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by rosie is roxy is roshan on Mon Jun 15, 2009 08:47 AM PDT

Figaro.correspondenot.to.tehran,.Delpine.Minoi,.details.the.methods.

utilized.to.limit.coverage.of.the.protests.against.the.reelection.of.

AN.by.international.media.

After.AN's.election,.Iranian.powers.move.on.to.strict.media.control.

Many.foreign.journalists.have.accused.the.authorities.of.preventing.

them.from.covering.the.protests.

Spanish.TV.was.ordered.to.leave.the.country.after.covering.marches.

Delphine.Minou.had.to.hand.in.her.press.card.Monday.morning.

Here.is.her.testimony:..(video..)

Two.German.public.television.stations.confirmed.thier.journalists.

were.prevented.from.covering.the.events.while.BBC.stated.that.a.

noise.interference.coming.from.the.iran.is.affecting.their.Middle.

East.coverage..Dutch.public.televison.said.two.of.their.journalists.

have.been.arrested.and.ordered.to.leave.Iran.

 The.brief.arrest.of.two.Belgian.journalists.and.the.week-long.closing of.Al-arabiya's.Tehran.Bureau.are.among.the.intimidations .reported.by. the.media..The.editorial.chiefs.of.the.German.public.. televison.stations.ARD.and.ZDF.aso.accused.the..Iranian. authorities.of.preventing.their.journalists.from.covering.the. demonstrations,,in.a.letter.to.the.Iranian.ambassadors.

 

We.are.deeply.disturbed.as.witnesses..that.they.want.to.eliminate.

all.sort.of.presence.of.foreign.pres..the.streets.yesterday.were.

totally.occupied.by.anti-riot.troops,a.journalist.fromTVE.reported.

Monday.morning.'If.they.didn't.have.this.repression.before,.it's.

because.they.knew.we.were.there.'

Kalameh.Sabz,.Moussavi's.paper.has.been...???

'in.each.issue,representatives.of.the.authorites.surveille.what.the

papers.can.publish.and.suppress.titles,.articles,.sections.of.

articles".an.expert.from.the.press.sector.confirmed.

anonymously.