(RSF/IFEX) – On 19 May 2004, a court in Zanjan, northwestern Iran, decided to release two journalists from the weekly “Sedai é Zanjan”. Managing editor Massiolah Soltani and his colleague Massud Almassi were arrested on 13 and 15 May, respectively. The court said the journalists could be freed on bail pending the “preparation of their […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 19 May 2004, a court in Zanjan, northwestern Iran, decided to release two journalists from the weekly “Sedai é Zanjan”. Managing editor Massiolah Soltani and his colleague Massud Almassi were arrested on 13 and 15 May, respectively. The court said the journalists could be freed on bail pending the “preparation of their cases.” Soltani’s bail was set at 35 million tomans (approx. 350 million rials; US$41,200; 34,300 euros). Almassi’s bail was set at 10 million tomans (approx. 100 million rials; US$11,800; 9,800 euros).
