January 13, 2005

Web blogger Hanif Mazrouei, one of more than 20 journalists detained since a new crackdown on pro-reform Iranian media was launched in September, shows the blindfold he was made to wear for most of the 66 days he was kept in solitary confinement, during an interview with The Associated Press, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005. My interrogator punched me in the head and stomach and kicked me in the back many times to force me confess to having illegal sex and endangered national security through my writings, Mazrouei said. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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