{"id":8952,"date":"2017-09-06T14:34:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=8952"},"modified":"2017-09-06T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:34:15","slug":"iranian-spy-service-threatening-blackmailing-global-media-outlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/iranian-spy-service-threatening-blackmailing-global-media-outlets\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Spy Service Threatening, Blackmailing Global Media Outlets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Iran regime threatening reporters, families to ensure positive coverage<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Washington Free Beacon<\/strong>
\nby Adam Kredo
\n8\/6\/2017<\/p>\n

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Iran’s clandestine spy network has been threatening and blackmailing scores of journalists, even going so far as to detain and threaten the family members of these reporters, in order to ensure positive coverage in global media outlets, according to a new report that estimates at least 50 international journalists have been threatened in just the past year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Iran uses its network of spies and its hardline judiciary to threaten journalists with punishment and in many cases detain\u00a0family members in order to use them as leverage against Western reporters, according to a new report<\/a> by Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, a watchdog group that advocates for freedom of the press.<\/em><\/p>\n

Outlets such as the BBC and Voice of America have been subjected to threats and in some cases have had their computers hijacked by Iran, according to the report, which states that “all international media outlets with Persian-language services are concerned” about the Islamic Republic’s often-secret efforts to blackmail reporters in order to gain positive headlines.<\/em><\/p>\n

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