photography had fled the \u200ecountry as well.\u200e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; In the latest sign of defections and a trend of demoralization in a variety of the &lrm;clerical regime&rsquo;s organs and institutions, the state-run Jahan News reported this week [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-9097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-protests","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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