Report-Iranreleasesfourjournalists,professor(英語(yǔ)新聞)

1、1Report: Iran releases four journalists,professor英語(yǔ)新聞Iran on Sun day released on bail four jour nalists and a retiredprofessor whom it had held for two mon ths, the semi-official Ira n LabourNews Age ncy reported.The five pris oners had bee n held since they were arrestedduri ng a December 27 protes

2、t, accord ing to ILNA.Thejour nalistsare Abdolreza Tajik, MashallahShamsolvaez in,Behra ng Ton kab oni and Mohammad JavadMozafar, who is also a pris on ers rights activist, ILNA said. The n ewsage ncyreported that the retired professor isMohammad Sadeq Raba ni.Separately, ILNA reported that Tehran p

3、rosecutor Abbas JafariDoulatabadi said Sun day that "deta in ees of rece nt unrest will bereleased due to the upcoming Iranian new year, &qu ot; which falls onMarch 21.At the same time, ILNA quoted Doulatabadi as say ing that thosearrested on the Muslim holy day of Ashura, when the2five

4、 pris oners freed on bail Sun day were roun ded up, could face stiffpenalties later. "The judiciary will imply more strict policies, andthose who were arrested on Ashura Day will be confron ted heavily by thejudiciary，&qu ot; he said.Mozafar and Tajik were released on $100,000 bail, imm

5、ediately ableto in depe nden tly verify the bail amoun t.The protests around Ashurawere Irans deadliest clashes sinceprotests broke out last summer after in cumbe nt Preside ntMahmoud Ahmadi nejad claimed more tha n 62 perce nt of the vote in nati onal electi ons.At least seven people were killed an

6、d hundreds were arrested onAshura, witnesses said. The Iranian government has denied that itssecurity forces killed anyone, blaming reformists for the viole nee.Doulatabadi, the Tehra n prosecutor, said Sun day that the judiciaryand police forces will be on high alert near the Iranian new year. Thej

7、udiciary and police will "c onfront those who disturbtheno rms of society withhighexplosives，&qu ot; he said.accordingto ParlemanNews, the Web site of the minorityreformistsof the parliament.It did not mentionthe bailamountfor the other two jour nalists.CNN was not3The five pris oners w

8、ere released Sun day from Tehra ns Evin prison. ILNA did not release the professi onal affiliati ons of the jour nalists,but they were listed on oppositi on Web sites.Accord ing to some mai n oppositi on Web sites, Tajik is an editor forFarheekhtega n, a weekly magaz ine, and a freela nee jour nalis

9、t.Shamsolvaezinhas edited many of post-revolutionaryIrans firstin depe ndentn ewspapers,in eludi ngKayha n,Jameeh, Neshat and Asr-e Azadega n, accord ing to oppositi on sites.Many of those have bee n closed dow n.Ton kab oni is the editor of the magaz ine Farha ng va Aha ng, orCulture and Music, accord ing to oppositi on sites.Javad Mozafar is publish ing director of Kavir, a publishi ng house,and vice preside nt of the Committee for the Defense of Pris on